Etzioni, professor and founder of "communitarianism," teams up with journalist Marsh in presenting 21 essays, many previously published, that collectively debate the war between civil and legal rights
A masterful guide to human development that redefines the nature versus nurture debate A much-needed antidote to genetic determinism, The Dependent Gene reveals how all traits-even characteristics
Available on video or CD-ROM, this series of four videos correlates directly to Delmar's Standard Textbook of Electricity and serves as the perfect introduction (or supplement) to information covered
In the 1990s, women in record numbers looked to Wall Street as a great place to build successful and lucrative careers. What many of them found there was no meritocracy, but an industry living by the
Debating the development of civilization in Egypt and Greece, this collection of essays explores European misconceptions of African history. Featuring contributions from some of the top scholars in Af
Ricky Ricotta and his Mighty Robot are in big trouble. After crashing the Ricotta family mini-van while using it as a skateboard (it's the only thing big enough for Robot), they have to earn some mon
A detailed analysis of a child-abuse case reveals all of the aspects of the judicial system, including the limits of justice, and makes an argument for judicial restraint.
In the grand tradition of Krazy Kat & Ignatz Mouse and the Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote, the Spies (one dressed in black, the other in white) are an endless variation on a Cold War theme—forev
LeBlanc's creation, gentleman thief Arsene Lupin, is everything you would expect from a French aristocrat -- witty, charming, brilliant, sly . . . and possibly the greatest thief in the world. In this
On November 18, 1901, the University of Alabama and the University of Tennessee first locked horns on a football field. At the contest's end, the score was tied, nothing had been resolved, and about t
When The Ethics of Abortion first appeared, this powerful collection of essays gained instant recognition as one of the first attempts to present both sides of the abortion debate in the words of lea
When Notre Dame line coach Joe Moore was fired, he sued the school for age discrimination. In this book, Lieberman (the attorney who argued the case) tells of the trial that followed, and of Moore's
The emphasis of the November 2000 symposium is on the guidance that computer modeling can give in designing experiments and in their interpretation, and the guidance suggested by experiments and chara
Chronicles the author's fight against the Justice Department after his business was raided, discussing the First Amendment, the effects of pornography, and the relationships between class, religion, l
Determined to regain the land her late husband had bequeathed to his illegitimate mulatto son, Do±s InTs, the matriarch of a wealthy, eighteenth-century Caracas family, continues her quest, even after
Throughout their entire history, the sedentary civilizations of China and Europe had to deal with nomads and "barbarians." This unique volume explores their drastically different responses: China "ch
This documentary study of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton focuses on their differing views of society and government in the formative years of the new American nation. Interweaving more than
HumanturnedPredator Machiko Noguchi finds her loyalties confounded when she stumbles upon a trio of humans who are stranded on a planet seeded with Alien eggs, and Predators who intend to hunt the hat
Offers papers from a winter 1998 symposium investigating fundamentals of fracture, with special emphasis on the ductile/brittle transition across a broad spectrum of material classes, fracture at inte
Two veteran intelligence agents, one from the CIA and the other from the KGB, join together in an unprecedented collaboration to trace the activities of the two intelligence agencies at the start of t
Addresses not only the importance of Presley's Southern heritage in understanding the phenomenon surrounding his career but also differences in the representation of that heritage depending on cultura
A vivid grasp of the story and the characters in "The Ring of Niebelung" brings Richard Wagner's mythic four-opera cycle to life.The Ring Cycle has a hold on our imagination like no
Ten years ago, publishers, authors, scholars, and the reading public watched anxiously for the results of two lawsuits involving the family of John Cheever, famed short story writer, and Academy Chica
Alien fever is running high: the Alien movies and reissue of the Star Wars trilogy have made outer space fascinating to a whole new generation of children. And who better to help budding artists maste
