“In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy.…
“Documentary film about the next group of immigrants, the Mexicans, that are following in our long history of immigration. It looks at the…
“The great-granddaughter of Iran’s last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists continues her description of growing up in Tehran--a…
“Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. This brilliantly imagined novel brings us the…
Exotic tales and dramatic details about Muslim women's views of Bosnian society are uncommon. In fact, few Muslim women in Bosnia are…
The eyes of the world focused on Afghanistan: our global consciousness was awakened to the plight of a population in turmoil. The…
“Kira-kira (kee’ ra kee’ ra): glittering, shining, glittering. That’s how Katie Takeshima’s sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is…
“In the mid-1950s, the town of Lacey in the Mississippi hill country is a place where the lives of blacks and whites, though seemingly…
“Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. She is a curandera, one who cures with herbs and…
“Eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove, an African-American girl in an America whose love for blonde, blue-eyed children can devastate all…