"This big-shouldered book, full of ardor...offers us a reasonable hope that with attention and care we can again make public education what it was meant to be, and must yet be."--The Los Angeles Times.

The war with Germany had been over for two months. Still, more than 371,000 German soldiers were being held in prisoner of war camps in the United States. Some would not make it home for two years. A few would not make it home at all. Nine German soldiers lie in graves in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were the tragic victims of a U.S. Army Private, for reasons known only to himself, who climbed onto a guard tower and opened fire with a .30 caliber machine gun into the German prisoners of war sleeping below. Nine captives were killed, twenty more were wounded. The "Salina, Utah, Massacre" is the...

There is no more meaningful celebration in Jewish life than that of Passover.It is deeply rooted in Jewish history and an essential part of Jewish identity. But Passover is also as wide as it is deep, because Jewish communities around the world have added their own particular flavors by elaborating upon already existing traditions or even contributing their own.A brief tour of some of them can add to our appreciation of how the creativity of the Jewish people has adorned the ancient story and the time-honored traditions of the Exodus. Both the timing of the event and the Apostolic writings...

The author first came to the Canyon Country in 1963. He has returned many times. What he found was a land of incredible beauty, of mystery, of colorful characters and their many stories. "Postcards from the Canyon Country" is a collection of short stories that have been gathered over these many years; each in its own way, a "postcard" of sorts telling something about this mystical place.

"REBELLION" is the story of the events that led up to and include that fateful day in 1775, April 19, when handful of Patriots, passionate in their beliefs, stood up to the greatest army in the world. It is the story of brave individuals, fully committed to the cause of freedom and independence. It is the story of the birth of a new nation, the likes of which the world had never seen before.

The statistics come as a total surprise to most: 45 percent of postsecondary school students do not enroll directly out of high school. Many are part-time students, people who are returning to school after life intervened, or otherwise nontraditional learners and this segment is growing. Back to School is the first book to look at this population of second chancers, in a work that Make magazine calls optimistic yet simultaneously realistic.
Writing in the anecdotal style of his bestselling Possible Lives, veteran educator Mike Rose paints a vivid picture of the community...

"The Crimson Ghost" is a rare fictional effort by the author, Mike Rose. Although the product of his imagine, the story mirrors the sad happenings that occurred so many times on the home front in World War II. Major players in the story become a young boy named Jeremy, his mother, this grandfather, an old Native American, and a very large fish. As events play out, the young lad pursues his quest to try and relive those once golden days with his father, and to also fulfill his grandfather's dream.