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Poison Tea

How Big Oil and Big Tobacco Invented the Tea Party and Captured the GOP

by Jeff Nesbit
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016

“Poison Tea shines a spotlight on the shadowy Koch brother network and reveals hidden connections between the tobacco industry, the reclusive billionaire brothers, and the Tea Party movement. It’s a major story that for too long has been underreported and poorly understood.”—REP. HENRY WAXMAN,...

Thirty Tomorrows

The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live

by Milton Ezrati
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014

"This book is a forecast." Over the next three decades, the aging populations in America, Europe, and Japan will begin to threaten our way of life. The ever-increasing pool of retirees will burden relatively diminished workforces, slowing the pace of growth and straining public and...

In the Jaws of the Dragon

America's Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Hegemony

by Eamonn Fingleton
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008

In recent years, popular wisdom has held that opening American markets to Chinese goods was the best way to promote democracy in Beijing---that the Communist Party's grip would quickly weaken as increasingly affluent Chinese citizens embraced American values. That popular wisdom was wrong....

The Hidden White House

Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America’s Most Famous Residence

by Robert Klara
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013

Now including an excerpt from THE DEVIL'S MERCEDES: The Bizarre and Disturbing Adventures of Hitler's Limousine in America by Robert Klara. Coming March 2017. Critically acclaimed author Robert Klara leads readers through an unmatched tale of political ambition and technical skill: the Truman...

America Ascendant

A Revolutionary Nation’s Path to Addressing Its Deepest Problems and Leading the 21st Century

by Stanley B. Greenberg
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015

America is poised to lead the 21st Century, as it led the 20th. That will happen because the country is at a tipping point in the battle for its own renewal, a renewal that will allow America to be exceptional again. Our economy is on the move, fueled by revolutions in energy, immigration,...
by Fiona Farrell
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009

A young man out poaching. A beautiful maiden in a mysterious house. A perilous voyage to distant islands. A literary sensation from New Zealand, Mr. Allbones' Ferrets introduces a stunning new writer to American readers. The winner of numerous literary awards in New Zealand, Fiona Farrell is...

Death of an Empire

The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America's Richest City

by Robert Booth
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011

SALEM has long been notorious for the witch trials of 1692. But a hundred years later it was renowned for very different pursuits: vast wealth and worldwide trade. Now Death of an Empire tells the story of Salem's glory days in the age of sailing, and the murder that hastened its descent. When...

Take This Job and Ship It

How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America

by Byron L. Dorgan
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015

Our trade deficit increases by $2 billion a day. Pharmaceutical companies and their lobbyists have such influence in Washington that Medicare, by current law, is not allowed to negotiate lower drug prices. We import oil on an ever-increasing scale, putting ourselves into dept with the Saudis, the...

The Next Africa

An Emerging Continent Becomes a Global Powerhouse

by Jake Bright, Aubrey Hruby
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015

The Next Africa, an Axiom Best Business Book Award winner, will change the way people think about the continent. The old narrative of an Africa disconnected from the global economy, depicted by conflict or corruption, and heavily dependent on outside donors is fading. A wave of transformation driven...

Vagabond

A Thriller

by Gerald Seymour
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016

Danny Curnow, known in the army family by his call sign, Vagabond, ran agents, informers. Played God with their lives and their deaths, and was the best at his job - and he quit when the stress overwhelmed him. Now he lives in quiet isolation and works as a guide to tourists visiting the monuments...

The Two Most Important Days

How to Find Your Purpose - and Live a Happier, Healthier Life

by Sanjiv Chopra, Gina Vild
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017

What are the two most important days in your life? "The day you are born and the day you find out why," Mark Twain famously wrote. The search for happiness is hardwired in our DNA. It transcends age, gender, geography, vocation, and personal circumstances. But how do you achieve it? Through...

Poison Pills

The Untold Story of the Vioxx Drug Scandal

by Tom Nesi
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008

To the millions of Americans who suffer from chronic pain and arthritis, Vioxx seemed like a miracle. One of the most widely promoted and prescribed pain medications in the world -- used by more than twenty million people -- it was endorsed by the medical establishment and celebrities such as Olympic...

Home to Roost

A Backyard Farmer Chases Chickens Through the Ages

by Bob Sheasley
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008

Each day, Bob Sheasley leaves Lilyfield Farm and heads into the city. And each day, he brings along a basket of eggs for his coworkers at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Depending on the breed of hen, these eggs may be white, green, rose, blue, or as brown as chocolate. And they are all deliciously fresh,...

Security

Policing Your Homeland, Your State, Your City

by Howard Safir, Ellis Whitman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004

From counterterrorism to tracking criminals by satellite, Security gives an expert's tour of twenty-first-century law enforcement. Former NYPD commissioner Howard Safir reveals the tools, methods, and science that police officers use to reduce crime, and track and apprehend criminals, including surveillance,...
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