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Collects essays by A J Wilder that originally appeared in ""Missouri Ruralist"" between 1911 and 1924. This book lends her advice to women of her generation on such issues as how to be an equal partner with their husbands, how to support the new freedoms they'd won with the right to vote, and how to maintain family values in their changing world.

At the turn of the twentieth century, the ""Kansas City Star"" was a trust-busting newspaper acclaimed for its crusading progressive spirit. This book tells the tale of the Star's rise and decline against the backdrop of Kansas City - the story of how a newspaper and a city grew together and ultimately grew apart.

Mark Twain once claimed that he could read human character as well as he could read the Mississippi River, and he studied his fellow humans with the same devoted attention. In both his fiction and his nonfiction, he was disposed to dramatise how the human creature acts in a given environment - and to understand why.

Ben is struggling with learning challenges that have left him resentful and underachieving. His father Todd, wants to help his son gain self-confidence but is searching for his own identity. In the great outdoors parents and youngsters can connect in unimaginable ways, this work shares such a connection in an adventure story set on Buffalo river.

A collection of essays that aim to distill the essence of the values that define independent journalism. This work reflects on journalism as a public trust, requiring the publication of stories that give readers a better understanding of society and equip them to change it for the better.

Beginning with America's first newspaper, investigative reporting has provided journalism with its most significant achievements and challenging controversies. This book provides readers with a comprehensive history of investigative journalism, including a thorough account of the founding and achievements of Investigative Reporters and Editors.

A rich body of mythology and literature has grown around the Celtic ritual known as the Feis of Tara or ""marriage of sovereignty"". This book explores Seamus Heaney's use of the family of sovereignty motifs and redresses the imbalance of criticism that has overemphasized the theme of sacrifice to the detriment of more optimistic symbols.

This text is a comprehensive assessment of baseball legend Stan Musial's life and career. The book places the star within his time - the Great Depression and wartime and postwar America - and the issues then prevalent in professional baseball, particularly race and economic issues.

Looks at the multifaceted world of book reviewing, contrasting traditional methods of reviewing with alternative book coverage, from Amazon.com to Oprah. This title also explores the divide between service journalism practiced by reviewers versus the alleged high art served up by literary critics.

A ""shooter"" for the Associated Press for thirty-three years, Burroughs was assigned to the Washington bureau. This book is both an eyewitness account of history and a professional memoir - a book that brings special moments into the viewfinder as Burroughs turned his trained photographer's eye to reflect his highly cultivated sense of news.

Meriwether Jeff Thompson was one of the most intriguing but least-known Missouri participants in the Civil War. He and his troops traveled fast and light to harass Union forces, materializing out of the countryside to surprise the enemy and evading the traps set for them by Northern commanders. This book now tells his story.

Walter Schneider became interested in photography while still a teenager but kept up his avocation as a law student and attorney. This book contains 168 of the best images, capturing scenes in the artist's hometown of Kankakee, Illinois, and his schooling at the University of Wisconsin and also ranging widely across America and the world.

Offers an insider's look at the justice system, taking readers from the scene of the crime to the courtroom, exploring the worlds of judges, attorneys, police officers, and criminals. In cases ranging from indecent exposure to conspiracy to commit murder, this work considers the fine line between pornography and obscenity.

When Martin Hogan began training on a vacant lot to be a soldier, he had no idea that he was about to become part of one of the most famed fighting units of World War I. This book records his recollections of the 165th Infantry in World War I, a regiment in the famed Rainbow Division.

Chronicles the ""first golden age"" of Kansas City theater, from the opening of the Coates Opera House in 1870 through the gradual decline of touring productions after World War I. This book also tells how James O'Neill once chased a messenger boy for ruining a big scene, while Louis James played practical jokes on fellow actors.

Presents information on the effects of aging on health, the mind, and behavior. This book covers topics ranging from adjusting to retirement to grandparenting, sleep disorders to Alzheimer's disease. It tells how to bypass memory problems and how physical exercise and challenging mental games can help reduce the risk of dementia.

Offers readers a look at the emergence of America's naval might and establishes Power at Sea as essential in tracing the emergence of US dominance and understanding the continuing importance of ships and sailors in international power plays. This title describes the virtual disappearance after 1945 of all but one great navy.

Claiming that differences over Iraq are no greater than past conflicts over Suez, China, or other issues, this work aims to adopt a ""realist"" stance in international relations to offer an alternative to neoconservative and liberal viewpoints. It shows what the major issues - and nonissues - really are, and which among them are the true time bombs.

Recounts the well-known naval battles and operations of World War II from a different perspective. This work relates how the strengths and weaknesses of seafaring nations came into play within the crucible of a six-year war during which naval encounters were every bit as critical and frequent as land-based fighting.

Claiming that differences over Iraq are no greater than past conflicts over Suez, China, or other issues, this work aims to adopt a ""realist"" stance in international relations to offer an alternative to neoconservative and liberal viewpoints. It shows what the major issues - and nonissues - really are, and which among them are the true time bombs.

Tells the tale of two teams: one the city's lovable losers, the other a formidable dynasty. This is a celebration of the many legendary stars and colourful characters who wore St Louis uniforms and the writers who told their stories.

Looking at the Civil War from the perspective of a government insider, this work sheds light on such topics as military strategy, foreign relations, taxes, and conflicts between state officials and the Confederate government. It is intended for scholars of the Civil War era.

Abraham Epstein was a major figure in American social reform during the first half of the twentieth century. This work offers an account of his life, telling the story of his role in the conception and enactment of Social Security. It also sheds light on the inner workings of the Roosevelt administration.

Describes how the author campaigned to raise academic standards and gain accreditation for Lincoln's programs. This work shows that the debate over black higher education was fought not only in the rhetoric of Washington and Du Bois, but also on the campuses.

For twenty years, readers of the ""Christian Science Monitor"" have enjoyed the musings of Robert Klose who has brought his talent to bear on a wide range of human-interest subjects. This work captures his prose and voice in essays whose subjects range from the joys of small-town hardware stores to the challenges of learning a foreign language.

Includes: information on four novels - ""The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse"", ""The Master Butchers Singing Club"", ""Four Souls"", and ""The Painted Drum""; easy-to-use genealogical charts for the various families; a map and geographical details about the settings for the novels; and a composite dictionary of characters.

Traces the progress of early education in Missouri, demonstrating how important early schools were in taming the frontier. This work tells of community gatherings in country schools and events such as taffy pulls and spelling bees, and offers tales of stern teachers, student pranks, and schoolyard games.

Talks about how doctors and patients have come to deal with illness in the twenty-first century. This work looks at the medical profession that encourages greater understanding on the part of both physicians and patients. It urges the kind of care and compassion that patients often feel is lacking from their doctors.

Provides a look beyond the shortcomings of individual candidates to focus on the Democratic Party's real problem. This book states that the changes in the party's very philosophical underpinnings turns off many Americans. It offers a 12-point model of Jefferson's thought to appraise competing views of liberalism in the party during two key eras.