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Out of Reach
Place, Poverty, and the New American Welfare State
Sweeping changes in welfare programs since 1996 have transformed the way America cares for its poor. Today, for every dollar spent on cash welfare payments, some twenty dollars are spent on service programs...
Victor Hugo on Things That Matter
A Reader
Victor Hugo on Things That Matter gives English speakers the social, historical, cultural, and biographical context that is essential for enjoying the writing and art of this genius of nineteenth-century France. The...
The Eye for Innovation
Recognizing Possibilities and Managing the Creative Enterprise
Seven principles for an innovative enterprise, from the journey of Control Data Innovation is synonymous with problem solving, and the basic elements of innovation apply to any business, says Robert M....
Italian Tales
An Anthology of Contemporary Italian Fiction
A selection of contemporary Italian fiction in English for readers who wish to explore Italy’s rich literary landscape? This anthology serves as a literary map to guide readers through the varied...
The Chosen Will Become Herds
Studies in Twentieth-Century Kabbalah
The popularity of Kabbalah, a Jewish mystical movement at least 900 years old, has grown astonishingly within the context of the vast and ever-expanding social movement commonly referred to as the New Age. This...
Revolution, Resistance, and Reform in Village China
Drawing on more than a quarter century of field and documentary research in rural North China, this book explores the contested relationship between village and state from the 1960s to the start of the twenty-first century...
Surviving Prostate Cancer
What You Need to Know to Make Informed Decisions
The most informative book available on prostate cancer by a doctor who has himself survived the disease When Dr. E. Fuller Torrey was diagnosed with prostate cancer, none of the books he could find was...
Does American Democracy Still Work?
Why Americans should be concerned about recent changes in their democracy The past few decades have brought a shift in the nature of American democracy—an alarming shift that threatens such liberal...
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"Matter of Glorious Trial"
Spiritual and Material Substance in "Paradise Lost"
This groundbreaking book, the first to examine Milton’s thinking about matter and substance throughout his entire poetic career, seeks to alter the prevailing critical view that Milton was a monist-materialist—one who...
Charm Offensive
How China's Soft Power Is Transforming the World
A ground-level account of China’s new diplomacy and how it could change international relations At the beginning of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. And though...