Princess Lenore, who's ill from eating too many raspberry tarts, believes that possessing the moon is the only thing that will cure her. However, neither the Royal Wizard, Royal Mathematician, nor the Lord High Chamberlain can get the moon her her. Only the... [More...]

This is the tale of a little princess who wanted the moon, and how she got it. Every family will relish the perplexed wise men, the enraged king, the understanding jester, and the practical way in which the little princess solved the problem that baffled... [More...]

This hugely funny autobiographical memoir that takes into account the crumbling of empires, talks "largely about small matters and smally about great affairs". Mostly it is about the wildly incredible things people do when they think they are acting... [More...]

The tale of a princess who wanted the moon, and of how she got it. Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1944. Full-color illustrations.

Here are 22 memorable stories from the great American humorist's collection "My World—and Welcome to It", including "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", "Interview with a Lemming", "You Could Look It Up", and "A Sort of Genius". Most of the pieces were... [More...]

The first President Bush faced a long-entrenched Democratic majority in both houses of Congress. In his first term, Clinton entered into a unified government for the first time in many years, but all that changed with the midterm elections of 1994. The... [More...]

This volume provides an in-depth examination of six political campaigns waged during competitive 1998 races for the U.S. House of Representatives. The case studies evaluate the professional political consultants who managed each campaign, their interaction... [More...]