A true story, based on court records, correspondences, and newspaper accounts past and present, this stunning historical achievement brilliantly illuminates an extraordinary event in the long, dark history of slavery in America. In 1850, 14-year-old Celia became the property of Robert Newsome, a prosperous and respected Missouri farmer. For the ...
Norris--hero, icon, and legend--is back, packing a political and cultural punch with his new book. In it, Norris gives a no-holds-barred assessment of American culture and shows how Americans can get involved and change the nation's course for the better.
For Jimmy Carter, religion and politics go hand in hand. The former president has always found his evangelical Christian faith to be a source of inspiration and strength in shaping his politics. Yet in OUR ENDANGERED VALUES, Carter claims that the rise of the fundamentalist right in America threatens the most basic American principle of separation ...
A larger format second edition of this work of social and cultural criticism concerning the narcissism and self-interest of the "Me Decade", which has a new "Afterword" in which the author comments on the 80s and New Age spirituality.
In these essays on the 10 commandments, Chris Hedges presents a contemporary take on the essential Judeo-Christian guidelines for living. Hedges draws on his personal experiences as he tells of working as a caretaker for a church in the inner city of Roxbury, Massachusetts, while attending Harvard Divinity School. The neighborhood kids vandalize ...
In this book, Michael Sandel takes up some of the hotly contested moral and political issues of our time, including affirmative action, assisted suicide, abortion, gay rights, stem cell research, the meaning of toleration and civility, the gap between rich and poor, the role of markets, and the place of religion in public life. He argues that the ...
In this application of cognitive science to politics, Lakoff analyzes the unconscious and rhetorical worldviews of liberals and conservatives, discovering radically different but remarkably consistent conceptions of morality.
By setting his unflinching study of a celebrated case of sexual assault firmly within the cultural context of middle-class suburban life, Lefkowitz has produced a secular morality tale told with a level of evocative detail that is almost novelistic in its impact. Backed by by more than 200 interviews conducted over six years of research, "Our Guys ...
Over five prior editions, this text, reader and casebook has provided an introduction to moral philosophy, aiming to engage students in the most perplexing issues of our time without sacrificing philosophical integrity. Numerous readings by philosophers and writers, and contemporary case studies, make chapter topics centerpieces for discussions. ...
This is a bold, clear-headed, cutting-edge look at temptation, the ancient art and science of making evil look attractive. In this courageous and thoroughly researched book, the author peels back the veil of marketing-induced deception to reveal exactly how moral confusion has permeated the West since the 1960s. In our lifetime things that were ...
The perfect companion to Bennett's #1 national bestseller, The Book of Virtues, this compendium of instructional and engaging writings will help the entire family meet the challenges they face in each of life's different stages. Line drawings.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the #1 bestselling author of "The Price of Loyalty" and "The One Percent Doctrine" returns with an explosive election year account of the looming national security crisis that America faces right now.
Looking at the creeping erosion of morality and justice in the western world, Francis Schaeffer calls for Christians to change the course of history by returning to biblical truth and by allowing Christ to be Lord in all of life.
In its seventh edition, "Social Ethics: Morality and Social Policy" continues to provide material that will encourage reflective and critical examination of key contemporary moral problems. With additional readings and a new organization that groups related chapters together under four categories, this edition enhances the teachability that was ...
An examination of the nature and processes of government, concentrating especially on the contemporary situation in the United States. Codevilla maintains that governmental activism of the sort pioneered by Roosevelt's New Deal and expanded by Johnson's Great Society programs is detrimental to the great majority of the populace and ought to be ...
A study of the growing tendency among American to "get over" or "slide by" or bend the rules--or just plain cheat. Why is this a growing trend? And is there a cost to America? Author Callahan gives examples of cheating in everyday life, from the seemingly minor (but numerous) ethical lapses to large-scale fraud.
Ayn Rand's radical view of capitalism is presented in one of her four non-fiction books. This collection of essays introduce a new and challenging perspective of the persecution of big business, the causes of war, and many other pressing issues of the day.
The American Constitution firmly separates church and state. Yet religion lies at the heart of American politics. How did America become a nation with the soul of a church? In this study, James Morone recasts American history as a moral epic. From the colonial era to the present day, Americans embraced a Providential mission, tangled with devils, ...
The author of the national bestseller The Closing of the American Mind offers a provocative indictment of the devaluing of love and intimacy in today's culture. Allan Bloom explores the language of love from the Bible to Freud, shedding penetrating light on the true nature of our most basic human connections. "(A) rich mine of a book".--New York ...
Founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund--and bestselling author--Edelman looks back on what has been done, and what still needs to be done, to make the nation and world safe and fair for all children.
Prager provides his audiences with food for thought on today's toughest problems, including racism, pacifism, adultery, and capital punishment. A commentator whose large and devoted following has made his radio talk show and his new national TV show the most popular programs in their time slots, Prager is also the author of Happiness Is a Serious ...
Home to the notorious "Blue Book," which listed the names and addresses of every prostitute living in the city, New Orleans's infamous red-light district gained a reputation as one of the most raucous in the world. But the New Orleans underworld consisted of much more than the local bordellos. It was also well known as the early gambling capital ...
Hailed as a classic by reviewers and historians, Bertram Wyatt-Brown's Southern Honor now appears in abridged form under the title Honor and Violence in the Old South. Winner of a Phi Alpha Theta Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History, this is the first major reinterpretation of Southern life and custom since W.J. Cash's The ...
Political gadfly Savage disperses his vitriol on Democrats and Republicans alike, offering his take on what's wrong with the US. His rants cover a wide swath, from the much publicized liberal bias in the media to the need for school prayer. SAVAGE NATION takes to task the UN, the ACLU, and other groups he sees as supporting an agenda that has been ...
The history of the Barbary Coast properly begins with the gold rush to California in 1849. If the precious yellow metal hadn't been discovered ...the development of San Francisco's underworld in all likelihood would have been indistinguishable from that of any other large American city. Instead, owing almost entirely to the influx of gold ...
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