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As even George W. Bush acknowledged in his 2006 State of the Union, America is dangerously "addicted to oil." In "Addicted to Oil, "Ian Rutledge explores the political, economic and social ramifications of the motorization of the US economy and examines the ways in which America's dependence on the ... More

Companies used to rely on human experts and their years of experience to guide them. Now, cutting-edge organizations are mining the data and crunching numbers instead, to come up with more accurate, less biased predictions. As Freakonomics detailed, statistical analysis can reveal the secret levers ... More

There has been considerable controversy amongst social and economic historians, anthropologists, economists, sociologists, political scientists and other specialists concerning the nature and structure of Latin American agrarian society. An increasing number of studies have come to challenge the tra... More

On a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their current eminence, Clive as Britain's most successful modern composer, Vernon... More

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 'I cannot remember the last time I read anovel so beautifully written or utterly compelling form the very firstpage' Bill Bryson, Sunday Times One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm, organized lifeis shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon, Rose re... More

Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two students are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a Renasissance text that has baffled scholars for centuries. Famous for its hypnotic power over those who study it, the five-hundred-year-old Hypneroto... More

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE'I cannot remember the last time I read a novel so beautifully written or utterly compelling form the very first page' Bill Bryson, Sunday Times One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm, organized life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon, Rose ... More