Volume VII of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers fourteen cases decided from 2000-2005 on violence against women, the contested Presidential election; partial-birth abortion, the gay Boy Scout leader, executing the mentally retarded, internet pornography, affirmative action, sodomy, the Al Qaeda cases, medical marijuana, private property rights, and the Ten Commandments cases.

No television, no internet, no twitter. 150 years ago public opinion was shaped, not by 30-second sound bytes, banner ads, or 140-character messages. It was shaped by people climbing upon the stage and speaking persuasively to audiences large and small. One speech, carefully constructed, passionately given, and widely circulated, could and did turn obscure politicians into national figures. Civil War Speeches is a collection of passionate words spoken by the people most intimately involved in the great debates of their time. There is an unmistakable truth that one man's traitorous zealot is...

No television, no internet, no twitter. 150 years ago public opinion was shaped, not by 30-second sound bytes, banner ads, or 140-character messages. It was shaped by people climbing upon the stage and speaking persuasively to audiences large and small. One speech, carefully constructed, passionately given, and widely circulated, could and did turn obscure politicians into national figures. Civil War Speeches is a collection of passionate words spoken by the people most intimately involved in the great debates of their time. There is an unmistakable truth that one man's traitorous zealot is...

Volume I of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases on school desegregation, obscenity, school prayer, fair trials, sexual privacy, censorship, abortion, affirmative action, book banning, and flag burning.

Volume II of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases on slavery, women's suffrage, Japanese-American concentration camps, bible reading in the public schools, the book banned in Boston, rights of the accused, the death penalty, homosexuality, offensive speech, and the right to die.

Volume III of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases on executive privilege, clear and present danger, forced sterilization, mob justice, the Pledge of Allegiance, illegal search and seizure, interracial marriage, monkey trials, sexual harassment, and separation of church and state.

Volume IV of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases on federal supremacy, the Trail of Tears, Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, separate but equal, trust busting, child labor, the atomic spies, libel, conscientious objection, and hate crimes.

Volume VI of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases on the Aaron Burr conspiracy, Dartmouth College, women's work, the right to bear arms, the "sick chicken" case, the law of war, un-American activities, "one person, one vote," the Presidential line item veto, and the right to die.

Volume VIII of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases decided from 2006-2010 on physician-assisted suicide, execution by lethal injection, the al Queda detainee, partial birth abortion, crack cocaine, age discrimination, reverse discrimination, campaign finance reform, sexually dangerous persons, and the right to keep and bear arms.

"The Speeches of Abraham Lincoln" is an anthology of twenty memorable speeches and two famous letters from the life of Abraham Lincoln. The history of the country's most turbulent time is brought to us in the stirring words of our sixteenth president. An easy-to-use authoritative collection of President Lincoln's most memorable speeches, edited down to their essential elements, "The Speeches of Abraham Lincoln" includes: "A House Divided Against Itself," "The Cooper Institute Address," "The Emancipation Proclamation," "The Gettysburg Address," "A Day Of Thanksgiving," "The Second Inaugural...