"All warfare is based on deception. Like so, when effective to attack, we must seem unable. Hold out bait to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him. If he is in enhanced strength, evade him. If your opponent is fast to anger, seek to irritate him. ...
Quick food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. This's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick together with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning.
Schlosser's ...
From the Pulitzer Award-winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullough brings a first-rate drama of the sweeping human undertaking this led to the creation of this grand enterprise.
The Path ...
Halsted was born to wealth and privilege in New York City in the mid-1800s. He attended the finest schools, but he was a ...
A bold and vital book this asks and answers the much urgent question of today: What Would Google Do?
In a book this's one part prophecy, one part thought experiment, one part manifesto, and one part survival manual, internet impresario and blogging pioneer Jeff Jarvis reverse-engineers Google—the ...