Uranium occurs naturally in theearth s crust-yet holds the power to end all life on theplanet. This is its fundamental paradox, and its story is afascinating window into the valor, greed, genius, and folly ofhumanity. A problem for miners in the Middle Ages, an inspirationto novelists and a boon to medicine, a devastat?ing weapon at theend of World War II, and eventually a polluter, killer, excuse forwar with Iraq, potential deliverer of Armageddon and a possiblelast defense against global warming- Uranium is the rivetingstory of the most powerful element on earth, and one which willshape our future, for better or worse.

What foreign country has the power to send America crashinginto a recession? Why is the USA still dangerously dependent onoil, when viable energy alternatives have existed for decades? Whomade the call that we should return to nuclear energy-and then tooka high-paying position with a nuclear company? Which youth groupwas a spawning ground for many contemporary power mongers? Whatlobbyists and special-interest groups are running the show onCapitol Hill-and exactly what tools of persuasion are theyusing? Melissa Rossi answers these questions and more in this timely andtopical guide to who's pulling the strings behind the scenes ofAmerican politics. This latest edition of Rossi's popular WhatEvery American Should Know. . . shows Americans what is going onbehind the scenes and how they can counterbalance the influence ofa small, powerful elite to put the power back where it should be-inthe hands of the people.

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay's brilliant andcontroversial collection of essays and articles that define andexplain the ideals upon which the United States of America wasfounded. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: ? A concise introduction that gives readers important backgroundinformation ? A chronology of the author's life and work ? A timeline of significant events that provides the book'shistorical context ? An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers formtheir own interpretations ? Detailed explanatory notes ? Critical analysis, including contemporary and modernperspectives on the work ? Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and bookgroup interaction ? A list of recommended related books and films to broaden thereader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great worksof literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary.The scholarship provided in En

In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all, the general will. Some have seen in this the promise of a free and equal relationship between society and the individual, while others have seen it as nothing less than a blueprint for totalitarianism. The Social Contract is not only one of the great defences of civil society, it is also unflinching in its study of the darker side of political systems.

Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt with an introduction andNotes by John M. Marincola.

The Coming of the New Deal, 1933-1935, volume two of PulitzerPrize-winning historian and biographer Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr."sAge of Roosevelt series, describes Franklin Delano Roosevelt'sfirst tumultuous years in the White House. Coming into office atthe bottom of the Great Depression, FDR told the American peoplethat they have nothing to fear but fear itself. The conventionalwisdom having failed, he tried unorthodox remedies to averteconomic collapse. His first hundred days restored national morale,and his New Dealers filled Washington with new approaches torecovery and reform. Combining idealistic ends with realisticmeans, Roosevelt proposed to humanize, redeem, and rescuecapitalism. The Coming of the New Deal, written with Schlesinger'scustomary verve, is a gripping account of critical years in thehistory of the republic.

An original collection of the most influential documents inAmerican history, from the bestselling author of A Patriot'sHistory of the United States. Since 2005, A Patriot's History of the United States has become amodern classic for its defense of America as a unique countryfounded on principles of justice, equality, and freedom forall. The Patriot's History Reader continues this tradition by goingback to the original sources-the documents, speeches, and legaldecisions that shaped our country into what it is today. The authors explore both oft-cited documents-the Declaration ofIndependence, Emancipation Proclamation, and Roe v. Wade--as wellas those that are less famous. Among these are George Washington'sletter to Alexander Hamilton, which essentially outline America'smilitary strategy for the next 150 years, and Herbert Hoover'sspeech on business ethics, which examines the government's role inregulating private enterprise. By helping readers explore history at its source, this

In this the first book ever written about the CIA's Office of Technical Service, former director Robert Wallace (a real-life Q, straight out of the James Bond films) and internationally renowned intelligence historian H. Keith Melton offer an unprecedented look at the CIA's most secretive operations and the devices that made them possible. Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions- including the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the current War on Terror-the authors show how the CIA carries out its missions employing amazingly inventive tools. Illustrated with images never before seen by the public-and featuring everything from micro cameras to wired kitties to exploding pancakes-Spycraft is both a fantastic encyclopedia of gadgetry and a revealing primer on the fundamentals of high-tech espionage.

