homes and haunts

Homer Hickam chronicles the events that took place during his senior year in his hometown of Coalwood, West Virginia.

The author, founder of the Fund for Animals, tells stories of mistreated and unwanted animals he has rescued and given sanctuary at Black Beauty Ranch in East Texas, and discusses the early childhood influences that led to the development of his deep feelings for animal life.

An unabridged republication of nineteenth-century essayist Henry David Thoreau's reflections on the natural world, written during a two year period when he lived alone in a cabin on the shores of Walden Pond.

Gives historical context to the works of William Shakespeare, discussing daily life in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The author presents a collection of eleven stories told to his daughter about life and living in Kenya, Africa and recalls the landscape, animals, and people of the region.

Biography of folklorist Zora Neale Hurston who collected Southern African American culture.

The history and character of the Great Plains and their inhabitants.