Islam: surrender of the self to the will of God. This literal definition of a religion practiced by hundreds of millions of people sounds fearful to Western ears. But in this easy-flowing overview of the history of Islam, the reader may... Read More

The author affirms that the term “moral capitalism” signifies something possible and real. He holds that capitalism springs from natural instincts to own and control property. When businesses act using concepts similar to the notion... Read More

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then Americans’ standards of what’s desirable are only skin deep. That merging of clichés summarizes this collection of scholarly essays on skin color and its effect on societal norms in the... Read More

Travelers in Europe who are there specifically to look at the art—and even those who just stumble upon such treasures as Notre Dame de Paris—will see things they never saw before and learn more about things they already knew existed,... Read More

Alejandro Malaspina was an eighteenth-century officer in the Spanish Navy, whose sailing exploits rival those of his near-contemporary, Captain James Cook, and whose visionary political notions were ahead of their time. He is little... Read More

"Finders Keepers?" is an elevating morality story inspired by the author’s surprising encounter with a village child during one of his trips to India. The American narrator in the story unknowingly drops his wallet at a marketplace and... Read More

First friendships are more than sweet; they set the tone for a lifetime of relationships. Early friendships offer children a safe forum to practice their budding social skills. It’s wonderful for anyone, whether four or forty, to be... Read More

Thomas Morgan Reed’s physical problems were first brought to his family’s attention by his Scoutmaster, who noticed that the boy had trouble with his back while swimming. Soon Thomas found himself in the hospital in a body cast that... Read More