Rebecca Spicher

Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.

When the great cholera outbreak of 1854 sends London spinning out of control, Dr. John Snow must stand up to the city's most powerful players in exposing the ugly truth about London's water supply.

See Barney's House for the first time ever and share the fun with a houseful of his guests. At Barney's house, imagination can make anything happen at any time. That's why BJ, Baby Bop and some of their young friends are treated to surprising inventions, rock n roll singing birds, a web-surfing mouse, storybook visitors, and much more!

A postman's first day takes a terrifying turn when a precocious young girl tells him of her family's horrible tragedy.