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All of these stories are defined by their location. The authors take us to familiar and unusual places in the present, future and past. They explore cityscapes and the countryside. Lives and deaths are defined by their environment. People face danger and seek safety from their surroundings. The land influences the characters in unexpected ways. The writers in this anthology have won awards and published novels. Their stories have appeared in numerous magazines. The contributions included in this book will enthrall and engage you.

This anthology focuses on tales about the sidekicks who help the heroes and princesses find their happily ever afters, and what happens to them after their quests are done. Does the lowly squire who helped the brave knight on his quest to save the princess ever get a shot at greatness? Or at the very least, a little recognition? Does the young girl who was always there for the fair princess finally get her own happily ever after? Find out in this anthology which features 13 stories about the heroes behind the hero everyone knows.

The Journal of John Woolman is an autobiography by American Quaker evangelist, John Woolman. Woolman's journal is one of the longest continually published books in North America since it has never been out of print. All Woolman's interests lay in the practice of piety, and in the uncompromising application of religious Principles to the problems of social life. He advocated incessantly ideas of anti-slavery and anti-materialism as well as discussing power's ability to corrupt. The "Journal," was published posthumously in 1774 by Joseph Crukshank, a Philadelphia Quaker printer. Contents: The Curse of Slavery Among the Indians Across the Atlantic Prices, Wages, and Religion

The best of John Muir -- 332 quotations, the distillation of his thought, the essence of his beliefs. Muir was the foremost conservationist of his time -- nature writer, social critic, realist, a romantic, a visionary. A long-needed collection that features an excellent subject index. Painstaking bibliographic references make this an invaluable addition to one's Muir Library. (Yosemite Association.) If asked for a succinct statement of his beliefs, Muir might have replied: