Pulitzer-prize winning author Dr. Robert Butler coined the term "ageism" and made "Alzheimer's" a familiar word. Now he brings his formidable knowledge and experience in aging issues to a recent and
A definitive portrait of the notorious politician and disgraced president offers a balanced study of the triumphs, accomplishments, failures, scandals, strategies, and controversies of Richard Nixon's
Bill Patten grew up in the heart of privileged society to American parents—a debutante mother, a diplomatic father—stationed in Europe. Weekends away from his English boarding school
Curtis Roosevelt was three when he and his sister Eleanor arrived at the White House soon after their grandfather's presidential inauguration in the wake of his parents' separation, The country's "Fi
Charles Duelfer is one of the most senior intelligence officers with on-the-ground experience to have worked in Iraq before, during, and after the Gulf War. His 2004 CIA report is widely renowned as
The former White House press secretary examines how and why the Bush administration went awry, providing a look at George W. Bush and his top aides in terms of such crises as Hurricane Katrina, the Ir
In the twentieth century, a broad consensus to fight racial discrimination linked black Americans of all social classes, and gave birth to a movement that paved the way for black political power.
Recounts Khrushchev's 1959 trip across America against the backdrop of the Cold War and a capitalist America living under the shadow of the hydrogen bomb.
When the Berlin Wall collapsed on November 9, 1989— signaling the end of the Cold War—America and the West declared victory: Democracy and free markets had prevailed and the United Sta
For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the “Green Revolution” succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got
Mahvish Rukhsana Khan is an American lawyer, born to immigrant Afghan parents in Michigan. While pursuing a law degree at the University of Miami, she became enraged by the illegal detainment of pris
Who is better prepared to confront challenges and defend principles in a volatile modern world? Those with strong national, religious, ethnic, or tribal identities who accept democracy, or democrats
Presents the story of the 1856 hurricane which decimated Isles Derniere, an island one hundred miles off the coast of New Orleans which served as a summer resort for the wealthy, and the tragic loss o
The last thirty years have witnessed one of the most remarkable developments in history: the rapid rise of democracy around the world. In 1900, only ten countries were democracies and by 1975 there w
Peter Jennings was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death from cancer in 2005. For many Americans, he was the voice and face that gave shape and meaning to every day's
The best-selling, award-winning biographer's insightful, balanced, engaging, and much anticipated history of Clinton's first term in office describes his extraordinary effort to be a modern president,
Delves into the reality of what is necessary to improve the environment, describes the steps businesses must take to have an impact on the world, and offers an evaluation of the token gestures made ve
When Judith O’Reilly, a successful journalist and mother of three, agreed to leave London for a remote northern outpost, she made a deal with her husband that the move was a test-run to weigh t
Chronicles the life and accomplishments of the British prime minister through his own quotations and speeches, presenting his thoughts on world politics, the nuclear age, leadership, and personal matt
World War I did not end neatly with the Germans’ surrender. After a dramatic week of negotiations, military offensives, and the beginning of a Communist revolution, the German Imperial regime c
