Much is made of the consequences of the Vietnam War, politically and emotionally. This debut novel is a portrait of one woman who protested the war and now seeks to help its refugees. The first-person narrator, Janet Hunter, is a... Read More

The origins of the politically incorrect and slightly racist story of the airplane about to crash unless lightened is explained in this authoritative volume on westward settlers vs. the Indians. As the story goes, one passenger crying... Read More

A lot of kids pretend they are Superman and fantasize they can fly. Many of them even have a special Superman cape their mother made for them to aid in the games of fantasy. How many children, however, get themselves so worked up that... Read More