Berlatsky, Noah

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of German author, Eric Maria Remarque.

Presents a historical background of the 1967 Detroit riots, explores controversies surrounding the event, and offers personal narratives from those involved.

Discusses marijuana use, exploring the medical benefits, legalization debates, and recreational use.

Examines the important aspects of the global financial crisis including informative sidbars.

Examines important aspects about capital punishment of global significance. Includes black-and-white photographs and informative sidebars.

Examines important aspects of imprisonment of a global significance. Includes black and white photographs and informative sidebars.

Examines artificial intelligence by experts, policy makers, and concerned citizens including complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations all up to date and fully documented.

Explores the topics relating to the minimum wage, the lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers, by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise this issue.

Authors debate the effectiveness of the U.S. two-party system and discuss how ingrained partisan differences prevent the performance of fundamental governmental duties.

This book opens with background information on the Iranian Revolution 1978-1979, presents controversies on whether the Western Press demonized the Iranian Revolution, and includes personal narratives from people who witnessed or were impacted by the revolution.