Diane Cook

"Bea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped metropolis that most of the population now calls home. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die. There is only one alternative: the Wilderness State, the last swath of untouched, protected land, where people have always been forbidden. Bea, Agnes, and eighteen others volunteer to live in the Wilderness State, guinea pigs in an experiment...

"A debut collection of stories which illuminates the complexity of human behavior, as seen through the lens of the natural world. These stories expose unsuspecting men and women to the realities of nature, the primal instincts of man, and the dark humor and heartbreak of our struggle to not only thrive, but survive."--

A biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, later known as Mahatma, who fought for justice and equality in South Africa and India, and led India to independence through non-violent civil disobedience.

A biography of the nineteenth-century French artist, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, written as if by his mother, interspersed with letters and artwork by Henri.