The America of the near future will look nothing like the America of the recent past.America is in the throes of a demographic overhaul. Huge generation gaps have opened up in our political and social
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Dublin.In this compact guide, Rick Steves and Pat O’Connor team up to cover the best of Dublin, including tips o
"The strong do as they can and the weak suffer what they must." ThucydidesThe fate of the global economy hangs in the balance, and Europe is doing its utmost to undermine it, to dest
The images and memories that matter most are those that are unshakeable, unforgettable. Kenneth Turan’s fifty-four favorite films embrace a century of the world’s most satisfying romances and funniest
On Friday, December 10, 2010, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders walked on to the floor of the United States Senate and began speaking. It turned out to be a very long speech, lasting over eight and a hal
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Naples and the Amalfi Coast.In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of Naples and the Amalfi Co
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Italy’s Cinque Terre.In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of the Cinque Terre, including Cor
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in the hill towns of central Italy.In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of the hill towns, incl
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Milan and the Italian lakes district.In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of Milan and the I
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Ireland.With this guide, you can explore lively Dublin, quaint Kilkenny, and the moss-draped ruins of the Ring o
The Game of Our Lives is a masterly portrait of soccer and contemporary Britain. Soccer in the United Kingdom has evolved from a jaded, working-class tradition to a sport at the heart of popular cultu
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Provence and the French Riviera.In this guide, you’ll find a dazzling mix of enjoyable cities, warm stone villag
"The Devil's Financial Dictionary is a witty and enlightening guide to the facts, fads, follies and fiction of business and investing. (See PRICELESS.) Definitions include: DAY-TRADER, n. See IDIOT. F
The Cold War had seemed like a permanent fixture in global politics, and until its denouement, no Western or Soviet politician had foreseen that an epoch defined by games of irreconcilable one-upmansh
In Car Crazy, G. Wayne Miller, author of Toy Wars: The Epic Struggle Between G.I. Joe, Barbie, and the Companies That Make Them andMen and Speed: A Wild Ride through NASCAR’s Breakout Season, takes re
July 13th 2014, World Cup Final, the last ten minutes of extra time: Germany forward Mario Gotze, receiving a floated pass from his international teammate Andre Schurrle, jumps slightly to meet the ba
The world of economics is changing. Years of turmoil in the global economy mean that nothing will ever be quite the same again.This is the starting point and theme of this radically revised Economist
Companies like Google and Apple heralded the information revolution, and opened the doors for Silicon Valley to grow into an engine of dazzling technological development, that today champions the free
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Sevilla, Granada, and Southern Spain.In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the best of Granada, Sevilla, Cor
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Madrid and Toledo.In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the best of Madrid and Toledo, including tips on arr
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in St. Petersburg, Helsinki, and Tallinn.In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essential spots of each city
Your Survival Guide to the Hades of Wall StreetThe Devil’s Financial Dictionary skewers the plutocrats and bureaucrats who gave us exploding mortgages, freakish risks, and banks too big to fail. And i
A mysterious multi-millionaire invites a collection of rich and powerful men and women from around the world to his exclusive hotel on the cost of Acapulco. As they leave Heathrow airport, the events
DNA typing -- the analysis of a biological sample for a person’s genetic signature - has led to the unprecedented exoneration of hundreds of wrongfully convicted people. And every day we hear stories
"Ralph Nader has fought for over fifty years on behalf of American citizens against the reckless influence of corporations on our society. At this pivotal political moment, Americans are more disillus
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Copenhagen and throughout the best of Denmark.Rick Steves covers the essentials of Copenhagen and the best of De
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Stockholm.In this 110-page compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of Stockholm, including City Hall, O
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Norway.Rick Steves covers the essentials of Norway, including Oslo, Gudbrandsdal Valley, as well as Bergen. Visi
In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion
Half of Russia’s email traffic passes through an ordinary-looking building in an otherwise residential district of South West Moscow. On the eighth floor, in here a room occupied by the FSB, the succe
Rich, absorbing, and exoticCity of Lies travels up and down Vali Asr Street, Tehran’s pulsing thoroughfare, from the lavish shopping malls of Tajrish through the smog that lingers over the alleyways a
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when planning a Grand Tour of Europe. In this guide, Rick covers the best of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ita
A stunning literary survival story of three young Sudanese boys, two brothers and a cousinhailed by theLos Angeles Times as a moving, beautifully written account, by turns warm and tender.”Between 198
In the 1980s in California, New Jersey, and New York, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Ohio, and elsewhere, daycare workers were arrested, charged, tried, and convicted of commi
John Connolly and James “Whitey” Bulger grew up together on the tough streets of South Boston. Decades later in the mid-1970s, they met again. By then, Connolly was a major figure in the FBI’s Boston
Dieselpunk is an aesthetic within steampunk that explores the decadence of the Roaring 20s, the excitement of the World's Fairs, and the dystopian struggle for survival of the World Wars. Dieselpunk k
In this wonderful anthology of new stories, Sherlock Holmes travels to the far ends of the Earth in search of truth and justice. A host of singularly talented writers, while remaining respectful towar
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Krakow, Warsaw, and Gdansk.In this compact guide, Rick Steves and Cameron Hewitt cover the essentials of Krakow,
On July 8, 2014, Israel launched air strikes on Hamas-controlled Gaza, followed by a ground invasion. The ensuing conflict led to 51 days of war that left over 2,000 people dead, the vast majority of
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is one of the darkest chapters is American history. A toxic combination of government neglect and socioeconomic inequality turned a crisis into a tragedy. The storm
