The Victorian England of tinted memory—a proud, prosperous nation committed to piety in the home, long hours in the workplace and enlightened rule throughout the empire—has long since lost its luster. The dutiful Victoria may draw... Read More

“When I walked through the ditches on my way from the pickup to a waiting tractor, no grasshoppers clacked aloft to startle me. As a child, I had grown oblivious to their landings on my breastbone. The snake population had diminished... Read More

These saints’ stories are anything but saintly. The tales Winstead translates in Chaste Passions are instead gory, horrific accounts of hell’s fury, religious devotion and endless purity. Modern readers may expect these old religious... Read More

The bags are packed and the car is loaded. It’s going to be a long day, though, and the kids start getting restless an hour into the trip, just the time to open Todd’s new book. With more than seventy-seven games and activities,... Read More

I Heard the Willow Weep is one of few educational resources published for children that awakens the conscientiousness of human kind to the past and current damage that has been levied against the planet earth and its wildlife. Albert... Read More

“On the eve of a new era when there is to be a great harmony between the Federal and the Confederate… Let us have peace.” With these words, Ulysses S. Grant closed his memoirs and echoed the shared sentiment of countless others as... Read More

“I am no more a witch than you are a wizard, and if you take away my life, God will give you blood to drink!” Scaffolding abandoned and with feet swaying above the earth, the cries of accused witch Sarah Good were thought to be... Read More

Award winning internationally know author Martin (Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?) teams-up with acclaimed illustrator Salerno to create this humorous tale of how a unique and colorful feather empowers a barnyard rooster. Martin... Read More