National Study

Listening to the Bible is a great way to stay focused while reading Scripture or great to listen to by itself! The NRSV Updated Edition Audio Bible is now available on audio, ready for you to start listening to the Bible. This Bible audio includes the entire Old Testament and New Testament so...

If you love your country, sing! Since 1931, "The Star-Spangled Banner" has been the national anthem of the United States. Journey back to 1814, and join Francis Scott Key, the man who wrote the words to the anthem, for a close look at this song of freedom.

Groundbreaking research based on a national database of over 200,000 churches shows that the overall United States population is growing faster than the church. The director of the American Church Research Project, Dave Olson, has worked to analyze church attendance, showing that it is virtually...

A book of lyrical mini-essays celebrating the everyday that will inspire readers to rediscover the joys in the world around us, from an award-winning poet and bestselling author of The Book of Delights. In Ross Gay’s collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year...

This audio Bible is a great resource to help you stay focused while reading Scripture or great to listen to by itself! The New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVue) Audio Bible is now available on CD, ready for you to start listening to Scripture today. This audio Bible includes the...

Over the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally coordinated political teams. American political institutions, on the other hand, remain highly decentralized. Laboratories against Democracy shows how national political conflicts are increasingly flowing through the subnational institutions of state politics—with profound consequences for public policy and American democracy.

For over 100 years, thousands of Aboriginal children passed through the Canadian residential school system. Begun in the 1870s, it was intended, in the words of government officials, to bring these children into the “circle of civilization,” the results, however, were far different. More often, the schools provided an inferior education in an atmosphere of neglect, disease, and often abuse. Using previously unreleased government documents, historian John S. Milloy provides a full picture of the history and reality of the residential school system.

Preparing for the NREMT exam can feel overwhelming—not because the material is impossible, but because it’s difficult to know what to focus on, how questions are really asked, and how to apply what you know under pressure.

An urgent account of the revolution that has upended the news business, written by one of the most accomplished journalists of our time Technology has radically altered the news landscape. Once-powerful newspapers have lost their clout or been purchased by owners with particular agendas...

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This engaging audiobook narrated by Jim Lee traces the history of political conservatism from its nineteenth-century origins to today's hard Right For two hundred years, conservatism has defied its reputation as a backward-looking creed by confronting and adapting to liberal modernity. By doing...

The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to opiods to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his...

A smart and surprising political inventory for how America can reunite and revitalize in a time of crisis. Written by an admired leader of the Republican party, Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream looks past the 2016 election, past the finger pointing...

After fifty years, this shocking report—released in a single, accessible volume for the first time—is still the most accurate account of the US government spying on its own citizens. Fifty years ago, a government investigation led by US senator Frank Church uncovered some of the darkest...

Listening to the Bible is a great way to stay focused while reading Scripture or great to listen to by itself! The NRSV Updated Edition Audio Bible is now available as an audio download, ready for you to start listening to the Bible. This Bible audio includes only the Gospel of John. The New...