What if there were a fraud worse than Enron and no one did anything about it?In United States v. George W. Bush et. al., former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega brings her twenty years of exper
Uniformed U.S. Army Officers lunch with students in elementary school cafeterias. Army training programs including rifle and pistol instruction replace physical education in middle schools. Like never
The fully revised and updated edition to the national bestseller Get Healthy Now! includes five entirely new sections: Diabetes, Insomnia, Andropause and Menopause, Skin and Hair, and Pain and Fatigue
Praise for Barry Gifford:"Gifford cuts right through to the heart of what makes a good novel readable and entertaining. . . . The way Barry Gifford does it, it’s high art."—Elmore
“Sassy, ironic, hilarious, profound.”—Essence“Like Billie Holiday she taps into the vitality of the blues as a survival mechanism.”—ArtForum“Speaks to societal-political issues through satire and humo
“[Afrika’s] work is consistently clear, unembroidered, often very moving and has won him South Africa’s top literary prizes… [The Innocents is] a novel of grea
A couple's scheme to get rich by killing their father backfires, leaving them in charge of a cripple. In heaven, a baby, dead through neglect, tells his playmates: "Life down there is just one long sl
“It's difficult to imagine a more welcoming entry into northern Afghan culture, or a more touching set of relationships formed, and maintained, under horrific circumstances.”&m
The most bold and empowered words of America’s past are resurrected here by some of the leading voices of the present. Inspired and heartrending, Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove, John Sayles, Sarah Jones,
America has always portrayed itself as a country of immigrants, welcoming each year the millions seeking a new home or refuge in this land of plenty. Increasingly, instead of finding their dream, many
Are the huge profits garnered by corporations each year a case of a few bad apples in the business world taking advantage of unmonitored dealings? Is this consolidation of wealth made at the expense o
Obamanomics lays out the economic policies of an Obama administration. Talbott illustrates how a government driven by citizen ibnvolvement can tackle the most complex problems of our generation, incl
A Library Journal Best Consumer Health Book of 2003 and an American Library Association/Booklist Editor’s Choice Book of 2003“Barbara Seaman is the first prophet of the women&r
More civilians have been killed in the last century in mass conflicts than have been killed in all the wars of the previous four centuries combined. To the House of Collateral Damage: Centuries of th
“A wonderful report. An attempt to bring rationality where emotion tends to dominate.”—Simon Jenkins, former editor of The Times (London)“The reports of the New
The Cuban Revolution of 1959, spearheaded by the young Fidel Castro along with his companion in arms, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, is mythic in both its dream and reality. Fidel offers a
Camelia Entekhabifard was six years old in 1979 when the shah of Iran was overthrown by revolutionary supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini. By the age of sixteen, Camelia was a nationally celebrated p
What happens when catastrophe becomes an everyday occurrence? Each of the seven stories in Assia Djebar’s The Tongue’s Blood Does Not Run Dry reaches into the void where normal and
With contributions from some of the most well respected and experienced Chinese writers, journalists, and organizers, China’s Great Leap examines the People’s Republic of China as its government and 1
