The compelling and insightful account of a "New York Times" reporter's abduction by the Taliban, and his wife's struggle to free him. In November 2008, David Rohde, a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for "The New York Times," was kidnapped by the Taliban and held captive for seven months in the [...]

Where does the notion of free will come from? How and when did it develop, and what did that development involve? In Michael Frede's radically new account of the history of this idea, the notion of a free will emerged from powerful assumptions about the relation between divine providence, correctnes[...]

A bold rethinking of the most powerful political idea in the world--democracy--and the story of how radical democracy can yet transform America
Democracy has been the American religion since before the Revolution--from New England town halls to the multicultural democracy of Atlantic pirate shi[...]

Advice on protection and profits in the short and long term future from the experts who accurately predicted the financial crisis of 2008, and who now have more detailed information about what is yet to come From the authors who accurately predicted the domino fall of the conjoined real estate, sto[...]

From the authors who accurately predicted the domino fall of the conjoined real estate, stock, and private debt bubbles that led to the financial crisis of 2008, comes the definitive guide to protection and profit in 2013 and beyond. Based on the authors' unmatched track record of accurate predictio[...]

Today, the very word meeting conjures up images of time wasted in badly lit, airless offices. People sitting around tables unsure why they are there and wishing they were somewhere else. Hour after hour. Day after day.David Pearl can change that and in this book he shows how you can take back contro[...]

This full-color resource which includes more than 320 histology images and micrographs is specifically written to provide medical students with what they truly must know in order to succeed in their histology course and on the USMLE. Readers will find key concepts, numerous tables, interactive ques[...]

Modern Geography has come a long way from its historical roots in exploring foreign lands, and simply mapping and naming the regions of the world. Spanning both physical and human Geography, the discipline today is unique as a subject which can bridge the divide between the sciences and the humaniti[...]

Why do we divide our world into contraries? Why do we perceive and interpret so many of life's contraries as mutually exclusive, either/or dichotomies such as individual collective, self other, body mind, nature nurture, cooperation competition? Throughout history, many have recognized that truth ma[...]