Rip Van Winkle

By Howe John

A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

Jack and the beanstalk

By Howe John

A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.

The knight with the lion

By Howe John

A retelling of the knightly adventures of Yvain and his faithful lion, culminating in his reconciliation with the proud lady Ludine.

The King of Winter's daughter

By Howe John

The King of Winter's beloved daughter flees because she grows weary of her father's cold and colorless kingdom.

Rip Van Winkle

By Howe John

A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

Highways and hedges

By Howe John

Lost worlds

By John Howe, Howe John

Presents illustrations of lost worlds defined in histories, myths, legends and folklore, including such places as Aratta, Atlantis, Camelot, and Ultima Thule.

Before the Gregorian reform

By Howe John

Church reform and social change in eleventh-century Italy

By Howe John

At the dawn of the second millennium, new churches and castles sprang up throughout Western Europe. In central Italy, St. Dominic of Sora (d. 1032) and his patrons played a key role in this process...

Sex, should we change the rules?

By Howe John