From the origins of favorite playthings to their associations with events and activities, the study of a nation's toys reveals the hopes, goals, values, and priorities of its people. Toys have influenced the science, art, and religion of the United States, and have contributed to the development of business, politics, and medicine. Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia documents America's shifting cultural values as they are embedded within and transmitted by the nation's favorite playthings.
American PsychoThe controversial novel about a handsome serial killer who moves among the young and trendy in 1980s New York. Patrick Bateman is Harvard-educated and intelligent. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. His nights he spends in ways we cannot begin to fathom - doing impermissible things to women. He is living his own "American Dream".
Encyclopedia of American Law, 3rd Edition, Volume 2: BE to COL
This new edition, which replaces West's Encyclopedia of American Law, provides: Current information on 5,000 legal topics in 14 volumes cover important issues More than 60 brand-new entries and 2,000 revised articles Biographies of interesting and influential people who have played a part in creating or shaping U.S. law, along with a portrait, a timeline and a quote from the biographee Increased coverage of women and minorities Definitions of legal terms
Encyclopedia of American Law, 3rd Edition, Volume 1: A to BAThis new edition, which replaces West's Encyclopedia of American Law, provides: Current information on 5,000 legal topics in 14 volumes cover important issues More than 60 brand-new entries and 2,000 revised articles
Biographies of interesting and influential people who have played a part in creating or shaping U.S. law, along with a portrait, a timeline and a quote from the biographee Increased coverage of women and minorities Definitions of legal terms
