anecdotes

Presents the author's firsthand account of her stay on the Farallon Islands--in the shark infested waters thirty miles west of San Francisco--and includes information on shark behavior and scientists who study them.

The author presents his collection of stories from English history that feature royal families, scientists, murderers, and other interesting characters of Britain's past.

This book describes Baghdad pups that soldiers have spotted in Iraq and the program called Operation Baghdad Pups that finds ways to send the dogs to the soldiers' homes in America.

A collection of more than one hundred true stories from the Civil War era that recount the exploits of key figures and chronicle important events that shaped the war.

A collection of essays which attempt to capture the raw emotions and candid words which often surround race relations in the United States.

Anecdotes and short essays discuss American history from colonial times to the late twentieth century.

Bill Bryson recounts some of the strange experiences he had when he returned to the United States after living in Britain for twenty years.

Recounts great American mysteries, some familiar, some obscure to shiver your spine and tickle your imagination.