A children's book about being born and the challenge of staying alive and facing ridicule and pain and sadness and finally triumph. It is seen and felt through the eyes of a turtle.

The cold night air is filled with the eerie sound of people groaning and screaming frantically for help, as they are hurtled from the ship into the icy water. You're there, terrorized, and in the grips of death, and despair, in the freezing water as the grandest ship to sail the North Atlantic, drops beneath the dark cold sea. Held afloat, only by a lifebelt, you're splashed with shocking horror In a matter of minutes, your core body temperature drops, your body stiffens, and as you eventually slip into hypothermia, you draw your last shivering breath, and finally your heart stops, but your...

Colt Daniel killed One Eyed Sam in an angry gunfight and skedaddled out of town, leaving his young son, William, behind to confront the vengeful renegades. In the skirmish that followed, William was helped by a libertarian newspaper man, a black-headed saloon gambling girl, his father's old side-kick, and Colt Daniel, who'd quietly rode back into town, along with Kid Curry and Butch Cassidy, and with Colt's murderous six-shooter blazing and hissing a deadly tune of death

Shrimp Creole, clam chowder, chicken and sausage jambalaya, Southern fried chicken, Boston cream pie... just one taste of them and you'll realize how enjoyable real American-style cooking can be. There's much more to the American cooking tradition than those savory, lip-smacking burgers and hotdogs dressed with relish and ketchup and juicy steaks sizzling aromatically on the grill with the traditional baked potato served with salad, French bread, and wines. Home Cooking American Style will immerse you in the captivating depths of American cuisine from the Creole and "Soul Food" of the South...