Text and pictures present the life of twelve-year-old Chor Ling and her family, residents of a town in Singapore.

"When new bride Kaveri Murthy reluctantly agrees to investigate a minor crime to please her domineering mother-in-law--during the blood moon eclipse, no less--she doesn't expect, once again, to stumble upon a murder. With anti-British sentiment on the rise, a charismatic religious leader growing in influence, and the fight for women's suffrage gaining steam, Bangalore is turning out to be a far more dangerous and treacherous place than Kaveri ever...

"The best-selling author of Girl Waits with Gun and Lady Cop Makes Trouble continues her extraordinary journey into the real lives of the forgotten but fabulous Kopp sisters... Deputy sheriff Constance Kopp is outraged to see young women brought into the Hackensack jail over dubious charges of waywardness, incorrigibility, and moral depravity. The strong-willed, patriotic Edna Heustis, who left home to work in a munitions factory, certainly doesn't...

The third-largest country in Latin America, Mexico is hugely diverse, having both rural backwaters where time seems to have stood still and manic urban centers like Mexico City, one of the most densely populated and exciting cities in the world. This complex and fascinating country is where European and American civilizations first clashed. The repercussions of the meeting in 1519 between the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and the Aztec Emperor...

"Filmmaker Erik McCowan focuses his lens upon the turkey-[obsessed] in Cuero, Texas. In this documentary, McCowan merrily chronicles how turkey farming has shaped Cuero through a century-long lineage of turkey drives, Turkey Trots, and turkey races - at the same time deftly delivering the tragedy of how Americans' taste for tender, mass-produced birds ruined the independent farmer and disfigured the turkey into a white-feathered mess."--Cover. Also...

London's social season is in full swing, and Victorian aristocracy is atwitter over a certain gentleman who claims to be the direct descendant of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Adding to their fascination with all things French, an audacious cat burglar is systematically stealing valuable items that once belonged to the illfated queen. But things take a dark turn. The owner of one of the pilfered treasures is found murdered after the theft is reported...