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Holt American Nation in the Modern Era

The American Nation was designed to help students more easily understand the ideas they read. Important reading strategies employed in The American Nation include the following: 1. Methods to help you anticipate what is to come; 2. Tools to help you preview and predict what the text will be about; 3. Ways to help you use and analyze visual information; 4. Ideas to help you organize the information you have learned.

American Civics (revised edition)

A text book to all who are interested in the citizenship, government, politics, judiciary, etc. of the United States.

Animal Farm with Connections

A political satire, originally published with the title "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story", is an allegorical novella by George Orwell. According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union.

1984: With Connections

Holt American Government

Holt American Government examines the way in which government in the United States is organized and the impact that many aspects of government have on the lives of citizens. From this study of government emerges a series of themes: Political Foundations, Principles of Democracy, Constitutional Government, Political Processes, World Affairs, Citizenship, and Public Good. These themes provide a basis for defining and analyzing the U.S. political system and its effectiveness in fulfilling the needs of the public.

Holt American Government (Texas Edition)

Holt American Government examines the way in which government in the United States is organized and the impact that many aspects of government have on the lives of citizens. From this study of government emerges a series of themes: Political Foundations, Principles of Democracy, Constitutional Government, Political Processes, World Affairs, Citizenship, and Public Good. These themes provide a basis for defining and analyzing the U.S. political system and its effectiveness in fulfilling the needs of the public.

American Civics

Do you know what it means to live in a democracy? What are your rights and responsibilities as a citizen in a democratic country? What would a new U.S. citizen need to know about fulfilling these responsibilities? The answers to these questions can be found in this book.

History Of Political Theory An Introduction: Volume 2 Modern Political Theory

The second volume of HISTORY OF POLITICAL THEORY provides an in-depth introduction to a select group of political thinkers. Professor Klosko weaves together excerpted materials with insightful commentary to create this thematically unified look at the central theoretical arguments of liberal political theory.

The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969

The book focuses on a wide variety of accomplishments and events, both domestic and foreign, which shaped the Presidency of Lyndon Johnson. In addition to the war in Vietnam, Johnson tells of the War on Poverty here in the United States.

Civics in Practice Principles of Government and Economics (North Carolina)

NIMAC-sourced textbook

(North Carolina) American Anthem

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Holt American Anthem

NIMAC-sourced textbook

For Biddle's Sake (The Princess Tales)

In this humorous retelling of Andrew Lang's "Puddocky," a young maiden who has been transformed into a toad by a jealous fairy relies on her newly honed magical abilities to charm a prince into marriage.

The Dream: Martin Luther King and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., electrified the nation when he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. In The Dream, Drew D. Hansen explores the fascinating and little-known history of King's legendary address. The Dream insightfully considers how King's speech "has slowly remade the American imagination," and led us closer to King's visionary goal of a redeemed America.

Understanding Thomas Jefferson

Recent biographies of Thomas Jefferson have stressed the sphinx-like puzzles of his character-famous champion of freedom yet lifelong slaveholder, foe of miscegenation yet secret lover of a beautiful slave for 30 years, aristocrat yet fervent advocate of government by the people. E. M. Halliday's absorbing and lucid portrait recognizes these and other puzzles about this great founder, but shows us how understandable they can be in light of his personal and social circumstances. Halliday takes readers deep into Jefferson's private life-exploring his childhood, his literary taste, and his unconventional religious thinking and moral philosophy. Here, too, are his adamant opinions on women, the evolution of his ideas on democracy and freedom of expression, and fresh insights into his relationship with Sally Hemings. A longtime senior editor of American Heritage, E. M. Halliday is the author of a memoir of the poet John Berryman and an account of the Allied invasion of Soviet Russia in 1918-19, as well as a number of articles for The New Yorker.

Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom

Zoya's Story is a young woman's searing account of her clandestine war of resistance against the Taliban and religious fanaticism at the risk of her own life. An epic tale of fear and suffering, courage and hope, Zoya's Story is a powerful testament to the ongoing battle to claim human rights for the women of Afghanistan. Though she is only twenty-three, Zoya has witnessed and endured more tragedy and terror than most people do in a lifetime. Zoya grew up during the wars that ravaged Afghanistan and was robbed of her mother and father when they were murdered by Muslim fundamentalists. Devastated by so much death and destruction, she fled Kabul with her grandmother and started a new life in exile in Pakistan. She joined the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, which challenged the crushing edicts of the Taliban government, and she made dangerous journeys back to her homeland to help the women oppressed by a system that forced them to wear the stifling burqa, condoned public stoning or whipping if they ventured out without a male chaperon, and forbade them from working. Zoya is our guide, our witness to the horrors perpetrated by the Taliban and the Mujahideen "holy warriors" who had defeated the Russian occupiers. She helped to secretly film a public cutting of hands in a Kabul stadium and to organize covert literacy classes, as schooling-branded a "gateway to Hell" -- was forbidden to girls. At an Afghan refugee camp she heard tales of heartrending suffering and worked to provide a future for families who had lost everything. The spotlight focused on Afghanistan after the New York and Washington terrorist attacks highlights the conditions of repression and fear in which Afghan women live and makes Zoya's Story utterly compelling. This is a memoir that speaks louder than the images of devastation and outrage; it is a moving message of optimism as Zoya struggles to bring the plight of Afghan women to the world's attention.

The Carpet Wars: A Ten-Year Journey along Ancient Trade Routes

Apart from oil, rugs are the Muslim world's best-known commodity. While rugs are found in most Western homes, the story of religious, political, & tribal strife behind their creation is virtually unknown. Here, Kremmer chronicles his fascinating 10-year journey along the ancient carpet trade routes that run through the world's most misunderstood & volatile regions -- Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, India, Pakistan, & the former Soviet republics of Central Asia. He takes readers into a world where even the simplest motif on a rug can be filled with religious, tribal, & political significance, & he offers a personal, vivid, & revealing look at Islam's human face, wracked by turmoil but sustained by friendship, industry, & humor.

Among the Heros

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, passengers were not encouraged to assist the crew in the rare case of an airplane hijacking. They were actively discouraged. That all changed with the brave insurrection of the passengers and crew members aboard United Flight 93.

Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman

This book contains the private papers of Harry Truman including letters, memos and diary entries. The editor offers explannatory information when doing so would make the content of the President's writing more clear.

The Garfield Orbit

This biography of President James Garfield was begun by Margaret Leech, who died before the book's completion. Harry Brown, who edited Garfield's extensive diaries, finished the book. Leech's portion is especially rich in personal detail about Garfield's family of origin and his romantic relationships prior to his marriage. Garfield was a highly literate, intensely reflective man who left voluminous letters and diaries, and excerpts from this material bring him to life in this book.

The Palace Guard

Analysis of the people and events around Nixon's White House and the Watergate scandal

Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821

Andrew Jackson, born in Ireland, went to America and earned the people of America's respect and admiration for his valiant efforts to make America a great country. Even fifteen years after his death, people were willing to vote him as the President.

Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy 1833-1845

Volume III of Robert V. Remini's biography of Andrew Jackson.<P><P> Winner of the National Book Award

The Triumph of Politics: Why the Reagan Revolution Failed

Regarding Stockman's years in the Reagan Administration.

Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair

On May 1, 1960, Francis Gary Powers flew a U-2 spy plane deep into Soviet airspace and was downed. Powers and his equipment survived and were captured, becoming a pivotal episode in the Cold War.