Americas

Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for "Truman" and "John Adams," David McCullough returns with the story of the Revolutionary War--a book certain to be another landmark in the literature of American history.Simon & SchusterIn this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of ... More

An authoritative guide to the latest research into brain and mind sciences with descriptions of behaviour, feelings and thoughts relating to a variety of conditions: Addictions, Body Image, Bipolar Disorder, Depression and OCD.... More

The beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new age of globalization a flattening' of the world. The explosion of advanced technologies now means that suddenly knowledge pools and resources have co... More

Bill Bryson on his most personal journey yet: into his own childhood in America's Mid-West. Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a... More

IT’S NOT JUST A GAME, IT’S YOUR FUTURE. HERE’S HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT! College. Career. Marriage. Kids, Retirement and beyond-your future success and happiness depends on how you play the game of life, the REAL game of life. There are exciting choices to be made and new paths to explore. H... More

The book is the story of little Dorothy from Kansas who is transported along with dog to a magical realm. She befriends on the Yellow Brick Road - the Scarecrow who desires a brain, the Tin Woodman, who needs a heart, and the Cowardly Lion, who must find his courage.... More

A ferocious tornado catapults a young girl down a yellow brick road and across the paths of Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, and Cowardly Lion. All she really wants is a one-way ticket home, but what she gets is an adventure that will lead her and her newfound friends past the wickedest of witches to a pres... More

The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarly against 'failed states' around the globe. In this much anticipated follow-up to his international bestseller Hegemony or Survival, Noam Chomsky shows how the United States itself shares features with other failed states-and t... More

In his devastating new book Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind takes readers inside the defining conflict of our era: the war between the West and a growing, shadowy army of terrorists, armed with weapons of alarming power. Relying on unique access to former and current government officia... More

Uniquely packaged to appeal to the young reader with bright, colorful cover art and great cover copy, here is the Tor Classics edition of Jack London's Sea Wolf. A shipwrecked gentleman scholar is "rescued" by a brutal crew and their murderous captain. Unabridged.Tor Classics are affordably-priced e... More

Since Clausewitz, was has been considered a rational extension of politics by nations seeking to advance their interests. Now, in this sweeping reassessment of the ends and means of war, Martin van Creveld advances a new understanding of what was is today, and for what that it's fought.... More

The international bestseller that tells how Ricardo Semler created one of the most successful and inspirational companies in the world. Con tains a new introduction by the author The international bestseller that tells how Semler tore up the rule books - and defied inflation running at up to 900% pe... More

Hekja's ma was white with terror. She screamed out, "Run!" That was the last thing she ever said, One of the men, with a chin like a cod fish, plunged his sword into her heart...When Viking raiders descend on Hekja's Village and kill her family and friends, she is taken as a slave, But Hekja is dete... More

The Wealth of Nationsby Adam Smith It is symbolic that Adam Smith's masterpiece of economic analysis, The Wealth of Nations, was first published in 1776, the same year as the "Declaration of Independence." In his book, Smith fervently extolled the simple yet enlightened notion that individuals are f... More

Audacious, provocative, and bombastic, few world politicians are as colorful as Hugo Chavez, now making international news for his plans to nationalize U.S. owned businesses and his bold opposition to Washington's economic and trade policies. As Venezuela gains importance as the fifth largest oil ex... More

"For God, Country and Coca-Cola" is the unauthorized history of the great American soft drink and the company that makes it. From its origins as a patent medicine in Reconstruction Atlanta through its rise as the dominant consumer beverage of the American century, the story of Coke is as unique, tas... More

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