-Titulo Original : Smokejumper A Memoir By One Of Americas Most Select Airborne Firefighters-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: From the Back Cover A Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association BestsellerIn a firestorm, nothing is safe: sand turns to glass, metal runs like water, wood and human beings vanish into ash.Enter a world of breathtaking danger and beauty: In this remarkable memoir, veteran smokejumper Jason Ramos offers a rare inside look at the lives of airborne firefighters, the select few who parachute into the most rugged and remote wild areas to battle nature’s blazes. Featuring a foreword by author John Maclean (Fire on the Mountain), Ramos’s unforgettable firsthand account takes readers into his exhilarating and daring world. A Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association bestsellerA fascinating look (Esquire) inside the world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature’s blazes.Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every year - record drought conditions, decades of forestry mismanagement, and the increasing encroachment of residential housing into the wilderness have combined to create a powder keg that threatens millions of acres and thousands of lives every year. One select group of men and women are part of Americas front-line defense: smokejumpers. The smokejumper program operates through both the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Though they are tremendously skilled and only highly experienced and able wildland firefighters are accepted into the training program, being a smokejumper remains an art that can only be learned on the job. Forest fires often behave in unpredictable ways: spreading almost instantaneously, shooting downhill behind a stiff tailwind, or even flowing like a liquid. In this extraordinarily rare memoir by an active-duty jumper, Jason Ramos takes readers into his exhilarating and dangerous world, explores smokejumping’s remarkable history, and explains why their services are more essential than ever before. Review “A fascinating look at the men and women who devote their lives to this service.” - Esquire “[A] touching and fast-paced memoir... written with precision and perspective, sometimes with a touch of poetry. ... A fun and valuable read for anyone seeking to learn more about those who are willing to risk their lives to battle such deadly infernos.” - Washington Post“You think your job’s hard? Jason Ramos and his colleagues parachute into the wilderness in order to save nature from going up in flames. He takes readers into the world of smokejumping, which has become more important as drought in America becomes more widespread.” - MensJournal , a ”Best Books of the Month” selection“Jason Ramos’s Smokejumper is a rousing personal adventure story, a nutshell history of the great wildland fires, and insider’s brief for making smokejumpers more relevant on today’s fire line.” - John N. Maclean, author of Fire on the Mountain“Jason Ramos weaves personal experiences, smokejumper history, fire science, and fire operations into a fascinating book. It is a must read for all firefighters as well as any American who lives or recreates in or near wildfire prone areas.” - Larry Lufkin, son of Francis Lufkin, Smokejumper NCSB 40, 46, 48-50, MSO 42-44“Nothing can ever measure up to the sound of engines roaring as you step out into the cold air, into harm’s way--to the smell of smoke and the endless beauty of the western mountains of America. Jason Ramos brings all that alive in this book.” - Bill Furman, CEO, Greenbrier Companies, Inc., Smokejumper NCSB 62-67A Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association bestseller - -“Compelling. ... A fast-paced, eye-opening read.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune“Interwoven with his exciting adventures on fires throughout the west, Jason educates the reader about the art of firefighting, the smokejumper culture, and the human tragedies associated with his 26-year firefi...

-Titulo Original : No Time To Spare-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts-always adroit, often acerbic-on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation.Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: “If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.”On cultural perceptions of fantasy: “The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?”On breakfast: “Eating an egg from the shell takes not only practice, but resolution, even courage, possibly willingness to commit crime.”Ursula K. Le Guin took readers to imaginary worlds for decades. In the last great frontier of life, old age, she explored a new literary territory: the blog, a forum where she shined. The collected best of Ursula’s blog, No Time to Spare presents perfectly crystallized dispatches on what mattered to her late in life, her concerns with the world, and her wonder at it: “How rich we are in knowledge, and in all that lies around us yet to learn. Billionaires, all of us.”