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
During the two months Eric Hazan travels in the West Bank cities of Nablus, Qalqilya, and Hebron - a period of calm when "only" a half-dozen or so young men are killed - Hazan meets and talks with, a
Eight essays by top thinkers, published in conjunction with the Opportunity Agenda social change organization, evaluate recent patterns in stagnating class mobility, the increasing wage gap, and segre
With the corporate discovery of punk rock and other DIY (do it yourself) cultural scenes, Moore (a former editor of Punk Planet magazine) worries that corporate marketers will co-opt the integrity of
A political, cultural, and psychological history of America's gun culture addresses key issues in the modern debate on gun ownership and control, profiling today's conservative ideology that places gu
A provocative critique of media studies by the author of the award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy is a historical analysis that evaluates the communication revolution currently influencing twenty-
A new edition of a best-selling book-and-audio set of Supreme Court oral arguments includes both transcriptions and recordings of significant cases from the past half century, providing in the current
An anthology of fictional excerpts, essays, and poetry on the subject of law includes pieces that reflect numerous periods in history and the ways in which the practice of law has changed, in a volume
An expose of what the author believes to be the pharmaceutical industry's exploitative drug trials in the global south charges that big pharmaceutical companies covertly engage in unethical drug testi
Evaluates the ways in which the belief systems of each generation as well as evolving practices in history writing have shaped the way people view the past, evaluating a range of perspectives about fa
A republication of an anthology of first-person histories about the experiences of slavery is complemented by re-mastered compact discs in MP3 format containing its researchers' extensive original liv
A powerful new argument that right-wing legal policy gives Americans no recourse but to sue one another, by the National Book Critics Circle Award nominee.Since the dawn of the Reagan era, America's
In a collection of essays, leading African-American scholars examine the devastation of post-hurricane Louisiana to explore issues of race, space, class, poverty, crime, housing, and politics in Ameri
When archaeologist Louise Cantor returns to Sweden from a dig in Greece, her world collapses with the discovery of her only child dead in his bed. Henrik turns out to have led multiple lives and held
Subject of a full-length segment on Morning Edition when it first appeared in hardcover,Literature from the “Axis of Evil” quickly went to the top of the Amazon bestseller list. Its publication was ce
Presents the experiences of Begg, a British citizen of Pakistani descent, focusing on his life from 2002, when he was taken by the CIA from his home in Islamabad, through his subsequent two-year impri
A visual retelling of the life of the anarchist and radical icon, presented in graphic-novel format, sketches her life at the forefront of twentieth-century causes, from depression-era demonstrations
A Nobel Peace Prize nominee presents a compelling argument citing the costs and consequences of nuclear energy, challenging popular opinions that nuclear energy is inexpensive and does not contribute
"Whether we are Jews or Catholic Chicanas, grew up on a corn farm or the oil-dark lot of a radiator shop in East Los Angeles, we come of age in the same human ways," writes Gary Soto in his forward t
A cautionary volume of essays by leading scholars and activists examines the pervasive consequences of economic inequality in America, drawing on current research to explore such issues as the causes
An investigation into the lives of children of imprisoned parents cites unsettling statistics about the percentage of American children who have a parent in jail, drawing on real-life accounts to reve
Black Fire, Nelson Peery's memoir, told the story of his childhood and teenage years during the Depression and his political awakening as a soldier in the all-Black 93rd Infantry Division in World Wa
A volume of twenty-four short works by top international authors documents the modern world's struggle for identity among young people throughout the world, in a collection that reflects the experienc
Located on 2000 acres of land overlooking the Egyptian pyramids of Giza, the Dreamland luxury development bills itself as "an integrated city where a relaxed lifestyle mixe[s] with a high-tech infrast
Road from ar Ramadi by Camilo Mejia is the story of one of the first publicly known conscientious objectors of the Iraq war - a soldier brave enough to face jail rather than continue to fight for wha
Maxine Greene, one of the leading educational philosophers of the past fifty years, remains “an idol to thousands of educators,” according to the New York Times. In The Public School and the Private V
Traces the efforts of suburban Santa Fe sculptor Veryl Goodnight and her partner, Roger Brooks, to hand-raise two baby buffalo to help save the species from extinction, an endeavor during which the co
Documents the immigrant experience in today's America, evaluating the myriad ways in which modern immigrants are transforming religion throughout the country and elsewhere, in an account that also con
Documents an eight-month serial murder case in late-1970s Georgia during which an African-American serial rapist and murderer killed seven elderly white women, tracing the subsequent eight-year, racia
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 New York Times bestseller when it was first published in 1995, Coming of Age presents an astonishing portrait of American life and the experience of aging in the twentieth century, drawn from the st
A Cornell University labor movement intellectual identifies an extreme disparity between the wealthy and impoverished classes of New York City, citing disproportionate business influences, poverty rat
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
Offers a comprehensive account of the failure of American society and government to extend even minimum assistance to the Jews of Nazi-dominated Europe
A blueprint for ending poverty in America, based on the philosophies of leading scholars, businesspeople, and activists and published in conjunction with the country's top anti-poverty centers, addres
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
Examines twelve recent cases involving history scandals and historian misconduct, arguing that media spectacles are ending careers with the support of the Republican Party, in a volume that includes c
A revelatory look at the U.S. Government's plan to put weapons in outer space, by two bestselling experts."During the early portion of the twenty-first century, space power will also evolve into a se
A political and cultural history of Iran and an up-to- the-moment account of the latest "rogue nation" to make international headlines, by a preeminent Iranian scholar.Iran's nuclear ambitions have t
A scathing portrait of contemporary executive power run amok, by the author of the original 1976 Church Committee report on executive abuse."In thirty-four years, I have repeatedly seen an erosion of
