Disdainful of America's booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau left Concord, Massachusetts, in 1845 to live in solitude in the woods near Walden Pond. Walden, the account of his stay, conveys at once a naturalist's wonder at the commonplace and a Transcendentalist's yearning for spiritual truth and self-reliance.

Investigating President's Bush's response to the earth-shattering events of September 11, this behind-the-scenes story tells how President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers led the nation to war on Iraq.

Takes on the forces aligned to destroy America - whether they be terrorists, environmentalists, or brand breakfast cereals - and tackles issues like religion, sexuality, and nature.

Gathering stories from the American press, from the work of other researchers and the contradictory words of members of the Bush administration themselves, this book presents a case that leaves little doubt that the attacks of 9/11 need to be further investigated.

The modern state, however we conceive of it today, is based on a pattern that emerged in Europe in the period from 1100 to 1600. Written from the experience of a lifetime of teaching and research in the field, this short, clear book is the classic work on what is known about the early history of the European state. Charles Tilly's foreword shows how Strayer's book set the agenda for a whole ...

The thrilling sequel to Woodward and Bernstein's classic book of reportage, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN.

Uncovers a political scandal.

Charts the boyhood of Johnson through the depression years to his debut as congressman and his defeat in his first race for the Senate. The first of a four-volume biography by the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Francis Parkman Prize.

More paints a vision of the customs and practices of a distant island, but Utopia means 'no place' and his narrator's name, Hythlodaeus, translates as 'dispenser of nonsense'. This tale masks what is a serious and subversive analysis of the failings of More's society.

Memoir of America's former First Lady and now Secretary of State

In 1831 Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. This title presents an analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. But Katniss has been close to death before - and survival, for her, is second nature.

Woodward on Bush's second term -- following BUSH AT WAR and PLAN OF ATTACK, this is the third of his unique portrait of a working presidency, and its trials and tribulations.

The shocking inside account that has outraged the Bush administration, 'Chain of Command' gives a revealing and terrifying picture of what really led to war in Iraq.

Taking the state of Kansas as a paradigm, the author describes how a place famous for its radicalism became one of the most conservative states in the union. He also seeks to answer some broader riddles, such as: why do so many Americans vote against their economic and social interests? And whatever happened to middle-American progressivism?

Tally lives in a world where your sixteenth birthday brings aesthetic perfection: an operation which erases your flaws, transforming you from an 'Ugly' into a 'Pretty'. She is on the eve of this event, and cannot wait for her life to change. As well as guaranteeing supermodel looks, life as a Pretty seems to revolve around having a good time.

Argues that though globalization should be a powerful force for good, it has been badly mishandled by the West (especially its lead institutions, the World Bank and the IMF), and that the anti-globalizing protesters have much to say that we should listen to.

Features a satirical indicement of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it. This work tells a tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive.

In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him - but how and at what cost?

This account of US history from the bottom up tells the real story of the people, rather than the flag-waving official story.