New Jersey lawyer Andy Carpenter is having a bad day; in the brief time since he’s become involved with convicted murderer Richard Evans’ appeal for a new trial, he’s “been shot at by two hoods, one of whom was supposed to be... Read More

The best place to go on that ever-important first date should involve some element of excitement, the author says. She shares that bit of wisdom as part of fifty-eight techniques she’s designed to help the average person find their Mr.... Read More

Seventeen-year-old Varina Howell had these thoughts about the thirty-five-year-old widower she met in December, 1843: “He has a way of taking for granted that everybody agrees with him when he expresses an opinion, which offends me;... Read More

For four days in June of 1854, twelve hundred passengers on seven steamboats chugged up the Mississippi River from Illinois, past Iowa and Wisconsin, and into the Minnesota Territory, during the “Grand Excursion of 1854.” The... Read More

The author, who has written several previous books on witchcraft, such as A Witch’s Guide to the Faery Folk and Advanced Witchcraft, takes the neophyte witch firmly by the hand and offers solid advice in this guide to the true life of... Read More

When the author returned to America after working abroad for twelve years, he chose an unconventional way to become reacquainted with his native country: traveling solo the river routes taken by Lewis and Clark nearly two hundred years... Read More

Young Tillie Pierce and a friend who wandered near the battlefield after the first day of fighting at Gettysburg were horrified at the sight. They were so overcome by the sad and awful spectacle that they hastened back to the house,... Read More

By the early 1940s, studio executives making B Westerns featuring entertainer Roy Rogers realized that they needed to jazz up their movies with a little romance. “Half of the viewers going to the movies were females and they wanted to... Read More