Annamaboe was the largest slave trading port on the eighteenth-century Gold Coast, and it was home to successful, wily African merchants whose unusual partnerships with their European counterparts made the town and its people an integral part of the Atlantic's webs of exchange. "Where the Negroes Ar[...]

A riveting account of the conquest of the vast American heartland that offers a vital reconsideration of the relationship between Native Americans and European colonists, and the pivotal role of the mighty Mississippi.America's waterways were once the superhighways of travel and communication. Cutti[...]

When in their lives do great artists produce their greatest art? Do they strive for creative perfection throughout decades of painstaking and frustrating experimentation, or do they achieve it confidently and decisively, through meticulous planning that yields masterpieces early in their lives? By [...]

Based on archival research and interviews with leading participants in the movement, Masters of the Universe traces the ascendancy of neoliberalism from the academy of interwar Europe to supremacy under Reagan and Thatcher and in the decades since. Daniel Stedman Jones argues that there was nothing [...]

In today's new economy--in which "good" jobs are typically knowledge or technology based--many well-educated and culturally savvy young people are instead choosing to pursue traditionally low-status manual labor occupations as careers. Masters of Craft looks at the renaissance of four such trades: b[...]

From the author ofDowntown DevilandCrosstown Crushcomes the final novel in the trilogy that gets you up close and personal with the thrill of menage trois. Online, Suzy Park and Meyer Cohen are a hot, young couple willing to try anything their paying viewers desire. Their chemistry offline, though[...]

There are only 26 non-royal Dukes in the British Peerage. Their origins divide neatly into Tudor looters, Royal bastards, opportunist generals, territorial, metropolitan or Scottish magnates. The author tells the story of each of these grandees, all of whom are determined to survive.[...]

This study is based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war, the central conclusion being that the logic of waging war and of strategic thinking is as universal and timeless as human nature itself.[...]

Lamar Jimmerson is the leader of the Gnomon Society, the international fraternal order dedicated to preserving the arcane wisdom of the lost city of Atlantis. Stationed in France in 1917, Jimmerson comes across a little book crammed with Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, and extended alchemical m[...]

Guided meditations with gentle music for relaxation, healing and peace. It's time to turn your dreams into reality and shine as a brilliant star upon the earth. This inspiring guided meditation CD will help calm the mind and create inner peace. 4 tracks, Running time: 64 mins[...]