Category Current Events

The Chinese Century
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Within 20 years -- possibly far sooner -- China will have th...
The Fresh Politics Reader
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You think about politics a lot. Are you confounded by how un...
Loud and clear
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In this remarkable book, Anna Quindlen, one of America's fav...
Firefight
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Amid all the stories of tragedy and heroism on September 11,...
Alternative Schools
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In Alternative Schools: A Reference Handbook, educator Brend...
Childhood Sexual Abuse (Contemporary World Issues)
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Even though it is as old as human history, child sexual abus...
Granny D
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"There's a cancer, and it's killing our democracy. A poor m...
Baghdad burning
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In August 2003, the world gained access to a remarkable new ...
Manhattan to Baghdad
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From the trenches in Afghanistan to the Occupied Territories...
Outcasts United
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The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and th...
The Bridge
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No story has been more central to America's history this cen...
As the Future Catches You
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You will never look at the world in the same way after readi...
Intellectual property
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In this timely and readable volume, law professor Aaron Schw...
Teacher Training
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Even if math teachers had degrees in mathematics and more ph...
The Globalization Gap
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Globalization is a fact of life,but how can we keep the poor...
Mexifornia: A State of Becoming
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Noted for his military histories and his social commentary o...
Troubled pasts
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A nation's collective memory does not simply exist. It is cr...
Harpoon
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How can it be that, 20 years after whaling was 'banned', wha...