Growth is a clear goal for ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders. It's often a short hand for business - and wider economic - success. But it's not without its pitfalls and challenges, and planning for,
State secrecy is increasingly used as the explanation for the shrinking of public discussion surrounding national security issues. The phrase that’s classified” is increasingly used not to protect nat
In 1981, Margaret Thatcher faced the greatest challenge of her premiership. After nearly two years in office, the British economy was in a bad condition; unemployment had reached levels not seen since
The ascension of Vladimir Putin--a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB--to the presidency of Russia in 1999 should have been a signal that the country was headed away from democracy. Yet in the inter
Underemployed and directionless, Ryan Berg took a job in a group home for disowned and homeless LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning) teenagers. His job was to help these teens d
Just days after the Germans surrendered at Stalingrad, legendary Red Army sniper Vasily Zaytsev described the horrors he witnessed during the five-month long conflict: ?one sees the young girls, the c
The 13th collection of the year’s best short, erotic fiction from the world’s leading writers of erotica, here are 45 stories of sexual encounters from every corner of the world.
During the past decade America has crossed the fine line that separates national security from national insecurity. Major misadventures like the invasion of Iraq, the embrace of torture, the expansion
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Paul Marks M.D., President Emeritus of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Hospital, attributes the elusive nature of cancer’s cure to its inherently anarchic processes. There can be no hope for a miracle
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In "Healing Through Exercise," internationally bestselling science writer Jorg Blech sets out the actual physiological effects of exercise: it triggers the growth of new brain cells, induces stem cell
In the early hours of an August 2007 morning a gunfight broke out in an Italian restaurant in Duisburg, Germany; in less than five minutes over seventy shots were fired into the bodies of six men. Bot
Speculation is rife that by 2012 the elusive Higgs boson will be found at the Large Hadron Collider. If found, the Higgs boson would help explain why everything has mass. But there’s more at stake?wha
The Great American Ale Trail is the definitive guide to the best places to drink craft beer in America. Author Christian DeBenedetti has traveled across the country to find the worthiest beer destina
The year is 1997. C. Michael Soussan, an idealistic young graduate, has recently accepted his dream job at the United Nations’ Oil-for-Food Programme, helping Iraqi civilians survive the impact of eco
Hot on the heels of the international bestselling success of Jenna Jameson’s How to Make Love Like a Porn Star comes this erotic novel by one of adult film’s most famous starlets, featuring her uncens
From the first outbreak of hostilities in northern China in 1937 to the Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S.Missouri in 1945, this book re-creates the decade of upheaval when China was caught in the g
