"Novelist Denise Gess and historian William Lutz brilliantly restore the event to its rightful place in the forefront of American historical imagination." --"Chicago Sun-Times"
On October 8, 1871--the same night as the Great Chicago Fire--the lumber town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, was struck with a five-mile-wide wall of flames, borne on tornado-force winds of one hundred miles per hour that tore across more than 2,400 square miles of land, obliterating the town in less than one hour and killing more than two thousand people.
At the center of the blowout were politically driven newsmen Luther Noyes and Franklin Tilton, money-seeking lumber baron Isaac Stephenson, parish priest Father Peter Pernin, and meteorologist Increase Lapham. In "Firestorm at Peshtigo," Denise Gess and William Lutz vividly re-create the personal and political battles leading to this monumental natural disaster, and deliver it from the lost annals of American history.

The Land of Grimer...a world beyond the mist...a world of pirates and swashbuckling. Two kids, Randy and Sonja, enter by mistake and accompany an old sailor who's on a quest that he will allow nothing to stop him from finishing. Will Randy and Sonja ever get home? Their only hope may be to finish the quest of the old sailor.

What if your friend called you and said that his mother had disappeared. Would you tell him to call the police? Would you tell him to call his dad? None of these suggestions helped. In the end, it took Max and his detective sniffing dog Bullet to solve the mystery. Along the way, you find out a few personal views of Bullet (the dog) about the world around him. Try not to laugh to hard.

What would you do if you had to talk to a frog? That is the situation that Rags faces when he comes to know the frog named Sharp-eye. Although he is not sure he truely believes what is happening, Rags comes to realize that Sharp-eye is in need of his help and they need to act quickly if they are to save the land of Anoratum.

War is coming to the Realm of Firewood. The followers of Raycore have almost obtained their goal of restoring their god. The invasion is about to begin. Nothing can stop them except... George and King Various must ccmplete their quest for the Gem of Firewood if they have an hope of restoring peace. The quest will take them to a place where more questions than answers will be found. Can they complete the quest in time to save the Realm of Firewood?

George is lured back to the Realm of Firewood when his brother is kidnapped by Bartooke, the aide of Regent Darvous. With Marty the cat and his friend Kim, George returns to a land that is being invaded by Dragon Riders who appear out of nowhere. Challenges are faced and decisions are made that could affect the entire realm.

"I am originally from the Land of Winds, but over the past several years I have resided in the Realm of Firewood," spoke the cat quickly. "Now you might ask why one of feline lineage would live in the land of dra!" In a land of wonder, a boy must undertake an incredible journey. With a talking cat, a flying Noma, and a rough warrior for companionship, George's quest could end up in disaster for the realm. Are you ready for the adventure that is Firewood?

In an increasingly Orwellian world, everyone should be armed with this hilarious, slyly subversive deconstruction of the slippery locutions of spinmeisters from all walks of public life. Doublespeak guru William Lutz (Doublespeak, The New Doublespeak) is uniquely qualified to bring you this supremely funny expos‚ of the juiciest ways THEY are trying to bamboozle you!

A sampling of Doublespeak Defined:

Bald n./ :hair disadvantaged
Men in Japan aren't bald; they're "hair disadvantaged," according to The Japan Economic Journal.

Diet n./ :1.nutrional avoidance therapy 2. caloric reduction program

Frozen adj./ :1 deep chilled 2. fresh 3. hard chilled 4. previously frozen

The USDA considers processed chickens "fresh," not frozen, if they have been chilled to 28 degrees Fahrenheit. Chickens so processed have not been frozen but "deep chilled."

Light Switch n./ :ideogram illumination intensity adjustment potentiometer

Waste paper basket n./ :user-friendly, space-effective, flexible desk side sortation unit

Government officials in Toronto, Canada, paid $123.80 (Canadian) each for these items.