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White Privilege: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) provides succinct, in-depth coverage on the essential components of white privilege, an emotive and polarizing part of the conversation on race and race relations in the US today.

The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) takes readers on a tour of the issues that Americans debate when they talk about guns. The volume includes information on gun control pertaining to U.S. history, jurisprudence, cultural beliefs, political agendas, epidemiologcal data, criminology, law and regulation, and policy effectiveness.

Taxes in America offers a clear, concise explanation of how our tax system works, how it affects people and businesses, and how it might be improved, in an accessible and occasionally humorous manner. The book explores what makes a tax system fair, simple, and efficient, why our system falls short, and whether the new tax law promises much, if any, improvement.

Discusses the history, science, applications, and relevant current issues of quantum physics in an accessible way for the non-scientist.

"Everyone needs to understand how climate change will directly affect their lives and the lives of their family in the years to come. This is the first general audience book aimed at giving you and your family the knowledge you need to know to navigate your future"--

An essential overview of Iran, a complex and important nation that has occupied world headlines for nearly four decades.

Scholarly Communication: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) provides a lively and helpful guide to some of the most important characteristics of the scholarly-publishing ecosystem, and to some of its most contentious issues.

In Copyright: What Everyone Needs to Know (R), intellectual property expert Neil Netanel guides readers through the murky dynamics of modern copyright law. From the basis and purpose of copyright law to a glimpse at what the law could - or should - become in the digital age, Netanel offers the necessary tools for understanding the recent controversies about copyright.

Using historical, contemporary, scholarly, and popular sources, Schultz traces the progress and pitfalls of women's involvement in sport. By attending to issues such as gender, sexuality, sex segregation, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, media coverage, and the sport-health connection, Schultz shows why women's sports are important for players, fans, and society.

Diplomatic expert Patrick McEachern unpacks the contentious and tangled relationship between the two Koreas in an approachable question-and-answer format.

Nolan McCarty's Polarization: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) is an accessible introduction to polarization in America. McCarty takes readers through what scholars know and don't know about the origins, development, and implications of our rising political conflicts, delving into social, economic, and geographic determinants of polarization in the United States.

In this revised and updated third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) Jeffery N. Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham provide an excellent introduction to this significant global power.

This entertaining tour of the brain answers such fundamental questions as, What is the purpose of the brain? What is an emotion? What is a memory? How does food affect how you feel? Dr. Wenk has skillfully blended the highest scholarly standards with illuminating insights, gentle humor, and welcome simplicity.

A thought-provoking examination of the causes and consequences of corruption, as well as ways to overcome it, Corruption: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) provides a wide-ranging overview of the key questions and issues.

In this bold addition to Oxford's What Everyone Needs to Know series, John L. Esposito and Natana DeLong-Bas offer a guide to the often-discussed but seldom-understood concept of Sharia, responding to misunderstandings and distortions, as well as providing answers to questions about the origin, nature, and content of Sharia.

David W. Deamer answers the top forty questions about the origin of life.