America Off-Line An introduction to a fascinating place outside your computer called "The World Wide World" or "Non-Virtual Reality." America Off-Line offers a vast and impressive array of features: chat rooms (known at America Off-Line as "parties") and e-mail (aka "mail"), to name a couple. Plus, the resolution of the graphics is awesome, assuming you have the right prescription. www.caderbooks.com/aoffl.html

Esquire Presents: What It Feels Like (editor) A collection of amazing, inspiring, and just plain disturbing first-person tales. Including what it feels like to walk on the moon, to be attacked by a shark, to be seven feet tall, and to be struck by lightning. amazon.com