In the papers collected in Education: Assumptions versus History, Dr. Thomas Sowell takes a hard look at the state of education in our schools and universities. His imperative is to test the assumptions underlying contemporary educational policies and innovations against the historical and contempor[...]

Mobile ASP.NET MVC 5 will take you step-by-step through the process of developing fluid content that adapts its layout to the client device using HTML, JavaScript and CSS, and responsive web design. This book introduces server-side techniques that allow you to show different content to different dev[...]

Since major league baseball began in 1871, there have been roughly thirty million pitches thrown to batters. Only one of them killed a man. This is the story of Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians, a popular player struck in the head and killed in August 1920 by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays of the N[...]

A Man of Letters traces the life, career, and commentaries on controversial issues of Thomas Sowell over a period of more than four decades through his letters to and from family, friends, and public figures ranging from Milton Friedman to Clarence Thomas, David Riesman, Arthur Ashe, William Proxmir[...]

Hur ser de ekonomiska villkoren egentligen ut för Förenta staternas många minoriteter - för de svarta, för asiater, puertoricaner, judar och mexikaner?I vilken grad beror skillnader i ekonomiska villkor verkligen på diskriminering?Vilka effekter har de olika försöken att med lagstiftning kom[...]

Hur kommer det sig att hemlösa sover på New Yorks trottoarer mitt i vintern samtidigt som det finns mer än fyra gånger så många tomma lägenheter som hemlösa? Varför svälter människor i Moskva trots att staden omges av Europas bördigaste jordbruksmark? Dessa tragedier är lika obegripliga[...]