united states

Describes the Supreme Court decision in the case of New York Times v. Sullivan, preventing public officials from receiving damages for false statements unless they can prove actual malice.

Contains selections from magazine articles, speeches, books, and other sources examining the issue of crime and criminals in the United States.

William Gibson's play about teacher Annie Sullivan's determined quest to give twelve-year-old Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute, the gift of language.

Pulitzer Prize-winning play concerned with the despair of a sixty-three-year-old traveling salesman when he is forced to face the reality he has evaded all his life.

Examines the role the school library media specialist plays in assessing student learning, and addresses a variety of issues associated with the practical application of the assessment of student learning in the school library media center.

A comedy built around the Jerome family during the Depression and focusing on fifteen-year-old, Eugene, preoccupied with sex and the Yankees.

Mark Budman draws on his own life to recount the fictional story of Alex, who dreams of escaping Stalin's dictatorship to find his American cousin and become a writer in the free world.

Presents a collection of essays that expore the author's experiences and opinions on christian spirituality.

A history of labor in the United States from colonial times through the end of the twentieth century, looking at efforts to win the rights men and women enjoy in the modern workplace, and discussing key individuals in the fight for health and safety standards, minimum wage, fair on-the-job treatment, and the forty-hour work week.

Discusses saving the American wilderness, including preservation and conservation, environmental activism, recreation in the wilderness, and the future of wilderness management.