William Anderson

A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" books, from her Wisconsin childhood until her death at the age of ninety.

From 'Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens' to 'Doe, a deer, a female deer,' many people have grown up humming the tunes or singing the lyrics to the songs from the beloved movie The Sound of Music. But what is the real story behind the brave von Trapp family? V is for von Trapp: A Musical Family Alphabet gives a behind-the-headlines look at this real-life singing family made famous in the classic movie. Starting with their idyllic early life...

Why settle for average when you can shoot for the moon and live your best life? Do you want more out of life, but you're stuck in a humdrum existence that you can't escape? You're not alone. Most people know they could be so much more than they are and yet do the bare minimum just to get by. Take the first step, and the rest will follow easily and naturally. The sky's the limit to what you can do when you put these core principles of self-discipline...

Recounts the life story of the author of the "Little House" books, from her childhood in Wisconsin to her old age at Rocky Ridge Farm.

Highly accessible introductions to five periods precede brief introductions to and texts from more than fifty key thinkers. The texts highlight perennial themes and questions in Christian tradition, especially the meaning and importance of Jesus, challenges to the institutional church, tensions of faith and reason, spirituality, and the Christian quest for social justice. The new edition, half again as large as the original, adds significant work...

Vietnam, 1968. A true story of a middle-aged air force officer, LTC Iceal Hambleton, who's never seen combat before. He is stranded behind enemy lines and all he can do is wait and hope. Then a voice crackles over his radio, and he has found a friend.

Urban cowboy Mitch Robbins is at it again. After Curly's death, he discovers a treasure map in the band of Curly's hat. Mitch and his pal Phil and mooching brother Glen set out to find the treasure.

Guy Hamilton, an ambitious Australian reporter on his first overseas assignment, is befriended by a Eurasian cameraman, Billy Kwan, with connections in high places. Hamilton soon gains an entree to Indonesian Communist Party leaders, as well as insight into Jakarta's grim realities on the eve of a major political upheaval.