Describes and assesses the activities of the National SecurityAgency, the nation's most secret government agency--established insecrecy, many times larger than the CIA, and in control of a hugebudget and a vast technology.

A fresh, controversial, brilliantly written account of one ofthe epic dramas of the Cold War-and its lessons for today. "History at its best." -Zbigniew Brzezinski "Gripping, well researched, and thought-provoking, with manylessons for today." -Henry Kissinger "Captures the drama [with] the 'You are there' storytellingskills of a journalist and the analytical skills of the politicalscientist." - General Brent Scowcroft In June 1961, Nikita Khrushchev called it "the most dangerousplace on earth." He knew what he was talking about. Much has been written about the Cuban Missile Crisis a yearlater, but the Berlin Crisis of 1961 was more decisive in shapingthe Cold War-and more perilous. For the first time in history,American and Soviet fighting men and tanks stood arrayed againsteach other, only yards apart. One mistake, one overzealouscommander-and the trip wire would be sprung for a war that would gonuclear in a heartbeat. On one side was a young, untested U.S.president stil

Starred Review。 Some failures lead to phenomenal successes，andthis American nurse’s unsuccessful attempt to climb K2，the world’ssecond tallest mountain，is one of them。Dangerously ill when hefinished his climb in 1993，Mortenson was sheltered for seven weeksby the small Pakistani village of Korphe； in return， he promised tobuild the impoverished town’s first school， a project that grewinto the Central Asia Institute， which has since constructed morethan 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan。 CoauthorRelin recounts Mortenson’s efforts in fascinating detail，presenting compelling portraits of the village elders，con artists，philanthropists，mujahideen， Taliban officials，ambitious schoolgirls and upright Muslims Mortenson met along the way。As the bookmoves into the post-9/11 world， Mortenson and Relin argue that theUnited States must fight Islamic extremism in the region throughcollaborative efforts to alleviate poverty and improve access toeducation，

About national and international power in the "modern" or PostRenaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen andfallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "newmonarchies" in W. Europe.

The Handbook of Conflict Resolution, Second Edition is writtenfor both the seasoned professional and the student who wants todeepen their understanding of the processes involved in conflictsand their knowledge of how to manage them constructively. Itprovides the theoretical underpinnings that throw light on thefundamental social psychological processes involved inunderstanding and managing conflicts at all levels—interpersonal,intergroup, organizational, and international. The Handbook coversa broad range of topics including information on cooperation andcompetition, justice, trust development and repair, resolvingintractable conflict, and working with culture and conflict.Comprehensive in scope, this new edition includes chapters thatdeal with language, emotion, gender, and personal implicit theoriesas they relate to conflict.

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Thomas E. Ricks, senior Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post , puts forth in Fiasco a masterfulreckoning with the planning and execution of the American militaryinvasion and occupation of Iraq, now with a preface on recentdevelopments. Ricks draws on the exclusive cooperation of anextraordinary number of American personnel—including more than onehundred senior officers—and access to more than 30,000 pages ofofficial documents, many of them never before made public.Tragically, it is an undeniable account—explosive, shocking, andauthoritative—of unsurpassed tactical success combined withunsurpassed strategic failure that indicts some of America’s mostpowerful and honored civilian and military leaders.

One of the most celebrated units in the military for more thana century, by 1990, New York City's Fighting 69th Infantry Regimentof the Army National Guard was scarcely fit for duty. Its equipmentwas derelict, its discipline nonexistent, many of its leadersinept, and its ranks filled with kids barely out of high school whohad little intention of serving their country for any longer thanit took to get their paycheck, college credit, or job training.Then came the attacks of September 11 and the invasion of Iraq. InThe Fighting 69th, Sean Michael Flynn, himself a member of theunit, chronicles the extraordinary transformation of this band ofamateur soldiers into a battle-hardened troop at one of the mostlethal sites of war.

