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"When the U.S. economy collapsed in 1929, it ruined lives around the world. However, nowhere was hit harder than the United States. Millions of Americans lost their jobs, but they refused to give up hope for a better future. Under strong leadership, the nation survived the crisis with the help of a plan called the New Deal. It was this plan that lifted the United States out of the worst financial crisis in its history and drove the nation into the...

"From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist...

"Peter Kray's lyrical homage to skiers and skiing perfectly captures the eccentric, obsessed and often crazy people inclined to bound down mountains at breakneck speeds in search of glory, experience, enlightenment, money and maybe even god. The God of Skiing is Kray's first novel."

"From beloved cultural historian and acclaimed author of Ghostland, a history of America's obsession with secret societies and the conspiracies of hidden power The United States was born in paranoia. From the American Revolution (thought by some to be a conspiracy organized by the French) to the Salem witch trials to the Satanic Panic, Illuminati and QAnon, one of the most enduring narratives that defines the United States is simply this: secret groups...

"This book on renter and tenant rights is packed with critical legal and practical information on topics such as negotiating a lease or rental agreement, breaking a lease and leaving early, handling unwelcome landlord intrusions, getting a landlord to make repairs, collecting a full security deposit after moving out, fighting discrimination or retaliation, and more"--

The Culture Of Disbelief has been the subject of an enormous amount of media attention from the first moment it was published. Hugely successful in hardcover, the Anchor paperback is sure to find a large audience as the ever-increasing, enduring debate about the relationship of church and state in America continues. In The Culture Of Disbelief, Stephen Carter explains how we can preserve the vital separation of church and state while embracing rather...

eeBoo’s This Land Is Your Land 100 piece jigsaw puzzle helps develop motor skills and spatial reasoning. Children learn about the key industries and wildlife associated with each state through visual icons, making it the perfect puzzle for pre-readers. This educational 27 x 18 inch rectangular puzzle has been thoughtfully commissioned and beautifully designed in an ideal format for transitioning from simple children’s puzzles to more challenging...

"In the last century, violent crime has increased and supporters of gun ownership declare that owning a gun is the surest means to protect themselves and safeguard their property. Gun-control advocates, however, insist that there are too many guns with too much firepower available to criminals. Have gun-control laws gone too far, or does gun violence show that gun-control laws have not gone far enough? This book discusses and seeks to provide a...