A rich collection of newspaper articles, editorial, and opinions published in the days before and weeks following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The foreword is by U.S. Representative Joe Courtney. The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs from the period and a comprehensive index. The reporting is emotional, graphic, detailed and sometimes even poetic. To read these contemporary accounts is to share the experience that Americans had at this most traumatic moment in the nation's history.

Accounts of several religions in early 20th century Rio de Janeiro by literary journalist JoAo do Rio. The author was way ahead of his time in his approach to journalism. He went where other reporters never went to see for himself the dark and hidden sides of Rio de Janeiro. The bilingual edition, with Portuguese and English on facing pages, was translated by Dr. Ana Lessa-Schmidt.

Rio de Janeiro in 1911 was a venerable city in a new republic just a generation old. The people of Rio felt as new as the new century. A new culture of immigration and education blossomed. New technologies of machinery--Automobiles Airplanes --advanced with blinding speed. Feminism Advertisement Democracy Global travel New journalism Tea, slander, migrant camps, uppity servants Life in Rio de Janeiro was dizzying. Vertiginous.

In the giddy swirl of modernity, literary journalist JoAo do Rio aimed his critical eye at a great city and society in transformation. His collection...

More than 120 brief thoughts from Pope Francis, with lengthy excerpt from his Laudato Si encyclical and full speeches to Congress and the U.N.

The thoughts are on the worship of money, the essence of work, exploitation, World War III, slavery, the elderly, playing with children, the importance of family, Islamophobia, Christianophobia, the stewardship of nature, people as leftovers, the financial crisis, superficial culture, the war industry, the spreading of goodness, and so on.

The Foreword is by Sister Barbara Staley, General Superior of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred...

Collected short essays by Brazilian theologist, philosopher, and psychoanalyst Rubem Alves. Alves is one of the most popular and beloved writers in Brazil. He dives deeply into such topics as love, death, life, nature, society, history, sanity, old age, religion, and economics. He also goes into the symbolism of such commonplace things as popcorn, trees, violins, gardens, manure, and blossom petals on a sidewalk. Alves was the originator of the concept of -liberation theology.- He was beloved for his very human approach to all topics. He passed away in 2014. The essays were translated by...

Thanksgiving is not a book about a holiday. It's about something that a few dozen survivors did after a year of suffering, death, struggle, and courage.

They bowed their heads to give thanks.

The Pilgrims' journey began as a joint venture of business and religion, but it soon became a matter of survival.

With 102 men, women, and children packed into a dim, damp space below the main deck, the Mayflower set out on a terrifying 66-day crossing of the Atlantic. They dropped anchor well north of where they'd intended, and just as the New England...