Antonia Fraser 'Harold has concentrated his shopping for the trip on shoes… Our feet seem to have been much on our minds. I think we both believe we shall tramp...

King Abdullah II of Jordan A newsbreaking memoir that tackles head-on the toughest challenge in the world today.When a dying King Hussein shocked the world by picking his son rather...

Eli Ben-hananFirst published January 1, 1969

Henry Hemming"A revelatory and wholly fascinating work of history. Superbly researched and written with gripping fluency, this lost secret of World War II espionage finally has its expert chronicler."- WILLIAM...

Max TegmarkThe ideas of one of the most original cosmologists at work today--accessible, anecdotal, animated by the author's wit and passion--which will fascinate readers of Brian Greene, Roger Penrose, and...

Karen Blixen Out of Africa is a memoir by the Danish author Karen Blixen. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her...

Kevin KellyOut of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic WorldOut of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems...

Ken Robinson "It is often said that education and training are the keys to the future. They are, but a key can be turned in two directions. Turn it one...

Edward W Said   Edward Said experienced both British and American imperialism as the old Arab order crumbled in the late forties and early fifties. This account of his early...

Geoff Dyer Sitting down to write a book about his hero D. H. Lawrence, Geoff Dyer finds himself compelled to write about anything else. He is in fact compelled to...

Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau With a foreword by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel!Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, was just eight years old when the camp...

Robert Raymond December 2, 2005 by Penn State University Press OS