John Aloysius Cogan

What would happen if we could go back in time and have God say "yes" instead of "no" to one of our prayers? The strong-willed girl in this middle-grade novel gets a chance to find out. Though Crystal prays desperately for God to stop the move her family plans to make to a new town, she is devastate...

This 30,000 word middle-grade story explores the value of young and old geting to know each other. In this story, a young girl, Stephanie, is eager to move back to her hometown. She is thrilled when the opportunity arrives. Her enthusiasm evaporates, however, when she discovers her best friend has m...

In this middle-grade story, twelve years old, Jessica Smith has put up with a drug abusing mother for a long time. Though she knows she can take care of herself, she misses her mother each night when her best friend's mother calls her family for dinner. Sometimes Jessica wonders what it would be li...

First Place 2010 Juvenile Fiction National Federation of Press Women Communication Contest First Place 2010 New Mexico Press Womens Communication Contest Winner Silver Recipient: 2010 Mom's Choice Award for Juvenile Level 2 Books (Ages 9 to 12) 2009 New Mexico Book Award Finalist (Juvenile Book grad...

In the United States, the size and composition of the federal budget is arguably the most important single issue of the 1990's, yet most debates and commentaries on the subject are largely uninformed. Virtually no one - whether government official, member of Congress, journalist, or taxpayer - seems...

With the concept of a global village now a reality, institutions of higher learning must broaden their thinking beyond American social, cultural, and economic borders. Reforming the Higher Education Curriculum is a collection of papers that explores how a college or university can plan and implement...

In this second edition of their 2005 work, the authors offer market-based alternatives to recent health care reforms that center on tax changes, insurance market changes, and the redesign of Medicare and Medicaid. They show that, by promoting cost- conscious behavior and competition in both private ...