Product Description: While Eleanor Clift cared for her husband, journalist Tom Brazaitis, through the last two weeks of his life, the nation watched a very different death play out as Terri Schiavo entered her final days. In the commonalities and contradictions between these events, Clift probes the underlying questions: How should we handle the decisions surrounding a loved one's death? What if that loved one did not—or cannot—speak to us about these issues...read more

Evan Thomas and the 'Newsweek' reporting team offer a behind-the-scenes view of the 2004 election, detailing how George Bush won one of the most hotly-contested presidential races in modern times.

Provides a history of the woman's suffrage movement in the United States. (view table of contents)

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An analysis of women in politics discusses the role of female voters and candidates in changing the modern American political landscape.

Presents a showcase of the everyday activities, behind-the-scenes confrontations, and unlikely alliances of the people--from lobbyists to staffers to senators--who influence how laws are written and whether or not they will, in fact, become the laws of the land. Reprint. 20,000 first printing. NYT.