On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis received a telegram from General Robert E. Lee. There is no more time--the Yankees are coming, it warned. That night Davis fled Richmond, setting off an intense manhunt for the Confederate president. Two weeks later, President Lincoln was assassinated, and the nation was convinced that Davis was involved in the conspiracy that led to the crime. Lincoln's murder, autopsy, and White House funeral transfixed...

After years of watching his children and grandchildren wander from their faith, Iddo's prayers are answered: King Cyrus is allowing God's chosen people to return to Jerusalem. Jubilant, he prepares for their departure only to learn that his family, grown comfortable in the pagan culture of Babylon, wants to remain. Zechariah, Iddo's oldest grandson, feels torn between his grandfather's beliefs and his father's life in Babylon. But he soon begins to...

An American reporter's chilling account of being kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban, in the no-man's-land between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Tells the story of Olive Oatman and her sister Mary Ann, who were taken captive when their family was massacred in the Arizona desert in 1851. The girls were later traded to the Mohaves, where Mary Ann died during a famine. After six years, Olive was rescued by whites, reunited with her brother and cousin, lectured about her experiences, married, and moved to Texas.