Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, a psychology professor at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and an expert on twentysomethings, ascribes their optimism to their lack of life experience. “The dreary, deadend jobs, the bitter divorces, ...
The host of the award-winning humorous news program offers tongue-in-cheek insight into American democracy with coverage of such topics as the republican qualities of ancient Rome, the antics of our nation's founders, and the ludicrous ...
• A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction • Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who in this presidential election year, this is ...
The states become bored with their positions on the map and decide to change places for a while, in a story that includes facts about the states.
In this provocative book, Mugambi Jouet describes why Americans are far more divided than other Westerners over basic issues, including wealth inequality, health care, climate change, evolution, gender roles, abortion, gay rights, sex, gun ...
During the 1980s Akzente presented a variety of American poets , both new and established , including John Ashbery , Hart Crane , Robert Lowell , Robert Creeley , Robinson Jeffers , William Carlos Williams , “ Amy Clampitt , Emily ...
Yet, personal or local stories do not provide a comprehensive nationwide picture of our access to health care. Now, this book offers the long-awaited health equivalent of national economic indicators.
Far more than simple history, they outline the current state of American institutions and policies -- from the legal system to marriage to the military to the Drug War -- and anticipate where these are headed in the future.
Bonds of Enterprise: John Murray Forbes and Western Development in America's Railway Age
Caldecott medalist Mordicai Gerstein captures the majestic redwoods of Yosemite in this little-known but important story from our nation's history.