Unlike the sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity, which are dynamic and open to the possibilities of interpretation (although the extent to which different groups accept interpretations varies), the Qur’an, Islam’s sacred text,... Read More

When traveler and photographer Barrington Bear goes to Antarctica to see the Emperor Penguins, young readers learn about where the penguins live and how they raise their chicks. The photos are captivating, and the text is written for... Read More

“A good editorial cartoonist can take an issue and sway public opinion or at least make an arguable point,” says the editor in this sometimes poignant, frequently biting collection that captures the all-too-frequent failings of the... Read More

The story of creation as told in Genesis is revisited in this tale that pegs itself as a story geared toward those “searching people who are not satisfied with pat religious answers to spiritual questions.” In truth, it is a... Read More

Retired software mogul Peter Walker receives a mysterious message asking him to travel to Copenhagen. Intrigued by the faded picture contained therein and with nothing better to do with his time he flies off to Europe. Peter quickly... Read More

Public interest pollster Alan F. Kay is irritated with the money-compromised integrity of commercial polling organizations. Gallup Roper Zogby and similar outfits have to please their customers. The commercial pollster’s client is an... Read More

Seventeen-year-old Michelle Guzman suffers egregious abuse from her stepparents and older stepbrother; conditioned to accept that she deserves it she’s sliding into apathy. Her stepmother’s program of systematic starvation has... Read More

During a payroll robbery in 1920, someone shot and killed Alesandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter. Berardelli was the chief bookkeeper for a shoe manufacturing company in Massachusetts and Parmenter was a security guard who worked... Read More