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When a young lion at a city zoo escapes in an empty crate, he wakes up to find himself on the way to Africa. Now his animal friends-- a strange menagerie including a giraffe, a koala, a squirrel, and a snake-- must break out of the zoo, braving the concrete jungle of New York City to get him back. Y... More

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his walle... More

This hilarious peek into the early years of the hair-band era reveals the hierarchy of fishnets, bustiers, and chicks with the Holy Grail--a backstage pass. After college, Anne Thomas Soffee journeyed to Los Angeles to start a career as a rock journalist and small-time heavy-metal flack. A taste for... More

From the flooding of southern New Mexico's Mimbres River in the summer, to the year-round search for community in rural America, Sharman Apt Russell recounts her experiences in creating a life for herself in the remote southwestern desert. She, along with her husband, chose to leave a faster lane in... More

As my picture reveals, I am the poster boy for "all you should not look like or be like when you get older" Born somewhat in the mid-thirties, as well as in the middle of the night, I seemed to have an aversion to the morning sun-my folks told me.Yet I displayed no leanings toward being nocturnal, ... More