
Duke Ellington's America
Book
Few American artists in any medium have enjoyed the international and lasting cultural impact of...

Look at You Now: One Girl's Journey from Shame to Strength
Book
In 1979, Liz Pryor, a good girl from a privileged Chicago family, discovered that she was pregnant....

African Successes: Government and Institutions
Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson and David N. Weil
Book
Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent...

Articulating the World: Conceptual Understanding and the Scientific Image
Book
Naturalism as a guiding philosophy for modern science both disavows any appeal to the supernatural...

Biotechnology and Society: An Introduction
Book
With Biotechnology and Society, Hallam Stevens offers an up-to-date primer to help us understand the...

The Jack Benny Show
Podcast
The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, was a radio-TV comedy series which ran for more than...

Food Swap
Book
Whether your goal is to start your own community food swap, or just make delicious treats to share...
The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession: Canonists, Civilians, and Courts
Book
James A. Brundage's "The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession" traces the history of legal...

Scorsese by Ebert
Roger Ebert and Martin Scorsese
Book
Roger Ebert wrote the first film review that director Martin Scorsese ever received - for 1967's "I...

The World of Extreme Happiness
Book
When Sunny is born in rural China, her parents leave her in a slop bucket to die because she's a...