Kami, a young deaf boy living in the most mountainous region of Nepal, finds his family’s lost yaks; he does so by determination and courage, but also through keen observation. On the morning of a mountain-climbing trek involving his... Read More

“When you are fully present, you are an awakened Being, at least for those moments you are present…There is no practice. There is no process. Either you are present in the moment, or you are not,” writes the author. Jacobson’s... Read More

Each year, 195,000 book titles make it into print. Authors are often disheartened when they discover the publicity machine they imagined, one that takes their title from obscurity to bestseller seemingly overnight, fails to materialize.... Read More

Cape Coast Castle held no princesses or fairytales—only the bleakest nightmare. For 143 years, millions of enslaved Africans passed through its walls on their way to the Western hemisphere and chattel slavery. Situated on Africa’s... Read More

There was nothing extraordinary about that day in 1939, until Tania saw the waves of green uniforms and columns of tanks that rolled into Prague. It was before the yellow stars that had to be sewn onto clothing or the green tickets that... Read More

If fiction is the art of painting pictures in words, Seebohm’s historical novel, "The Innocents" fascinates with its hues. The book opens with a sepia-toned portrait of the Crosby twins’ retreat from the debutante life of Edwardian... Read More

Although Michael Jackson has stayed out the public eye for the past few months, his tale is well known to legions of celebrity gossip mongers: a talented young kid who got off track, destroyed his face through too much plastic surgery,... Read More

“If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.” That was just as true when Charles Dickens first made this observation as it is today. There are plenty of bad people chronicled in "Scoundrels to the Hoosegow", and... Read More