Opportunity often arises unexpectedly and it seems so does the decision to emigrate. Though Morada planned to become a ship’s captain after graduating from high school in the Philippines his father’s unexpected refusal to support his... Read More

As difficult as it is to go through the process of losing a loved one, it can be comforting to realize that others are on a similar path. This moving tribute, a year-long recounting of one family’s ups and downs, tells the unfolding... Read More

“We have our sexual cake,” says the author, “but we don’t really eat it—or we gulp it down in such a manner as to bring on acute indigestion.” Ellis, a psychologist, indefatigable writer, teacher, and therapist for more than... Read More

Dataman has a great premise: Take a computer geek, a guy running his own computerized information-gathering company, and have him work with the cops. The cops, of course, have people who do this sort of thing, too, but they’re... Read More

Yes, there really were two Brothers Grimm, who collected and published fairy tales from across Germany, and a Hans Christian Andersen, who published numerous tales from his home in Denmark, including those still famous today about an... Read More

Dr. Smith’s clinic in the Amazon is a 9-by-12-foot room with plywood walls, no ceiling, no running water, kerosene lighting and bats roosting beneath her desk. In this modest arena she delivers babies and treats snakebite, malaria,... Read More