Tracing American hegemony in the twenty-first century, the author assesses increasing world disorder in light of the growing inequities caused by free-market globalization, America's use of the terror
The prizewinning educator's brilliant and timely meditation on the misleading ways in which we teach the story of Rosa Parks: a Detroit News pick for notable books on Rosa Parks.Originally published
How American media are failing our democracy, by the authors Bill Moyers calls "the Paul Revere and Tom Paine of our time.""As this book makes clear, the problem is deeper than the administration or
A call to arms against the increasingly hostile climate of public education, hailed by Bill Ayers as "a wise and measured handbook for the struggle ahead." In Stupidity and Tears, renowned educator a
Back in print, the classic children's science book, winner of the National Book Award for children's literature. The View from the Oak, winner of the National Book Award for children's literature, is
An examination of the effects on increasing conglomerate control of news and culture, by nine leading insiders and critics. What are the effects of increasing conglomerate ownership on the creation a
The Sneaker Book is an entertaining, informative look at this fascinating, $II-billion-a-year industry. How (and by whom) are sneakers made? Where does your money go when you buy a pair? Who are the
Renowned singer Gloire Stella has mysteriously disappeared. When a television producer tries to track her down, Gloire goes on the run. From the cliffs of Brittany to the back alleys of Bombay,Big Blo
Nominated for two 1996 Julia Child Cookbook Awards and a 1996 James Beard Award, Recipe of Memory is a unique cookbook drawing on the contents of an antique chest left to Victor Valle by his great au
Winner of the International Center for Photography's 1995 Award for Writing on Photography, Picturing Us brings together a diverse group of African American writers, scholars, and filmmakers in the f
The Hungarians have an expression for the worst place in the world to be: “Under the frog’s ass down a coal mine.”Under the Frog, Tibor Fischer’s brilliant recreation of postwar Eastern Europe, was th
Growing up Gay, Growing up Lesbian is the first literary anthology geared specifically to gay and lesbian youth. It includes more than fifty coming-of-age stories by established writers and teenagers
The thirty-seven works of art, twenty-four in full color, presented in A Piece of My Heart take us into the heart of one of the most distinguished painters of Chicano life. In a career that spans twe
One of the hottest controversies in educational circles today concerns the practice of "tracking," or grouping students by ability, beginning in the early grades. With chapters on parental involvemen
