Times Books imprint: 208 books
The Tending Instinct
Women, Men, and the Biology of Nurturing
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
A groundbreaking work that reveals how the instinct to "tend and befriend" is vital for human society.
In times of crisis and upheaval, our responses to stress become especially important. We have long heard about the "fight or flight" response, but renowned psychologist...
Benjamin Harrison
The American Presidents Series: The 23rd President, 1889-1893
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
The scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big government
Politics was in Benjamin Harrison's blood. His great-grandfather signed the Declaration and his grandfather, William Henry Harrison, was the ninth president of the United States. Harrison, a leading Indiana lawyer, became...
by Wang Wei
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
From The Long March, through guerrilla war with the Japanese, to the victory against the Nationalist forces, the story of the PLA is the story of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Chinese Military Library title The Chinese People's Liberation Army relates the complete history of...
by Gao Xiaoxing, Weng Saifei, Zhou Dehua
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
The PLA Navy is a history of modern China's naval forces, combined with a technical description of the makeup, equipment and missions of the Navy. The book begins with the founding of the Navy, and relates initial successes in the battle for the Yijiangshan Islands. Further milestones round out the...
by Wang Gao
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Confucian Filiality is a wide-ranging work of scholarship on the role of filial piety in the Confucian value system. Gao approaches this core element of Confucian ethics with a fresh approach, synthesizing the classical Chinese research model and modern methodologies. Gao's analysis of Confucian filial...
The Balance Within
The Science Connecting Health and Emotions
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2001
Since ancient times humans have felt intuitively that emotions and health are linked, and recently there has been much popular speculation about this notion. But until now, without compelling evidence, it has been impossible to say for sure that such a connection really exists and especially how it...
by Lu Xiaoping, Ma Quan, Li Xiaosong
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
The Chinese Military Library volume The PLA Air Force tells the complete history of China's air force. In addition, the book provides detailed information on the PLAAF's composition, equipment, and peacetime missions. A separate section relates the history of the PLAAF's women pilots.The PLAAF was...
Zachary Taylor
The American Presidents Series: The 12th President, 1849-1850
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2008
The rough-hewn general who rose to the nation's highest office, and whose presidency witnessed the first political skirmishes that would lead to the Civil War
Zachary Taylor was a soldier's soldier, a man who lived up to his nickname, "Old Rough and Ready." Having risen through the...
Millard Fillmore
The American Presidents Series: The 13th President, 1850-1853
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
The oddly named president whose shortsightedness and stubbornness fractured the nation and sowed the seeds of civil war
In the summer of 1850, America was at a terrible crossroads. Congress was in an uproar over slavery, and it was not clear if a compromise could be found. In the midst of the...
by Stephen Kinzer
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A joint biography of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles, who led the United States into an unseen war that decisively shaped today's world
During the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the United States into a series of foreign adventures whose effects...
by Kim Ghattas
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
The first inside account to be published about Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state, anchored by Ghattas's own perspective and her quest to understand America's place in the world
In November 2008, Hillary Clinton agreed to work for her former rival. As President Barack Obama's secretary...
Martin Van Buren
The American Presidents Series: The 8th President, 1837-1841
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2005
The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy
The first "professional politician" to become president, the slick and dandyish Martin Van Buren was to all appearances the opposite of his predecessor, the rugged general and Democratic...
Lessons in Disaster
McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
A revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, drawing on the insights and reassessments of one of the war's architects
"I had a part in a great failure. I made mistakes of perception, recommendation and execution. If I have learned anything I should share...
Gerald R. Ford
The American Presidents Series: The 38th President, 1974-1977
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2007
The "accidental" president whose innate decency and steady hand restored the presidency after its greatest crisis
When Gerald R. Ford entered the White House in August 1974, he inherited a presidency tarnished by the Watergate scandal, the economy was in a recession, the Vietnam War...