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In swift, witty chapters that flawlessly capture the pace and character of New York City, acclaimed diarist Ellis presents his masterpiece: a thorough and thoroughly readable history of America's largest metropolis.

From a trusted financial authority comes a lifetime guide to better mutual-fund investing. Breezy, readable, and organized, it will prove indispensable for investors of all levels of financial experience.

From the writer the "Washington Post" calls "the finest prose stylist in America, " a collection of masterly short fiction--his first in over 30 years.

Capitalism Vs. Capitalism" provides America with a blueprint for its future, examining the choices and explaining where the country stands now (in 1993), and what the new world economy will be based upon. Lightning Print on Demand Title

World-renowned competition strategist Porter and his colleagues explain why American assumptions about Japan have proved inaccurate, what this nation must do to come back, and what its journey can tell us about how to succeed in the global economy.

In this immensely readable book, noted cosmologist Rocky Kolb reveals the very human struggles of astronomy superstars seeking cosmic truths while lost in the clouds of confusion. Punctuated by the au

This fast-paced report of international corporate intrigue tells how battling airline giants marshal their resources to achieve their ends.

A female world-record-setting pilot, Jerrie Cobb was recruited in 1959 to take the astronaut tests. She excelled, so the doctor who supervised the selection of NASA's Mercury astronauts recruited additional female pilots. Twelve performed exceptionally. Stephanie Nolen tracked down eleven of the surviving "Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees" and learned the story of those early days of the space race and the disappointment when, in 1961, the women...

Two dozen of the nation's top experts answer the question: Can the melting pot work today, as it did in the past, to forge a new America?

Our nation's economic security is bound up in maintaining our trade with the rest of the world. America's global challenge in the 21st century will come from a new set of rising powers known as the Big Emerging Markets. From the former Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade comes a game plan for maintaining America's International preeminence by expanding our trade relationships with emerging powers such as China, India, and Brazil.

Algorithms increasingly run our lives. They find us books, movies, jobs, and dates, manage our investments, and discover new drugs. More and more, these algorithms work by learning from the trails of data we leave in our newly digital world. Like curious children, they observe us, imitate, and experiment. And in the world's top research labs and universities, the race is on to invent the ultimate learning algorithm: one capable of discovering ...

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The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.As prizewinning historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in A Mad Catastrophe , the doomed Austrian...

An exploration of racial identity and family, as seen through the lens of 10 Black families living in a predominantly white, affluent community

In the tradition of GODEL, ESCHER, BACH comes a profound and original book that looks at computers and shows the potential of these astounding machines to reshape what we think about and even how we think. Ranging widely over the history of ideas from Galileo to Darwin and beyond, AFTER THOUGHT will astonish and fascinate all of us who much come to terms with today's unstoppable computer revolution.

A superstar scholar reinterprets the historical significance of key figures in African-American history reveals their enduring relevance for a new generation.

This anthology of American antiwar writing--beginning with the War of 1812 to the present conflicts in the Middle East--covers the entire political spectrum and the complete history of U.S. wars.

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