The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again -- Robert D. Putnam, Paperback Cooking / Wine Written by someone who not

Written by someone who not only studied history but helped to shape it

and that's exactly how she wants it

are here to help end the all-too-familiar cycle of feeling overwhelmed and exhausted

The glittering chemical covers their bodies from head to toe

a heartbroken Ying follows the trail to the capital and the prestigious Engineers Guild--a place that harbors her father's hidden past--determined to discover why anyone would threaten a man who ultimately chose a quiet life over fame and fortune

The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again -- Robert D. Putnam, Paperback Cooking / Wine Written by someone who notFrom the author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids, a "sweeping yet remarkably accessible" (The Wall Street Journal) analysis of social capital, civic engagement, and American democracy that "offers superb, often counterintuitive insights" (The New York Times) to demonstrate how we have gone from an individualistic "I" society to a more communitarian "We" society and then back again, and how we can learn from that experience to become a stronger more