New Releases by Stephen Moore

"WE CAN''T TAX AND SPEND OUR WAY BACK TO THE GOOD TIMES." -- Arthur B. Laffer and Stephen Moore When Arthur B. Laffer spearheaded the theory of supply-side economics and became a member of President Reagan''s Economic Policy Advisory Board, he took his place as an economic icon. More recently, he joined with Stephen Moore and Peter J. Tanous to write The End of Prosperity -- a clarion call delineating what is wrong with current political approaches to America''s present economic challenges. Steve Forbes himself described The End of Prosperity as "brilliantly insightful," saying "READ IT -- AND ACT!" Now Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore follow the rousing success of The End of Prosperity with a book even more vital to America and Americans, delivering a plan that shows how our country can regain its lost prosperity. With the economy flat on its back, unemployment at a twenty-five-year high, and the housing default crisis still worsening, is this even possible? But America can once again become the land of economic opportunity, and this brilliant new book tells us exactly how. While President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama may hail from different parties, their response to the crisis has been strikingly similar. The Bush-Obama plan is a failure that has produced nothing except a cascade of trillions of dollars of debt. Is the situation hopeless? No, say Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore resoundingly, the situation is not hopeless. A return to prosperity is still entirely possible...if the correct strategies are followed. In The End of Prosperity, the authors primarily discussed how lower taxes are essential to economic growth. Now, in Return to Prosperity, they detail the other essential components: putting government at all levels on a low-fat diet; emphasizing debt reduction and retirement; and bringing back the investor class in America, where every American can "own a piece of the rock." In a time where most of the proposed solutions are fraught with peril, the argument provides a refreshing counterbalance. The Return to Prosperity is a prescription that gives America the fundamental tools it needs in order to set about recovery. This book is an urgently needed road map to renewed prosperity, and it is vital reading for anyone who worries that the current economy is faltering, with no clear plan articulated for recovery.

Written by a team of experienced teachers and examiners, ''Sociology AS for OCR'' matches the new OCR specifications and include many new features tailored to the needs of A-level students.

In his first nine months in office Barack Obama has pursued the most aggressive government expansionist agenda since Franklin Roosevelt’s new deal was launched in 1933. White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel summarized the Obama first-year game plan best: “An economic crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” So far, we have seen multi-trillion dollar bailouts in housing, banking, insurance, and auto industries, the stimulus plan, cap and trade, a $1.2 trillion health care bill, and of course, the $4 billion cash for clunkers program. None of this has worked. Now, six months after the stimulus progam, we sit at 9.4% unemployment. Two million more Americans are jobless. The debt has exploded like a cork from a bottle of champagne. We are now told that the Obama agenda will cost $9 trillion in debt as it plans to spend $42 trillion over the next decade. In this riveting broadside, Stephen Moore explains this rotten story of Washington arrogance and malfeasance, and reveals exactly why Obamanomics failed.

When submarines failed to return to port from patrol, they were officially listed by the Navy as “overdue and presumed lost.” Loved ones were notified by the War Department that their siblings, spouses, and sons were missing in action and presumed lost. While 52 U.S. submarines were sunk in the Pacific, the Japanese took prisoners of war from the survivors of only seven of these lost submarines. Presumed Lost is the compelling story of the final patrols of those seven submarines and the long captivity of the survivors. Of the 196 sailors taken prisoner, 158 would survive the horrors of the POW camps, where torture, starvation, and slave labor were common. This is the most complete and accurate record of their captivity experiences ever compiled. Author Stephen L. Moore draws on personal interviews with the survivors, as well as on diaries, family archives, and POW statements to reveal new details and correct longstanding errors in previously published accounts. Moore’s research brought to light the following facts: Most crewmen from USS Perch endured 1,298 days of captivity without their families ever being told that they were still alive. The Perch and USS Grenadier were so badly damaged by enemy depth-charge attacks that their crews were forced to scuttle their ships. USS Sculpin and USS S-44 went down fighting, with only forty-two men from the Sculpin being taken prisoner and half of them perishing on the way to Japan. USS Tang and USS Tullibee, victims of their own faulty, circling torpedoes, had few survivors, five of whom managed to escape from the sunken, burning Tang when it was 180 feet below the ocean surface. As many as six men survived the loss of USS Robalo after it struck a mine off Palawan, but none of those survived the prison camps. The book includes dozens of rare photos of the POWs, many of which have never before been published. Appendices include final muster rolls of the seven submarines and a complete list of the U.S. submariners who were held as POWs, with details of their various camps of internment

The authors argue that, for 25 years, the U.S. has experienced a great wave of prosperity as a result of supply-side economics, or Reaganomics. They caution that Americans risk losing their high standard of living if the policies of the past are reversed by a Democratic president.

This new edition builds on the strengths that made Sociology AS for AQA the most popular student book on the subject at this level. Tailored to the AQA specification, this edition has been fully updated by the best-selling author team to provide even better support for AS Sociology students, from starting the subject to preparing for exam success.

