Reading will give you lasting pleasure.

It's really important for boys to have a father around, or a grandfather, or an uncle - a man they can really relate to who loves them, and who they know loves them.

Maybe it is the media that has us divided.

In many developing countries, girls don't go to school. They stay home. They are at the water wells, bringing water back and forth to the village. Or they are doing chores, preparing meals, farming. Some cultures think girls and women shouldn't be educated, and those are very often the places where the treatment of women and girls is the worst.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.

Because women don't expect to have heart disease, a lot of times they don't seek help if they have the early symptoms of a heart attack.

Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.