The dawning of peace in Northern Ireland has not brought with it much truth about what happened during ?the long war’. Very few of the paramilitary leaders on either side have ever spoken candidly abo
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
"The scandalous story of the corruption of the Bo Xilai family--the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood; Bo's secret lovers, who may have included Chinese film stars; the blackmailing by Bo's s
Rick Steves Pocket guidebooks truly are a ?tour guide in your pocket.? This colorful, compact 220-page book includes Rick's advice for prioritizing your time, whether you're spending 1 or 7 days in a
When Sepp Blatter joined FIFA in 1975 it had just twelve employees. Forty years later, the FBI have accused 14 executives of 47 counts of money laundering, racketeering and tax evasion linked to kickb
Rick Steves Pocket guidebooks truly are a ?tour guide in your pocket.? This colorful, compact 220-page book includes Rick's advice for prioritizing your time, whether you're spending 1 or 7 days in a
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Belgium.With this guide, you'll ride bikes over cobblestone streets and embark on cruises through charming canal
In the current era of intense global competition, advancing technology, weakness in organized labor and a worshiping of ?shareholder value,? the idea of a corporate social contract in America has beco
"For as long as we've gathered by campfires to tell ghost stories, humans have always loved a good scare. From the splatter flicks of the 70s, to Japan's obsession with drowned girls, to creepy modern
Rise of the Dungeon Master tells, in graphic form, the story of Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, one of the most influential games ever made. Like the game itself, the narrative casts the
What do women want? It's a time-old question, but if you head out into America and talk to women one-on-one, as Jill Filipovic has done, you discover that what they want is happiness. Despite what rec
Most travel memoirs involve a button-nosed protagonist nursing a broken heart who, rather than tearfully watching The Princess Bride while eating an entire 5-gallon vat of ice cream directly out of th
American politics is not just a combination of high ideals and low cunning. It is also the story of thousands of local influencers, fixers, activists, and run-of-the-mill voters who shape the destinie
Written at the height of the Great Depression, It's Up to the Women is Eleanor Roosevelt's advice to women of all ages on every aspect of life. During a time of extreme hardship, she called on women p
In the mid-nineteenth century, Charleston, South Carolina was the most powerful city in the South. Men flocked from across the region to join in the city's vibrant economic, political, and cultural li
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
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 City of a
This is an age of epic political turbulence in America. Old hierarchies and institutions are collapsing. All the ?givens? of civic life are no longer given. From the fracturing of the major political
In the past year, crowdfunding platforms helped generate a staggering $34 billion dollars in funding. But the harsh reality is that the majority of crowdfunding campaigns fail-only 40% meet their goal
As Roseann Sdoia waited to watch her friend cross the finish line on Marathon Monday in Boston in 2013, she had no idea her life was about to change. She had no idea that in a matter of minutes she wo
On December 9, 2014, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a 576-page report that strongly condemns the CIA for its secret and brutal use of torture in the treatment of prisoners during the Georg
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
In May 2014, the mountaineer and geologist John All fell into a crevasse near Everest and took a series of videos as he struggled to climb out 70 feet of ice and snow with broken bones, internal bleed
When Peter Drucker wrote Concept of the Corporation in 1946, he revealed what made the large American corporation tick. Similarly, The Art of Japanese Management by Richard Pascale in 1981 explained t
While the mainstream media publishes style pieces about mustached hipsters brewing craft beers in warehouses in Brooklyn, global businessmen are remaking entire cities. While new coffee shops open for
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 this new book, Charles Morris tackles the white whale of economic history, the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression, which has become a palimpsest of competing fads and trends in thinking about f
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Germany.This guidebook takes you from fairy-tale castles, alpine forests, and quaint villages to the energetic G
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
Smick’s The World is Curved (2008) was a reply to Thomas Friedman and one of the first books to argue that globalization had unleashed dangerous and damaging economic forces. In An Economy for Everyon
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in France.With this guide, you’ll explore sleepy villages, romantic hill towns, and cosmopolitan cities, including
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
?How did we miss that?” is perhaps the scariest question for a business leader to face: it's the one that they have to ask themselves when one day they wake up to discover that a competitor or startup
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when visiting the island city of Venice.Following the self-guided tours in this book, you’ll explore Venice’s most important landm
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
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in the City of LightParis.With the self-guided tours in this book, you’ll explore the grand Champs-Elysees, the eye
King Power Stadium, countdown to kick off. Out on the pitch a lone brass player sounds the haunting Post Horn Gallop, for 80 years the home players' entrance tune. Spines tingle. Air is gulped into lu
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Barcelona.With the self-guided tours in this book, you'll ramble down the Ramblas, explore the medieval Old City
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?
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