Short plays by Millikin graduate Stephen Moore. Illustrations by Ray Noelle.

A lively, compact history of the important players, astonishing games, and rich traditions of the University of Maryland men''s basketball program, this book includes candid observations from coaches, players, officials, and fans. "There is no one more qualified to be your tour guide through any kind of history of Maryland basketball, whether it focuses on last season or twenty-five seasons ago, than Johnny Holliday. Not only has he been there all those years, but he really does know all the people who have been a part of the ups and the downs the program has gone through, not just the coaches but the players, the doctors, trainers, (and) heck, even the reporters who have covered the team." -- From the Foreword by John Feinstein

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During a confrontation between developers and villagers, an ancient oaktree is bulldozed, injuring and unknowingly releasing a ''faerie'' spirit into the real world. This is where the trouble really begins.

Written by teachers and examiners to meet the needs of A2 students. This book is divided into seven units: Religion; Power, politics and protest; Social policy and welfare; World sociology; Theory and methods; Crime and deviance; and Stratification and social differences. Each unit is divided into different topics.

Written by teachers and examiners to meet the needs of A2 students, this book is divided into six units: religion; power and politics; world sociology; theory and methods; crime and deviance; and stratification and differentiation.

Sets the record straight on the stunning success of President Bush''s tax cut policies.

In Johnny Holliday: From Rock to Jock, the pioneer Top 40 DJ retraces the steps that carried him from an "all black" R&B station in hometown Miami to his current 24 year tenure as radio play-by-play voice of the University of Maryland Terrapins. Written with his friend and journalist Stephen Moore, Johnny recalls his glory rock and roll DJ days in Cleveland, New York (where he worked with Murray the K), and San Francisco; his job as PA announcer for the Browns, Warriors, and Raiders; his live coverage of nine Olympic Games for ABC Sports; and, in a diverse career that includes creating the "Radio One-ders," the first radio station charity team, his adventures with close friends and professional colleagues like Rick Barry, Paul Hornung, Sal Bando, Joe Theismann, Joe Dimaggio, Morgan Wooten, Denny McLaine, Ted Williams, Sugar Ray Leonard, and U-MD Coaches Gary Williams and Ralph Friedgen.

Stop talking double Dutch and start talking the official language of the Netherlands with this guide, which should help you to build your vocabulary and perfect your grammar. Whether you are conversing with a tulip seller or asking directions to the Van Gogh museum, this title aims to help you feel confident understanding and speaking the language.

Text and color graphs and charts describe changes in health, safety, welfare, and environmental and social conditions since 1900.

This book is designed specifically for the new A, AS Levels and AVCE in Social Policy, Sociology, and Health and Social Care. It is widely used by students progressing to further study. It covers all the main areas of Social Welfare, including classic themes and debates, and the New Labour approach to social policy and social welfare provision. It is supported throughout by topic revision features and self-test opportunities to aid learning.

A study that attempts to test applicability of supposedly universal design principles for creating successful squares in Sydney''s suburban centres.

Features the full text of an essay entitled "Welfare for the Well-Off: How Business Subsidies Fleece Taxpayers," by Stephen Moore. Discusses corporate welfare programs and federal subsidies to corporate America, including direct grant payments, below-market insurance, direct loans and loan guarantees, and special interest loopholes in the tax code. Details myths about corporate welfare programs.

The fiscal impact the 25 million immigrants now living in the United States have on the country''s economy were studied, focusing on the total taxes paid by immigrants each year and whether these taxes cover the costs of public services they use. Census data and other national studies were used to answer these questions. Overall, it is apparent that immigrants and their children bring long-term economic benefits to the United States. The National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences has found that immigrants raise the incomes of U.S.-born workers by at least $10 billion each year. The NRC also estimates that the typical immigrant and his or her children pay $80,000 more in taxes than they will receive in federal, state, or local benefits over their lifetimes. Immigrants who become citizens typically pay more in taxes than do native-born Americans. Conservative estimates suggest that immigrant families paid $133 billion in direct taxes to federal, state, and local governments in 1997. The best predictors of immigrant payment of taxes are skills, education, and ability to speak English. Immigrants with lower levels of education and limited English proficiency are more likely to use government services. The age profile of immigrants, who tend to arrive in the prime of their working years, makes them large net contributors to the Social Security and Medicare programs. The value of immigrants should not be measured simply by their fiscal impact. The enrichment of culture and overall vitality they bring to the United States are benefits to all Americans. (Contains 9 tables, 9 figures, and 107 endnotes.) (SLD)

This text provides a firm grounding in all the topics required by A/AS Level syllabuses. It explores areas of deviance that have sometimes been given little coverage, including crime and its relationships to both women and to ethnic minorities.

''Teach Yourself Sociology'' provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal areas of sociology, from the theories that underpin sociological study to the key issues that face us all at the end of the twentieth century.