Introduction Spaghetti: the long, narrow pasta that has wriggled its way from the heart of Italy directly into our hearts and, for the more daring pasta flingers among us, onto our garments, walls, and ceilings. Yes, many people have attempted to master this seemingly simple recipe. It's just pasta and sauce, after all. But, oh, how appearances can be deceiving! The history of spaghetti is as knotted and entangled as the plate of pasta you're trying...

"A unique collection of eulogies of the twentieth century's greatest figures, written by conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and compiled by National Review and Fox News chief Washington correspondent James Rosen. In a half-century on the national stage, William F. Buckley Jr. achieved unique stature as a polemicist and the undisputed godfather of modern American conservatism. He knew everybody, hosted everybody at his East 73rd Street maisonette,...

The latest edition in the overwhelmingly popular Great Events from History series, Modern Scandals examines over 400 of the most important and most publicized scandals throughout the world since the beginning of the twentieth century. The essays in this set are 3-5 pages long and follow the same reader-friendly format that users have come to expect from the Great Events from History series.