The proper pursuit of any science involves the knowledge of many disciplines, and archaeology should be no exception. Some archaeologists and anthropologists, however, disregard the findings of geologists. With braggadocios and pomposity... Read More

“If you can write a good war story, you could write anything,” says Larry Heinemann, one of the four authors included in this collection of interviews conducted by Herzog in 2005. Herzog, like the authors interviewed, is a Vietnam... Read More

For reasons unknown, Middle Eastern cooking never quite achieves the moniker of “next new thing” in Western culinary circles. Might it be the dressed-down approach taken by hummus- and tabbouleh-serving earth mothers in their natural... Read More

“Understanding buildings is like detective work: you need to look for clues that will lead you to recognize the building,” the author writes. First, however, one needs a background in architectural styles or at least a compact... Read More

There is a woman dressed like a librarian cliché seated on a small bed. Her expression is crushed. Look at her left hand, palm up—it appears almost paralyzed, like it’s lost its grip. A laundry basket of meticulously folded pale... Read More

If there is ever to be a poster person for people with ultra-abilities it would have to be twenty-four-year-old Shirley Cheng. The author has turned her disabilities into an ultra-ability and written the awe-inspiring "Embrace... Read More

“Pioneer single mothers trekked with their children for a six-month, two-thousand-mile wagon trip. They sometimes rode, but many times they walked, encountering intense heat, freezing cold, floods, and droughts—sometimes all in one... Read More

Andrea Cheng has written and illustrated a very unusual book, "Where the Steps Were" (WordSong, 978-1-932425-88-8), about an ordinary class of third graders, their always extraordinary questions, and the teacher who guides them. Miss D.... Read More