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Through fifteen riveting case studies, a leading figure in adolescent psychiatry offers a provocative new way of thinking about parenting teens.

Encompassing more than a decade of research around the globe, this book shows that cultural capital has far more impact than politics, prejudice, or genetics on the social and economic fates of minorities, nations, and civilization.

"Proteanism"--or the protean self--describes a psychological phenomenon integral to our times. We live in a world marked by breathtaking historical change and instantaneous global communication. Our liv

A stirring reconstruction of one of history's great--and least known --naval battles... Fascinating stuff. A boon for students of military history and naval warfare.--Kirkus Reviews (starred review).

Are Hispanics making it",achieving the American dream following the pattern of other ethnic groups? This controversial book shatters the myth that 20 million His panics,fast becoming the nation's largest minority,are a permanent underclass. Chavez considers the radical implications for bilingual education, immigration policy, and affirmative action.

In Washington's God Michael Novak-one of America's leading neoconservative pundits-and his daughter, Jana, uncover George Washington's religious life. Finally the record is set straight on the most thoroughly misunderstood aspect of Washington's life. The Novaks focus on Washington's strong trust in divine Providence and see this belief as providing the unifying narrative to his monumental life.

"It is no secret that corporate America is in trouble--as are labor unions--and a principal reason is our archaic system of labor-management relations, which excludes labor from participating in, and sha"

A leading economist and a top economic journalist show that contrary to conventional wisdom, America is at the peak of its economic well-being, with more opportunity for more people than at any other time in our history.

"In Moral Judgment, James Q. Wilson demonstrates how our judicial system has compromised its obligation to discriminate between right and wrong. Citing highly publicized verdicts, he makes an erudite c"

In this irreverent campaign diary, equal parts Hunter S. Thompson and Michael Lewis, Washington Post political writer Dana Milbank remembers the bruising highlights of the 2000 presidential campaign

This groundbreaking volume shows the powerful benefits that can emerge when therapists acknowledge illness as a vital part of everyone's psychology.

One of America's most influential historians and interpreters of the black experience reinvents racial politics for the twenty-first century

An impressive overview of Human Resource Development programs the world over-touching on important issues in culture, environment, and geopolitics

A masterful account of world racial politics and the future of global race relations by a leading American sociologist

A political scientist at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government analyzes how public policy is made in this country,and why the system works so much better than most observers believe.

From New York Times columnist and Emmy-winning TV commentator Jeff Madrick, a sharply contrarian analysis of economic growth--and a provocative agenda for how to get our economy growing again

An award-winning scholar challenges the intellectuals of the baby boom generation to shake off a decade's worth of complacency and reclaim the mantle of social justice

From the master of the form, Phillip Lopate, a selection of essays that together trace the arc of his life and career

In a mix of the serious and the irreverent, this view of the many rites and phases of lesbian life, from coming out to commitment ceremonies, brings together essays by lesbian and bisexual women of different ages, races, and classes.

This controversial book describes the transformation of modern tort law since the 1960s, and shows how the dramatic increase in liability lawsuits has had an adverse effect on the safety, health, the cost of insurance, and individual rights.

Written with exceptional beauty throughout, Soldier stands and delivers an eloquent, heart-breaking, hilarious and hopeful, witness to the beginnings of a truly extraordinary, American life.

From a media expert and network commentator, an engaging guide through the welter of misinformation--generated by politicians and the media alike--that surrounds political campaigns.

An examination of the origins of public and private social welfare, from the days of the colonial poorhouse through the current tragedy of the homeless, explaining why such a highly criticized system persists.

An entertaining and revealing history that charts the hopes, dreams, fears, and frustrations of Americans as they pursued the good life in an age of affluence.

An engaging examination of current research into how exposure to television, iPads, and other "screen time" affects the development of babies and toddlers

A colourful biography that brings to life the seedy underworld denizens of jazz-age New York City and its unrivaled kingpin, the model for Damon Runyon's Nathan DetroitProves Arnold Rothstein- perhaps the most influential of American criminals- was the mastermind behind the 1919 Black Sox scandal, despite his small role in EIGHT MEN OUT

A provocative, compelling history and a passionate call to defend Israel's mission as the state of the Jewish people.

"Eminently readable... [a] powerful and rewarding study of U.S. foreign policy in modern times." --Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs

In Leading Minds , Gardner and his research associate at Harvard Project Zero, Emma Laskin, apply a cognitive lens to leadership, drawing on Gardner's ground-breaking work on intelligence and creativity to offer fascinating revelations about the minds of leaders and those who follow them. This reissue includes a new introduction by the author.

"More than a quarter century after Bob Woodward introduced his Scotch-drinking, cigarette-smoking, garage-skulking friend and source in All the President's Men, the public remains enduringly engrossed"