Donald Friedman: 4 books

Farbman is a hustling New York lawyer with a shiksa wife and two kids, living beyond his financial and emotional means. Dunned by his creditors and distressed by an undiagnosed malaise of the soul, Farbman embodies the conflict between our altruistic impulse to help others and our selfish desire to...

The tragic events of September 11, 2001, have forever changed the lives of the individuals and families that were directly affected and have changed history for everyone. Those same events were the beginning of a 24-hour-per-day, 7-day-per-week effort by structural engineers to investigate...

Milton's Secret investigates the world of child bullying through the eyes of Milton, a boy facing typical middle-class family dynamics. In a world where bullying extends into the digital realm and seemingly everyone is a spectator, the book explores how children can use mindfulness as a tool to take on such challenges in life.

Imagine an America where politicians, governmental institutions, schools, new technologies, and interest groups work together to promote informed, engaged citizens. Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century brings together scholars from various disciplines to show how such a United States is possible...