21st century

A vivid portrait of what it means to be a teenage girl in America today. Teenage girls today live their life in words--in text and instant messages, on blogs and social network pages. It's how they conduct their friendships and present themselves to the world, but they are also creating a formidable body of personal written work. This generation's unprecedented comfort level with the written word has led to a fearless new American literature. These collected essays offer a key to understanding one of the most mislabeled and underestimated members of society. Here, nearly sixty teenage girls from across the country, representing a diverse spectrum of socioeconomic, political, racial, and religious backgrounds, create a rich portrait of life as a teen girl in America today, revealing the complicated inner lives, humor, hopes, struggles, thrills, and obsessions of this generation.--From publisher description.

Studies the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union and discusses the policies that helped that relationship develop.

Introduces the works of thirteen contemporary poets along with a brief statement of purpose by each poet, critical essays by a number of literary scholars, and a CD of each poet reading their work.

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the social and political cataclysm that spread throughout Europe between 1914 and 1945; and describes how the world was changed by the events of two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the rise and fall of Hitler's Third Reich.

Presents a collection ofpaintings and prints by twenty-four artists that represent the movement of Lowbrow art, including over one hundred color plates from Robert Williams, Gary Panter, Joe Coleman, and Owen Smith, including biographical information on each artist, with brief essays explaining pop surrealism and lowbrow art.

Profiles sixteen countries around the world with significant Muslim populations, providing information on each country's government, history, social structure, economy, culture, and traditions.

Presents a collection of over forty monologues and scenes from the works of contemporary playwrights designed as a resource for auditions, acting classes, and general reading.

Contains thirty-two essays that examine conflicts and confrontations in Asia and the Middle East each with a summary of the featured country's most pressing problems; analysis of the origins, nature, and history of the conflicts; country facts and statistics; maps; a timeline; and sources of further information.

Presents information on the twenty-first-century Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force of the United States, including their history, role, structure, and equipment and supplies.