James A. Paluch, Jr., is serving a life sentence without possibility of parole. In this remarkably perceptive book, he offers the reader a detailed account of the daily realities of prison life in its
This collection of twelve essays on race, religion and politics in America examines the fluid interaction between these cultural spheres and explores the way in which this multi-part discourse has sha
From John Robbins, a new edition of the classic that awakened the conscience of a nation. Since the 1987 publication of Diet for a New America, beef consumption in the United States has fallen a remar
Documents the January 2011 assassination attempt that killed six people and wounded eighteen others, including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, analyzing vulnerabilities in the state's politica
A riveting account of the state of Arizona, seen through the lens of the Tucson shootingsOn January 8, 2011, twenty-two-year-old Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a Tucson meet-and-greet held by U.S
Documents the January 2011 assassination attempt that killed six people and wounded eighteen others, including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, analyzing vulnerabilities in the state's politica
Correlated to the early social studies curriculum, this series looks at one aspect of daily life and how it has changed through different periods of American history. The simple, authentic Spanish te
Do you want to age independently in your own home and neighborhood? Staying home, aging in place, is most people's preference, but most American housing and communities are not adapted to the needs of
Best-selling Cap writer Ed Brubaker and superstar artistSteve McNiven bring you the next huge chapter in Steve Rogers' life, and it's a perfect jumping-on point for fans of the Cap movie! A funeral fo
As debates rage over the place of faith in our national life, Tocqueville’s nineteenth-century crediting of religion for shaping America is largely overlooked today. Now, in Republicanism, Religion, a
Few people have influenced the development of Christian schools in the Reformed tradition in North America and around the world as much as Nicholas Wolterstorff. This book draws together the world-ren
"Mississippi author Eudora Welty--winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and the first living writer to be published in the Library of America series--mentored many of today's greate
?Francine Prose is a world-class satirist who?s also a world-class storyteller.??Russell Banks ? Francine Prose captures contemporary America at its most hilarious and dreadful in My New American Life
Never before published in America, this revelatory autobiography—hailed as “fascinating [and] amazingly lucid” (Guardian)—charts the remarkable story of James Graham Ballard, a man described by Martin
From wartime England to Nixon’s America and beyond, Cynthia Helms was witness to some of the seminal events of our time—Vietnam, Watergate, and especially the demoralization of the CIA in the 1970s fo
Travel back to a time when: No one knew what germs were or that they made you sick. People believed the moon had magical powers. Step into the lives of the colonists, and learn the cold, hard facts ab
