political and social views

The Nigerian author explores the history and future of his homeland and discusses the people, politics, and events that have led to Nigeria being under control of a military dictator and out of favor with the rest of the world.

A comprehensive anthology of Fidel Castro's speeches, the first to be published since the 1960's.

Examines Abraham Lincoln's emergence onto the political scene in the years leading up to the Civil War and draws on Lincoln's own words to explore his response to the issues that shaped the war and his presidency.

Presents twelve scholarly essays on twentieth-century American author John Updike's "Rabbit" tetralogy, which follows central character Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom through four decades of American political and social history, up through the Reagan years.