Michael Dertouzos has been an insightful commentator and an active participant in the creation of the Information Age.Now, in What Will Be, he offers a thought-provoking and entertaining vision of the world of the next decade -- and of the next century. Dertouzos examines the impact that the followi[...]

Traditionally, stability in Asia has relied on America's bilateral alliances with Japan, Australia, and the Republic of Korea. Yet in recent years, emergent and more active multilateral forums--such as the Six-Party Talks on North Korea and the East Asia Summit--have taken precedence, engendering bo[...]

Recently there has been a plethora of work published on the topic of sustainability, much of which is purely theoretical or technical in its approach. More often than not these books fail to introduce readers to the larger challenge of what thinking sustainably might entail. Combining a series of we[...]

"New Technologies and Emerging Spaces of Care" provides the latest practice-oriented qualitative research and innovative conceptual discussions of how health and health care systems are currently dealing with complex transformations and varied reforms. Exploring and analysing the social and cultural[...]

The hammer falls With the help of legions of disaffected former H.A.M.M.E.R. agents, Norman Osborn has made an epic jailbreak. Now free to rebuild his dark army, Osborn has assembled minions from A.I.M., Hydra and the Hand to take on got the media on his side, and people are listening. And he has a[...]

And so the journey continues...The Crystal Oversoul Attunements, published by Findhorn Press, explored 44 crystalline beings of consciousness through a series of mandalas, meditations and writings on their role in our unfolding journey. This set is a continuation, an extension of that journey starti[...]

The beginner's book of choice for every new marine hobbyist, as well those ready to start over with simple, state-of-the art techniques.[...]

New York, when viewed at ground level, is a messy city - in the best and worst senses of the word - a polyglot mix of people, in all shapes, sizes, and dress. That is why the only way to get a full picture of what the city looks like is to follow photographer Michael Yamashita's axiom - 'Go high'. T[...]

In the last years of the millennium, bestselling author Michael Lewis sets out to find the world's most important technology entrepreneur, the man who embodies the spirit of the coming age. He finds him in Jim Clark, the billionaire who founded Netscape and Silicon Graphics and who now aims to turn[...]

Making up 14.2 per cent of the American population, Hispanics are now the largest minority group in the United States. Clearly, securing the Hispanic vote is more important to political parties than ever before. Yet, despite the current size of the Hispanic population, is there a clear Hispanic poli[...]