Volume 4 is undoubtedly one of the most needed volumes in the series, there being no other English language work available covering this group of moths, and it has already been acclaimed as one of the finest. Part 1 contains the special chapter, followed by the Systematic accounts of the Oecophoridae and eight smaller families - a total of 147 species. Part 2 comprises the Gelechiidae - 162 species. There are genitalia drawings for both sexes of each species, and also representative figures of wing venation for each family, as well as other diagnostic characters. Appropriately, this volume...

When the tragic, separate deaths of his parents leave Jed Stone an orphan at seven, he embarks on a volatile path fueled by bad choices. After Jed is befriended by a youth pastor who takes him to see a 1943 Chicago Cub World Series game, an errant baseball lands in the bleachers next to them. Among a stampede of wild fans, Jed snags the baseball and later hides it in a secret place.

As Jed grows older, the youth pastor, Peter, attempts to share the concept of God's unconditional love with the boy who will have none of it. As Jed's checkered path leads him from reform school into a...