Whitman: 252 books

Richard Merrick was born the bastard son of a king, his mother was a member of the red clover clan. Some considered to clover men to be the best archers in England, others said they were the best archers in all of Europe. This was a talent they would need for like Richard they had sworn to fight for...

On the day Tomas Pope was kidnapped by the Taliban, if they would’ve told him all he had to do was denounce Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and he would go free, he would have done so in the blink of an eye and never look back. But his captors had waited until three days of being beaten...

Turn your degree into a career   Designed to help students consider their career options and opportunities, The CQ Press Career Guide for Political Science Studentsoffers a practical collection of employment resources, career-path options, and real-life tips for how to get ahead. Providing...

Oral history is a marvelous force for empowering young people with a love of history. But educators today may wonder how they might use it to inspire their students while still teaching the necessary curriculum and meeting standards. In Dialogue with the Past Glenn Whitman addresses these concerns...

Is whether we contract cancer—and whether we survive the disease, if we get it—largely just a result of good versus bad luck, or are these outcomes regarding cancer tied to the policies and actions of our federal government? Cancer-treating drug development and approval is overseen by the U.S....

On a sunny afternoon in August of 1970, the Eastern Caribbean was, without warning, confronted with a terrible and tragic event. The Christena, a well-used ferry that regularly crossed the eleven-mile expanse between the twin islands if St. Kitts and Nevis sank. The two British colonial societies...

When word spread throughout the hive that there was an intruder in the area there was no fear or panic for they had survived over 1000 blooms .But when it was announced that the intruder was a human the most dangerous kind of predator that changed everything for they represented extinction 

Whitman covers the Civil War, Darwin, democracy, Shakespeare, Lincoln, friendship, Brooklyn, government work, birds, rivers, technology, politics and politicians, poets, and a multitude of other topics in this indispensable volume drawn from Specimen Days, Notes Left Over, Pieces in Early Youth, November Boughs, and other works.

Criminal punishment in America is harsh and degrading--more so than anywhere else in the liberal west. Executions and long prison terms are commonplace in America. Countries like France and Germany, by contrast, are systematically mild. European offenders are rarely sent to prison, and when they are,...

Cognition Switch: An Artefact for the Transmission of New Ideas Issue #4: March 2019 Featuring Ideas by: James Q Whitman, Costica Bradatan, Angela Kennedy, Matthew Francis, David Munns, Chris Kempes, Van Savage, Neil Levy, Stefani Engelstein, Walter Vannini, Tom Winterbottom, Lori Miller Kase, Matthew Karp, Philip Goff, and Scott Aaronson

Mollie hasn't been able to find a nice guy...yet. When her friends suggest online dating, well, she was willing to give it a try. So a computer matches up her profile to some guys profile. Right! The profile matches things not emotions. Right? Dan's willing to give online dating a try....

La pubblicazione della prima edizione di Foglie d’erba, nel 1855, ebbe un effetto dirompente sul panorama letterario mondiale: per la prima volta compariva sulle scene un «nuovo bardo» – come ebbe a definirlo H.D. Thoreau – che segnava l’inizio di una rivoluzione nella poesia americana....

"I care about uou Lauren, but I can'y just jump back into things with us. Look you needed time, now i need time." "Time for what?" "Time to figure out if I can trust you. I'm not a part-time guy. When I love and care about someone, I give myself completely. That's...

Alicia is starting the next chapter in her life - working hard on her new fashion blog, getting a new condo and leaving an unfulfilling relationship behind. When she meets her handsome, older neighbor Geoff, they become friends. But does he want more or is he happy just being friends. Alicia...