This compilation of essays, interviews, speeches, and poems presents a united front against standardized testing in schools. One core issue in education—standardized testing—seems to be galvanizing educators to rise up in a common... Read More

The book is appropriately unsettling, while remaining a reasoned overview of a hard-to-contain problem. Where once the threat of nuclear war came primarily from nations, experts generally agree the real danger now is a weapon in the... Read More

Research and enthusiasm merge to show how otherworldly creatures in Japanese folklore have enriched cultural experience. For author and scholar Michael Dylan Foster, a little keepsake kappa doll kept on top of a refrigerator sparked a... Read More

Examining the history, function, and impact of paper on society, Müller reveals how the age of books and the age of the Internet are connected, not in opposition. Lothar Müller’s "White Magic" presents the evolution of paper from its... Read More

Informative essays and interviews concerning international law reveal to academics the injustices of some political agendas. Justice Belied: The Unbalanced Scales of International Criminal Justice is a compilation of a series of articles... Read More

A well-reasoned approach to an emotional topic brings strength to Field’s conviction that physical touch is a biological need. People are increasingly isolated from each other due to social media and other factors, and protection... Read More

A well-researched analysis of the impact of faith and beliefs on society advocates for a peaceful secular world. Barbara G. Walker, author of twenty-four books, including the bestselling The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets,... Read More

Chatelain has done an outstanding job of identifying childhood experiences for Chicago’s young black girls. The Great Migration (1910-70) saw six million African Americans leave the Jim Crow South for cities in the northern and western... Read More