political and social views

Harvey Pekar and J.T. Waldman discuss Harvey's disillusionment with Israel and the history of the Jewish people.

A collection of essays that explore the cultural impact of the James Bond character, both in books and on film, and discuss how the character has been shaped by political events and practices.

Harris, a United States senator from California, describes how her upbringing and her career as the district attorney for San Francisco and later as California's attorney general influenced her passion for justice. She communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values and discusses the core truths that unite us and how to best act on them.

Pope Francis met with French reporter and sociologist Dominique Wolton for an unprecedented series of twelve fascinating and timely conversations, open dialogues revolving around the political, cultural, and religious issues dominating communication and conflict around the world, now published here, along with addresses or extracts of addresses given for various occasions during his papacy.

Zachary R. Wood, head of the college group Uncomfortable Learning, describes growing up as an African American in a danerous area and going to private school and explains his belief in open dialogue and free speech.

"...a narrative exploring two harrowing attempts to rescue East Germans by tunneling beneath the Berlin Wall, the U.S. television networks who financed and filmed them, and the Kennedy administration's unprecedented attempt to suppress both films."--Provided by publisher.

An exploration of the plight of African-American soldiers and sailors, the work of President Harry Truman and others to desegregate the United States armed forces, and the legal, political, and moral aspects of desegregation.

Contains speeches, essays, and articles that show Helen Keller as a political activist and thinker, offering her sometimes radical opinions on disability and class, socialism, war, and women.

Collection of the articles Steinbeck wrote as a war correspondent for Newsday, a Long Island newspaper, while he traveled throughout Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

The author discusses his life as the son of a terrorist and how he came to reject his father's ideology and embrace the path of nonviolence.