“The pages sparkle with lines that make a reader glance up, searching for an available ear with which to share them.” - Melissa Febos, New York Times Book Review“Witty . . . deeply observed.” - USA Today “A book that truly does matter.” - Houston Chronicle Review Praise for NO TIME TO SPARE Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Related Book Winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay A TimeOut Book to Cozy Up to This December A Real Simple Best Book to Read in December A Bustle Best Book to Read in December One of Southern Livings Unputdownable Reads to Curl Up with in December A Harpers Bazaar Best New Book to Read in December A Most Anticipated Title of the Fall from Vulture A PopSugar Must-Read Book for December A Book Riot Must-Read Book for December A Wired Must-Read Summer Title “The trivially personal is a chief pleasure of this collection...The pages sparkle with lines that make a reader glance up, searching for an available ear with which to share them...‘Words are my skein of yarn, my lump of wet clay, my block of uncarved wood,’ [Le Guin] explains, and then quietly astounds us with the carving.”-Melissa Febos, The New York Times Book Review “This delightful book [is] inquisitive and stroppily opinionated in equal measure…In even these miscellanies, composed in [Le Guin’s] off hours, the sentences are perfectly balanced and the language chosen with care. After all, she writes, ‘Words are my matter-my stuff.’ And it’s through their infinite arrangements…that Ms. Le Guin’s extraordinary imaginary worlds have been built and shared.”-Wall Street Journal Witty, often deeply observed...Le Guin has a well-ordered mind...If she’s arrived at a crabby old age, as she puts it, it’s inspired her to be engagingly mindful of everything around her. -USA Today “There are shades of Adrienne Rich here…At the end of ‘No Time to Spare,’ having enjoyed all the Annals of Pard and the Steinbeck anecdotes, the stories about the Oregon desert and the musings on belief, all I could think was: I want Le Guin to keep going, on and on. I want to read more.”-Michelle Dean, The Los Angeles Times “‘No Time to Spare,’ deriving from Le Guin’s online essays, covers just about anything that crosses her mind, from lit biz to cats to the Oregon landscape…Might there be truth to the commonplace that science fiction writers are prophets?...A year ago I argued that Le Guin deserved a Nobel Prize in literature. In fact - what a fantasy! - she ought to be running the country.”-The Washington Post The pages pop with life, even as Le Guin, ever sassy, reckons with the toils of aging. She finds herself busier than ever, cramming in as much as she can. The best bits are the interludes for Pard, her new black-and-white cat. Young when she’s old, spry when she’s stiff, he exists in twinkling counterpoise-especially when he’s time-travel...

-Titulo Original : The Diary Of Anais Nin, Vol. 1 1931-1934-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: About the Author ANAÏS NIN (1903-1977) was born in Paris and aspired at an early age to be a writer. An influential artist and thinker, she was the author of several novels, short stories, critical studies, a collection of essays, nine published volumes of her Diary, and two volumes of erotica, Delta of Venus and Little Birds. The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 is the first in a nine volume series in the influential artist and thinkers own words, covering the time when Nin is about to publish her first book and ends when she leaves Paris for New York. One of the most remarkable diaries in the history of letters.-Los Angeles TimesAs unique a literary memoir as has been published...lyrical, and singularly potent.-Village VoiceEdited and with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann...

-Titulo Original : The Yellow House Van Gogh, Gauguin, And Nine Turbulent Weeks In Provence-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: From October to December of 1888, Paul Gauguin shared a yellow house in the south of France with Vincent van Gogh. They were the odd couple of the art world -- one calm, the other volatile -- and the denouement of their living arrangement was explosive. Making use of new evidence and Van Gogh’s voluminous correspondence, Martin Gayford describes not only how these two hallowed artists painted and exchanged ideas, but also the texture of their everyday lives. Gayford also makes a persuasive analysis of Van Gogh’s mental illness -- the probable bipolar affliction that led him to commit suicide at the age of thirty-seven. The Yellow House is a singular biographical work, as dramatic and vibrant as the work of these brilliant artists. Review “Offers fascinating interpretations of the work that came out of the short, stormy conjunction of their lives.” - Entertainment Weekly “Gives the reader renewed appreciation for the darkness of Van Goghs mental state and the brilliance of his artistic achievement.” - Chicago Tribune “Informative and entertaining.” - New Yorker “Brings fresh insights into the personalities and work of this odd couple of art.” - Los Angeles Times - About the Author Martin Gayford was educated at Cambridge University and the Courtauld Institute of the University of London. He is the coeditor of The Grove Book of Art Writing and was the chief art critic for Bloomberg Europe. Gayford lives in Cambridge, England...

