Fishermen like holidays because they keep other folks off the water. The way they celebrate traditional holidays like Thanksgiving, obscure holidays like Arbor Day, and as yet-to-be-declared holidays like National Cabin Fever Day depends on whether one fishes or not. In WildLife: Volume Three: Fisherman’s Holidays, author Pat Neal examines our unrealistic expectations toward holidays through a collection of previously published newspaper columns....

The early death of a small town councilman reveals deep-rooted conflicts in the seemingly idyllic community of Pagford, which rapidly deteriorates in the face of cultural disputes, generation clashes, and a volatile election.

"Peggy Rowe is at it again--this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career."--Provided by publisher. Rowe has been writing all of her adult life- even through years of constant rejection from publishing houses. Between her tenacity and the encouragement of her family, her breakthrough finally came-- at the age of eighty! Here she shares her journey of attending myriad writers' conferences and honing her ability to see humor in everyday...

"El pensamiento vivo de Mafalda, ±una heroína de nuestro tiempo| (Umberto Eco)"--Page [4] of cover. "Podr̕an decirse muchas sutilezas del mundo, pero hay que reconocer que a menudo puede parecer un inmenso plato de sopa. ¿Y qǔ decir de la humanidad que lo habita? Aunque parezca incorregible, tratar de comprenderla y de aportar su granito de arena para mejorarla, como hace una pequęa fil̤sofa como Mafalda, es la tarea a la que nos invita...

An eight-year-old, who practically lives inside a barrel in the courtyard of a community filled with loony but memorable characters, has innumerable adventures while playing in the patio with a cheerful group of kids and adults that also live in the complex.

The first sign of trouble is a Shriner's fez washed up on a Miami beach. The next is a suitcase containing the almost-legless body of the local chamber of commerce president found floating in a canal... The locals are desperate to keep the murders under wraps and the tourist money flowing. But it will take a reporter-turned-private eye to make sense of a caper that mixes football players, politicians, and one very hungry crocodile in this classic...