Cindy Dyson

Sweeping across centuries and into the Aleutian Islands of Alaska's Bering Sea, And She Was begins with a decision and a broken taboo when three starving Aleut mothers decide to take their fate into their own hands. Two hundred and fifty years later, by the time Brandy, a floundering, trashy, Latin-spewing cocktail waitress, steps ashore in the 1980s, Unalaska Island has absorbed their dark secret—a secret that is both salvation and shame.In a tense interplay between past and present, And She Was explores Aleut history, mummies, conquest, survival, and the seamy side of the 1980s in a fishing boomtown at the edge of the world, where a lost woman struggles to understand the gray shades between heroism and evil, and between freedom and bondage.

An illustrated biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the Black experience in America.

Presents more than twenty-five stamps from different countries, including Belgium, Nicaragua, and the Virgin Islands, and discusses how they celebrate the customs, legends, and history of their countries.

A biography of Brandon Lee, who followed in his father's footsteps as an actor and martial artist and died mysteriously on the set of one of his movies.

Discusses the use and abuse of various "downer" drugs, examining why people take them, their effects on the body, and how to get help.

A biography of Michael Jackson's younger sister, a successful rock singer, dancer, and actress in her own right.