A witty compendium of the most salacious, outrageous, and quirky misdeeds in American history. In our present era of tawdry sex scandals and cheap political shots, as we cling to our sense of patriotism and our national unity soars, we long for the good old days of good old-fashioned American value..
'A lively and learned guide to the politics, personalities and conflicts that are shaping a dynamic group of countries' FINANCIAL TIMES'A fascinating and many-layered portrait of Southeast Asia' THANT MYINT-UThought-provoking and eye-opening, BLOOD AND SILK is an accessible, personal look at modern ..
This wonderfully engaging series of letters from Paddington to his Aunt Lucy in Peru follows his hilarious new experiences in London. From arriving at Paddington station and finding a new home, to meeting the fire brigade and working as a barber, there is certainly never a dull moment...
Mining newspaper files and the deep archives and journalistic expertise of the Newseum, an interactive museum of news located in Washington, D.C., Outrage, Passion and Uncommon Sense examines decisive issues and events in U.S. history through the nation's editorial pages. Approximately fifty editori..
"Even Paddington can't come to much harm in half an hour," said Mrs. Brown.But who else other than Paddington could hang Mr. Curry's lawnmower from a treetop or set Father Christmas's beard on fire?..
Four people come together in a deserted Italian villa during the final moments of World War II: a young American nurse and her horribly burned English patient, an American soldier of fortune, and an Indian soldier in the British army. Their stories of the past and of the present weave a spellbinding..
What to Say, How to Say It, Why It Matters If you're trying to sell something-whether it's a product, a service, or an idea-you are facing a new era of consumers who listen less and question more. The Language of Trust is for anyone who must sell ideas, products, services, or even themselves to a p..
Joseph, a literature student at Berkeley, is the son of a Jewish mother and a Muslim father. One day, a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep, pulling him into a mesmerizing adventure to uncover the tangled history that binds the two sides of his family. For generations, the men of the al-Raqb ..
This provocative book takes us inside the fight to save capitalism from itself.Corporations are broken, reflecting no purpose deeper than profit. But the tools we are relying on to fix them—corporate social responsibility, divestment, impact investing, and government control—risk making ou..
Michael Ventura, entrepreneur and CEO of award-winning strategy and design practice Sub Rosa, shares how empathy—the ability to see the world through someone else’s eyes—could be what your business needs to innovate, connect, and grow.Having built his career working with iconic brands and institutio..
Murphy draws on his unique background as an award-winning producer-director-newscaster in Irish broadcasting to write a beautiful, layered book illustrating all aspects of the cancer theme-traumatic assault, mortality, endurance, redemption. "Murphy gives a consistently frank account of his experien..
A leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone).Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area ov..