Fifteen years ago, a U.S. high school diploma was a ticket to the middle class. No longer. The skills required to earn a decent income have changed radically. The skills taught in most U.S. schools ha
Film noir is more than a cinematic genre. It is an essential aspect of American culture. Along with the cowboy of the Wild West, the denizen of the film noir city is at the very center of our mytholog
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in a friend's copy of Tender Is the Night, "If you liked The Great Gatsby, for God's sake read this. Gatsby was a tour de force but this is a confession of faith." Set in the
Clive Cussler is acclaimed worldwide as the Grandmaster of Adventure, and his series of novels starring his action hero Dirk Pittnow have over 70,000,000 copies in print.Whether it's deep-sea di
AT LARGE is the astonishing, never-before-revealed tale of perhaps the biggest and certainly the most disturbing computer attack to date, with ominous implications for the Internet, the digital highwa
The former chairman of the College of Preachers offers counsel to people who pray alone on the effectiveness of prayer, confidence in God, effective prayer techniques, and prayer's application to adve
When Harry's wife is killed, his son is kidnapped, and he is framed for murder, Harry begins to question his love of New Orleans and enters a world in which a maverick social order and obsessive famil
One hundred black-and-white photographs and text celebrate the enduring stylishness of the short black dress in fashion, art, literature, and film, from Betty Boop to the video for the rock song "Addi
THE HEALING POWER OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS Long a champion of complementary medicine and nutritional therapy, Dr. Robert Atkins, author of the #1 best-seller Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, prese
Stephanie Plum, the brassy babe in the powder blue Buick is back and she's having a bad hair day -- for the whole month of January. She's been given the unpopular task of finding Mo Bedemier, Trenton'
In this original novel, fact and fiction intertwine in a story at once suspenseful and powerfully moving. It centers on the crime of the century.Sometimes ordinary men play major roles in a greater de
"Patricia Cornwell in the Big Apple," raved the prestigious Kirkus Reviews in its starred notice of Linda Fairstein's best-selling debut, Final Jeopardy. Now Alexandra Cooper, whose job description ma
On December 16, 1994, a bloodletting took place in the stylish sixth-floor boardroom at Saatchi & Saatchi Company PLC, once the world's largest advertising agency holding company. Maurice Saatchi,
In 1989, Todd English and his wife Olivia opened the original Olives; since then the restaurant has moved to larger quarters, and Todd and his bold, inventive Mediterranean-inspired cooking have earne
David Dreman's name is synonymous with the term "contrarian investing," and his contrarian strategies have been proven winners year after year. His techniques have spawned countless imitators, most of
Preparing to take up the generations-old love affair with his family's farmhouse in Normandy, Nicholas Kilmer is beset by enemies—many of whom appear in the guise of friends. Julia, his wife, also obj
Bette Hagman, the Gluten-free Gourmet, is recognized as a pioneer in the use of "safe" flours for those who are gluten intolerant and allergic to wheat. Her first two books, The Gluten-free Gourmet an
In six easy steps, accomplished Hollywood entertainment lawyer Marc Diener shows how to ask all the right questions when entering into a deal. "Deal Power's" positive approach is the tool for individu
Since1988, Terry Pindell has been exploring North America, seeking integration of past and present, history and headlines. The result has been three highly acclaimed books spinning a beautiful web of
There isn't much that can lure enigmatic NFL star Wyatt Storme away from his life of splendid isolation in the mountains near Denver. One thing that can is his friendship with Chick Easton - a hard-dr
