America's model of representational government rests on the premise that elected officials respond to the opinions of citizens. This is a myth, however, say James N. Druckman and Lawrence R. Jacobs. In Who Governs?, Druckman and Jacobs combine existing research with novel data from US presidential a[...]

Are you looking for a brief introduction to children's literature genres that leaves time to actually read children's books? This new edition of Children's Literature, Briefly introduces the reader to the essentials of each genre, supported by criteria to make good judgments about books and activiti[...]

Stateville penitentiary in Illinois has housed some of Chicago's most infamous criminals and was proclaimed to be "the world's toughest prison" by Joseph Ragen, Stateville's powerful warden from 1936 to 1961. It shares with Attica, San Quentin, and Jackson the notoriety of being one of the maximum s[...]

For over sixty million Americans, possessing a criminal record overshadows everything else about their public identity. A rap sheet, or even a court appearance or background report that reveals a run-in with the law, can have fateful consequences for a person s interactions with just about everyone [...]

Nowhere in the world has organized crime infiltrated the labor movement as thoroughly as in the United States. "Mobsters, Unions, and Feds" is the first book to document organized crime's exploitation of organized labor and the massive federal clean-up effort. A renowned criminologist who for twenty[...]

Armed with the knowledge that an elven traitor supplied the drow with the magical means to call down the stars and devastate Golarion, the PCs arrive at the elven nation of Kyonin to find their claims falling on deaf ears. Courtly intrigue leads to a confrontation with a mysterious elven order calle[...]

Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime.
Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history of how the [...]