Public Affairs & Policy

A Visionary And Completely Original Investigation That Will Change The Way We Think About Health Care: How And Why It Is Failing, Why Expanding Insurance Co...

Urban Violence Is One Of The Most Divisive And Allegedly Intractable Issues Of Our Time. But As Harvard Scholar Thomas Abt Shows In Bleeding Out, We Actuall...

As Chairman Of The Federal Reserve (1979-1987), Paul Volcker Slayed The Inflation Dragon That Was Consuming The American Economy And Restored The World's Fa...

Legacy And Promise For Social Justice Funding : Charitable Foundations And Progressive Social Movements, Past And Present / Susan A. Ostrander -- Liberal Fo...

Makes Recommendations For Meeting Four Major Challenges Currently Facing The United States, Including Globalization, The Information Technology Revolution, ...

Examines The Immense Impact Intelligent Technology Will Have On Humanity. These Machines, While Challenging Our Personal Beliefs And Our Socioeconomic World...

This clearly articulated statement offers a hopeful and workable approach to conflict—that eternally beleaguering human situation. John Paul Lederach is i...

First Authorized Bio Of Bill Davis, One Of Ontario's — And Canada's — Most Important Premiers Author Steve Paikin Is A Major Canadian Media Figure With ...

From Cnn’s Veteran Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, An Explosive, First-hand Account Of The Dangers He Faces Reporting On The Current White Hou...

The Canadian Environment in Political Context is an introduction to environmental politics designed to explain and explore how environmental policy is made ...

Corporate lobbyists are everywhere in Washington. Of the 100 organizations that spend the most on lobbying, 95 represent business. The largest companies now...

Whistleblowers Pay With Their Lives To Save Ours. When Insiders Like Former Nsa Analyst Edward Snowden Or Ex-fbi Agent Coleen Rowley Or Big Tobacco Truth-te...

The Dramatic Story Of The Signature Environmental Disaster Of Our Time And An Inspiring Tale Of Scientific Resistance By A Relentless Physician Who Stood Up...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Physician and former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb asks: Has America's COVID-19 catastrophe taught us anything? In Uncontrolle...

Greg Mortenson, the bestselling author of Three Cups of Tea, is a man who has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children’s crusad...

#1 Bestselling Author And Popular Radio And Television Host Glenn Beck Considers The Hot-button Issue Of Education In The Us, Exposing The Weaknesses Of The...

In Commute, We Follow Author And Illustrator Erin Williams On Her Daily Commute To And From Work, Punctuated By Recollections Of Sexual Encounters As Well A...

from The Best-selling Author Of the Rise Of The Creative Class, A Brilliant New Book On The Surprising Importance Of Place, With Advice On How To Find The...

The Author Of The National Bestseller Apocalypse Never Examines The Problems Plaguing America's Most Liberal Cities. San Francisco Was Once Widely Viewed As...

America's power is in decline, its allies alienated, its soldiers trapped in a war that even generals regard as unwinnable. What has happened these past f...

Introduction -- Pt. I. What Is Voluntary Simplicity -- Voluntary Simplicity: The Middle Way To Sustainability -- Pt. Ii. Why Practice Voluntary Simplicity -...

Ten Questions About Human Error asks the type of questions frequently posed in incident and accident investigations, people's own practice, managerial and...

A landmark work by twelve leading critics and community leaders? essential reading for anyone interested in the history of American race relations. Ignited ...

This Book Confronts The Current Bureaucratic And Fiscal Constraints That Have Inhibited Social Workers From Assessing Clients And Offers Concrete Ways Of Ha...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’STEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE“Inspiring . . . extraordinary ....

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Global inequality doesn’t just exist; it has been created. More than four billion people―some 60 percent of humanity―live in debilitating poverty, on...

For Those Who Could Read Between The Lines, The Censored News Out Of China Was Terrifying. But The President Insisted There Was Nothing To Worry About.Categ...

* NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "Painfully good. The book could have been called, 'Outrageous.' The story Andy Slavitt tells is not just about Trump's monumental ...

The Former Mayor Of New York City And The Former Sierra Club Head Present A Manifesto On How The Benefits Of Taking Action On Climate Change Can Be Real, Im...

Based on the author's National Magazine Award-winning series in Rolling Stone, this New York Times bestseller offers a firsthand account of the first warri...

Drawing on examples from the twentieth-century's "total" and "limited wars," The Media at War provides a uniquely comprehensive assessment of the role of th...

A trusted course text and professional resource, this comprehensive book delves into all aspects of planning and conducting strengths-based group work with ...

In This Groundbreaking Book, Murthy Argues That Loneliness Is The Underpinning To The Current Crisis In Mental Wellness And Is Responsible For The Upsurge I...

Most Americans take for granted their right to vote, whether they choose to exercise it or not. But the history of suffrage in the U.S. is, in fact,the stor...

Part Memoir And Part Investigative Report, Eating Animals Is The Groundbreaking Moral Examination Of Vegetarianism, Farming, And The Food We Eat Every Day T...

A compelling portrayal by the veteran journalist of the lives of farming communities on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border and the surprising connections...

Four Mothers: An Intimate Journey Through the First Year of Parenthood in Four CountriesCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government...

It is now abundantly clear that we have at our fingertips all of the tools we need to solve the climate crisis. The only missing ingredient is collective w...

In Her Memoir, Power Offers An Urgent Response To The Question What Can One Person Do?--and A Call For A Clearer Eye, A Kinder Heart, And A More Open And Ci...

The Transition To Clean Energy Is Moving Far Too Slowly. Trapped By A Century Of Fossil Fuel Investments And Politicians That Struggle To Plan Beyond The Ne...

In The Three Marriages, bestselling author, poet, and speaker David Whyte asks us to think about our work, relationships, and inner selves in a radically d...

With Unparalleled Empirical Material, This Is The Most Comprehensive Introduction To Comparative Politics Written By The Leading Experts In The Field Who Br...

As Canadians, We Are All Touched By Some Aspect Of Social Welfare, Either As Recipients, Donors, Or Taxpayers. But Despite The Importance Of The Social Netw...

Spencer West is many things. Accomplished speaker. University graduate. Natural prankster. Former cheerleader. And a young man without legs—something that...

Adults with mental retardation often grieve the loss of their loved ones. However, many times this grief goes unnoticed, without tears, and individuals are ...

This book teaches helping professionals the skills and procedures they need to handle crises. With the first edition of this comprehensive book, Burl Gilli...

Istanbul is a shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk, winner of the ...