-Titulo Original : Three Days In January Dwight Eisenhowers Final Mission (three Days Series)-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: About the Author Bret Baier is the chief political anchor for Fox News Channel and the anchor and executive editor of Special Report with Bret Baier. He previously served as Chief White House Correspondent for Fox News Channel and as the network’s National Security Correspondent based at the Pentagon, reporting on military and national security affairs. A recipient of the National Press Foundation’s Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, Baier is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Three Days at the Brink: FDR’s Daring Gamble to Win WWII; Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire; Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower’s Final Mission; and Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love. He lives with his family in Washington, DC.Catherine Whitney has written or collaborated on more than twenty-five books, including Framing a Life: A Family Memoir with Geraldine Ferraro and Guilty: The Collapse of Criminal Justice with the late Judge Harold J. Rothwax. The blockbuster #1 national bestseller, now updated with a new preface and postcript: Bret Baier, the Chief Political Anchor for Fox News Channel and the Anchor and Executive Editor of Special Report with Bret Baier, illuminates the extraordinary yet underappreciated presidency of Dwight Eisenhower by taking readers into Ike’s last days in power.In Three Days in January, Bret Baier masterfully casts the period between Eisenhower’s now-prophetic farewell address on the evening of January 17, 1961, and Kennedy’s inauguration on the afternoon of January 20 as the closing act of one of modern America’s greatest leaders-during which Eisenhower urgently sought to prepare both the country and the next president for the challenges ahead.Those three days in January 1961, Baier shows, were the culmination of a lifetime of service that took Ike from rural Kansas to West Point, to the battlefields of World War II, and finally to the Oval Office. When he left the White House, Dwight Eisenhower had done more than perhaps any other modern American to set the nation, in his words, “on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment.”On January 17, Eisenhower spoke to the nation in one of the most remarkable farewell speeches in U.S. history. Ike looked to the future, warning Americans against the dangers of elevating partisanship above national interest, excessive government budgets (particularly deficit spending), the expansion of the military-industrial complex, and the creeping political power of special interests. Seeking to ready a new generation for power, Eisenhower intensely advised the forty-three-year-old Kennedy before the inauguration. Baier also reveals how Eisenhower’s two terms changed America forever for the better, and demonstrates how today Ike offers us the model of principled leadership that polls say is so missing in politics. Three Days in January forever makes clear that Eisenhower, an often forgotten giant of U.S. history, still offers vital lessons for our own time and stands as a lasting example of political leadership at its most effective and honorable. Review “Bret Baier has given history a great gift: a riveting account of Dwight Eisenhower’s determination to call on his vast experience to prepare America for the perils of the new war--the cold war.” - Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation“Captures the essence of Ike’s leadership style. Through stories and the keen observations at the time, Baier makes Ike’s world view and philosophy come to life. Three Days in January is a great read.” - Susan Eisenhower, CEO and Chairman of The Eisenhower Group, Inc. and Chairman Emeritus at the Eisenhower Institute of Gettysburg College“Bret Baier’s Three Days in January brilliantly illuminates the genius and intrigue behind Eisenhower’s historic Farewell Address. Written with verve and deeply researched, Baier ably dissects fact from myth. A...

-Titulo Original : With Head And Heart The Autobiography Of Howard Thurman-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. With Head And HeartBy Howard ThurmanHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing CompanyCopyright © 1979 Howard ThurmanAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-0-15-697648-0ContentsTitle Page, Table of Contents, Copyright, Dedication, Illustrations, Acknowledgments, I Beginnings, II Years in Training, 1. Morehouse, 2. Rochester, III Launching a Career, 1. Oberlin, 2. Haverford and Morehouse, 3. Howard, IV Crossing the Great Divide-India, V The Bold Adventure-San Francisco, Photos, VI The Weaving of a Single Tapestry, 1. Boston: One, 2. Boston: Two, 3. Africa, VII The Written Word, VIII Mind-Grazing, IX The Binding Commitment, Index, CHAPTER 1BeginningsAt the end of my first year at the Rochester Theological Seminary, I became assistant to the minister of the First Baptist Church of Roanoke, Virginia. I was to assume the duties as pastor during the month that the minister and his family were away on vacation. I would be on my own. On my first night alone in the parsonage, I was awakened by the telephone. The head nurse of the local Negro hospital asked, May I speak with Dr. James? I told her he was away. Dr. James is the hospital chaplain, she explained. There is a patient here who is dying. Hes asking for a minister. Are you a minister?In one kaleidoscopic moment I was back again at an old crossroad. A decision of vocation was to be made here, and I felt again the ambivalence of my life and my calling. Finally, I answered. Yes, I am a minister.Please hurry, she said, or youll be too late.In a few minutes I was on my way, but in my excitement and confusion I forgot to take my Bible. At the hospital, the nurse took me immediately into a large ward. The dread curtain was around the bed. She pulled it aside and directed me to stand opposite her. The sick mans eyes were half closed, his mouth open, his breathing labored. The nurse leaned over and, calling him by name, said, The minister is here.Slowly he sought to focus his eyes first on her, and then on me. In a barely audible voice he said, Do you have something to say to a man who is dying? If you have, please say it, and say it in a hurry.I bowed my head, closed my eyes. There were no words. I poured out the anguish of my desperation in one vast effort. I felt physically I was straining to reach God. At last, I whispered my Amen.We opened our eyes simultaneously as he breathed, Thank you. I understand. He died with his hand in mine.My father had died seventeen years earlier, in 1907. Those moments in the hospital had rekindled the new memory of the hurt and fear of a seven-year-old boy. Death was well known in our community. We did not know the cause or cure of typhoid fever. All we knew was that every summer there would be a regular death toll of typhoid victims. The course of the disease was as familiar as the distant but steady roar of the Atlantic Ocean, sounding across the Halifax River: first, the sick feeling and the depression; then, mounting fever; finally, the smell of the sickroom. Doctors could do little, but we used many techniques to break the fever. Sometimes we bathed the body with cold wet cloths, or wrapped it in large leaves stripped from the Pomerchristian plant. When all of these ministrations failed - as almost always they did - the word was whispered that we will soon know one way or the other. A stillness pervaded the sickroom and settled round the entire house like a fog. Children were no longer permitted to play in the yard or in front on the street. Waiting. Waiting. Life came to a long moment of pause, for hours, sometimes days. Waiting. Waiting. Each was wondering, How long? How long?At last, suddenly, the children would start to play again, communicating the joy of recovery, or one heard the crying and wailing of the women as their men stood mute. Either way, the crisis had passed. But parents had still other dangers to worry them. Which of us would drown in the quarry, where we w...

