The California revealed here is not the stereotypical land of movie stars, sensational trials, or tourist snapshots but instead a remarkable patchwork of out-of-the-way places and everyday people. “Essential for all California libraries.” –Library Journal More info...

In her extraordinary work with dolphins, Patricia St.John discovered that by letting them draw her into their world, she could understand their voices and their language. When she was introduced to the silent world of the autistic, she took what she had learned from the dolphins and broke... More info...

The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves. 'Milton's story could scarcely be more action-packed, and its settings and subsidiary characters... More info...

William Wilberforce is chiefly remembered as the reformer who campaigned for the abolition of the slave trade in England. He was at the heart of British politics for over forty years during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. He lived just long enough to see the passage of the act to... More info...