Jesse James was a fabled outlaw, a charismatic, spiritual, larger-than-life bad man whose bloody exploits captured the imagination and admiration of a nation hungry for antiheroes. Robert Ford was a young upstart torn between dedicated worship and murderous jealousy, the "dirty little coward" who co[...]
Drawing on flight logs, family and NASA archives and over 125 original interviews with key participants, this book re-creates Armstrong's life and career in flying, from the heights of honor earned as a naval aviator and astronaut, to the price paid by Armstrong and, even more so, by his wife and ch[...]
In Storms of My Grandchildren, Dr. James Hansen-the nation's leading scientist on climate issues-speaks out for the first time with the full truth about global warming: The planet is hurtling even more rapidly than previously acknowledged to a climatic point of no return. Although the threat of huma[...]
Dr James Hansen, the world's leading scientist on climate issues, speaks out for the first time with the full truth about global warming: the planet is hurtling to a climatic point of no return. Hansen - whose climate predictions have come to pass again and again, beginning in the 1980s when he firs[...]
First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong is the first and only authorised biography of one of America's most celebrated yet enigmatic heroes, Neil Armstrong. It is considered the definitive biography of Armstrong and lauded for the way Hansen addresses the complex legacy of Armstrong as both an astrona[...]
The definitive account of modern golf's foremost architect from the "New York Times "bestselling author of "First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong "
Robert Trent Jones was the most prolific and influential golf course architect of the twentieth century and became the archetypical modern golf [...]
On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Perhaps no words in human history became better known than those few he uttered at that historic moment. In a penetrati[...]
Discover what exercise testing can reveal about cardiopulmonary, vascular, and muscular health. Now in its Fifth Edition, "Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation" continues to deliver timely information on the physiology and pathophysiology of exercise and their relevance to clinical medi[...]
The New Question: Ten years after the worldwide bestseller "Good to Great", Jim Collins returns with another groundbreaking work, this time to ask: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research, buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused[...]
Intends to ask: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? This title enumerates the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous, and fast-moving times.[...]
Pulmonary Function Testing & Interpretation is a comprehensive guide to lung function tests, such as spirometry, lung volume and diffusing capacity. Beginning with an introduction to the history of respiratory physiology, structure and function, and preparation for testing, individual chapters expla[...]