Discusses new developments in screening and diagnostic techniques, cancer treatment and research, genetics and diet, implants, hormone use, and many other topics.
This is the first book to present innovation and entrepreneurship as a purposeful and systematic discipline. It clearly explains and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of America's new entrepre
A neuroscientist examines the imperfections in the human brain and highlights the causes, consequences, and evolutionary purpose of these "bugs" and discusses how they function and malfunction in the
Set in Provence, London, and New York, this is a daughter's wonderfully evocative and witty memoir of her mother and stepfather—Dee Wells, the glamorous and rebellious American journalist, and A. J. A
Set in Provence, London, and New York, this is a daughter's wonderfully evocative and witty memoir of her mother and stepfather—Dee Wells, the glamorous and rebellious American journalist, and A. J. A
A sequel to White Lines finds Sunny's seemingly idyllic life crumbling in the face of her secret enduring love for Dorian and a fear that she will never find a comparable love again, a situation that
A sequel to White Lines finds Sunny's seemingly idyllic life crumbling in the face of her secret enduring love for Dorian and a fear that she will never find a comparable love again, a situation that
Private investigator Lena Jones investigates the area around a dangerous uranium mine outside the Grand Canyon after a public relations spokesperson for the operation is found murdered and her Pima In
A sociologist explores the demographic rise in people who are living alone, including interviews with young professionals, middle-aged singles, the divorced and the elderly and discovers that they are
Bellow's second novel features Asa Leventhal, sub-editor of a trade magazine, and he is a natural victim; a man uncertain of himself, never free from the nagging suspicion that the other guy might be
Sixteen vintage stories and novellas show the evolution of the images, ideas, and social concerns to be found in the author's classic of modern science fiction, "Fahrenheit 451."
Sixteen vintage stories and novellas show the evolution of the images, ideas, and social concerns to be found in the author's classic of modern science fiction, "Fahrenheit 451."
A gripping thriller, The Nazi Hunter mixes fierce partisan Washington politics, the search for ex-Nazi criminals, and a crazed, right-wing militia intent on bringing down the government. Nicknamed “th
What Maisie Knew (1897) represents one of James's finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their finality. Neglected and exploited by everyone around he
What Maisie Knew (1897) represents one of James's finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their finality. Neglected and exploited by everyone around he
After discovering his quarry naked in the bathtub, doped up and missing his kidneys, Federal Marshall Raylan Givens becomes involved, both literally and figuratively, in a case involving the harvestin
When his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student, assistant district attorney Andy Barber is torn between loyalty and justice as facts come to light that lead him to quest
When his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student, assistant district attorney Andy Barber is torn between loyalty and justice as facts come to light that lead him to quest
Criminal psychologist Dr. Claire Waters finds her life unraveling when she mistakenly recommends the release of a brutal serial killer, after which a woman is murdered and the crime bears all the sign
Criminal psychologist Dr. Claire Waters finds her life unraveling when she mistakenly recommends the release of a brutal serial killer, after which a woman is murdered and the crime bears all the sign
The author of Eve Green tells the story of Corrag, a Scottish woman imprisoned in 1692 for her involvement in a massacre and accused of witchcraft, who tells her story to an Irish propagandist seeking
Portrays the life of the scientist and the era in which he lived, describes his invention of the telescope, and discusses the circumstances that forced a dangerous confrontation with the Inquisition.
A now-classic book with insights as fresh and relevant today as they were in the 1960sHarry Blamires, a noted British Christian thinker who started writing through the encouragement of C. S. Lewis, hi
Recounts the author's personal struggle with terminal brain cancer and his take on the merits of the "anticancer" lifestyle that he adopted and advocated until his death in 2011.
Recounts the author's personal struggle with terminal brain cancer and his take on the merits of the "anticancer" lifestyle that he adopted and advocated until his death in 2011.
Growing up motherless and under the thumb of a cruel stepfather in hardscrabble 1920s Kentucky, Bertie Fisher and her older sister, Mabel, are torn apart by a painful misunderstanding that reverberate
Looks at Lisbon, Portugal's role during World War II as the only European city in which both the Axis and Allies operated openly, and shows how the nation became an exciting weigh station for exiled r
Here is the story of one of America's oldest and most unusual urban hospitals. From its inception, Chicago's Cook County Hospital has been both a renowned teaching hospital and the health-care provide
An insightful look at how Amazon really works and how its founder and CEO makes it happenAmazon's business model is deceptively simple: make online shopping so easy and convenient that customers won't
An insightful look at how Amazon really works and how its founder and CEO makes it happenAmazon's business model is deceptively simple: make online shopping so easy and convenient that customers won't
An authoritative portrait of the controversial and influential pop artist documents his rise from an unknown musician to a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, offering insight into his role in confronting la
A book of essays based on the popular lecture series in New York City offers inspirational and intellectually rigorous thoughts about the great questions surrounding life, and includes contributions b
A book of essays based on the popular lecture series in New York City offers inspirational and intellectually rigorous thoughts about the great questions surrounding life, and includes contributions b
A book of essays based on the popular lecture series in New York City offers inspirational and intellectually rigorous thoughts about the great questions surrounding life, and includes contributions b
Selections from the writings of Thomas Sowell over a half century cover social, economic, cultural, legal, educational, and political issues, ranging from late-talking children to tax cuts, baseball,
Fight fat at its true source: your cells.An MIT-trained scientist explains the one secret you need to know to lose weight and keep it off.Raymond Francis is the scientist people turn to when diets don
States the evidence for a theory of evolution, explains how evolution takes place, and discusses instinct, hybridism, fossils, distribution, and classification.
New York Times bestselling author, internationally known clinical psychologist, and lecturer Wendy Mogel returns with a revelatory new book on parenting teenagers.Mogel's sage advice on parenting youn
