From Pulitzer Prize–winning American historian Joseph J. Ellis, the unexpected story of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew.
Everything in Burglar Bill's life is stolen, from the toast, marmalade and coffee he has for breakfast to the bed he sleeps in. One night when he is out burgling, he comes across a box with holes in the lid on a doorstep. He picks it up of course and when he gets home he discovers, to his horror, that he has stolen a baby. He and the baby muddle along together until one night he is disturbed by a burglar - Burglar Betty. She is the mother of Burglar Bill's baby. Bill and Betty decide to reform and live honest lives; they return all the stolen goods, get married and live happily ever after!
"Can you rescue the fairy princess? You are a member of a peaceful fairy tribe in Ireland. One day you hear some terrible news. The king's daughter, Princess Morgana, has been kidnapped. You must find her-fast. But who kidnapped her? Was it the Tuatha fairies, your evil enemies? Or was it the humans who live nearby? If you decide to go to the Tuatha Castle in the Dark Forest, turn to page 12. If you decide to journey to the human town, turn to page 17. Think fast-the princess is in danger! On your search for the fairy princess, anything might happen.