With an Introduction by Rosemary O'Day. London Labour and theLondon Poor is a masterpiece of personal inquiry and socialobservation. It is the classic account of life below the margins inthe greatest Metropolis in the world and a compelling portrait ofthe habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, speech, humour,earnings and opinions of the labouring poor at the time of theGreat Exhibition. In scope, depth and detail it remains unrivalled.Mayhew takes us into the abyss, into a world without fixedemployment where skills are declining and insecurity mounting, aworld of criminality, pauperism and vice, of unorthodox personalrelations and fluid families, a world from which regularity isabsent and prosperity has departed. Making sense of thisenvironment required curiosity, imagination and a novelist s eyefor detail, and Henry Mayhew poss????essed all three. No previouswriter had succeeded in presenting the poor through their ownstories and in their own words, and in this undertaking Mayhewrivals his contemporary Dic

Interweaving autobiography with history, introspection andpolitical commentary, Mary Antin recounts the process of"uprooting, transportation, replanting, acclimatization, anddevelopment that took place in my own soul", and reveals the impactof a new culture on her family.

The first full reckoning of what actually happened atAbu Ghraib prison-"one of the most devastating of the many books onIraq" ( The New York Times Book Review ) Arelentlesly surprising and perceptive account of the front lines ofthe war on terror, Standard Operating Procedure is a warstory that takes its place among the classics. Acclaimed authorPhilip Gourevitch presents the story behind a defining moment inthe war, and a defining moment in our understanding of ourselves-the infamous Abu Ghraib photographs of prisoner abuse. Drawing onAcademy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris's astonishinginterviews with the Americans who took and appeared in thepictures, Standard Operating Procedure is an utterlyoriginal book that stands to endure as essential reading long afterthe current war in Iraq passes from the headlines.

The achievements of cryptography--the art of writing anddeciphering coded messages--have become a part of everyday life,especially in our age of electronic banking and the Internet. Inthis provocative work, Rudolf Kippenhahn offers readers both anexciting chronicle of cryptography and a lively exploration of thecryptographer's craft. Rich with vivid anecdotes from a history ofcoding and decoding, Code Breaking brings the often abstruse art ofdeciphering coded messages to the general reader and reveals therelevance of codes to our everyday high-tech society. A stylishlywritten, meticulously researched adventure, it will enthralleveryone who wants to know more about the ways in whichcommunication can be obscured and, like magic, made clearagain. A Selection of Doubleday's Library of Science Book Club A Choice Academic Book of the Year

On the South Branch of the Raritan River in New Jersey, BillPlummer casts his line in the hope that fly-fishing will fortifyhim in the face of a failed marriage, his father's death, and afaltering career. With the discovery of his father's fly-fishingdiary, Bill has set his mind to understanding his father's devotionto the sport and fathoming the depths of what he thought was adistant and enigmatic man. He comes to delight in the peculiarpleasures of the pastime, finding in it points of tangency to hisown son, while developing the strength for a second marriage. Wishing My Father Well is a moving intergenerational memoirwhich will remind readers of James Prosek's Joe and Me, JamesDodson's Faithful Travelers, and Mitch Albom's Tuesdays WithMorrie.

Eugene Fran?ois Vidocq was born in France in 1775 and his lifespanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the 1848revolutions. He was the Inspector Morse, the Sherlock Holmes, theJames Bond of his day. A notorious criminal, he turned policeofficer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his detectives. Heinvented innovative criminal indexing techniques and experimentedwith fingerprinting, until his cavalier attitude towards the thinblue line forced him out of the police. So he began the world'svery first private detective agency. The cases he solved were high profile and he grew in notoriety.However, his infamy didn't prevent him from becoming a spy andmoving secretly across the dangerous borders of Europe. This is agloriously enjoyable historical romp through the eighteenth centuryin the company of the man whose influence still holds to thisday.

The "dean of Cold War historians" ( The New York Times )now presents the definitive account of the global confrontationthat dominated the last half of the twentieth century. Drawing onnewly opened archives and the reminiscences of the major players,John Lewis Gaddis explains not just what happened but why —from the months in 1945 when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.went from alliance to antagonism to the barely averted holocaust ofthe Cuban Missile Crisis to the maneuvers of Nixon and Mao, Reaganand Gorbachev. Brilliant, accessible, almost Shakespearean in itsdrama, The Cold War stands as a triumphant summation of theera that, more than any other, shaped our own.