With American foreign policy playing an increasingly dominant role in world events of the past century, the international diplomatic community and even Americans themselves have staged heated debates centering on the charge that our government often misreads international crises.Responding to the controversy, Robert Dallek's groundbreaking book argues that the pressures generated by unresolved political and social domestic problems have shaped American foreign policy. In an illuminating examination of each significant period--from the expansionism of the Spanish-American War and the American entrance into World War I, to American-Soviet relations during World War II, the Cold War period that followed, and American involvement in Korea and Vietnam--Dallek reveals why we have acted as we have, often in the face of logic and with costly consequences.Providing a wealth of new insights, he presents American foreign policies in the twentieth century as symbolic extensions of domestic hopes and fears. Reaching beyond traditional explanations of why and how these policies reflect U.S. concerns at home more than realities abroad, this important and provocative analysis challenges thinking Americans to confront the whole fascinating history of American foreign affairs in the twentieth century.

In today's food system, farm workers face difficult and hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast-food restaurants and liquor stores, food products emphasize convenience rather than wholesomeness, and the international reach of American fast-food franchises has been a major contributor to an epidemic of "globesity." To combat these inequities and excesses, a movement for food justice has emerged in recent years seeking to transform the food system from seed to table. In Food Justice , Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi tell the story of this emerging movement. A food justice framework ensures that the benefits and risks of how food is grown and processed, transported, distributed, and consumed are shared equitably. Gottlieb and Joshi recount the history of food injustices and describe current efforts to change the system, including community gardens and farmer training in Holyoke, Massachusetts, youth empowerment through the Rethinkers in New Orleans, farm-to-school programs across the country, and the Los Angeles school system's elimination of sugary soft drinks from its cafeterias. And they tell how food activism has succeeded at the highest level: advocates waged a grassroots campaign that convinced the Obama White House to plant a vegetable garden. The first comprehensive inquiry into this emerging movement, Food Justice addresses the increasing disconnect between food and culture that has resulted from our highly industrialized food system.

Lecture transcript and course guidebook for the Teaching Company course "How to Listen to and Understand Great Music". 6 paperback volumes.

World renowned psychologist Robert Sternberg presents a fresh and compelling picture of the creative process from the inception of an idea to its ultimate success. With illuminating examples, Sternberg reveals the paths we all can take to become more creative and shows how institutions can learn to foster creativity. “What is creative is new and often brings about positive change. But what is new is also strange, and what is strange can be scary, even threatening—which is why ‘they’ don’t want to hear it. But they are unwise not to listen, for the creative person with original ideas is the one who, with support, will advance and improve the milieu to the benefit of all.” —from Defying the Crowd

People need analytical, creative, and practical thinking abilities to succeed in life. Yet most educational programs only develop analytical skills. In Teaching for Successful Intelligence: To Increase Student Learning and Achievement, authors Robert Sternberg and Elena Grigorenko provide the tools needed to help develop well-rounded students. In this teacher-friendly manual, educators learn about the three essential thinking skills, techniques you can use to foster those skills and how to design and implement instructional units that measurably improve student performance.

"A comprehensive, sweeping history of America's rise to global superpower--a follow up to the author's acclaimed first volume, from our nation's earliest days to the dawn of the twentieth century"--

A funny and evocative coming-of-age memoir by Robert Klein, the beloved and award-winning comedian who has entertained audiences for more than four decades. Best known for his unique brand of observational humor—seen on Broadway and in film and television—Klein details his life from ages nine to twenty-five as seen “through the gauze of time.” Klein’s theme park of memories alternates dark moments with sunlit humor. Teenage frustrations prompted a visit to a Harlem prostitute, which filled Klein with “shame and triumph and guilt.” He encountered individual and institutional anti-Semitism at Alfred University, yet led the frat house fun, moving on to the Yale School of Drama, Chicago’s Second City, New York theater and a variety of romances. Along the way, Klein had successes and failures, both in bed and on stage. Probing not only his own psyche but also the evolution of sexual mores during the 1950s and ‘60s, he unfurls an array of captivating anecdotes, writing with wry wit and honesty.

Professor Heilbroner shows why economics has become the reigning form of social inquiry, and how we might penetrate its mystique. He explores aspects of the "regime-like" character of capitalism and its historic position today; the meaning of work and value; and the manner in which the social visions of the "worldly philosophers" affect their economic analyses.

While most Americans talk and fret about the deficit and our mounting national debt, two eminent economists here do something different: They challenge the prevailing assumption that the federal budget imbalance insidiously saps our economic strength. This trenchant, original, and timely primer is the result. It is addressd to the four hundred and forty out of every thousand Americans who consider the debt and the deficit to be their country's most pressing problem, but cannot tell you exactly why. In crystal-clear language, Robert Heilbroner and Peter Bernstein explain what national debts and deficits are, and what they are not. One thing they are not nearly as big as we think. Another thing they are not is a burden on the shoulders of our grandchildren. And one thing they are is a potential means of financing economic growth. Heilbroner and Bernstein do not shrug aside the debt and deficit. "The only remedy for our present frightened state of mind," they write, "is explanations that are simple but accurate, facts that will defuse unreasoning panic, and arguments that will stand up under the most skeptical examination."--Publisher description;.

Hilliard (born Robert Hilliard Levine), a former U.S. soldier in occupied Germany, describes the continuing genocide-by-neglect of Holocaust survivors. The latter had little or no food, clothing, or medicine; they were interned behind barbed wire, as if they were still being held by the Nazis. Their pain was increased by the favoritism shown by the U.S. Military Government toward former Nazis and their sympathizers. Letters sent by the author and by his friend, Edward Herman, came to the attention of Earl G. Harrison, whom President Truman sent to investigate the situation. Truman ordered General Eisenhower to change American policy, and this was done. Includes a description of events at a hospital in St. Ottilien where American antisemitism was rampant, until the reactions of the DPs and of American Jews helped pressure the Americans to improve the situation.

Understand what your dreams are saying about your life with step-by-step exercises.

This hilarious children's book of computer jokes will have you ROTFL!

A weird entertainer throws a "horror birthday." If the reader chooses to open his or her presents, she or he is chased by crazed motorized toys. If the cake is chosen, watch out! It's crawling with bugs. This book is packed with 20 super-spooky endings.