The prologue describes the First and fatal contact between Russians and the Tlingit. Chapter One introduces, Lisianski's rival, Yaskadut, a Tlingit shaman. Chapter Two describes the commencement of Lisianski circumnavigation. In chapter Three the magical birth and childhood of Yaskadut, a Kiks.adi Tlingit is revealed. Chapter Four describes the voyage from St. Petersberg to the Equator and an encounter with a French privateer. Here there are scenes...

In the sweltering land of Mizzipotazia, Mizzi Mozzi and friends Lekko and Flip-Flop visit the Kora-Kora Rasa-Rasbora Sanda-Beach for the Krokonut Krib-Krabs' famous Rasbee-Bubblee Freezy-Frozee Mushy-Slushy. But the Krib-Krabs are missing, kidnapped by the wicked Barbarous Sea-Shee Sand-Witches for their Sand-Witch Castle. With a clever plan, Mizzi Mozzi enlists Swirlated Snail-Whales, Krinchy-Krunchy Fin-Feet Parrot-Fish, and Whirly Wing-Sing Sand-Flies...

In Our Last Blue Moon, dancer Kris O'Shee, widow of Alan Cheuse, the novelist, beloved teacher, and literary commentator known as the "voice of books" on NPR's All Things Considered for over thirty years, tells the story of the loss of her husband after he sustained injuries in a car crash in the summer of 2015. O'Shee chronicles the days in the Northern California hospital, the bedside vigil after Cheuse lapsed into a coma, and ultimately, his death. In...

A tornado brings Dorothy to Oz. She's given a pair of magic red shoes and told that only the Wizard has the power to send her back home. She follows the Yellow Brick Road to his palace. Along the way, Dorothy will meet a Scarecrow, a Lion and a Tinman who also have favours to ask of the Wizard… But alas, the Wizard is not as generous as they had hoped for and has a few favours to ask as well…