-Titulo Original : This House Of Sky Landscapes Of A Western Mind-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: A haunting, magnificently written memoir by Ivan Doig about growing up in the American West Ivan Doig grew up in the rugged wilderness of western Montana among the sheepherders and denizens of small-town saloons and valley ranches. What he deciphers from his past with piercing clarity is not only a raw sense of land and how it shapes us but also of the ties to our mothers and fathers, to those who love us, and our inextricable connection to those who shaped our values in our search for intimacy, independence, love, and family. A powerfully told story, This House of Sky is at once especially American and universal in its ability to awaken a longing for an explicable past. About the Author Ivan Doig (1939-2015) was born in Montana and grew up along the Rocky Mountain Front, the dramatic landscape that has inspired much of his writing. A recipient of a lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association, he is the author of fifteen novels and four works of nonfiction...

-Titulo Original : Iron Empires Robber Barons, Railroads, And The Making Of Modern America-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: “Engrossing… [Hiltzik is] an able narrator, with an eye for telling detail.”-New York Times Book ReviewFrom Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Hiltzik, the epic tale of the clash for supremacy between America’s railroad titans. In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America’s railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks, and visionaries. The vicious competition between empire builders such as Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, J. P. Morgan, and E. H. Harriman sparked stock market frenzies, panics, and crashes; provoked strikes that upended the relationship between management and labor; transformed the nation’s geography; and culminated in a ferocious two-man battle that shook the nation’s financial markets to their foundations and produced dramatic, lasting changes in the interplay of business and government. Spanning four decades and featuring some of the most iconic figures of the Gilded Age, Iron Empires reveals how the robber barons drove the country into the twentieth century-and almost sent it off the rails. Review “Engrossing… [Hiltzik is] an able narrator, with an eye for telling detail.”-New York Times Book Review An accomplished journalist with a knack for storytelling, Mr Hiltzik delves into dense financial details to present an engaging read about the beginnings of America Inc. -The Economist “Hiltzik examines the rise and fall of the American railroad industry in this colorful, wide-ranging account… Hiltzik writes with verve, providing meaningful insights into the shocking inequalities of the Gilded Age. Business history buffs will be enthralled by this character-driven account.”-Publishers Weekly “Lively storytelling and accessible writing makes Hiltzik’s work suitable for all types of readers interested in railroad history.”-Library Journal “Iron Empires is a grand story well told.”-Washington Independent Review of Books “Unbridled ambition, greed, corruption, ‘creative destruction,’ and a bit of conscience-Michael Hiltzik’s vivid account of the railroad barons in the Gilded Age shows us the workings of unbridled capitalism at its zenith (or nadir, as the case may be). The names Morgan, Harriman, Pullman, Hill, Villard, Rockefeller will forever be associated with creating America’s first great infrastructure and making America ‘modern.’”-Gordon H. Chang, author of Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad Were the railroad barons of the 19th century great entrepreneurs in the American spirit who built a remarkable network of railroads? Or were they robbers who fleeced local people and passengers alike? In this superb and comprehensive book, Hiltzik lets you decide, with the help of a few hints.-Christian Wolmar, author of the The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America “This prodigiously researched book tells the fascinating stories of the railroad barons who did so much to build America, not only through their vision and genius, but also through their cunning and ruthlessness. Hiltzik’s brilliant narrative - of power and plutocrats - often bears uncanny parallels to what’s happening in America today.”-Steven Greenhouse, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor About the Author MICHAEL HILTZIK is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who has covered business, technology, and public policy for the Los Angeles Times for three decades. He currently serves as the Times’s business columnist and hosts its business blog, The Economy Hub. Hiltzik received the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for articles exposing corruption in the entertainment industry. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two children...

