Reach Higher. Do More. Be Greater. Just like the people in this book! Rabbi Binyomin Pruzansky wants you to meet some great people: The taxi driver who gave away his day’s earnings instead of collecting his fare; The family with 8 children who knew they might be homeless by tomorrow but never gave up hope; and The man who sang and danced with joy in every room of his house, every single Motzei Shabbos - for forty years! In this new collection of...

A blue-collar father tries to rescue his pregnant, heroin-addicted girlfriend from the streets of Camden, NJ.

American higher education faces some serious problems--but they are not the ones most people think. In this brief and accessible book, two leading experts show that many so-called crises--from the idea that typical students are drowning in debt to the belief that tuition increases are being driven by administrative bloat--are exaggerated or simply false. At the same time, many real problems--from the high dropout rate to inefficient faculty staffing--have...

Read the news about America's colleges and universities - rising student debt, affirmative action debates, and conflicts between faculty and administrators - and it's clear that higher education in this country is a total mess. But as David F. Labaree reminds us in this book, it's always been that way. And that's exactly why it has become the most successful and sought-after source of learning in the world. Detailing American higher education's unusual...

Examines the different types of primates, their habitats, behavior, family life, and locomotion.

"Michelle Obama is a lawyer, a former First Lady of the United States, and someone who fights for the rights of kids like YOU." -- back cover.