Books for Teaching

"Zinn has written a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those who have been exploited politically and economically and whose plights has been largely omitted from most histories. Extending its coverage...the book is an excellent antidote to established history. Seldom have quotations been so effectively used; the stories of blacks, women, Indians, and poor laborers of all nationalities are told in their own words. While the book is precise enough th please specialists it should satisfy any adult reader." Library Journal If your last serious read of American history was in high school - or even in a standard college course - you'll want to read this amazing account of America as seen throuigh the eyes of its working people, women and minorities.
688 pages • Paperback • Revised & updated (2004)
 

The eloquence, passion, and political insight of the author's political essays have added legions of readers to those already familiar with her Booker Prize-winning novel, "The God of Small Things." Roy's new essay collection, "War Talk," highlights the global rise of militarism and religous and racial violence. Against the backdrop of nuclear brinkmanship between India and Pakistan, the horrific massacre of Muslims in Gujarat, and U.S. demands for an ever-expanding war on terror, she calls into question the equation of nation and ethnicity.
 

Essayis and novelist Arundhati Roy won the Book Prize for The God of Small Things, which spent 49 weeks on the New York Times bestseller lists and has been published in 33 languages.
 

With section intros by Gail Sheehy and Nancy Pelosi, an inspiring collection of 50 call-to-action essays from MoveOn members around the country.

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"The No-Nonsense Guide to World History" integrates these hidden histories with the more familiar narrative of imperial dynasties and superpower battles. It stands back from history's great building to look at its outline instead of focusing on one brick. It aims to tell the whole story in the space of one slim volume - and to tease out some of the lessons of history that humanity needs to take into the 21st century. (taken from back cover)
 

The complex entaglement of cultures and economies has been growing since the colonial era and even before. So today commercial culture and the Western consumer model have seeped into every corner of the globe while gapes in wealth, food security and social provision continue to grow. (taken from back cover)
 

"Womankind" shows us incredible individuals who are making a difference to others. Some of them are feminists, writers, artists; some of them are businesswomen, midwives or farmers; all of them are activists who are changing others' lives. Whether they are world-renowned or spring from grassroots organizations, all are justly celebratd in their own communities.
 

This book describes what is missing from school textbooks and in classrooms--and how we can move beyond these deficiencies to improve student education. Critical skills of citizenship are insufficiently developed in schools, according to Zinn. Textbooks and curricula must be changed to go beyond merely reciting received wisdom, which is too common today in our schools. In these respects, recent Bush Administration education policies and those of most previous presidents have been on the wrong track in meeting educational needs.
This book seeks to redefine national goals at a time when public debates over deucation have never been more polaraized--nor higher in public visibility and contentiousness.
 

--National Overview
 

We also carry another book with the same title, by Todd Parr. It is an illustrated children's book and it is not related to this book. To avoid confusion, we've titled his book, "Todd Parr's The Peace Book."
 

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