How are children--and their parents--affected by the world's most influential corporation? Henry A. Giroux explores the surprisingly diverse ways in which Disney, while hiding behind a cloak of innocence and entertainment, strives to dominate global media and shape the desires, needs, and futures of

<p><strong>The dynamic fifteen-year saga of the enduringly popular jazz record label guided by legendary saxophonist John Coltrane.</strong></p> Following the path of its star musician John Coltrane, Impulse Records cut a creative swath through the 1960s and 1970s with the politically charged avant-

ATwo modern masters of military history make their case for the twenty most pivotal battles of all time, in a riveting trip through the ages to those moments when the fate of the world hung in the balance. -- American Midway, the ferocious World War II sea battle that broke the back of the Japanese

<p><b>The wild and suspenseful story of one of the most crucial and least known campaigns of the Revolutionary War when America’s scrappy navy took on the full might of Britain’s sea power.</b><br><br>"Few know of the valor and courage of Benedict Arnold... With such a dramatic main character, the s

An immortal voice speaks on the greatest poetic theme in this English-language selection of the works of Rumi. Enriched by the lush calligraphic illustrations of Arabic artist Lassa d Metoui, the poems bear remarkable power and emotional intensity, reflecting on the complexities of love, passion, pa

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xi, 258 pages : 25 cm

xi, 258 p. : 25 cm

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<div>The story of the last deaths in the American Indian wars and their far-reaching ramifications<br><br>The massacre of at least 150 Indians by the U.S. Army along Wounded Knee Creek in the Lakota reservation on December 29, 1890 generally is considered the closing salvo in America's Indian Wars.

<b>"It is no exaggeration to call the identity of the Zodiac Killer the most maddening unsolved crime in American history...But it is also no exaggeration to say that Mike Rodelli's case stands above them all"</b> <b>- <i>Tom Zoellner, Author and Former Reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle </i><

Like the Russian author Svetlana Alexievich, award-winning journalist J. Malcolm Garcia lets the people he writes about speak for themselves. His writing highlights the struggles and the dignity of people quietly fighting for their lives. They include families and small businesses still recovering f