A guide to all the exuberance, splendor, and absurdity of Route 66, this reference includes details on the magnificent architecture, natural wonders, vintage motels and cafes, unique museums, offbeat...
Real-life lessons and practical advice on how to thrive in todays classroom.
Susan Guerrero
Written by an experienced educator, '42 Rules for Elementary School Teachers' is a collection of personal and practical professional advice on how to thrive as an elementary school teacher. These...
A Journalist's Final Account of Life, Corruption, and Death in Putin's Russia
Anna Politkovskaya
Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia's most fearless journalists, was gunned down in a contract killing in Moscow in the fall of 2006. Just before her death, Politkovskaya completed this searing, intimate...
Racing Hurricanes, Stalking Sharks, and Living Undersea with Ocean Experts
Ellen Prager
To the average office-dweller, marine scientists seem to have the good life: cruising at sea for weeks at a time, swimming in warm coastal waters, living in tropical paradises. But ocean scientists...
From Missouri to New York and back again, this recounting of an amazing journey chronicles the road trip of a former president and his wife and their amusing, failed attempts to keep a low profile....
Spend less, see more. This is the philosophy behind Pauline Frommer's guides. Written by travel expert Pauline Frommer (who is also the daughter of Arthur Frommer), and her team of hand-picked...
Iraq and Afghanistan: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations
Iraq Veterans Against War
In the spring of 2008, inspired by the Vietnam-era Winter Soldier hearings, Iraq Veterans Against the War gathered outside Washington, D.C., and testified to atrocities they personally committed or...
In this razor-sharp analysis, TomDispatch.com commentator Michael Schwartz demolishes the myths used to sell the U.S. public the idea of an endless "war on terror" centered in Iraq.
A Legendary Foreign Correspondent's Saga of World War II on Five Continents
George Weller
Walter Cronkite called him "one of our best war correspondents." His stories from Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific during World War II won him the Pulitzer Prize. Now, George Weller is...
