“Peter Pan” meets “The Little Prince” in this middle grade book full of fantasy, mystery, and comedy! Bestselling children’s book author Bobby Basil has a new story for kids 8-12 that takes readers on a journey from Maine to a place beyond the sea and behind the horizon... When twelve-year-old Roscoe Dash and his best friend Britt Stryker discover a journal from missing explorer Dr. Kester Vagari, they set sail on an extra strength adventure to find Figoosta, the magical island Vagari wrote about in his journal. They make it to the island and learn Vagari is still alive and still kooky. Roscoe gets the adventure he’s always wanted, with wooloos to swing, knercs to ride, and truxips to twist. But in Nightmare Cave, Roscoe realizes his deepest fear is being forgotten by his loved ones back home. Now Roscoe and Britt want to get off Figoosta, but they don’t know how to leave. They might have to stay on Figoosta forever… This magical island adventure is perfect for: --reluctant readers --kids who love adventure --kids who love true friendship stories --anyone who wishes they could sail away to uncharted places Buy the book today and watch ordinary kids go on an extraordinary adventure!

In The Reformation of Historical Thought, Mark Lotito re-examines the development of Western historiography by concentrating on Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) and his universal history, Carion’s Chronicle (1532). With the Chronicle, Melanchthon overturned the medieval papal view of history, and he offered a distinctly Wittenberg perspective on the foundations of the “modern” European world. Through its immense popularity, the Chronicle assumed extraordinary significance across the divides of language, geography and confession. Indeed, Melanchthon’s intervention would become the point of departure for theologians, historians and jurists to debate the past, present and future of the Holy Roman Empire. Through the Chronicle, the Wittenberg reformation of historical thought became an integral aspect of European intellectual culture for the centuries that followed.