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Sadako Okuda was a sewing teacher on a small island some 35 miles outside of Hiroshima when the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945.

These philosophical essays draw their logic from the principle of continuity.

Espionage fiction is one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the literate world and, since its widespread acceptance in the early 20th century, it has sought to pursue the secret politics

The most important characteristics of human rights are enumerated in a clear and concise discussion that analyzes the problem of making human rights real, not just hypothetical, worldwide.

Robert Freedman looks at the role of media in society in a unique way by focusing exclusively on the emerging trend of audience captivity: the relocation of T.V.

A defense analyst who served on the front lines of the struggle for military parity, the author was intensely engaged in the efforts of the U.S.

Members of the U.S. Congress and others who care about the foundations of power politics in the nuclear age will find facts that speak for themselves in this novel yearbook.

Mayor Bloomberg of New York City has described America's immigration policy as the greatest case of national suicide ever seen.

The book is, quite simply, a line-by-line translation of Shakespeare's play The Tempest translated into modern English.

William McKinley was the first U.S. president to address globalization; his legacy in protectionism and immigrant labor offer lessons for the current era.

George Westinghouse's story is rich in drama and in breadth, a story of power, city building, and applying the Golden Rule in business.

Over the centuries the figure of the Queen of Sheba has loomed large in poetry and romance.

Coalition and Iraqi troops raided an insurgent training camp southwest of Tikrit as part of Operation Iron Triangle May 9-11, 2006.

The shocking implications of a worldwide scarcity of natural resources have suddenly started to become clear.

America is a country of characters, many of them larger than life, many of them shrinking from life, and many tenaciously asserting their individuality even as they succumb to the weight of life.