History has failed us, but no matter. At the turn of the century, an aging fisherman and his wife decided to take in lodgers for extra money...

There was once a kindly old wizard who used his magic generously and wisely for the benefit of his neighbours. Rather than reveal the true s...

I like to think I know what death is. I like to think that it’s something I could look at straight. When Pop tell me he need my help and I s...

My favorite game when I was a child was Mummy and Explorer. My father and I would trade off roles: One of us had to lie very still with eyes...

Tommy Guptill had once owned a dairy farm, which he’d inherited from his father, and which was about two miles from the town of Amgash, Illi...

Almost A Decade Has passed since this book was first published. As I mention in the original introduction, the opportunity to write the book...

At Four O’clock in the afternoon of Thursday, 24 October 1963, I was in Rome, in my room at the Hotel Minerva; I was to fly home the next da...

England had a troubled birth at a troubled time. During the fifth, sixth and seventh centuries, transforming events of human history were ta...

November 23, 1977 Kent, Ohio I got here yesterday afternoon. Then Todd and I each took three hits of sugar cube acid. Too much. It was a rea...

Apart From Life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at bi...

On the day of the new president’s inauguration, when we worried that he might be murdered as he walked hand in hand with his exceptional wif...

I Come From a country which was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. One year ago I left my home for school and...