-Titulo Original : Hunting Eichmann How A Band Of Survivors And A Young Spy Agency Chased Down The Worlds Most Notorious Nazi-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: New York Times best-selling author Neal Bascombs Hunting Eichmann is the first complete narrative of the pursuit and capture of SS Nazi officer and Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann.A fantastic true spy story.-Associated PressWhen the Allies stormed Berlin in the last days of the Third Reich, Adolf Eichmann shed his SS uniform and vanished. Following his escape from two American POW camps, his retreat into the mountains and out of Europe, and his path to an anonymous life in Buenos Aires, his pursuers are a bulldog West German prosecutor, a blind Argentinean Jew and his beautiful daughter, and a budding, ragtag spy agency called the Mossad, whose operatives have their own scores to settle (and whose rare surveillance photographs are published here for the first time). The capture of Eichmann and the efforts by Israeli agents to secret him out of Argentina to stand trial is the stunning conclusion to this thrilling historical account, told with the kind of pulse-pounding detail that rivals anything youd find in great spy fiction. Includes Mossads Rare Surveillance Photographs Review “A riveting and passionate account of one of history’s most fascinating-and morally significant-secret operations. Neal Bascomb has utilized recently declassified documents to add vivid detail to this stirring episode in the struggle for justice for the victims of genocide.”-Michael Oren, author of Six Days of War: June 1967 and The Making of the Modern Middle East“There’s no greater satisfaction than seeing someone guilty of great evil being brought to justice, and few people in history have been guilty of more than Adolf Eichmann. Neal Bascomb tells the story of his capture with great verve and a novelist’s eye for suspense.”-Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold’s Ghost and Bury the Chains“Admirably researched and relentlessly paced, Hunting Eichmann brings us closer to the manhunt for the Holocaust’s architect than we’ve ever come before. A strangely affecting nonfiction thriller.”-Stephan Talty, author of Empire of Blue Water“Deeply researched... reads like a thriller.” -Philadelphia Inquirer“Chilling, authoritative and timely . . . An exhaustive, well-researched volume that supersedes prior accounts.” -Washington Times - About the Author NEAL BASCOMB is the national award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of The Winter Fortress, Hunting Eichmann, The Perfect Mile,Higher, The Nazi Hunters, and Red Mutiny, among others. A former international journalist, he is a widely recognized speaker on the subject of war and has appeared in a number of documentaries. He lives in Philadelphia. For more information, visit ://nealbascomb or find him on Twitter at @nealbascomb. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. The man from bus 203 was late. For three weeks now the team tracking him had watched their target return from work to his small brick bunker of a house on Garibaldi Street. Every night was the same: At 7:40 p.m., bus 203 stopped at the kiosk on the narrow highway 110 yards from the corner of Garibaldi Street; the man exited the bus; another passenger, a woman, also exited at the same stop. They separated. Sometimes the man stopped at the kiosk for a pack of cigarettes, but this never took more than a minute. Then he crossed the street and walked toward his house. If a car approached, he turned on his flashlight - one end red, the other white - to signal his presence. When he reached his property, he circled the house once before entering, as if checking that all was secure. Inside, he greeted his wife and young son, lit a few additional kerosene lamps, and then sat down for dinner. He was a man of precise routines and schedules. His predictability made him vulnerable. But on this night, Wednesday, May 11, 1960, 7:40 passed, and neither bus 203 nor the man was in sight. The team waited in two cars. One black Chevrolet sedan was parked o...

-Titulo Original : Strange Angel The Otherworldly Life Of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: Now a CBS All Access series created by Mark Heyman with executive producer Ridley Scott. ROCKET SCIENTIST KILLED IN PASADENA EXPLOSIONscreamed the headline of the Los Angeles Times. John Parsons, a maverick rocketeer who helped transform the rocket from a derided sci-fi plot line into a reality, was at first mourned as a scientific prodigy. But reporters soon uncovered a more shocking story: Parsons had been a devotee of black magic. George Pendle re-creates the world of John Parsons in this dazzling portrait of prewar superstition, cold war paranoia, and futuristic possibility. Fueled by childhood dreams of space flight, Parsons was a leader of the motley band of enthusiastic young men who founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a cornerstone of the American space program. But Parsonss wild imagination also led him into the occult- for if he could make rocketry a reality, why not magic? With a cast of characters including Howard Hughes, L. Ron Hubbard, and Robert Heinlein, Strange Angel explores the unruly consequences of genius. Review PRAISE FOR STRANGE ANGEL “Pendle weaves a fascinating yarn . . . he deftly and seemingly effortlessly leads his readers through the technical aspects of Parsons work. You dont have to be a rocket scientist to enjoy it.” -The Seattle Times “Pasadenas famous Craftsman mansions disgorge their ghosts in this rambunctiously funny, deliriously weird, and incredibly true story of a space-science pioneer turned lustful witch.” -Mike Davis, author of City of Quatrz “As a history of space travel, Strange Angel is a cornerstone. This is your book if you want to start reading up on the space age. Highly recommended.” -Ray Bradbury - From the Back Cover Forget geek stereotypes. Parsonss life seems straight out of a Hollywood thriller. . . . Pendles book leaves us with a taste of geniuss energy and fragility. -- Los Angeles MagazineROCKET SCIENTIST KILLED IN PASADENA EXPLOSION screamed the headline of the Los Angeles Times. John Parsons, a maverick rocketeer who helped transform the rocket from a derided sci-fi plotline into a reality, was at first mourned as a scientific prodigy. But reporters soon uncovered a more shocking story: Parsons had been a devotee of black magic.In this dazzling portrait of prewar superstition, cold war paranoia, and futuristic possibility, George Pendle re-creates the world of John Parsons, leader of the motley band of enthusiastic young men who founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a cornerstone of the American space program. With a cast of characters including Howard Hughes, L. Ron Hubbard, and Robert Heinlein, Strange Angel explores the unruly consequences of genius.[Pendle] depicts Parsons short, spectacular life as akin to one of his early rocket tests - a brilliant flash, a quick soar, and an inevitable, erratic fizzle back to Earth. Pendle weaves a fascinating yarn, reaching from the earliest sci-fi dreams of manned spaceflight to the real-life trial-and-error process that would eventually make it possible. --Seattle TimesGEORGE PENDLE writes about science, art, and culture for the Times (London), the Sunday Times, and the Financial Times, among other publications. He lives in New York City. About the Author GEORGE PENDLE writes about science, art, and culture for the Times (London), the Sunday Times, and the Financial Times, among other publications. He lives in New York City. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. ParadiseThe paradox implausible, the illusion that must be seen to be believed.-Ray Bradbury, Los Angeles Is the Best Place in America In December 1913 Ruth and Marvel Parsons left the ice and snow of the East for what they hoped would be a new future. Woodrow Wilson had recently been declared the twenty-eighth president, and while all Europe watched the increasing tensions in the Balkans, many Americans were turning their backs on the Old World and lookin...

