homes and haunts

Children's author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy.

The author recounts his life and family in northern Minnesota and his first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.

A fully annotated edition of Henry David Thoreau's classi work "Walden", correcting errors and omissions from earlier editions of "Walden" and providing notes on the biographical, historical, and geographical contexts of Thoreau's life.

An extended essay on the British West Indies island of Antigua, the author's home, describing its scenery, its people, and its history, and discussing the impacts of colonization and tourism.

Examines the history, culture, and society of Elizabethan England, and looks at the life and writings of William Shakespeare within the context of the time in which he lived.

An account of the author's childhood in a Texas oil town and of her family's struggles with cancer, madness, and alcoholism.

An account of life on the Mississippi in the old steamboat days and Twain's experiences as a pilot.

The author tells of the years she spent from 1914 to 1931 managing a coffee plantation in Kenya.