The acclaimed account of slavery in America, illuminating how Africans and Europeans built a nation. A riveting narrative history of America, from the 1607 landing in Jamestown to the brink of the Civil War, Africans in America tells the shared history of Africans and Europeans as seen through the l[...]

This book represents the views of one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century on the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. John von Neumann concludes that the brain operates in part digitally, in part analogically, but uses a peculiar statistical language u[...]

Patricia Smith is the founder and CEO of the Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project(c), the outreach division of Healthy Caregiving, LLC. As a certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist with 20 years of training experience, she writes, speaks and facilities workshops in service of those who care for othe[...]

In minute-by-minute detail, Patricia Smith tracks Hurricane Katrina as it transforms into a full-blown mistress of destruction. From August 23, 2005, the day Tropical Depression Twelve developed, through August 28 when it became a Category Five storm with its "scarlet glare fixed on the trembling cr[...]

This groundbreaking book shows how major shifts in federal policy are spurring local public housing authorities to demolish their high-rise, low-income developments, and replace them with affordable low-rise, mixed income communities. It focuses on Chicago, and that city's affordable housing crisis,[...]

Winner of an "AJN" Book of the Year Award for 2009

Discover the ins and outs of Constitutional lawAre you a student looking for trusted, plain-English guidance on the ins and outs of Constitutional law? Look no further "Constitutional Law For Dummies" provides a detailed study guide tracking to this commonly required law course. It breaks down compl[...]