Revealing what it was like to be Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission during the Richard Nixon presidency, Nobel Laureate Glenn T. Seaborg draws from his diary, enabling the reader to be a fly on the wall during meetings with Nixon, Henry Kissinger and other key policymakers. During the Nixon pe[...]

In the newest addition to the Library of American Biography Series, noted biographer and historian Herbert Parmet introduces students to this enigmatic leader, whose forward-thinking policies and strategies still affect the international stage. Both motivated and crippled by his appetite for power, [...]

A dark, edgy and thrilling novel of sexual discovery. As a university academic, Claire has always sought safety in facts and information. But then she meets Jim and he becomes her guide on a sensual journey with no limits except their own imagination - and Claire's has always been overactive. She le[...]

To his conservative supporters in 1940s southern California, Richard Nixon was a populist everyman; to liberal intellectuals of the 1950s, he was "Tricky Dick," a devious manipulator; to 1960s radicals, a shadowy conspirator; to the Washington press corps, a pioneering spin doctor; to his loyal Midd[...]

Can the Internet help to re-engage the public in politics? How are political parties using the Internet as a communication tool? Has politics changed in the information age? This book provides an assessment of how political parties are adapting to the rise of new information and communication techn[...]

In this ethnographic study, the authors examine parents' and children's experience with learning resources, not only in schools and libraries, but also in sites ranging from doctors' waiting rooms to supermarkets. They investigate the ways in which governments, corporations, and communities are tran[...]

An eye-opening look at the man whose notoriety over Watergate and whose accomplishments in foreign policy have made us foget that he was one of our most innovative modern presidents on matters of domestic policy. Hoff shows that Nixons reforms in welfare, civil rights, economic and environmental pol[...]

Kid's Box is a six-level course for young learners.