Anyone fearful of death by bite, sting, or simple contact with nature in the wild should prepare to be a great deal more fearful. Biologist Steve Backshall introduces us to venomous creatures great and small, familiar or little known,... Read More

Life as a diabetic holds unique challenges that can seem overwhelming. Authors Kay and Stephens tell the story of how Kay adapted to her own diagnosis and learned to make modifications in diet lifestyle and even thought patterns. Kay now... Read More

A little girl first heard this story as she and her tribe members sat around the campfire nearly 125 years ago on the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (1876-1938) is the girl who eventually grew... Read More

Gianni Versace, Oleg Cassini, and Vera Wang may have found fame and fortune in their careers as fashion designers, but chances are they worked long hours, year after year, to achieve success. Fashion design is a highly competitive field... Read More

People from all walks of life have been brought peace and understanding by the Holy Scripture when facing crises in their lives. The Psalms can bring comfort to believers and nonbelievers alike when circumstances around them are... Read More

The best teachers are the ones who inspire their students. This is no secret, but sometimes in the midst of standardized testing, enlarged class sizes, metal detectors, and other daily distractions, schools forget that students learn... Read More

Most travel guides are jammed with star ratings and brief descriptions of hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife. By contrast, this book is full of art images, maps, and summary sidebars ranging in topics from the Reformation to... Read More

Most readers will easily recall the nineteenth-century American poets they studied in college because they were so few and indeed so memorable: Poe, Whitman, and Dickinson largely make up the very short list. Published in the Modern... Read More