"Fascinating stories about thirty-three events that helped make New Mexico what it is today. Read about Pancho Villa, Charles Bent, Smokey the Bear, and many more, including little-known episodes that shaped New Mexico's colorful history"-- Provided by publisher.

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NBC SERIES BRILLIANT MINDS • From the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat • Fascinating portraits of neurological disorder in which men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantly adaptive personalities, whose conditions have not so much debilitated them as ushered them into another reality.
Here are seven detailed narratives of neurological...

"Baby animals are sweet and curious, and oh so cute! You'll love these 12 heartwarming true stories about some of the most adorable little critters on the planet. Read inspiring baby animal rescue stories, including the tale of how National Geographic Explorer Jamal Galves saved a baby manatee. Learn how panda cubs, penguin chicks, jaguar cubs, and more grow up." -- Back cover. "A collection of 12 stories of baby animals, illustrated with stunning,...

Napoleon Bonaparte, Marie Antoinette, Baudelaire, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La Boheme, Proust, Charles de Gaulle--these and many more are Robb's cast of characters in a series of stories about the Paris you never knew.

One hundred brief stories about real people and occurrences in American history, arranged in chronological order by year from 1565 to 2000.

"Broadcaster and bestselling author Mike McCardell haunts British Columbia's past in order to summon spellbinding tales of Western Canada. Reprising his 2013 bestseller Haunting Vancouver, Mike McCardell summons the ghost of real-life pioneer Jock Linn to provide hair-raising and humorous versions of what really happened during some of the formative events that shaped British Columbia. In Haunting British Columbia, McCardell's ghostly narrator explains...

Over a quarter of a century ago, a previously unknown writer named William Least Heat-Moon wrote Blue Highways, a book unlike any other. Driven by an insatiable curiosity to explore the winding back roads, overlooked towns, and forgotten histories that have directly-or indirectly-shaped our culture, Heat-Moon uncovered a nation filled with character, depth, and charm. Now, for the first time since Blue Highways, Heat-Moon is back on the road, leading...