Texas may well be America's most controversial state. Evangelicals dominate the halls of power, millions of its people live in poverty, and its death row is the busiest in the country. Skeptical outsi
Traces the popular entertainer's rise through the segregated nightclub circuit, to his breakthrough on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show," to his own hit variety show, and describes the creations of his p
Angel expert and bestselling author Jacky Newcomb presents this special workshop that enables you to learn more about the angels in your own home. The workshop is perfect to work through alone or with
After years with the same company, George Breal is out of work and faces the task of reinventing his career. A skilled manager, he finally finds work at the slowly failing Electronic Technologies (ETI
Ella Fitzgerald. The name alone conjures up images of the Savoy Ballroom; of the Chick Webb, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie bands; of hot jazz, sweet ballads, and a genuinely unique presence. Ella Fi
Auguste Rodin was not only the greatest sculptor but also one of the most remarkable personalities of modern times. Frederic V. Grunfeld's exhaustive biography, the first in over fifty years, document
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was the most powerful woman of the ancient Mediterranean, and the only person standing between Rome and its dominion over the world. She was wife to Julius Caesar, and bore
Long before there was VHS versus Betamax, Windows versus Macintosh, or Blu-Ray versus HDDVD, the first and nastiest standards war was fought over how electricity would be transmitted around the world:
Rumpole is on the job again, bringing along his taste for claret, his penchant for poetry, and his reputation for a good story. These seven irresistible stories run the gamut from simple thievery to m
Wodehouse's brilliant but human brand of humor is perfectly suited to these stories of love, rivalry, revenge, and fulfillment on the links. While the Oldest Member sits in the clubhouse quoting Marcu
This is the candid, mesmerizing, and often intimate account of how four young peopleBob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mimi Baez Faria, and Richard Fariagave rise to a modern-day bohemia and created the enduring s
Welterweight boxer Eddie Cero is out of the ring with an injury but still can't bear to see an unfair fight. In a Philadelphia alley, he steps in on two punks beating up an older man, a private detect
Horace Rumpole, the irreverent, iconoclastic, claret-swilling, poetry-spouting barrister-at-law, is among the most beloved characters of English crime literature. He is not a particularly gifted attor
Orthodoxy is G. K. Chesterton's great apologia for the Christian faith, which was prompted by a serious attack in 1903 against Christianity by well-known newspaper editor Robert Blatchford. Published
A look at human history through the adventures of those who live without aging. When this immortality is revealed, a research program begins to attain eternal life and a utopia on earth.
Beginning in June, 1962, the Boston area was terrorized for eighteen months by an elusive serial killer who sexually assaulted and then strangled a succession of women. Boasting that he was the killer
The leviathan is the vast unity of the State. But how are unity, peace, and security to be attained? Hobbes' answer is sovereignty, but the resurgence of interest today in Leviathan is due less to its
This monumental novel of ancient Egypt is set during the turbulent reigns of the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his successors. The story unfolds through the eyes of Nofret, a slave girl, who comes to know mor
This monumental novel of ancient Egypt is set during the turbulent reigns of the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his successors. The story unfolds through the eyes of Nofret, a slave girl, who comes to know mor
The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 eighty-seven people—men, women, and children—set out for California and were persuaded to atte
The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 eighty-seven people—men, women, and children—set out for California and were persuaded to atte
Every salesperson needs help developing skills to influence people. Learn the secrets to the trade, which can turn any salesperson into a powerful force of persuasion. Imagine what you can accomplish
Although most people associate the term D-day with the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944, it is military code for the beginning of any offensive operation. In the Pacific theater during World War II t
What do you do when the other woman is your husband? A wife's memoir of her husband's sex change??Christine Benvenuto had been married for more than?twenty years—with three young children—when her hus
When her boyfriend is naively sucked into the Mob, young Rita Napapolus spends years trying to reconcile her days as a school teacher against her nights as a mob mistress. Eventually, the distraught y
American business is in the midst of cataclysmic change. Reengineering themselves to compete in the new global marketplace, corporations lay off millions of employees and then outsource the services t
Milton Friedman's ideas on everything from capitalism and freedom to deregulation and welfare have changed the course of America's economic history. Now, acclaimed Friedman biographer Lanny Ebenstein
First and foremost a book about running, The Longest Race takes listeners alongside ultramarathoner Ed Ayres as he prepares for, runs, and finishes the JFK 50-mile race at a then record-breaking time
The author recounts his own brushes with radicalism and offers unparalleled insight into the disjointed ideology of liberal elites through case studies of well-known radial leftists, including Christo
Rosalind Bengal arrives in Bombay on the eve of the monsoon to find her family embroiled in a suspicious situation involving the Bombay movie industry and a series of murders of the community's transg
"The Man Who Would be King and Other Stories" is a classic collection of some of the most loved short stories of Rudyard Kipling. Contained here in this volume are the following short stories: The Str
A behind-the-scenes, sixtieth anniversary commemoration of the thirty-seventh President's famous "Checkers" speech demonstrates how it salvaged a psychologically troubled Nixon's position on Eisenhowe
Roman Catholic sisters first traveled to the American West to provide social services, education, and medical assistance. This book traces the ways in which sisters challenged and reconfigured contemp
Roman Catholic sisters first traveled to the American West to provide social services, education, and medical assistance. This book traces the ways in which sisters challenged and reconfigured contemp
After the aunt of a friend is found dead in France, NYPD detective Max Maguire ignores orders to leave the case to a dashing French detective and instead dives deep into the mystery by artfully drawin
When a bank robbery goes wrong, psychologist Daniel Rinaldi is called in to treat the sole survivor. But what seemed a simple robbery to Rinaldi and the Pittsburgh police explodes into a vortex of mis
The fifth installment of the Hugo-award winning adventures of Miles Vorkosigan.In this novel Miles Vorkosigan and his cousin Ivan travel to Cetaganda, the long-standing enemy of Barrayar, to represent
Walter Johnson was not only one of the greatest pitchers of all time, but an emblem of gentlemanly conduct in sports. His presence in the big-leagues helped temper the game's roughneck reputation in
"This is the definitive, Edgar Award-winning biography of the enigmatic filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Spoto explores the roots of Hitchcock's obsessions and traces the origins of his incomparable, bizar
Throughout the Gulf War of 1991, unprecedented restrictions on the media's access to the battlefield kept the true story of that brief, brutal conflict from being told. Now, after two years of intensi
