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Alone in America: the search for companionship
By Louise Bernikow. 1986
A perceptive exploration into the nature of loneliness. Portraying many different cases of adolescents, widows, widowers, those who live alone,…
family groups, and the unemployed, Bernikow illustrates how all are subject to lonelinessPublic philosopher: selected letters of Walter Lippmann
By Walter Lippmann. 1985
Letters from 1907-1969 show some of the development of Lippmann's thoughts on political and moral issues over a period of…
time. Some of Lippmann's correspondents include such notables as Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Bernard BerensonMy discovery of America
By Farley Mowat. 1985
An account, written in outrage but with good humor, of Mowat's fight against his ostracism when he tried coming to…
the United States in 1984 to promote a new work advocating environmental protection. He was barred by provisions of the McCarran Act, a 1951 law he believes was enacted to keep subversives, degenerates, and other undesirables from corrupting the body politicLetitia Baldrige's Complete guide to executive manners
By Letitia Baldrige. 1985
Practical guidance for correct business entertaining, appropriate dress for the office, proper conduct between male and female employees, business gift…
giving, and writing effective letters and memos. The author maintains that considerateness and civility are "cost-effective" and attract customers as well as better personnelFour essays by, and an interview with, the Mexican poet and essayist. Paz provides insight into Mexican society as contrasted…
with United States society. In addition to the title essays, the collection also includes "Mexico and the United States," "The Philanthropic Ogre," and the interview, "Return of the Labyrinth of Solitude."To live in two worlds: American Indian youth today
By Brent K Ashabranner. 1984
Tells how individual Indian men, women, and tribes have fought to save their heritage and identities while at the same…
time taking successful places in the dominant culture of the country. For junior and senior high and older readersMostly true confessions: looking for love in the eighties
By Jean Gonick. 1986
With a sharp eye for the foibles and follies of single men and women courting, these witty essays touch on…
four stages of contemporary mating--looking, being together, breaking up, and being alone--and such key elements as sex, food, and money. Some strong languageBeyond power: on women, men, and morals
By Marilyn French. 1985
In this examination of the nature and effects of power, the author draws on a wide range of disciplines, including…
anthropology, history, political science, law, and theology to investigate the sources of patriarchyThe new terrorism: politics of violence
By Jonathan Harris. 1983
A concise overview discusses the historical roots of terrorism, the motivation of terrorists, and the social and political climates which…
promote the terrorist mind-set. Harris looks at what has been done and could be done to combat terrorism and projects how terrorists may use new technology to add weight to their threats. For high school and adult readersA historian examines traditional American cultural myths such as the idea of America as a virtuous "city on the hill"…
and the notion of invincibility through technological supremacy. He believes such concepts shaped the Vietnam conflict and led to its disastrous mismanagement from the White House to the Pentagon to the fieldManners from heaven: a divine guide to good behaviour
By Quentin Crisp. 1984
Witty discourse on manners by the flamboyant homosexual who is something of an English celebrity. Studded with anecdotes and often…
uproarious bon mots, his guide is based on the premise that manners are largely a combination of self-effacement, self-restraint, and verbal dexterity. Some descriptions of sexThe social contract (The Penguin classics, L201)
By Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 1968
Woman on a seesaw: the ups and downs of making it
By Hilary Cosell. 1985
In a spirited exploration of arguable issues, the author, a former NBC producer of sports programs, interviews women between the…
ages of twenty-six and forty who express mixed emotions about "having it all." These women, successful in stressful careers they fashioned on the male standard of success, now question the cost. Some strong languageSome American men
By Gloria Emerson. 1985
A former Vietnam War correspondent presents a view of the various types of American men through hundreds of interviews with…
them. Those of different generations, classes, and locations, talking about their perceptions of duty, manhood, failure, self-respect, courage, and love are included. Some strong languageChildren of alcoholism: a survivor's manual
By Geraldine Youcha, Judith S Seixas, Judith S. Seixas. 1985
In the name of eugenics: genetics and the uses of human heredity
By Daniel J Kevles. 1985
Explores the historical development of this science, including its moral and social aspects, with the hope that lessons from the…
past can help direct the future. An impressive array of well-known figures, from Julian Huxley to Margaret Sanger, is included with descriptions of their commitment to the eugenics causeHow democracies perish
By Jean-François Revel. 1984
The French journalist and former social activist rails at the Soviet Union as an expansionist empire and warns Western liberals…
against complacency in the face of Communist aggression. He sees the Russians as unwilling to make concessions and approves of the neutron bomb as one deterrent in a nuclear arsenalThe parent of an exceptional child himself, the author provides detailed advice on such topics as finding Dr. Right, financing…
necessary medical treatments, selecting good day-care services, preserving family relationships, and dealing with psychologists. Melton strongly supports parents' taking care of their brain-injured child at homeThe cripple liberation front marching band blues
By Lorenzo W Milam. 1984
Autobiography of an entrepreneur of "community radio" centers on his attack of polio and how it shaped his life. Unsparingly…
candid, Milam relates the painful and humiliating details of a "cripple's daily life." He also describes the varieties of sexual experience, including homosexual episodes. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex