An unsociable, wood-carving elf changes his grumpy ways after rescuing an injured snail.

Rose Buddies is set in the Summer of 1972 in a diner in the small town of Parker, Pennsylvania. The Rose Bud was a cozy meeting place for several breakfast clubbers - a hodge-podge of gentlemen who met every morning to tell immaculate tales. Find out what fascinating stories they had to tell, and get a few laughs in the process.

A Sarah Burke Mystery - Tucson Police detective Sarah Burke is called in to investigate a horrific double murder in a high-dollar neighbourhood, and the tragic destiny of a rich and troubled family unfolds . . . Meanwhile, Sarahs household bulges at the seams, as her niece, her mother and her boyfriend all search for accommodation in her small spaces and crowded schedule, and her sister, as usual, does nothing to make things easier . . .

Eric Lovejoy's adventure begins at age 11, during World War II in 1945, with the death of his older brother, Wilbur, during a skirmish outside Budingen, Germany. A quarter of a century later, Eric, now an army chaplain stationed in Budingen, along with two German veterans, an American reporter, and a German-American businessman look into the matter. A bumbling Russian spy lingers in the background. When one of the German veterans reveals a new and dangerous predicament involving his sister, the group focus changes direction in an attempt to rescue her. The trail leads to Adolf Hitler's Obersalzberg fortress in Berchtesgaden, Germany. A series of events and mishaps makes Eric a captive. Eric faces danger and brainwashing at the hands of a secret organization, whose high ideals and harsh methods threaten to destroy his hitherto unexamined religious beliefs. Threatened with death if he does not become a willing member, he struggles to decide whether to join their cause and work on their behalf or try to escape. His choice alters a portion of German history.

Now in its second year, the 1990 edition is bigger and better with the addition of market listings for such categories as audiovisual aids, songs, coloring books, comic books, and puzzles.