The reader knows by page one of Queen for a Day that Mimi Slavitts three-year-old son is autistic, but if anyone told her, she wouldn't listen, because she doesn't want to know--until at last Danny's behavior becomes so strange even she can't ignore it. After her son's diagnosis. Mimi finds herself in a world nearly as isolating as her son's. It is a world she shares only with mothers like herself, women chosen against their will for lives of sacrifice...

Discusses the symptoms, effects, outbreaks, and prevention of listeriosis, a disease caused by eating contaminated food, and examinds how scientists track its source.

This book discusses the origins, philosophy, and most notorious attacks of the Hamas terrorist group, including their present activities, possible plans, and counter-terrorism efforts directed against them.