This is the story of how an extra-ordinary individual, born in Israel and raised in Brooklyn, made over 150 millionnaires by building the billion-dollar company that still bears his name. "Gartner, Inc." is synonymous with the IT Advisory industry and trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange ([...]
Science fiction is a vital part of popular culture, influencing the way we all look at the world. TV shows like "Star Trek "and movies from "Forbidden Planet" to "Inception" have influenced scientists to enter the profession and have shaped our futures. Science fiction doesn't set out to predict wha[...]
Welcome to the future "2 Billion Under 20" is a book, online community, and movement inspired by the 2 billion people in the world currently at or under the age of twenty. We stand for Millennials, Gen Z'ers, and those who want to better understand them and their unique potential. This book shows ho[...]
"Hi, I'm Earth But you can call me Planet Awesome." Prepare to learn all about Earth from the point-of-view of Earth herself In this funny yet informative book, filled to the brim with kid-friendly facts, readers will discover key moments in Earth's life, from her childhood more than four billion [...]
"In the grand tradition of Ben Mezrich's The Accidental Billionaires (2009)... an engaging look into a fascinating subculture of millions." --Booklist
"Breezy...How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars ably if uncritically chronicles the short history of a young company catering to young users, wit[...]
Colton Nelson was 28 when he won the Texas Lottery and went from ranch hand to ranch owner overnight. When women started lining up wanting some of his millions, even going so far as to drug his beer, his family asks the lovely new ranch assistant to help out by pretending to be his girlfriend. They [...]
The classic thriller of a lethal computer age and a maniac's private cold war...
General Midwinter loves his country, and hates communism. In a bid to destabilize the Soviet power bloc he is running his own intelligence agency, whose "brain" is the world's biggest supercomputer.
With his past [...]
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Dead Hand" comes the riveting story of the CIA's most valuable spy in the Soviet Union and an evocative portrait of the agency's Moscow station, an outpost of daring espionage in the last years of the Cold War.
While getting into his car on the eve[...]
Called "the world's conscience" and one of the 100 most influential people of our time by "Time" magazine, Jan Egeland has been the public face of the United Nations. As Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, he was in charge of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA[...]
Finally, a guide to screenwriting by two guys who have actually done it (instead of some schmuck who just gives lectures about screenwriting at the airport Marriott).
Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon s movies have made over a billion dollars at the box office and now they show you how to do i[...]
'Comedy genius' David Walliams 'It's funny, but Peter Serafinowicz is the kind of funny person that funny people find funny' Simon Pegg 'Peter Serafinowicz is one of the funniest women in the world' Derren Brown Jokes include: 'I like to put my Shredded Wheat through my own shredder, just to be on t[...]
"A riveting scientific detective story" (The Washington Post) by two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who chronicle a young Wisconsin boy with a never-before-seen disease and the doctors who save his life by taking a new step into the future of medicine.
In this landmark medical narrative, Pul[...]
The author asks, "Can you answer these questions? If you cannot - you should read this book "1. Where do bacteria, fungi, and viruses come from? 2. Do they cause disease or are they the result of disease? 3. Where do "superbugs" come from and why?4. What are the basic reasons for the increase of epi[...]
Since its formation nearly five billion years ago, our planet has been the sole living world in a vast and silent universe. Now Earth's isolation is coming to an end. Over the past two decades, astronomers have discovered thousands of "exoplanets" orbiting other stars, including some that could be s[...]