"A Diary from Dixie first published in the United States of America by D. Appleton and Company, 1905. This edition with an introduction by Catherine Clinton published in Penguin Books 2011"--T.p. verso.

The perfect housewife and mother, Donna Stone helps her husband and children solve daily problems in their midwestern town of Hilldale.

"It was the French philosopher, Voltaire, who wrote: 'We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth.' In the case of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the news media accomplished neither of Voltaire's admonitions. Confronted by Rwanda's horrors, Western news media for the most part turned away, then muddled the story when they did pay attention. And hate media organs in Rwanda--through their journalists, broadcasters and media executives--played...

Mystery of Marie Roget: A detective tries to unravel the strange circumstances surrounding the death of a young actress. Chicago Deadline: On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Adams finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Adams comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so. Iron Man: An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler...

"The evolution of crime, punishment, and justice in the future. What happens when time and technology change the definition of crime and punishment? -- Science fiction often focuses on future technology without considering the society housing it. Social norms may change as tech changes---or not. What will criminals, investigators, judges, and juries look like in a complicated future of clones, uploaded intelligences, artificial brains, or body augmentation?...

The search begins. For the mistress and the son of a mob boss. For Barry 'Bottomless Pit' Rosen, missing soon after he won a competitive chili-eating contest. For an air traffic controller who reported possible terrorist activity. For a basketball star, a stripper, a victim of Hurricane Katrina. Some of them are reunited with loved ones. Some remain forever missing. All are part of the investigations involving the Missing Persons Unit headed by FBI...

"For almost twenty years now, the NFL has been simultaneously an athletic, financial, and cultural powerhouse-and a league that can't seem to go more than a few weeks without stumbling into a scandal. Whether it's about domestic violence, performance-enhancing drugs, racism, or head trauma, the NFL always seems to be in some kind of trouble. Yet no matter the drama, the TV networks keep showing games, the revenue keeps going up, and the viewers keep...

Bride wars: Lifelong best friends Liv and Emma have shared a dream since childhood. Each yearns for the perfect June wedding at the famed Plaza Hotel in New York City. Both find themselves engaged at the same time and go to a wedding coordinator to set up the perfect wedding. A clerical error puts them both down for nuptials on the same day at the same time. One of them will have to switch the date. More than the bouquet goes flying when these desperate...

Ann Marie and Donald finally cement their long relationship with an engagement and wedding. The ring, the cake, the family, the bridal shower - all happen in an amusing fashion, except for the wedding. Ann Marie continues with her acting career and has a series of adventures including a play in St. Louis, appearing as "Miss Everything" at the "New York has Everything" exhibit, performs at the Friars Club and models at a race track.