A case study of why Third World countries are still poor, the premise of this book is that while some progress has been made in transforming the political economy of Ecuador, certain behaviors, belief
President Franklin Roosevelt loathed him. Columnist Drew Pearson savaged him in print. Joe McCarthy was determined to destroy him. But the target of those men--from opposite ends of the political s
Only a handful of doctors have been responsible for the health and well-being of presidents of the United States. This is the highly personalized story of T. Burton Smith, M.D., White House doctor to
Ogden Nash studied popular culture with a penetrating eye and wrote about America, its icons, habits, and affections with humor and levity. He struggled with comparisons to "serious" poets, those her
Designed to turn the unpolished performer into an entertaining magician, this book presents fail-safe magic, essential fingerwork, sleight of hand, card tricks, and mental magic, along with the basic
Historians have dismissed the ten years it took to ready the new capital as nothing more than man's inability to tame a swamp. In a brilliant narrative Bob Arnebeck shows how with slave axe-men, lawy
An encyclopedia, illustrated with film stills and studio portraits, offers concise profiles of one hundred of Hollywood's hottest, newest young stars, from Rosanna Arquette to Johnny Depp to Wesley Sn
More than just an essential reference tool, An Insider's Guide to Maine Politics offers fascinating stories and seldom-told details about figures and events in Maine politics from World War II to the
From Dan Quayle to Bill Clinton, Americans are increasingly alarmed by the crisis of values in our society. What are the roots of the crisis? What can be done to solve it? Putting aside the sterile, o
In the summer of 1993, die-hard baseball fan and displaced Southerner Ernest Green took off in his ancient pickup on an odyssey that would cover 17,OOO miles and every Southern state. His quest: to vi
