Many parents and students are willing to jump through the highest hoops that selective private schools set for them. They believe that the benefits of a private education at an exclusive school justify the stressful application process.... Read More

Here is written a review of a book narrow, but deep, and although described as essays, actually containing a group of creative short stories, each a one-sentence wrap-up of a life, as if inscribed upon a headstone, and these inscriptions... Read More

In "The Legend of Chris Moose", Allen Northcutt creates a delightful, beautifully illustrated moose tale that gives parents and children an opportunity to discuss the issue of social exclusion and the hurtfulness of name-calling. Chris... Read More

More than eighty prints executed over fifty years (from 1956 through 2006) tell the story of engraver Rosemary Kilbourn’s fascination with, and reverence for, both the practice of looking closely and the natural world that mostly... Read More

In this fine collection of stories, characters often stumble upon what they’re actually looking for amid the flotsam and jetsam left by the receding dreams and washed-up hopes of not only their own lives, but all those around them.... Read More

Telling the Civil War’s story through these personal letters from those who fought it provides unforgettable descriptions of brutal battles, extreme living conditions, the hopes of slaves, the living hell of prisons, and unsanitary and... Read More

Miller and Kane show how techniques of handling potentially violent individuals can apply to a range of real situations. Whether dealing with a belligerent drunk at a bar or facing down a potential mugger, surviving a fight with minimal... Read More

Many people think it is a good idea to convey their life stories in print. For some, a written record is a document their families might treasure and learn from for years after they have passed on. But to write about one’s life for a... Read More