In three stories about an ocean journey, Ozzie the Otter and Mother Otter travel from Monterey Bay in California to visit their otter cousins in Alaska. Meeting danger and wonders along the way, they encounter an ocean of... Read More

“Death” is our guide in Moats’ elegant exploration of imagined and constructed hells, the former deriving from pre- and early Christian theological concepts, the latter from medieval and modern military technology. Death is... Read More

Some friendships survive beyond the final gruesome fight. Some last beyond the grave. Cathie Beck had that kind of friendship with Denise Katz, an artist she met when she formed a women’s group in an attempt to alleviate her... Read More

"Gratitude at Work" focuses on an important aspect of leadership that is often ignored. This is a book for the twenty-first century with fresh ideas on leadership and current examples of gratitude in action—and it’s about more than... Read More

“As fish do not know they are in water we cannot recognize the conditions in which we live” the author writes. “We think it is reasonable to return violence for violence.” We live our lives every day immersed in morality and... Read More

“There’s many a theory about whether animals have emotions, thoughts, and senses of humor. Whoever tries to tell you a horse doesn’t have those qualities, tell that individual to flake off.” "Everything I Know About Life I... Read More

Kimeli grew up in a small Maasai village in Kenya. When he was older, he won a scholarship to study medicine at Stanford. But on September 11, 2001, he was visiting New York City. He writes, My warrior heart could not sit still in me. I... Read More

Ned is a green worm who lives in an apple and loves the color red. So, what’s the problem? Ned’s apple is going bad; it’s leaking; it’s going to mush. He needs to find a new home. Ned packs a suitcase and heads out into the big... Read More