-Titulo Original : The Borgias And Their Enemies 1431-1519-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: This colorful history of a powerful family brings the world they lived in-the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance-to life and is simply unputdownable (New York Times Book Review).The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI, was the central figure of the dynasty. Two of his seven papal offspring also rose to power and fame-Lucrezia Borgia, his daughter, whose husband was famously murdered by her brother, and that brother, Cesare, who served as the model for Niccolo Machiavellis The Prince. Notorious for seizing power, wealth, land, and titles through bribery, marriage, and murder, the dynastys dramatic rise from its Spanish roots to its occupation of the highest position in Renaissance society forms a gripping tale. Erudite, witty, and always insightful, Hibbert removes the layers of myth around the Borgia family and creates a portrait alive with his superb sense of character and place. Review PRAISE FOR CHRISTOPHER HIBBERT [A] superbly scrupulous and sympathetic interpreter.-The Boston Globe Simply unputdown-able.-The New York Times Book Review - About the Author Christopher Hibbert has written more than fifty acclaimed books, including The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici and Rome: The Biography of a City. A leading popular historian whose works reflect meticulous scholarship, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is married with three children and lives in Oxfordshire. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. - Chapter 1 - The Crumbling City Oh God, how pitiable is Rome YOU MUST HAVE heard of this city from others, wrote a visitor to Rome in the middle of the fifteenth century. There are many splendid palaces, houses, tombs and temples here, and infinite numbers of other edifices, but they are all in ruins. There is much porphyry and marble from ancient buildings but every day these marbles are destroyed in a scandalous fashion by being burned to make lime. And what is modern is poor stuff. . . . The men of today, who call themselves Romans, are very different in bearing and conduct from the ancient inhabitants. . . . They all look like cowherds. Other visitors wrote of moss-covered statues, of defaced and indecipherable inscriptions, of parts within the walls that look like thick woods or caves where forest animals were wont to breed, of deer and hares being caught in the streets . . . of the daily sight of heads and limbs of men who had been executed and quartered being nailed to doors, placed in cages or impaled on spears. This was the state of the city that had once been the capital of a mighty empire; now two-thirds of the area inside the walls, which had been built to protect a population of 800,000, was uninhabited, acres of open countryside used for orchards, pasture, and vineyards, and dotted with ancient ruins, which provided safe hiding places for thieves and bandits. And this was the state of the true home of the pope, the leader of the church who could trace his predecessors back in an unbroken line to St. Peter, the apostle entrusted by Christ himself with the care of his flock. For most of the fourteenth century, even the papacy had abandoned Rome. In 1305, distressed by the unrest and bloody disturbances in the city, the French Pope Clement V (1305-14) had set up his court in Avignon, in the rambling palace on the east bank of the Rhone, which is known as the Palais des Papes. In Rome there had been constant calls for the papacy to return from its French exile. Most recently these calls had come from an elderly woman, who could be seen almost every day in the crumbling city, sitting by the door of the convent of San Lorenzo, begging for alms for the poor. She was Birgitta Gudmarsson, the daughter of a rich Swedish judge and widow of a Swedish nobleman...

