In late Elizabethan England, political appeals to the people were considered dangerously democratic, even seditious: the commons were supposed to have neither political voice nor will. Yet such appeals happened so often that the regime coined the word 'popularity' to condemn the pursuit of popular favor. Jeffrey S. Doty argues that in plays from Richard II to Coriolanus, Shakespeare made the tactics of popularity - and the wider public they addressed - vital aspects of politics.
Amanda Knox spent four years in a foreign prison for a crime she did not commit. In the fall of 2007, the 20-year-old college coed left Seattle to study abroad in Italy, but her life was shattered when her roommate was murdered in their apartment. After a controversial trial, Amanda was convicted and imprisoned. But in 2011, an appeals court overturned the decision and vacated the murder charge. Free at last, she returned home to the U.S., where she has remained silent, until now.
The workings of the digestive system are explained in Bill Nye the Science Guy: Digestion, as Nye once again turns the attention of young science students to a topic they should understand. He manages to keep their focus with a fast-paced show that mixes comedy and music with science. The average Science Guy audience member is ten years old, but Nye's style appeals to students in the upper grades as well, and he counts many adults among his fans.
This collection of 12 mini-books celebrates America’s best-known and best-loved tall-tale heroes—from Johnny Appleseed to John Henry. Easy to make and easy to read, these mini-books combine history and humor in a comic-book style that appeals to readers of all levels and interests.
A family-revenge story and courtroom drama. A young man is brutally murdered and his distraught girlfriend is charged and brought to trial. Her aunt, about to take up a top job in the US Court of Appeals, decides to defend her, but it is the girl's first contact with her family for 20 years.
