Written at the late iconic Hollywood star's request and with the cooperation of his closest friends and associates, an intimate portrait draws on interviews, letters, family scrapbooks, and other pers
Experience Austria and the Alps with Rick Steves! This DVD and Blu-ray combo includes seven shows:ViennaVienna and the DanubeSalzburg and SurroundingsAlps of Austria and Italy (DVD-only)Alps of France
Experience Germany, Benelux, and more with Rick Steves. This DVD and Blu-ray combo includes eight shows:Munich and the Foothills of the AlpsGermany’s Romantic Rhine and RothenburgGermany’s Black Fores
Presents twenty knitting projects for spooky and scary toys and dolls, including a shrunken head, a zombie egg, and a monster merry-go-round, and provides tips on yarn types, stitch techniques, and cr
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
Feminism has hit the big time. Once a dirty word brushed away with a grimace, "feminist" has been rebranded as a shiny label sported by movie and pop stars, fashion designers, and multi-hyphenate powe
Every president has had a unique and complicated relationship with the intelligence community. While some have been coolly distant, even adversarial, others have found their intelligence agencies to b
In 1915, two men?one a journalist agitator, the other a technically brilliant filmmaker?incited a public confrontation that roiled America, pitting black against white, Hollywood against Boston, and f
Increasingly, identity theft is a fact of life. We might once have hoped to protect ourselves from hackers with airtight passwords and aggressive spam folders, and those are good ideas as far as they
The stunning story of Russia’s slide back into a dictatorship?and how the West is now paying the price for allowing it to happen.The ascension of Vladimir Putin?a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB?
In this exuberant celebration of the world’s museums, great and small, revered writers like Ann Patchett, Julian Barnes, Neil Gaiman, and more tell us about their favorite museums, including the Lower
Go Figure: Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know brings together for the first time the very best explainers and charts, written and created by top journalists to help us understand such brain-bendin
“A friend of mine, an American, was once asked to mention the two features of English life which had made most impression on him. He hesitated a moment, and then said, ‘The dogs and the children.’ The
The average person checks email 77 times a day, sends and receives more than 122 email messages a day, and spends 28 percent or more of their workweek managing a constant influx of email. Even when we
Our intuition on how the world works could well be wrong. We are surprised when new competitors burst on the scene, or businesses protected by large and deep moats find their defenses easily breached,
Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the "disease model" of addiction is wrong and illuminates the p
This book is a godsend a moving portrait for anyone wanting to go beyond the simplified labels and metrics and really understand an urban high school, and its highly individual, resilient, eager and b
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
Revolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again riding the crest of a revolutionary epic, much like 1848 or 1917, from the Arab Spring to movements against austerity in Greece to the Occupy movemen
"In What Stays in Vegas, journalist Adam Tanner exposes the greatest threat to privacy today. It's not the NSA, but good-old American companies. Internet giants, leading retailers and other firms are
The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other emerging markets” have transformed their economies, Africa’
"In the past few decades, personality psychology has made considerable progress in raising new questions about human nature-and providing some provocative answers. New scientific research has transfor
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Istanbul.Following Rick's self-guided tours, you'll experience the wonders of East and West in this fascinating
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when visiting Switzerland.This book guides you through bustling Zurich and charming Luzern, colorful with flower-bedecked bridges.
In 1936, the British monarchy faced the greatest threats to its survival in the modern erathe crisis of abdication and the menace of Nazism. The fate of the country rested in the hands of George V’s s
"In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use
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
In the last decade, the USA and its allies have invaded Afghanistan; Russia has sent troops into Ukraine; Britain and France helped topple a regime in Libya; the militant group ISIS has emerged in the
No sooner is a child walking and talking than the ABCs and 1-2-3s give way to the full-on alphabet soup: the ERBs, the OLSAT, the IQ, the NCLB for AYP, the IEP for ELLs, the CHAT and PDDST for ASD or
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
This full-color guide to Puerto Vallarta includes vibrant photos and easy-to-use maps to help with trip planning.Surfer and former Sayulita resident Justin Henderson reveals the best ways to experienc
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
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
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
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
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
A user-friendly volume by the author of Vegan with a Vengeance and Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World contains 250 recipes that include a variety of gluten-free and tofu-free options for numerous occa
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Prague and the Czech Republic.With this book, you'll create your own unforgettable tour of the "Golden
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Amsterdam.With this guide, immerse yourself in the culture of Amsterdam as you stroll along canals and saunter t
