New Releases by Stephen Moore

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.

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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

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.

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.

Social Welfare Alive! provides comprehensive coverage of social policy and social welfare issues which feature increasingly in A-level and Advanced GNVQ Health and Social Care syllabuses.

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.

A new and accessible textbook designed to meet the specific requirements of AS Level Social Students, written by practising teachers and examiners. The book is divided into eight units: The individual and society Families and huseholds Education Wealth, welfare and poverty The mass media Health Research methods Preparing for the AS exam Each unit is divided into a number of topics, organised in a consistent and easy-to-follow format. Each topic contains text to develop knowledge, but also equal amounts of activities and suggestions for research to develop the subject-specific and ''key'' skills needed.

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.

This volume contains a two-sided discussion of immigration policy. Briggs warns that, unlike earlier times, immigrants to the US are presently having an adverse effect on the standard of living; Moore argues that immigrants have always been, and will continue to be, a benefit to the US economy.

Includes common law background of tax courts; constitutional and adminstrative law background of tax courts; model state tax court acts; survey of state courts.