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The World Until Yesterday - Jared Diamond
Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to literacy and obesity. Yet for nearly all of its six million years of exist... -
Win Bigly - Scott Adams
<b>Scott Adams, the world-famous comic strip artist <i>(Dilbert) </i>and trained hypnotist, recognized Donald Trump's powers of persuasion before nearly anyone else. Now he's expan... -
Understanding the Linux Kernel - Daniel P. Bovet
This new edition covers Version 2.6 of the Linux kernel, which has seen significant changes to nearly every kernel subsystem, particularly in the areas of memory management and blo... -
Stephen R. Covey with R. Merrill - The SPEED of Trust_ The One Thing that Changes Everything-Free Press (2006)
With nearly 750,000 copies in print, this instant classic shows that establishing trust is “the one thing that changes everything” (Marcus Buckingham, coauthor of Now, Discover You... -
short history of nearly everything, A - Bill Bryson
EDITORIAL REVIEW: One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable ... -
Woodrow Wilson_ a biography - John Milton Cooper
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The first major biography of America’s twenty-eighth president in nearly two decades, from one of America’s foremost Woodrow Wilson scholars.A Democrat who reclai... -
Where Good Ideas Come From_ The - Steven Johnson
From Publishers WeeklyJohnson--writer, Web guru, and bestselling author of Everything Bad Is Good for You--delivers a sweeping look at innovation spanning nearly the whole of human... -
The moon is down - John Steinbeck
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America’s greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publish... -
The log from the Sea of Cortez - John Steinbeck; Edward Flanders
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America’s greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, h... -
The White War_ Life and Death o - Mark Thompson
EDITORIAL REVIEW: In May 1915, Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire. Nearly 750,000 Italian troops were killed in savage, hopeless fighting on the stony hills north of Trieste...