-Titulo Original : The Nazis Next Door How America Became A Safe Haven For Hitler’s Men-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: Read the history behind the series THE HUNTERS (starring Al Pacino) in this “captivating book rooted in first-rate research” (New York Times Book Review) that tells the true story of how America became home to thousands of Nazi war criminals. For the first time, once-secret government records and interviews tell the full story of the thousands of Nazis-from concentration camp guards to high-level officers in the Third Reich-who came to the United States after World War II and quietly settled into new lives. Many gained entry on their own as self-styled war “refugees.” But some had help from the U.S. government. The CIA, the FBI, and the military all put Hitler’s minions to work as spies, intelligence assets, and leading scientists and engineers, whitewashing their histories. Only years after their arrival did private sleuths and government prosecutors begin trying to identify the hidden Nazis. Now, relying on a trove of newly disclosed documents and scores of interviews, Eric Lichtblau reveals this shocking, shameful, and little-known chapter of postwar history. New York Times bestseller - Espionage category “Disturbing.” - Salon “Engaging.” - Chicago Tribune “A gripping chronicle.” - Times of Israel “Riveting . . . An important, fascinating read.” - Jewish Book Council Review Lichtblau brings ample investigative skills and an elegant writing style to this unsavory but important story. The Nazis Next Door is a captivating book rooted in first-rate research. -The New York Times Book Review A fast paced, important book about the Justice Department’s efforts to bring Nazi war criminals in the US to justice that also uses recently declassified facts to expose the secret, reprehensible collaboration of US intelligence agencies with those very Nazis. - Elizabeth Holtzman, United States House of Representatives (former) - From the Back Cover New York Times bestseller - Espionage category For the first time, once-secret government records and interviews tell the full story of the thousands of Nazis-from concentration camp guards to high-level officers in the Third Reich-who came to the United States after World War II and quietly settled into new lives. Many gained entry on their own as self-styled war “refugees.” But some had help from the U.S. government. The CIA, the FBI, and the military all put Hitler’s minions to work as spies, intelligence assets, and leading scientists and engineers, whitewashing their histories. Only years after their arrival did private sleuths and government prosecutors begin trying to identify the hidden Nazis. Now, relying on a trove of newly disclosed documents and scores of interviews, Eric Lichtblau reveals this shocking, shameful, and little-known chapter of postwar history. “Disturbing.” - Salon “Engaging.” - Chicago Tribune “A gripping chronicle.” - Times of Israel “Riveting . . . An important, fascinating read.” - Jewish Book Council Eric Lichtblau is a New York Times investigative reporter in Washington. In 2006 he won a Pulitzer Prize for stories on the NSA’s secret wiretapping operations. He is the author of Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice. About the Author ERIC LICHTBLAU, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, is the best-selling author of The Nazis Next Door and Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice. He was a Washington reporter for the New York Times for fifteen years, while also writing for the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, TIME, and other publications. He has been a frequent guest on NPR, MSNBC, C-SPAN, and other networks, as well as a speaker at many universities and institutions. He lives outside Washington, D.C. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. ##...

-Titulo Original : The Creation Of Anne Boleyn A New Look At England’s Most Notorious Queen-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: From the Inside Flap Part biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a fascinating reconstruction of Anne s life and an illuminating look at her afterlife in the popular imagination. Why is Anne so compelling? Why has she inspired such extreme reactions? What did she really look like? Was she the flaxen-haired martyr of Romantic paintings or the raven-haired seductress of twenty-first-century portrayals? (Answer: neither.) And perhaps the most provocative questions concern Anne s death more than her life. How could Henry order the execution of a once beloved wife? Drawing on scholarship and critical analysis, Bordo probes the complexities of one of history s most infamous relationships. Bordo also shows how generations of polemicists, biographers, novelists, and filmmakers imagined and re-imagined Anne: whore, martyr, cautionary tale, proto mean girl, feminist icon, and everything in between. In this lively book, Bordo steps off the well-trodden paths of Tudoriana to expertly tease out the human being behind the competing mythologies. “Bordo’s sharp reading of Boleyniana and her clear affection for this proud, unusual woman make this an entertaining, provocative read.”-Boston GlobePart biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a reconstruction of Boleyn’s life and an illuminating look at her very active afterlife in the popular imagination. With recent novels, movies, and television shows, Anne has been having a twenty-first-century moment, but Bordo shows how many generations of polemicists, biographers, novelists, and filmmakers have imagined and reimagined her: whore, martyr, cautionary tale, proto-“mean girl,” feminist icon, and everything in between. Drawing on scholarship and razor-sharp analysis, Bordo probes the complexities of one of history’s most intriguing women, teasing out what we actually know about Anne Boleyn and what we think we know about her.“Riveting . . . Bordo’s eloquent study not only recovers Anne Boleyn for our times but also demonstrates the ways in which legends grow out of the faintest wisps of historical fact.” -Book Page“Engrossing . . . Ms. Bordo offers a fascinating discussion.”-New York Times Review Engrossing....Ms. Bordo offers a fascinating discussion. . . . a strangely tasty book.-The New York Times Bordo’s sharp reading of Boleyniana and her clear affection for this proud, unusual woman make this an entertaining, provocative read.-The Boston Globe A fascinating and accessible study of Anne Boleyns history and popular myth.-Shelf Awareness A feast of feminism and history…fascinates readers, and informs and entertains along the way.-Roanoke Times Delightfully cheeky, solidly researched…[Bordo] uses her good sense and academic training to shrewdly chip away at historical commentary, which has hardened speculation into supposed facts.-The Daily Beast Engrossing…blending biography, cultural history and literary analysis with a creative writer’s knack for narrative and detail.-Louisville Leo Weekly Rivetting…Bordo’s eloquent study not only recovers Anne Boleyn for our times but also demonstrates the ways in which legends grow out of the faintest wisps of historical fact, and develop into tangled webs of fact and fiction that become known as the truth. -Bookpage Bordo’s skills are sharp as ever as she compares narratives from history and popular culture, revealing the bits of truth we know to be for certain about one of historys most elusive characters.-Bitch Media The perfect book for anyone interested in Anne Boleyn. Highly readable, interesting and thought provoking.-The Anne Boleyn Files Susan Bordos Boleyn did the impossible - it made me excited to read about the Tudors again while reminding me to approach history and historical fiction with curiosity and a questioning mind.-Historical Fiction NotebookThe University of Kentucky humanities chair does a superb job of sep...

