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Captain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance in this new thriller from international bestselling author Cornwell.

Featuring insights from a wide range of disciplines and a number of esteemed scholars, this volume explores cultural contexts that explain origins and changes in political economic interests and values.

Featuring insights from a wide range of disciplines and a number of esteemed scholars, this volume explores cultural contexts that explain origins and changes in political economic interests and values.

What it means to be human-and a mother-is put to the test in Carole Stivers' debut novel set in a world that is more chilling and precarious than ever. It's 2049, and the survival of the human race is at risk. Earth's inhabitants must turn to their last resort: a plan to place genetically engineered children inside the cocoons of large-scale robots-to be incubated, birthed, and raised by machines. But there is yet one hope of preserving the hu...

For a limited time, receive a free Fodor's Guide to Safe and Healthy Travel e-book with the purchase of this guidebook! Go to fodors.com for details.With its fascinating history, incomparable culinary landscape, and blossoming art scene, Mexico City has become one of the most sought-after destinations for the hip, curious traveler. Fodor's brand-new guidebook, Inside Mexico City, touches on the top tourist sights, from the Zócalo to the Frida ...

The humorous and heartfeltautobiographical comic essay of an otaku manga artist! Follow her journey as shelearns the ins and outs of pregnancy and childbirth.

Many Americans assume that the country was founded by skeptics of ¿big government, ¿ who saw minimal state power as freedom¿s prerequisite. Annelien de Dijn takes on this myth. In fact, this was the view not of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century revolutionaries who created modern democracies, but of their critics and opponents.

With my jingle in your brain, Allow the Bridge to arch again"How are we to understand Leonard Cohen's plea? Who speaks to whom in this oeuvre spanning six decades? In search of an answer to this question this study considers the different guises or "demons" that the Canadian singer-songwriter adopts. The countless roles assumed by Cohen's personas are not some innocent game, but strategies in response to the sometimes con¿icting demands of a "...

The Israeli army, officially named the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), was established in 1948 by David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, who believed that ‘the whole nation is the army’. In his mind, the IDF was to be an army like no other. It was the instrument that might transform a diverse population into a new people. Since the foundation of Israel, therefore, the IDF has been the largest, richest and most influential institution in...

This book presents innovative studies of material images and asks how an appreciation of the making and unfolding of images alters archaeological accounts of prehistoric and historic societies.

One of the 21st century's most brilliant sociologists confronts his own mortality.

A dazzling, epic biography of Levon Helm--the beloved, legendary drummer and singer of the Band.

A new SF horror novel from the award-winning writer of "Veep, Brass Eye" and "The Thick Of It". A woman wakes up in a train carriage full of the dead, in an apocalyptic future.

A masterpiece of eco-fiction from an acclaimed German author making his English-language debut

In Bundini: Don't Believe The Hype, Todd Snyder digs deep into Drew "Bundini" Brown's expansive story, revealing not only how he became Muhammad Ali's confidant and "hype man, " but also, as boxing's greatest motivator, how he became a model for others who seek to inspire, in any endeavor.

Archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family track an unknown killer in a rugged canyon on the remote western edge of Mesa Verde National Park.

Starred Review on Library Journal! USA Today bestselling author and Agatha Award winner Amanda Flower brings charm and intrigue to her first cozy mystery for Hallmark.Darby Piper is in shock. A seasoned female detective, she worked with Samantha Porter at the Two Girls Detective Agency. Now, Samantha is dead, and it doesn't look like an accident. In fact, evidence is pointing toward Darby. Darby had expected to inherit Samantha's half of the a...

From garage rock to Greta Gerwig, Jason Diamond asks us to reconsider the creative potential of the American suburb as he leads us down the cul-de-sac and out again.

As the twentieth century roared on, transformative technologies-from trains, trams, and automobiles to radios and loudspeakers-fundamentally changed the sounds of the Egyptian streets. The cacophony of everyday life grew louder, and the Egyptian press featured editorials calling for the regulation of not only mechanized and amplified sounds, but also the voices of street vendors, the music of wedding processions, and even the traditional funer...

Séances, clairvoyance, and telepathy captivated public imagination in the United States from the 1850s well into the twentieth century. Though skeptics dismissed these experiences as delusions, a new kind of investigator emerged to seek the science behind such phenomena. With new technologies like the telegraph collapsing the boundaries of time and space, an explanation seemed within reach. As Americans took up psychical experiments in their h...