A leader of the new generation of progressive evangelicals reclaims her faith from partisan politics, in this book in the acclaimed "Does Not Equal" series.
A chronicle of the period between the Vietnam and Iraq wars makes cautionary observations about America's role in the Middle East, evaluating how shifting foreign policies and efforts to establish an
In Classroom Conversations, two generations of educators—a mother and daughter—point us to the great thinkers who have shaped their beliefs and practices in education, and who continue to influence te
In the 1960s, the hopes for a blossoming progressive Catholicism awakened by the Second Vatican Council were cut short by conservative opposition and the rightward agendas of the previous and current
An account of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II by Russian revolutionaries in 1881 evaluates the event's links to worldwide modern-day terrorist practices, in a historical survey that argues that
At nearly 95, Studs Terkel has written about everyone's life, it seems, but his own. Here he offers a memoir which--embodying the spirit of the man himself--is youthful and vivacious. Terkel begins by
From the political to the aesthetic, Nobel Lectures collects the words of a quarter century of literature laureates, offering a glimpse into the inspirations, motivations, and passionately held belief
Radical Acts brings together four politically charged plays, opening with Duberman's first production, In White America, a depiction of the black struggle for freedom and human rights. Next, Mother Ea
The evidence that the Bush administration is guilty of war crimes, presented in the form of a court case brought by one of the premier civil rights organizations in the United States.
A collection of essays and memoirs celebrates urban school children and their teachers and seeks to dispel the stereotypical views of teaching in the city
The United States spends twice as much as other industrialized nations on health care, yet our system performs poorly in comparison and still leaves 46 million without health coverage and millions mor
Edited by and with textual discussion by Buhle (Brown U.), this volume describes the contribution of Jews to the American comic art form. From a 1911 depiction of Jewish textile workers "between Phara
The disparity between the schools of the inner cities and the schools in suburbs is well documented. In this companion to City Kids, City Teachers: Reports from the Front Row editors Ayers (education,
A director of a non-profit school reform organization probes the challenges facing teachers and immigrant students in today's public schools, evaluating the ways in which immigration policies have div
A volume of lighthearted literary writings explores the ethical dilemmas posed by the workplace, in a collection that includes John Cheever's descriptions of a businessman who endures a moral crisis a
The highly acclaimed, definitive collection of Abbott's popular New York photographs. Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) was one of this century's greatest photographers, and her New York City images have c
In the 1960s, prizewinning writer Philip Lopate went into an urban school to teach poetry and became a part of the school community.Being with Children, first published in 1975 but out of print for ma
With a combination of technological savvy, irreverent humor, and acerbic critique, a handful of media personalities, blogs, outlets, and politically based organizations - from The Dnion to Jon Stewar
A collection of essays by top eclectic thinkers meditates on the dangers of capitalist-driven societies as reflected by "utopian" construction practices occurring throughout the world, citing the role
A leading Iranian scholar provides a political and cultural history of Iran over the last two centuries, offering an insightful analysis key recent events, cultural trends, and political developments,
A forefront figure in progressive Judaism challenges conservative beliefs to reveal what the Torah teaches about a range of issues, from sex and war to social justice and the environment, in a passion
Draws parallels between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War while examining significant changes in the country and military since the Vietnam War, arguing that the first conflict's lessons have been igno
A scathing study of executive power run amok criticizes the Bush administration for creating a "secret presidency" marked by classified presidential decisions and order in the name of national securit
The Studs Terkel Interviews: Film and Theater collects the Pulitzer Prize–winning oral historian’s remarkable conversations with some of the greatest luminaries of film and theater. Originally publish
Veteran journalist Lebo, stationed just down the road in Harrisburg, covered the 2004 law suit against the Dover, Pennsylvania school board after it voted to teach creationism in ninth-grade biology.
Now in paperback, The Skin That We Speak takes the discussion of language in the classroom beyond the highly charged war of idioms and presents today’s teachers with a thoughtful exploration of the va
This book by Asch (PhD, American history, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) tells the intertwined stories of one-time sharecropper turned civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) and staunc
Writing for Harper’s and the New Yorker over the last decade, David Samuels has penned a disillusioned love song to the often amusing and sometimes fatal American habit of self-delusion, reporting fro
Building on the success of her previous book, Consuming Kids, Linn argues that children more than ever need the time, space, and tools essential for creative play. In modern America, creative play is
Hellman (York U., Canada) offers insights into the lives of the 6 million undocumented Mexican migrant workers currently living in the United States, noting that the fluctuations in this populace are
Hans Olofson arrives in Zambia not long after independence, hoping to fulfill the missionary dream of his friend Janice. He is also fleeing the traumas of his motherless childhood: his father's alcoh
A volume of thirteen interrelated stories follows a theme of how a longing for friendship leads to the establishment and loss of new intimacies, in a collection inspired by seven short stories that or
In her first novel to appear in English, the late French writer offers a fictionalized account of her search for the truth behind the disappearance of her mother, a writer who was sent to Auschwitz wh
An English-language translation of the French literary master's World War II notebooks includes first drafts of some of her most famous works, the true stories behind such classics as The Lover and Th
In this reprint from 1979, the late journalist Cowan presents articles he wrote that were first published in The Village Voice in the 1970s (revised and extended for the book). The articles delve into
An instant number-one best-seller in France, The North China Lover both shocks and entrances its readers. Initially written as notes toward a film script for The Lover, the book has the grainy, filmi
One of the World's most prominent public intellectuals, Noam Chomsky has, in more than fifty years of writing on politics, philosophy, and language, revolutionized modern linguistics and established
Running a 1990s Cape Town travel agency in spite of her private hatred of traveling, Marion shares a complex relationship with an African employee and eschews national politics, until the exposures of
In Ex Mex, scholar and former Mexican foreign minister Jorge G. Castaneda draws on his experience in both capacities to dispel some of the most widely held and mistaken ideas about the United States'
"Beginning with the owners of private prison companies, and extending through a whole range of esoteric industries--from the makers of taser stun guns, to riot security training companies, to prison h
