Loung Ung In this lyrical sequel to the bestselling memoir First They Killed My Father, Ung describes her school years in Vermont as a Cambodian refugee, and her sister Chou's...

James E Lovelock In The Revenge of Gaia, bestselling author James Lovelock- father of climate studies and originator of the influential Gaia theory which views the entire earth as a living...

Sophie Kinsella Becky has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that...

Gregory Zuckerman In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a...

John Saul   Fifteen-year-old Alison Shaw may not be beautiful, but she doesn’t really care: She’d much rather read a good book than primp in front of a mirror. But...

Gaetano Cafiero The Atlantic, the Red Sea, the Caribbean, the South Pacific-here are all the oceans in all colors and clear, tropical waters; turbulent open seas; immense plains of water...

Michael E Porter With the publication of his best-selling books "Competitive Strategy (1980) and "Competitive Advantage (1985), Michael E. Porter of the Harvard Business School established himself as the world's...

Richard P Feynman Learn how to think like a physicist from a Nobel laureate and "one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century" ( New York Review of Books...

Masha Greenbaum The full and fascinating history of this remarkable community, from its beginnings in the early part of the 14th century until its virtual destruction during the Holocaust. The...

Rian Malan Like many white South Africans of his generation, Rian Malan fled his country to dodge the draft. He felt incredibly guilty for this act, but would have felt...

Joel Kurtzman Ever wonder why today's corporate leaders can't seem to plan for the long term? Why government can't control inflation? Why the stock market is more volatile than ever?...

Robert Penn Warren (Editor), Albert Erskine (Editor) Since its first printing in 1954, this outstanding anthology has been the book of choice by teachers, students, and lovers of short fiction. Surveying stories...