influence

Presents excerpts from the correspondence between Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, and Cara Wilson, an American girl who turned to Otto for advice in the midst of her chaotic teen years and continued writing him until his death, twenty years later.

Shakespeare scholar Kate Stanley is given a mysterious box that holds the first piece in a Shakespeare puzzle; however, before she sets out on the trail of a 400-year-old mystery, the Globe Theater burns and a body is found, murdered in the manner of Hamlet's father.

Attempts to unearth the historic Benjamin Franklin from the images that have accumulated since the publication of his "Autobiography" in 1794, presenting him as the most benevolent and philanthropic of the Founders, unconcerned with the accumulation of wealth, conflicted over his place in the world, and a latecomer to the idea of American freedom.

When thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley discovers a rare deep-sea creature stranded in the mud of the tidal flats of Puget Sound, he finds himself thrown into the limelight, but when he continues discovering rare ocean creatures, some begin to wonder if he is an unlikely prophet.

A memoir in which Lori Smith discusses her experiences following the footsteps of author Jane Austen throughout England, a journey that gave her insights into the value of an ordinary life and provided her with relief from her own physical and mental struggles.

Discusses French history under the influence of Napoleon Bonaparte's rise from lowly origins to military and political power, ending with his defeat and the legacy he left to Europe.