| 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 Andrea Drouillard | “You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity.” This quote by J. K. Rowling rings true for me. I firmly believe that true empathy cannot exist without experiencing hardship. Facing adversity head on is a way of life for … Read more
| By Gale Staff | School Library Connection (SLC) and American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) have announced the winners of the 2019 SLC/ARBA Best of Reference Award, which recognizes the best reference resources of the previous year, including books, databases, and eBooks that encourage K–12 student research and learning. And the winner of Best Resource … Read more
| By Traci Cothran | The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI currently has an exhibit on Star Trek; since I watched this show all the time growing up, I checked it out and brought a few tribbles with me, too. It was a good exhibit – featuring original costumes and props (phasers! scanners!) along … Read more
| By Mike Tyrkus | Decidedly adding to the conversation on what Magill’s Cinema Annual editor Brian Tallerico calls “one of our greatest art forms,” the latest addition to the series, Magill’s Cinema Annual 2019, continues the fine film reference tradition that has defined the VideoHound® series of entertainment industry products published by Gale by … Read more
| By Brigham Narins, Sr Content Developer, Gale | May is Mental Health Month! Mental health is like health generally: everybody needs it, wants it, and deserves it. And while there are great disparities in access to general health care worldwide and in the United States, the situation with mental health care is even more … Read more
| By Sarah Robertson | Does Walt Whitman live on in a blade of grass or a clump of soil? If you examined the earth, would you see his great beard, his tipped hat, or his impenetrable gaze? Probably not. But, in meditating on a blade of grass, you would immediately understand the essence of … Read more
| By Michelle Lee, Sr Content Developer | Our new For Students “Best Of” volumes feature brand-new entries on works that have been previously covered in the series. The entries—completely rewritten and refreshed—contain all new criticism and images and include new For Student features, such as a modernized page design. The “Best Of” volumes … Read more
| By Matthew Miskelly | This blog is the second in my four-part series on entrepreneurship. (Actually, that line was supposed to be a joke, but in a few minutes I’ll be halfway there, so who knows?) For my first blog a few months ago, I interviewed two small business owners, Gordie Richard and James … Read more
| By Laura Avery | Imagine being able to read biographies on people as varied as filmmakers, astronauts, playwrights, models, scientists, politicians, athletes, heads of business, authors, singers, ministers, and more. You can find all those people in one title: Newsmakers! Newsmakers features informative profiles of the world’s most interesting people in a crisp, concise, … Read more