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"And you once said, Heavy Stone, that you did not believe a poilu could love a fat girl!" Helen said it in something like awe. While Ruth's tea-urn bubbled cozily three pair of very bright eyes were bent above a tiny, iridescent spark which adorned the "heart finger" of the plumper... Read Full Overview

"Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound" by Alice B. Emerson is a compelling narrative that follows the protagonist, Ruth Fielding, a dedicated Red Cross worker during World War I. The story begins with Ruth at a hospital in Clair, France, where she is recovering from a shoulder injury... Read Full Overview

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview