After 18 years without a single assignment, an Asian-based CIA team is about to face the challenge of a lifetime. They must find a golden junk hidden somewhere in Southeast Asia before it's discovered by the KGB, or two meddling journalists. The team's alias-loving chief-- known as Fer-de-lance to his friends, and James Bonde to his enemies-- is joined by two operatives disguised as the American Traveling Folk-Rock band, as they vie against Boris and Natalya and their KGB operatives (who are disguised as a flying Manchurian acrobatics team).

The resulting adventures in the Mekong River,...

When John Lennon declared in 1966 that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ, teenagers and twentysomethings of the baby boomer generation nodded in agreement and turned a cynical eye toward their parents, who believed otherwise, of course. Scott Stone, in his book, It's a YAD, YAD, YAD, YAD World, suggests that this breach contributed to the infamous "Generation Gap" which resulted in many boomers viewing with cynicism the opinions and practices of their parents. This moved boomers to later adopt a "helicopter" parenting style with their own children, a pattern of micromanagement...

Who do you turn to when you've lost the thing most precious to your heart? Trinity is a faerie special friend who cares deeply for little children and takes care of lost items deep in the World of Good Fortune, in the Land of Serendipity. Join Trinity on this whimsical adventure as she teaches us that nothing is ever truly lost, and that every part of the earth is cherished and protected.