The sordid truth about the man who was supposedly one of the ten greatest businessmen in American history. TITLE CHANGE, PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED AS 'EMPIRE: THE LIFE, LEGEND & MADNESS OF HOWARD HUGHES'.[...]
Eighty percent of everything ever built in America has been built since the end of World War II. This tragic landscape of highway strips, parking lots, housing tracts, mega-malls, junked cities, and ravaged countryside is not simply an expression of our economic predicament, but in large part a caus[...]
In the sequel to his bestselling "World Made by Hand," Kunstler expands on his vision of a post-oil society with a new novel about America, in which the electricity has flickered off, the Internet is a distant memory, and the government is little more than a rumor.[...]
James Howard Kunstler's critically acclaimed and best-selling "The Long Emergency," originally published in 2005, quickly became a grassroots hit, going into nine printings in hardcover. Kunstler's shocking vision of our post-oil future caught the attention of environmentalists and business leaders [...]
A History of the Future is the third thrilling novel in Kunstler's "World Made By Hand" series, an exploration of family and morality as played out in the small town of Union Grove. Following the catastrophes of the twenty-first century--the pandemics, the environmental disaster, the end of oil, th[...]
In an apocalyptic vision of a post-oil future, the author of The Geography of Nowhere details the economic, political, and social changes of an unimaginable scale that can be expected after the tipping point of global peak oil production is passed. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.[...]
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"A History of the Future" is the third thrilling novel in Kunstler s World Made by Hand series, an exploration of family and morality as played out in the small town of Union Grove.Following the catastrophes of the twenty-first century the pandemics, the environmental disaster, the end of oil, the e[...]
The depletion of fossil fuels is about to transform life. This book explains what to expect after we pass the tipping point of peak oil production, and sets out to prepare us for economic, political, and social changes of an unimaginable scale.[...]
In November 1922, a momentous discovery - unlike any other before or since - was to change our understanding of the ancient world. Until now however, the marvellous story of Carter's quest for Tutankhamun and its culmination in his unearthing of the intact, treasure-filled tomb has been told without[...]
For over thirty years, Rita J. Simon and Howard Altstein have been studying transracial and intercountry adoptions. The families they have studied include white parents; African American, Hispanic, and Korean children; and Jewish Stars of David families, among others. This book summarizes their find[...]
The Powerful Newbery Award-Winning ClassicA landmark in children's literature, winner of the 1970 Newbery Medal, and the basis of an acclaimed film, Sounder traces the keen sorrow and the abiding faith of a poor African-American boy in the 19th-century South. The boy's father isa sharecropper, strug[...]
A walk down the aisle, a resort hotel, a drink on the beach...for these unlucky couples, the honeymoon's over.
A newlywed couple steps into the sauna in their deluxe honeymoon suite-and never steps out again. When another couple is killed while boarding their honeymoon flight to Rome, it becomes[...]
A walk down the aisle, a resort hotel, a drink on the beach...for these unlucky couples, the honeymoon's over.
A newlywed couple steps into the sauna in their deluxe honeymoon suite--and never steps out again. When another couple is killed while boarding their honeymoon flight to Rome, it becomes[...]
The truth will set you free-if it doesn't kill you first.
After a serious professional stumble, attorney Trevor Mann may have finally hit his stride. He's found happiness with his girlfriend Claire Parker, a beautiful, ambitious journalist always on the hunt for a scoop. But when Claire's newest[...]
When a young investment banker dies under suspicious circumstances, FBI agent John O'Hara pursues a suspicion that the victim's beautiful decorator bride is responsible, but as the evidence mounts, he wonders if he has become obsessed with proving the woman's guilt. Reprint.[...]
Designed for both neurologists and non-neurologists, "Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis and Therapy" takes a practical approach to the most current principles of diagnosis and management of this complex disease. Editors and authors from Harvard Medical School have contributed up-to-date therapeutic info[...]
In July 2008, The Dark Knight---the highly anticipated sequel to Batman Begins---was released to roaring reviews. Now you can learn the music, arranged for piano, from this record-breaking film with The Dark Night: Selections from the Motion Picture. Titles: The Dark Knight Overture * The Harvey Den[...]