united states

The author describes his personal experiences after giving up his white-collar job to experience a life that is supported by a minimum wage salary, and includes his time spent as a pizza deliveryman, a construction worker, an emergency room technician, and more.

Explores the United States' ability to remain a global superpower and provides suggestions for reforming political policies to meet future needs.

Explores how young men are influenced by the other males they are surrounded with, drawing on interviews with sixteen- to twenty-six-year-old men to determine how a man's beliefs, actions, attitudes, and self-image are influenced by the males they surround themselves with as they enter adulthood.

Journalist Stephen Kiernan discusses the meaning of patriotism and the cultural climate of the United States in the early twenty-first century, and describes the efforts "authentic patriots" whose actions reflect the nation's original purpose.

Contains the final report by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks that examines the data surrounding the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon and provides recommendations against further acts of terrorism.

Chronicles the events leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, offering an in-depth look at the Al Qaeda terrorist group's planning of the attacks and the events that prompted them.

The author, senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission, provides an account of what really happened the day terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and argues that the structure of modern government--with its separation of powers and lack of intercommunications--is at fault for what he sees as the botched handling of the attack and its aftermath, a failure that showed itself again during Hurricane Katrina.

Chronicles the events surrounding the hijacking and crash of United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, focusing on the passengers' efforts to overtake the hijackers and prevent the plane from being used as a weapon against an American landmark.

Provides, in graphic form, information about the state of the world since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, covering the War on Terror, significant events and individuals, and other related topics.

The members of the Erickson family come of age during the 1970s and 1980s, facing ordinary circumstances and trying to understand and achieve happiness.