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It is not an exaggeration to say that the honey bee is the most well understood insect. We know more about Drosophila genetics, but our integrative understanding of that species pales in comparison to our understanding of every facet of honey bee biology. Despite the tremendous growth in our understanding of honey bee biology, the last comprehensive book on topic was published in 1987. In this book, Brian Johnson offers a comprehensive and up-...

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Seit über 40 Jahren ist Brian Johnson Sänger von AC/DC, der erfolgreichsten Hard-Rock-Band aller Zeiten. Erstmals erzählt er jetzt sein Leben - eine der unterhaltsamsten Geschichten der Rock'n'Roll-Geschichte überhaupt.Brian wuchs in bescheidenen Verhältnissen im Norden Englands auf - und schon früh stand für ihn fest: Er will Rocksänger werden. Über ein Jahrzehnt lang versuchte sich Brian Johnson später mit verschiedenen Bands einen Namen zu ...

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In the 1950s Marilyn Monroe became a box office sensation unlike any ever seen in Hollywood. She may be even more popular today. As the lyrics to Elton John's song Candle in the Wind put it: "Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did."Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her home at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive on the morning of August 5, 1962. She was just 36 years old. Her fans around the world still wonder if it was foul play or suici...

Brian Johnson, an investment professional with over 30 years of experience, a former university derivatives professor, and an author of four pioneering books on options, introduces his latest book: Trading Option Volatility. This new in-depth book represents a breakthrough in option valuation, which has profound implications for option strategy design, option and volatility trading, and even for calculating accurate and reliable option risk me...

In the first book of its kind, an acclaimed futurist gives readers the tools they need to envision and create the future they want. If you're like most people, thinking about tomorrow makes you anxious. You may have dreams of what you want to do or where you want to be in the next few months, years, or decade, but you're fearful because you don't know what may await. Unfortunately, this apprehension affects how you make decisions today—the ki...

Brian Johnson's memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott, the lead singer of one of the world biggest rock acts, AC/DC. They would record their first album together, the iconic Back in Black, which would become the biggest selling rock album of all time.Brian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII veteran father and an Italian mother, growing up in New Castle Upon Tyne, England, a wo...

This book provides a comprehensive summary of research to date in the field of stable iron isotope geochemistry. Since research began in this field 20 years ago, the field has grown to become one of the major research fields in "non-traditional" stable isotope geochemistry. This book reviews all aspects of the field, from low-temperature to high-temperature processes, biological processes, and cosmochemical processes. It provides a detailed hi...

America's economy does not currently live up to our country's core values. We are a nation founded on the ideals of coming together across differences to forge a common future. Yet over the past fifty years, our economy has been pulling us apart at unprecedented rates. By allowing top income earners and the wealthiest Americans to hoard wealth like almost never before, we belie what makes our country great. This is a threat to our well-being, ...

On the tumultuous eve of the sixteenth century, as Girolamo Savonarola preached apocalypse in the cathedral of Florence and his protégé, the neoplatonic philosopher Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, breathed his last under mysterious circumstances, all while the army of a French king marched on the Italian peninsula, an anonymous Roman scrivener was putting the finishing touches on his masterwork. But it was neither an illuminated book of hours n...

A collection of poems commenting on the absurdities of modern life, the beauty of relationships - both brief and enduring, the tyranny of conventional wisdom and the wonder of all things.

Millions of Beatles fans were stunned when the news broke on December 8, 1980 that John Lennon had been slain in front of his apartment in New York City. He was just 40 years old. In The Other Side of John Lennon journalist Brian Harker Johnson initiates contact with the British songwriter through internationally-known medium Denise Lescano. The result is a spirit biography in which Lennon describes what happened on the night he was shot and w...

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It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The Lives of Brian. That AC/DC's legendary front man got to do it all is one of the most cheering and entertaining stories in rock 'n'roll history.The son of a British army sergeant-major and Italian mother, Brian grew up in Dunston, Tyne and Wear, as it emerged from the shadow of the Second World War. Then he saw Little Richard on the BBC and it changed the cours...

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