"J.R. Moehringer grew up captivated by a voice. It was the voice of his father, a New York City disc jockey who vanished before J.R. spoke his first word. Sitting on the stoop, pressing an ear to the radio, J.R. would strain to hear in that plummy baritone the secrets of masculinity and identity. Though J.R.'s mother was his world, his rock, he craved something more, something faintly and hauntingly audible only in The Voice. At eight years old,...

"Mary Rogers Williams was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. She taught art at Smith College and travelled extensively through Europe and Scandinavia. Her work was shown in New York, Boston, and Paris; critics of the day didn't know what to make of her "poetic sensibility" and "shadowy quality". The book includes color reproductions and illustrations. About the author: Eve M. Kahn is a freelance writer specializing in architecture, design and...

"In the year 1910, at age twenty, Karl Artur Johan Gustafsson leaves Sweden to follow his older siblings to America. Renamed 'Carl Arthur Gustafson' at Ellis Island, he begins a new life in Forestville/Bristol Connecticut where he falls in love with and marries Jennie Anderson. Together they build their 'house,' guiding their family through the rapidly changing events of the 20th century. In this multi-layered, multiple-generational story, their third...

"When Connecticut veterinarian Melissa Shapiro gets a call about a tiny deaf, blind puppy rescued from a hoarding situation in need of fostering, she doesn't hesitate to say "yes." Little does she know how that decision will transform her, her family, and legions of admirers destined to embrace the saga of the indomitable pink pup. One of the most anxious dogs Melissa had ever encountered, the traumatized Piglet weighed under two pounds upon his welcome...