From a rising intersex activist in the Midwest, a candid memoir about growing up different and an inspiring story of self-discovery and self-acceptance. When Chris Arnone was born in Independence, Missouri, nobody could tell what sex he was. For the first few days of his life, until a chromosome test confirmed he was a boy, his parents called ......
The full story behind the six words that reshaped Republican fiscal politics--and still haunt American governance today. "Read my lips: no new taxes." With that electrifying pledge at the 1988 Republican National Convention, George H. W. Bush sealed his nomination and unified a party. The promise became one of the most famous-and most ......
The full story behind the six words that reshaped Republican fiscal politics--and still haunt American governance today. "Read my lips: no new taxes." With that electrifying pledge at the 1988 Republican National Convention, George H. W. Bush sealed his nomination and unified a party. The promise became one of the most famous-and most ......
A sweeping account of three critical weeks in Virginia when battlefield clashes and home-front strategy together reshaped the course of the Civil War. In this new volume, Ethan Rafuse continues his history of the Civil War in Virginia that began with From the Mountains to the Bay: The War in Virginia, January-May 1862, offering a comprehensive ......
Winner: Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize In 2007, for the first time in nearly seventy years, the Supreme Court decided to hear a case involving the Second Amendment. The resulting decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) was the first time the Court declared a firearms restriction to be unconstitutional on the basis of the Second Amendment. ......
George W. Bush's use of the war on terror to justify the creation of a unitary executive, acting outside and even against the law, was a source of praise and blame for his administration. Immediately after 9/11, a constitutionalist would have worried about the peril of executive power, but today he might worry that we ignore its promise and ......
1898 and the Construction of America's Imperial Identity
Leading scholars of American empire examine the construction of American imperial identity at the tail end of the nineteenth century. The War of 1898-also known as the Spanish-American War-was a pivotal moment in American history, in which the United States initiated an ostensibly humanitarian war against Spain in April yet emerged eight months ......
First Place, International Latino Book Awards for Best Biography For Ernest "Ernie" Garcia, the American dream began in Mexico more than a hundred years ago. Ernie, raised in Kansas, became the US Senate sergeant at arms and escorted President Ronald Reagan to the podium to deliver the State of the Union address. After the president's speech, ......
The Wilmot Collins Story-from Liberian Refugee to the First Black Mayorin Montana
The incredible true story of how Wilmot Collins fled his war-torn African homeland to make a new home in America, becoming a community activist, a political leader, and an inspiration for hope in a time of rising anti-immigration sentiment. Run tells the inspiring story of Wilmot Collins, who fled the brutal and bloody Liberian Civil War in the ......
