Karson, Jill

Examines the issues surrounding the growing epidemic of obesity and efforts to combat it.

This book includes a biography of John Steinbeck and seventeen critical essays on The Pearl.

A collection of essays which provide critical commentary on Charles Dickens' "Hard Times"; includes a brief introduction to Dickens' life and times, summaries of the novel's themes, and a chronology of Dickens' life and career.

Contains twenty-two essays in which the authors present various perspectives on the issue of cults, discussing what they are, the process of conversion, and their relationship to society and religion; and includes an inside look at the Heaven's Gate cult, the Branch Davidians, and the Unification Church.

Contains reprints of some of the most significant Civil Rights speeches in the history of the United States, each with a brief explanatory introduction.

Presents a collection of biographical essays that profiles the lives of leading figures of the Civil Rights movement including Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, and Malcolm X.

Presents a collection of essays that examine opposing viewpoints on the civil rights movement, from primary and secondary documents, and includes discussion of desegregation, the movement's goals and objectives, national legislation, and Black power.

Presents a collection of twenty-three controversial essays that debate issues associated with teen addictions; and focuses on topics including the effects of alcohol, nicotine, and brain altering drugs, genetic influences, and personal stories of drug use and recovery.

Twenty-five essays present opposing viewpoints on subjects related to civil liberties, including their source, the separation of church and state, the right to privacy, freedom of expression, and the impact of terrorism.