Unlock the mysteries surrounding one of the nineteenth century's most brilliant minds in author Marv Friedlander's debut, "Felix Speaks: Adler's Ethical Culture."

Felix Adler, founder of the Ethical Culture movement, dedicated his life to espousing the idea that every person possesses an intrinsic worth that needs nurturing. His emphasis on ethics, or the development of "right relationships," moved a whole generation of humanists who sought to live out such a philosophy.

Now, those involved in ethical or humanist societies, as well as those who simply have an interest in learning...

It's time to see the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America for what they truly were: a cauldron of racial inequality, bigotry, and violence, with a lack of basic human rights for African Americans.

"Du Bois Speaks" is an insightful and unusual biographical approach to presenting the ideas and beliefs of early civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois, who was also a historian, sociologist, and cofounder of the NAACP.

Author Marv Friedlander poses in-depth questions as if he were interviewing Du Bois-questions like "Why are black people denied service in hotels and...