How much sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a feckless publisher.  The firm of Harper, formerly known as Harper & Rowe and now as Harper Collins, has had a long and distinguished career as a publisher.  Personally, I am grateful for the firm having published five of my own books and a series of 15 others that I edited.  But did I really know the firm? Alas, we now know that the firm has disgraced itself by allowing its subsidiary, Collins Bartholomew, in May 2014 to publish a misleading and indeed dishonest Primary Geography Atlas for the Middle East.  The Atlas claims to be an ideal school atlas for young primary school geographers and to be designed for schools in Middle East countries.  It also disingenuously claims to enable students to learn about the world today by exploring clear and engaging maps. That claim of clear or correct maps is false, because the country of Israel is omitted from them – and does not...(Read Full Article)