Incidental: Occurring or likely to occur as an unpredictable or minor accompaniment*Happenstance: A chance circumstance *Neither was looking for it. Neither was expecting it. But sometimes, life has o
Master storyteller P.W. Catanese begins the Books of Umber trilogy with Happenstance Found—now available in paperback—when twelve-yearold Happenstance awakens in a cave with no memory of who he is or
Twelve-year-old Happenstance awakens in a cave with no memory of who he is or how he came to be there. Soon a mysterious trio arrives to take him away: the explorer Umber, the shy archer Sophie, and O
Of the more than three hundred stories that appear on the pages of this book, the author offers a few excerpts to give the reader a sense of its content:After several nights of vigilance, two of the e
Of the more than three hundred stories that appear on the pages of this book, the author offers a few excerpts to give the reader a sense of its content:After several nights of vigilance, two of the e
"A middle-aged lexicographer, Helena Verbloem, travels alone to Durban to assist in the creation of a dictionary of Afrikaans words that have fallen out of use. Shortly after her arrival, her apartmen
This collection of personal stories reveals just how powerfully one man's present has been shaped by the richness of his past. Following his parents' divorce in segregated pre-Castro Miami in the late
Imagine this: You are in line at a Haagen-Dazs ice cream stand at a temple in Thailand. From the back of the line, you hear your name being called. Behind you stands your university teaching assistant
