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As German tanks rolled toward Paris in late May 1940, the US Ambassador to France, William Bullitt, was determined to stay put, holed up in the Chateau St.

One of Canada's best-known French-speaking singers for children, Carmen Campagne, introduces us to 12 quirky, often starstruck characters.

Modern versions of songs for children written in the 50's and published by La bonne chanson - the most influential promoter of French music throughout North America at the time.

All songs from the album inspired by an award-winning critically-acclaimed storybook Chanson pour tout le monde Fou de vous, les dinosaures !

In conversations with drivers ranging from veterans of foreign wars to Indigenous women protecting one another, Di Cintio explores the borderland of the North American taxi.

It's Holy Week in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, and thirty-three-year-old unemployed Amadeo Padilla has been given the part of Jesus in the Good Friday procession.

You probably know Roxie and Velma, the good-time gals of the 1926 satirical play Chicago and its wildly successful musical and movie adaptations.

Over Easter weekend 2015, a motley crew of six English thieves, several in their sixties and seventies, couldn't resist coming out of retirement for one last career-topping heist.

In the first portrait of James Beard in twenty-five years, John Birdsall accomplishes what no prior telling of Beard's life and work has done: He looks beyond the public image of the "Dea

Gerry, once an architect, is forgetful and set in his ways. Stella is tired of his lifestyle and angry at his constant undermining of her religious faith.

Queen Victoria's reign was an era of breathtaking social change, but it did little to create a platform for women to express themselves.

Alexandria Assassin: The Parable of the Knocker is a nonfiction book about the investigation, prosecution, and trial of a notorious serial killer, Charles Severance.

Fifteen years ago, Alice Hoffman received a diagnosis that changed everything about the life she'd been living.

What does it mean to be biased? Emerging readers need to know the differences between facts, fiction, and opinions.

What does it mean to stay safe online? What exactly is Internet safety? Emerging readers need to know these important concepts.