Disguising oneself as a man has long been a trick of heroines; fictional—and historical—women aplenty have sought safety, anonymity, and heroism by donning masculine garb. Debut novelist Mary Volmer’s heartwarming story, set during... Read More

As the author of this amusingly titled book points out, Jewish parents have a special investment in where their children go to college. Assimilation and intermarriage are big concerns within the Jewish community, and parents who have... Read More

Swallowing is a four-step process that usually happens without conscious thought or deliberate physical effort, even though most people swallow approximately six hundred times a day. More than ten individual body parts are involved in... Read More

As stories about the brutal treatment of women in Islamic countries such as Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan abound in the press, Sufi practitioner Tamam Kahn uses her denomination’s inward-looking spiritual approach to Islam to suggest... Read More

“Tween Detective” Emmy Budd teams up with T.J. Blake in this first installment of a seven-volume series. At twelve, Emmy wants T.J. to notice her cute pigtails although she dreads eliciting his worst insult: “FEMALE.” For Emmy,... Read More

This earnest, passionate book about the importance of youth sports programs for kids will leave readers feeling as though they know author Donnie Howell personally. His anecdotal narrative ranges freely over the varied terrain of... Read More

Socialism and communism are now regarded by most Americans as unworkable theories that created murderous dictatorships instead of the egalitarian, classless societies of which Marx and Engels dreamed. The human suffering caused by... Read More

Imagine having to climb six flights of stairs while seven months pregnant—with the flu and a temperature of 102 °F. Imagine going hungry because it’s too tiring to fix scrambled eggs or slice up an orange. Sufferers of chronic... Read More