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Fernando Henrique Cardoso received a phone call in the middle of the night asking him to be the new Finance Minister of Brazil. As he put the phone...

Airpower, more than any other factor, has shaped war in the twentieth century. In this fascinating narrative history, Martin van Creveld vividly po...

An exposé of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our be...

An exposé of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our be...

This story of an anti-fascist's dramatic and remarkable victory against Nazism in 1935 is an inspiration to anyone compelled to resist when signs o...

Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed in this provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable econom...

Foreword by Harvey V. Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine For decades, experts have puzzled over why the US spends more on health care...

Barely a year after the self-immolation of a young fruit seller in Tunisia, a vast wave of popular protest has convulsed the Middle East, overthrow...

Finally: an evidence-based, reassuring guide to what to do about kids and screens, from video games to social media. Today's babies often make thei...

Finally: an evidence-based, reassuring guide to what to do about kids and screens, from video games to social media. Today's babies often make thei...

Few Westerners escape the images, expectations and misperceptions that lead us to see Asia as exotic, sensual, decadent, dangerous, and mysterious....

Jack O'Brien, the impossibly demanding basketball coach at Charlestown High School in Boston, has led his team to five state championship titles in...

From a renowned computer scientist, this book seeks the distinctive human quality that will prevail against artificial intelligence. If artificial ...

*A Wall Street Journal bestseller* The forces driving today's world of structural change create sharp bends in the road that can lead to major expl...

A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is no longer unthinkable. The relationship between...

Awais Reza is a shopkeeper in Lahore's Anarkali Bazaar -- the largest open market in South Asia -- whose labyrinthine streets teem with shoppers, r...

The first in-depth history of the iconic radio and TV network that has shaped our past and present.Doctor Who; tennis from Wimbledon; the Beatles a...

An unknown story of an unlikely hero--the US consul who best analyzed the threat posed by Nazi Germany and predicted the horrors to come In 1929, ...

"In the world of magazines, no recognition is more highly coveted than an "Ellie," the National Magazine Award presented by the American Society of...

In the world of magazines, no recognition is more highly coveted than an "Ellie," the National Magazine Award presented by the American Society of ...

A New York Times bestseller America's unique prosperity is based on its creation of a middle class. In the twentieth century, that middle class pro...

As the pharmaceutical industry invests more and more in the development of new drugs, true breakthroughs are few and far between. Into the breach c...