political and social views

"Bonhoeffer gives witness to one man's extraordinary faith and to the tortured fate of the nation he sought to deliver from the curse of Nazism. It brings the reader face to face with a man determined to do the will of God radically, courageously, and joyfully-even to the point of death." provided by publisher.

"A timely, topical book grounding Russia's recent turn towards conservativism in pre-1917 culture and explaining what this shift could mean for the rest of the world"--.

Looks at some of the sociological ideas of nineteenth-century philosopher and nature writer Henry David Thoreau.

Summarizes the observations of French sociologist Alexis de Toqueville about the structure of American democracy in the early 1800s.

"Morton tells the story of the feckless Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor, his American wife Wallis Simpson, the bizarre wartime Nazi plot to make him a puppet king after the invasion of Britain, and the attempted cover-up by Churchill, General Eisenhower, and King George VI of the duke's relations with Hitler. From the alleged affair between Simpson and the German foreign minister to the discovery of top secret correspondence about the man dubbed 'the traitor king' and the Nazi high command, this is a sagaof intrigue, betrayal, and deception"--Dust jacket flap.

Examines the life and work of George Washington Carver, a scientist known for developing a wide variety of uses for the peanut, tracing the evolution of Carver's agricultural and environmental thought, his training at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, and his use of scientific agriculture to improve the lot of the poor.

" ... [argues] that [the] current crisis in government is nothing less than the fourth radical transition in the history of the nation-state ... The West has led these revolutions, but [is] now ... in the midst of a fourth revolution, and it is Western government that is in danger of being left behind ... Drives home a powerful argument: that countries' success depends overwhelmingly on their ability to reinvent the state. And that much of the West--and particularly the United States--is failing badly in its task. China is making rapid progress with government reform at the same time as America is falling badly behind ... "--Publisher.

Argues that an analysis of Toni Morrison's canon reveals her increasing awareness of the class exploitation of African-Americans and race and gender oppression, attempts to show how Morrison uses her novels to discover solutions, and relates Morrison's life experiences to her fiction.

Collects the speeches of television journalist Bill Moyers on topics such as democracy, freedom, history, the media, politics, and religion.