| By Laura Avery | Toni Morrison is one of the most highly respected authors in contemporary American literature. Beginning with the publication of her first novel, The Bluest Eye, Morrison earned increasing critical and popular acclaim. Her novels highlight the struggles of black people to rediscover and maintain connections to their cultural history and to … Read more
| By Gale Staff | The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets, 3rd Edition presents detailed, yet easy-to-read information on 300+ topics covering diet and nutrition. Entries include special and popular diets, dietary treatments, nutrition basics, and health-related concerns. Diet entries focus on the development and history of a diet; its basic principles; key figures that influenced … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor-led courses that patrons can take entirely online. These in-depth, 6-week classes cover subjects such as technology, health-care training, business/accounting, personal development, law, test prep, and more. Elli Wills, an editorial coordinator at WJ Weiser, completed the E to Z Grant … Read more
| By Gale Staff | A prolific writer and beloved entertainer Will Rogers once said, “In Hollywood, the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can’t read. If they could read their stuff, they’d stop writing.” Given Will’s perspective, we’re especially proud to announce that seven Five Star Publishing titles have … Read more
| By Catherine DiMercurio | Miriam Toews’s Women Talking is rooted in historical events. Toews describes the novel as an “imagined response” to those events. The crimes perpetrated against a community of Mennonite women living in a colony in Bolivia came to light in 2011, during the trial of the men accused of anesthetizing and … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Women—controversial, mysterious, and heroic—are in the spotlight for September. Whether your readers are looking for “can’t put it down” fiction or an inspiring true tale, these new large print titles won’t disappoint. Plus, two of the three are in development for the big screen—inviting the classic debate of what was … Read more
| By Gale Staff | As the third-largest library in Indiana, Lake County Public Library has roughly a quarter of a million patrons. Ingrid Norris, director and CEO, has been with the library system since 1977 and the acting director for five years. She is committed to increasing participation in the programs her library offers. … Read more
| By K. Lee Lerner | Man’s footprint remains No wind or rain to erode Mankind’s achievement In July 1969, I was 12 years old. As prize for winning a regional science fair, I traveled to Cape Canaveral to witness the launch of Apollo 11. To this day, the image of the towering Saturn V … Read more
| By Matt Miskelly | Anyone who knows me knows I love to travel. A lot. And that’s how I found myself in Granada, Spain, a few months ago. Beautiful city. If you need proof, check out the photo above: me enjoying the Mirador San Nicolás, perhaps the best lookout I’ve ever looked out from. … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Life stories, seemingly day-to-day circumstances, and choices made – those issues are often at the core of readers’ favorite stories. How often we’ve all thought “there’s a book here” when we contemplate our own lives. This month we’re highlighting three titles that delve into the stories of individuals who have … Read more