A tale of one man's obsession with rainforest jewels, this is the story of an impossible dream: a quest to see every one of the world's most elusive avian gems--a group of birds known as pittas--in a single year.

The author's account of his travels from England to the rain forests of Asia, Africa, and Australia on a quest to see every one of a most elusive group of birds, known as pittas, in a single year.

Every year Jewel and her friends Isaac and Gayla looked forward to a wonderful, magical Christmas in Snowflake City But this year would be different.

Every year Jewel and her friends Isaac and Gayla looked forward to a wonderful, magical Christmas in Snowflake City But this year would be different.

Together their stories illuminate the blind alleys and surprising twists and turns taken as medieval philosophy gave way to the empirical, experimental culture that became a hallmark of the Scientific Revolution. “Elegant and erudite.” ...

Edited with an Introduction by Richard Storry. First published over 20 years ago and long out of print, this is a unique interpretation of the essence of Japanese society and individual psychology.

2016 Nebula Award finalist for Best Novelette From Fran Wilde, the Andre Norton and Compton Crook Award-winning author of Updraft.

If Romeo and Juliet got the Hamilton treatment...who would play the leads? This vividly funny, honest, and charming romantic novel by Dana L. Davis is the story of a girl who thinks she has what it takes...and the world thinks so, too.