Little Brown And Company : 1930 books
The China Mirage
The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
"Bradley is sharp and rueful, and a voice for a more seasoned, constructive vision of our international relations with East Asia." --Christian Science Monitor
James Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americans--including FDR's grandfather, Warren Delano--who in the 1800s made...
Unmanned
Drones, Data, and the Illusion of Perfect Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
UNMANNED is an in-depth examination of why seemingly successful wars never seem to end. The problem centers on drones, now accumulated in the thousands, the front end of a spying and killing machine that is disconnected from either security or safety.
Drones, however, are only part of the problem....
The Right Way to Lose a War
America in an Age of Unwinnable Conflicts
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Why has America stopped winning wars?
For nearly a century, up until the end of World War II in 1945, America enjoyed a Golden Age of decisive military triumphs. And then suddenly, we stopped winning wars. The decades since have been a Dark Age of failures and stalemates-in Korea, Vietnam,...
How We Fight
Crusades, Quagmires, and the American Way of War
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
Americans love war. We've never run from a fight. Our triumphs from the American Revolution to World War II define who we are as a nation and a people.
Americans hate war. Our leaders rush us into conflicts without knowing the facts or understanding the consequences. Korea, Vietnam, and now...
The Age of Light
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
"Rapturous and razor sharp all at once, The Age of Light fearlessly unzips anything we might know of Lee Miller as model and muse and recasts her as artist, free thinker and architect of a singular and unapologetic life. This novel sparks on every page." --Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling...
The Sun's Heartbeat
And Other Stories from the Life of the Star That Powers Our Planet
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
The beating heart of the sun is the very pulse of life on earth. And from the ancients who plotted its path at Stonehenge to the modern scientists who unraveled the nuclear fusion reaction that turns mass into energy, humankind has sought to solve its mysteries. In this lively biography of the sun,...
Zapped
From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
How much do you know about the radiation all around you?
Your electronic devices swarm with it; the sun bathes you in it. It's zooming at you from cell towers, microwave ovens, CT scans, mammogram machines, nuclear power plants, deep space, even the walls of your basement. You cannot see, hear,...
by Andrew Weil
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Everyone wants to be happy. But what does that really mean? Increasingly, scientific evidence shows us that true satisfaction and well-being come only from within.
Dr. Andrew Weil has proven that the best way to maintain optimum physical health is to draw on both conventional and alternative...
The Queens of Animation
The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019
"Richly detailed...Shines a welcome light on Disney's true heroines."
---Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures
From the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic...
Too Much of a Good Thing
How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Dean of Columbia University's medical school explains why our bodies are out of sync with today's environment and how we can correct this to save our health.
Over the past 200 years, human life-expectancy has approximately doubled. Yet we face soaring worldwide rates of obesity, diabetes, high...
You Can Stop Humming Now
A Doctor's Stories of Life, Death, and in Between
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
"Gripping, soaring, inspiring."--Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal
For readers of Atul Gawande and Jerome Groopman, a book of beautifully crafted stories about what life is like for patients kept alive by modern medical technology.
Modern medicine is a world that glimmers...
The Language God Talks
On Science and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
"More years ago than I care to reckon up, I met Richard Feynman." So begins THE LANGUAGE GOD TALKS, Herman Wouk's gem on navigating the divide between science and religion. In one rich, compact volume, Wouk draws on stories from his life as well as on key events from the 20th century to...
Redirect
Changing the Stories We Live By
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
"There are few academics who write with as much grace and wisdom as Timothy Wilson. REDIRECT is a masterpiece." -Malcolm Gladwell
What if there were a magic pill that could make you happier, turn you into a better parent, solve a number of your teenager's behavior problems, reduce...
Never Out of Season
How Having the Food We Want When We Want It Threatens Our Food Supply and Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
A Fast Food Nation for the foods we grow and depend on
The bananas we eat today aren't your parents' bananas: We eat a recognizable, consistent breakfast fruit that was standardized in the 1960s from dozens into one basic banana. But because of that, the banana we love is dangerously susceptible...