Senator Obama's vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems.

"" "In the three main sections of the book - Opportunity, Responsibility, Community - the President explores the most important challenges we face today: making the American Dream available to every citizen willing to work for it; ensuring ...

Exploring the history of the use of human subjects in atomic, biological, and chemical warfare by the U. S. Government, the author reveals details and exposes policies and specific cases on this practice.

Called by "The Wall Street Journal" "the pick of the litter" among books on the O.J. Simpson criminal trial, this is the definitive commentary on the most famous trial of this century.

Anton (writing, DePaul U.) synthesizes the research he has done since the beginning on the still-unsolved May 1991 murder of Chicago Divinity School professor Ioan Culianu, a protege of pioneering mythologist Mircea Eliade.

With empathy and insight, Newjack tells the story of a harsh, hidden world and dramatizes the conflict between the necessity to isolate criminals andthe dehumanization--of guards as well as inmates--that almost inevitably takes place behind ...

A Web columnist describes the permanent and largely invisible underclass that resides in many American small towns, examining a section of society that exists in a world of taverns, churches, and double-wide trailers.

Recounts the experiences of John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer who stole rare orchids from a wild swamp in south Florida and sparked one of the country's most controversial environmental battles.

Draws on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to document the fierce executive battle for control of the foremost entertainment company.

The former Secretary of State under Richard Nixon argues that a coherent foreign policy is essential and lays out his own plan for getting the nation's international affairs in order.