Dorothy Bowden, a remarkable woman of 103, continues to live life with zest and optimism. Her gift is finding a way forward when none seems possible. She has suffered many losses without losing her... More > faith, and she faces her own mortality with courage and grace.< Less
A tryptic of the human canvas: longing -- journey -- reckoning in compilations of bitter-sweet and humorous short stories, songs, poetry, travelogues and reflections as the author struggles through... More > and overcomes personal addiction, leading to a successful life.< Less
The murder of a young prostitute in Sweden causes Anna petersson, Criminal Psychologist, to be called in by the police to advise on and help with their investigations. The discovery of a photograph... More > in the victim's possession of a man who looks uncannily like her father leads her to travel to London not only to liaise with the English authorities, but also to search for the truth behind the photo.
A thousand questions must be answered before Anna discivers the truth of the case as well as of her own life.< Less
What transforms the letters of Pvt. Lyons Wakeman from merely interesting reading into a unique and fascinating addition to Civil War literature is who wrote them--for Private Wakeman was not what... More > "he" seemed to be. The five-foot tall soldier's true identity was that of a simple young farm girl from central New York state named Sarah Rosetta Wakeman. Her letters, the only such correspondence known to exist, provide a rare glimpse of what life was like for a woman fighting as a common soldier in the Civil War under the guise of a man. Written shortly after she left home to pursue her fortune in 1862, Rosetta's letters over the next two years tell of army life in the defenses of Washington, D.C. and on the march and in battle during the 1864 Louisiana Red River Campaign. This unique collection of letters offers a firsthand look at the personality and character of a woman who defied convention to take a man's place in the Union army.< Less
