If modern diplomacy is “the peaceful means by which governments conduct their relations,” then the author, who offers this definition, was a player in many important Cold War and post-Cold War events that defined America’s global... Read More

The healing traditions of indigenous peoples now embodied in shamanic practices don’t look a bit like what most skeptical Westerners expect “healing” to look like nowadays, with hospital visits, surgeries, and pills. But when (as... Read More

“This Naphtalene causes the closet in which it is kept and from where it keeps watch to erupt in flaming sentences,” writes Hélène Cixous in her foreword to this book. Recalling her childhood in 1950s Baghdad, Huda smolders with... Read More

It wasn’t until the year 2000 that Alabama voters repealed, by a narrow margin, the section of their state constitution that banned “any marriage between a white person and a Negro or a descendant of a Negro.” Although Alabama was... Read More

In spite of being only eight years old, Tito has a skill that the firefighters on duty don’t have. They need his help. Tito wants to ride in the fire truck with his fireman friend, Richie, but the regulations forbid riders other than... Read More

In this exciting adventure story, young Bobby Simpson and his friend, Ramon Aguilar, are playing soccer near the pasture one day when they discover that Bobby’s star palomino colt, Fergus, has an unusual talent. Fergus, bred to be a... Read More

“We rest between the gunwales of our canoe at a quiet bay on a Canadian Shield lake, watching the loons or a bear, smelling the white cedar trees and the tamarack swamp, and see evidence of a divine hand.” This kind of experience led... Read More

Divorce, at best, is an emotionally draining and complex legal process, and when there are children involved, the stress can increase exponentially. Much has been written about not using kids as a pawn during a divorce and the aftermath,... Read More