This examination of the interaction between fictional representations of the Civil War and the memoirs and autobiographies of Civil War soldiers argues that veterans' accounts taught later generations to represent the conflict in terms of individual experiences, revealing how national identity developed according to written records of the past. The author explores seven popular novels about the Civil War: The Red Badge of Courage, Gone with the Wind,...

Neverwas. A young man finds out that his childhood fantasyland may really exist. Searching for insight into his father's life and the magical place he wrote about in the beloved children's book, Neverwas, psychiatrist Zach Riley takes a job at the institution where his father lived on and off. Once there, Zach meets Gabriel, a patient whose alternate reality is startlingly close to the world his father created. A Wrinkle in time. Thirteen-year-old...

Things are definitely up in the air in Odyssey. First, Wooton Bassett returns from his honeymoon with two problems. Penny is missing and he's lost his memory. While Whit, Connie, and Jason try to help Wooton find Penny, Buck Oliver rescues Jules from a crash course of disaster. And a mystery is solved only after Emily and Matthew's friendship is threatened. 6 stories on true friendship & reconciliation.

In "Cañon Walls" by Zane Grey, Smoke Bellew enters a remote Mormon settlement only a jump ahead of a posse. Working as a ranch hand for a Mormon woman, Smoke makes her ranch a financial success, while also falling in love with her wanton daughter. But it is too good to last. The law follows him. "Black Sheep" by Max Brand, finds young Mary Valentine--upstart, tomboy, and general troublemaker--protecting a man wanted by the law. Then her two cousins,...

Pikachu and the Poké-pals are on their own in a winter wonderland.

Caillou gets dirty playing outside and takes a bath.

Why do certain products and ideas go viral? Wharton professor Jonah Berger draws on his research to explain the six steps that make products or ideas contagious.