Forgiving others can lead to a positive life change in the forgiver and the one being forgiven.

Apr 5, 2010 - Todd Stuart

Forgiving someone who has hurt us is hard. It can be even harder when that person is a family member. Understanding why it's so hard is the first step,

Jan 25, 2011 - Sydney Thomas

Created for Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, and more novels, Charles Dickens' colorful characters have diverse personalities and fictional fates...

Mar 27, 2009 - Elizabeth Fredericks

Jean Valjean expiates his crime of robbing a ten-year-old chimneysweep by adopting another exploited child and sacrificing his own happiness to ensure hers.

Jan 5, 2011 - Rochelle Zappia

Sena Jeter Naslund reinterprets the life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, from her childhood in Vienna through the French Revolution until her final hours in prison.

Mar 13, 2008 - Christine Welter

If you enjoy early American history, particularly the American Revolution and founding era, here are some books your library must have.

Sep 19, 2007 - Brian Tubbs

Normally thought to co-exist in splendid isolation, science and the arts can work with technology in perfect harmony to push artistic boundaries.

Jul 28, 2010 - David Porter

This article explores the theme of rebellion in Djebar's novel through analysis of the female characters.

Jan 10, 2011 - Samantha Warren

A Christmas Carol, a morality tale of personal redemption, continues to be popular almost two hundred years later, but what prompted Dickens to write it?

Dec 15, 2010 - Sylvie Nantais

60 years ago, a surprising sound on AM radio, featuring a fuzz guitar, placed a new spin on the planet and put the rev to a revolution.

Nov 28, 2011 - Rick Stelnick

Agrarian discontent translated into real reform when the urban intelligentsia took up the torch of reform. Access to the halls of power made a difference.

Mar 21, 2011 - Douglas Harvey