“Now we, the Turks, have become the enemy in our own country,” laments a refugee leading a convoy of villagers fleeing the advancing Serbian army. Cries similar to this one spoken by a character in Omer Ertur’s stunning and very... Read More

College can be a horrifically difficult testing ground for the beginning student making demands on time discipline and organizational abilities. Too often the result is a shallow paper chase where an undergraduate is happy to survive the... Read More

Dempsey’s "De La Sole" outlines a freewheeling almost-love-story between a heroine who’s too cute and a hero who’s too shy — complicated by an inconvenient boyfriend with a taste for jazzy-shoes a couple of foul-mouthed thugs and... Read More

Modern Maven: Blanche Lazzell (1878—1956) didn’t have the problem others did with merging the two distinctly different facets of her identity. The quiet girl, who was partially deaf and enormously proud of the traditional values she... Read More

Princess Passion: Born to royalty in a land with monarchic mystique … raised in fortune, her life a quiet reflection of grace … married amid unprecedented worldwide adulation … killed tragically, a possible victim of the media she... Read More

The picture-book design of this primer belies the depth of its information and vocabulary about democracy and Americas famous citizens and leaders. In fact, middle- and high-schoolers struggling with homework might want to keep a copy... Read More

Picture the quiet celebration of a professional promotion, a fine restaurant, and impeccably solicitous service-from the entree itself! Mr. Maxwell, a successful businesscat somewhere in his middle years, “had grown unaccustomed to... Read More

In a world where horses are better than the mall, movies, or instant messaging, this story brings to life all the dreams that girls have about ponies. Young horse lovers will enjoy these adventures, which reinforce the magical connection... Read More