anecdotes

A collection of twelve stories of the Choctaw people, including traditional lore arising from beliefs and myths, historical tales passed down through generations, and personal stories of contemporary life.

Explores the popularity of lizards in film, music, art, and other areas of the media.

Examines the history, social life, religious beliefs, and customs of the Delaware Indians, and describes their forced relocation to Oklahoma and how they have kept their traditions alive into the twenty-first century.

Presents mysteries using historical information for readers to solve, including the cause of King Tut's death, the Boston tea party, and the underground railroad.

Mourning the death of her beloved German shepherd, Sharron Luttrell decides to volunteer as a weekend puppy raiser. During the week Daisy is cared for and trained by a convict who is soft-spoken and polite. Sharron learns that Keith takes very good care of Daisy and the two begin to bond over their care of the pup. Then Sherron discovers the horrifying crime that led to Keith's incarceration and her faith in him is shattered. It takes Daisy, and her unwavering trust in Keith, to help Sharron come to terms with Keith's past and to recognize his struggle for redemption. Sharron and Keith believe they are training Daisy but in truth she is the one showing them how to fulfill their own destinies, to grow up, let go, and to experience what it really means to sit, to stay, and to love.

Follows storm chasers across the Great Plains and the Deep South, including into the eye of Hurricane Katrina.

After the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, Susannah Charleson was so impressed by the newspaper photo of an exhausted handler and his search-and-rescue dog that she decided to train a dog of her own. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Charleson got Puzzle, a strong, bright Golden Retriever, who from the start, exhibited a unique aptitude for search-and-rescue work. But the puppy's willfulness challenged even Susannah, who had raised dogs for years. Scent of the Missing is the story of Susannah and Puzzle's adventures and the complex relationship they forge as they help in the pursuit and recovery of people who have fallen prey to crime, misadventure, or catastrophe.

Road trip stories from World Wresting Entertainment associates.

Robert Sullivan spent a year investigating a rat-infested alley a few blocks from Wall Street. What he saw, night after night, is detailed here and turns out to be funny, wise, and sometimes disgusting.

When Susan Richards agrees to care for an abused horse rescued by the local SPCA she soon finds out that instead of nursing the horse back to health, the horse is really nursing her through her memories of the past and her difficult life.