Drones are the iconic military technology of many of today's most pressing conflicts. Drones have captured the public imagination, partly because they project lethal force in a manner that challenges accepted norms and moral understandings. Drone Wars presents a series of essays by legal scholars, j[...]

Before the advent of Christianity, early civilisations had, at the heart of their spiritual traditions, mystery schools that offered a corpus of training methods in what is now called magic. The persecution of heresies that followed the establishment of Christianity as Rome's state religion, a perse[...]

Includes an account of Osama Bin Laden's decision-making process in the final weeks and days as the raid was planned, as well as what NSC cabinet members were advising him. This title tells the story of a group of mostly women analysts at the CIA in the HVT section, who never gave up assembling the [...]

The gripping account of the decade-long hunt for the world's most wanted man.
It was only a week before 9/11 that Peter Bergen turned in the manuscript of "Holy War, Inc.", the story of Osama bin Laden--whom Bergen had once interviewed in a mud hut in Afghanistan--and his declaration of war on A[...]

Whether it's brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning--a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else's mind. You can use it to talk about al[...]

This easy-to-follow manual, designed especially for aspiring amateur ventriloquists, offers expert advice from an internationally renowned performer. Edgar Bergen reveals the secrets of his trade, sharing helpful tips on 'near' ventriloquism, the doll-dummy, hand puppets, shadowgraphs and cardboard [...]

Now celebrating over 10 years of success - "Crash Course" has been specially devised to help you get through your exams with ease. Completely revised throughout, the new edition of "Crash Course" is perfectly tailored to meet your needs by providing everything you need to know in one place. Clearly [...]

On September 11, 2001, the world changed forever as more than three thousand men, women, and children lost their lives in the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. The attack was masterminded by Osama bin Laden and his Jihad group -- an organization that CNN's terrorism analyst Peter Bergen c[...]

In the last decade, America's priorities have changed. National security has become the primary concern for citizens and a top priority for government officials. Billions of dollars have been spent fighting the war on terror, and millions more have been spent by private citizens around the globe try[...]

This text addresses how Germany's Christians responded to Nazism by focusing on the 600,000 self-described "German Christians" who sought to expunge all Jewish elements from the Christian church. It also shows how German Christians were incorporated into mainstream church life after 1945.[...]