David K. Shipler, Author . Knopf $25 (336p) ISBN 978-0-375-40890-8
This guided and very personal tour through the lives of the working poor shatters the myth that America is a country in which prosperity and security are the inevitable rewards of gainful employment. Armed with an encyclopedic collection of artfully
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David K. Shipler, Author Penguin Books $16 (624p) ISBN 978-0-14-010376-2
Shipler (Russia: Broken Idols, Solemn Dreams) explores the mutual stereotypes and the corrosive effects of terrorism practiced by Arabs and Jews on each other. He offers ""an important contribution to the literature on the Middle East,'' PW found. (O
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David K. Shipler, Author Alfred A. Knopf $30 (607p) ISBN 978-0-394-58975-6
This timely, perceptive book coincides with the call from President Clinton for a national dialogue on better racial understanding. Pulitzer Prize-winning Shipler (Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land) brings to bear his broad experience
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David K. Shipler, Knopf, $26.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4000-4362-0
The wars on crime and terrorism have turned into a war on privacy and freedom, according to this provocative but sometimes overwrought exposé of infringements of the Bill of Rights. In this first of two volumes, Pulitzer-winning journalist Shipler (A
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David K. Shipler. Knopf, $28.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-307-59486-0
In this fascinating and provocative account, scholar and former New York Times reporter Shipler (The Working Poor) investigates the current state of the average American’s rights, and probes the more extreme boundaries where constitutional freedoms...
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David K. Shipler. Knopf, $28.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-307-95732-0
Less a sharp blade than a sticky, tangled web is the image conveyed by this nuanced survey of American free-speech controversies. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Shipler (‘Rights at Risk') investigates recent showdowns related to the issue:...
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