Passions flare over the founder of Islam. He is variously considered the supreme prophet, the “embodiment of Islam,” a visionary leader, a reformer come to offer an alternative to the corruption of the Christian church, and a genius... Read More

Women have always done courageous, daring, and creative things, but their contributions have too long remained hidden. Jeremy Scott’s "Women Who Dared" helps remedy this situation with brief biographies of six women who rebelled... Read More

This book is an intimate, detailed, and emotionally charged look at the life and times of Hans Günther Adler (1910–1988), a pioneer in the field of Holocaust studies who devoted himself to keeping alive the memory of those who lost... Read More

Audrey Hepburn, with her fresh innocence, gamine ways, intense dark eyes, and boyish figure, created magic on the screen. Known as an Academy Award-winning actress and fashion icon, she also made a difference for suffering children as a... Read More

"The News from Arkansas" is a poignant and entertaining memoir that celebrates life in whatever form it takes. Valerie Katz found herself in a whole new world when she and her husband David moved from California to Arkansas. There was a... Read More

"The Good Life" is a thrilling young adult title about a kid who’s trying to figure out who he is in a hostile world. Fifteen-year-old Walker Morrison, with a bullet lodged in his shoulder and a broken ankle, is bleeding and about to... Read More

A biographical story and a teaching experiment, this text muses that art might be the key to maintaining balance through hardships. An esteemed English professor casts aside the standard curriculum, using his own story of love lost and... Read More

Is the legend of the four neophyte climbers who, all in one day, summited Denali unharnessed and unroped, inadequately dressed, using primitive equipment and lugging a fourteen-foot-tall, twenty-five-pound tree trunk up treacherous... Read More