An introduction to contemporary American foreign policy and the policy making process which places military, economic and other issues in their global context and in the context of the domestic policy process.

Since its first edition, American Government has diligently reflected the rapid changes in American politics, and has always aimed to present information about politics that will actively engage students and provide them with the information they need to

Supported by colorful anecdotes, first-person quotations, and its trademark wit, The American Pageant is one of the most readable, popular, and effective American history textbooks available. Pedagogy includes chapter-ending chronologies, numerous interes

From America’s premier political analyst, an explosive examination of the axis of religion, politics, and borrowed money that threatens to destroy the nation; ; In his two most recent New York Times bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democ

Published just months before his suicide in 1950, this novel won Italy's prestigious Strega Prize and has gone on to become one of Cesare Pavese's (1908-1950) most popular novels and was filmed by Michelangelo Antonioni. A successful couturier returns to

In Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher arranges a selection of her essays in a whimsical way that reveals the breadth and depth of her passion. From A for (dining) alone to Z for Zakuski, "a Russian hors d'oeuvre," Fisher alights on both longtime obsessi