Two years after London is bombed by terrorists, the rumors of survivors send Jack, his sister, and their three friends sneaking into the city to find their mother.
Aiming to bring awareness to research on the mental forces that drive people apart, especially in today's splintered society, Reich (psychology, Arizona State U.) illustrates how rational and intellig
Holden, a branding and research strategist who consults with organizations around the world, draws on stories from history, politics, sports, popular culture, and business and branding to show busines
Three great scientific revolutions have shaped our understanding of the cosmos and our relationship to it. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed the Copernican Revolution, which bodychecke
Michael Austin, a literary critic by trade, offers this interrogation of right-wing revisionist history as a concerned American citizen. He straightforwardly considers several "myths" and areas of con
After being forced to destroy the twisted and diseased soul of her mother, known in the Never as the White Lady, Wendy must guide the spirits of the dead into the afterlife all by herself, while acros
A book for popular readers on the subject of technology and alienation, The Big Disconnect is written in a smart, breezy style. It relies on personal stories from the author, and a dazzling range of h
Using only concepts, terminology, and tools taught in high school geometry, Posamentier (mathematics education, Mercy College, New York) and Lehmann (mathematics, Humboldt U., Berlin) explore some of
A war between dwarves and dragons leaves the dwarves depending on a traitor's son, Morlock syr Theorn who has learned a dark secret under the mountains.
Argues against Christianity specifically and theism in general by questioning Christ's resurrection, the origins of Christianity, and the concept of miracles.
In an alternate 1976 dominated by coal power and the British Empire, Clara Calland and her mother, an important scientist, embark on a treacherous journey toward freedom in Westralia aboard a smuggler
Flowers, an independent literary criminologist and crime writer, collects 17 stories by true crime authors, journalists, and others who explore historical and modern-day crimes involving murder, arson
Guzman Bouvard (Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis U.) examines the less-visible effects of war on US soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan--the psychological and emotional wounds--that
Compares the United States with other affluent democracies in such areas as health, crime and violence, education, democracy, and equality, and suggests ways the country might improve its standing in
A lawyer with a background in philosophy, Kellogg asks how the ancient Greek writers enrich people's lives even today, and what wisdom they teach. His topics include Homer and the heroic ideal, Aeschy
Davillon's economy has suffered in the half-year since the brutal murder of Archbishop William de Laurent, but when the new bishop uses trickery and magic to try to improve the situation he inadverten
Presents the history of ghosts and scientifically examines the evidence for spectral encounters, including spirit photographs, trace evidence, and ghost-detection phenomena.
Writing for general readers, Fairbanks (science and health, Utah Valley U.) sets out the main theories of evolution, the evidence for it, and the reasons common people--not just scientists--should kno
Communication scholars Lull (emeritus, San Jose State U., California) and Neiva (U. of Alabama-Birmingham) explore how communication drives biological and cultural change by analyzing core domains of
Jack Churchill must lead the Brothers and Sisters of Dragons and the gods of legend in a last assault on the enemy's fortress in order to save humanity from extinction.
The late DeBakey, a heart surgeon, and Gotto (medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College) present a revised and updated guide to common conditions affecting the heart and circulatory system to help healt
In this book for general readers, Rosenberg, a journalist and editorial cartoonist whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and the Huffington Post, exposes dangerous practices, corrupti
A stalwart in the atheist movement, Stenger (philosophy, U. of Colorado and emeritus physics and astronomy, U. of Hawaii) calls for scientists and other rationalists to join together to put a stop to
In a world where religion has been banned, inspector Adam Ferguson suspects the murder of a bishop and others like him is the result of their practicing religion illegally, until the perpetrator's tar
Vidarian must face the consequences of opening the gate between worlds, lead sky ships in a war against the southern empire, train the demoralized Sky Knights, master his own amplified magic, and win
For devout Christians, those who are questioning their faith, and skeptics, Loftus, a former evangelical Christian preacher and college instructor, describes the experiences and reasoning that led him
Chambers demonstrates that the commonly accepted view of the Kennedy assassination is impossible. He identifies the second murder weapon, proves the locations of the assassins, and demonstrates that t
Wissing, an independent journalist who has reported on the war in Afghanistan for major media outlets in the US and the UK, argues that mismanagement of US development and counterinsurgency programs i
New media strategist Gross, who ran Howard Dean's 2003-04 Internet presidential campaign, and yoga consultant Gilles ponder the implications of the many scenarios for the End of the World as We Know I
Based in Edmonton, Canada, freelance journalist and food writer Cockrall-King observed and then decided to write about a conspicuous trend: the growth of gardens and other food production activities i
Most people think that "aha moments," moments of sudden insight, are unpredictable or limited only to people of genius, but in this book for general readers, Ramsland (criminal justice and forensic ps
Once an orphan who escaped destitution and rose into the ranks of the aristocracy, Adrienne Satti had everything stolen from her, but now--in disguise as a thief named Widdershins--she travels the ci
Writing in accessible terms for general readers as well as professionals in mental health, author Victoria Costello, a science journalist and film writer, weaves family history and science in this nar
Burton and Swinburne return to an 1863 unlike the one they left, the world is on the brink of war and Lord Palmerston sends Burton to recover the thrid Eye of Naga.
The Blisses and the Dodges, who created the American University of Beirut--the region's most influential institution of higher learning, were the "first family" of Americans in the Middle East for mor
The story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Corps of Discovery is well-known to Americans. While much has been written about Meriwether Lewis the explorer, much less is known about Lewis the m
Ezell, who headed the FBI's DipScam diploma-mill task force, and Bear, an author, expose the growing number of fake universities and degrees, to help media professionals, government agencies, educatio
