In the eagerly anticipated new volume of the WICKED years, we return to Green Maguire’s Oz , seen through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion-the once tiny cub defended bout Elphaba’s life, demands some answers of her own.

While civil war looms in Oz, an oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, the Cowardly Lion arrives searching for information about the notorious witch. Yackle, who hovered on the sidelines of Elphaba’s life, demands some answers of her own.

Brr surrenders his story: he was abandoned as a cub, his earliest memories are gluey hazes, and his path from infancy in the Great Gillikin Forest is no Yellow Brick Road. In the wake of laws that oppress talking animals, he avoids a jail sentence by agreeing to serve as a lackey to the warmongering Emperor of Oz.

A LION AMONG MEN chronicles a battle of wits hastened by the Emerald City’s approaching armies. What does the Lion know of the whereabouts of the Witch’s boy, Liir? And what of the Grimmerie, the magic book that vanished as quickly as Elphaba?

Here is THE book recounting the life and times of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffet. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. The result is the personally revealing and complete biography of the man known every where as “The Oracle of Omaha”.

If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be?

Every day Lou Suffern battles with the clock. He always has two places to be at the same time. He always has two things to do at once. When asleep he dreams. In between his dreams, he runs through the events of the day while making plans for the next. When at home with his wife and family, his mind is always someplace else.

On his way into work one early winter morning, Lou meets Gabe, a homeless man sitting outside the office building. Intrigued by him and on discovering that he could also be very useful to have around, Lou gets Gabe a job in the post room.

But soon Lou begins to regret helping Gabe. His very presence unsettles Lou –and how does Gabe appears to be in two places at the same time?

As Christmas draws close, Lou starts to understand the value of time. He sees what is truly important in life yet at the same time he learns the harshest lesson of all.