-Titulo Original : Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: In the tradition of My Stroke of Insight and Brain on Fire, this powerful memoir recounts Barbara Lipskas deadly brain cancer and explains its unforgettable lessons about the brain and mind. Neuroscientist Lipska was diagnosed early in 2015 with metastatic melanoma in her brains frontal lobe. As the cancer progressed and was treated, she experienced behavioral and cognitive symptoms connected to a range of mental disorders, including dementia and her professional specialty, schizophrenia. Lipskas family and associates were alarmed by the changes in her behavior, which she failed to acknowledge herself. Gradually, after a course of immunotherapy, Lipska returned to normal functioning, amazingly recalled her experience, and through her knowledge of neuroscience identified the ways in which her brain changed during treatment. Lipska admits her condition was unusual; after recovery she was able to return to her research and resume her athletic training and compete in a triathalon. Most patients with similar brain cancers rarely survive to describe their ordeal. Lipskas memoir, coauthored with journalist Elaine McArdle, shows that strength and courage but also an encouraging support network are vital to recovery. Review An iBooks Favorites selection for April Included in the Top Ten of Publishers Weeklys Spring 2018 Announcements: Memoirs and Biographies “A harrowing, intimately candid survivors journey.” - Kirkus Reviews “Oliver Sacks meets When Breath Becomes Air in this fascinating, page-turning account of insanity. Barbara Lipskas remarkable story illuminates the many mysteries of our fragile yet resilient brains, and her harrowing journey and astonishing recovery show us that nothing is impossible.” - Lisa Genova, New York Times best-selling author of Still Alice and Every Note Played A riveting science story about how brains go bad, interwoven with the remarkable personal story of one brain going spectacularly bad. A total nail-biter. - Lisa Sanders, New York Times best-selling author of Every Patient Tells a Story “A spellbinding investigation into the mysteries of the human brain, led by a scientist whose tenacity is as remarkable as her story.” - Amanda Ripley, New York Times best-selling author of The Smartest Kids in the World and The Unthinkable “A superb memoir from a highly respected neuroscientist who is uniquely qualified to describe her titanic battle against malignant melanoma of the brain. Barbara Lipska clearly believes in those miracles that can be achieved through medical science, and also has an iron resolve to survive. Both qualities underpin this remarkable account of sanity lost and regained.” - Frank Vertosick, author of When the Air Hits Your Brain An extraordinary chronicle. Barbara Lipskas story is inspiring and painful, but most of all it is a tribute to the human spirit told with the insight of a scientist and the love of a truly compassionate soul. I was hooked from the first page and could not put this down until the final sentence. - Thomas Insel, cofounder and president of Mindstrong Health and former director of the National Institute of Mental Health In this fascinating book, ?a neuroscientist? describes the terrifying symptoms she suffered as a result of multiple brain tumors. We learn about how the brain can produce ?bizarre and bewildering symptoms from the point of view of someone who has personal experience of aspects of the mental illnesses that she spends her life studying. The book is compelling and powerful, and hard to put down. - Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, professor of cognitive neuroscience, University College London Diving inside some of the deepest mysteries of the human mind with someone who has spent her life studying exactly that, Barbara K. Lipska’s The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind describes the leading neuroscientist’s own descent into madness-triggered by an aggressive cancer that spread to her brain, mi...

-Titulo Original : Compromised Counterintelligence And The Threat Of Donald J. Trump-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | From “the FBI agent who started it all” (David Martin, CBS Sunday Morning), an epic, behind-the-scenes account of the biggest counterintelligence story of our time: Russia’s war on American democracy, and the effort to hold Putin’s collaborators to account. “This is the book I have been waiting for.”-Rachel MaddowWith a new afterword by the authorWhen he opened the FBI investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, Peter Strzok had spent over two decades defending the United States against foreign threats. His long career in counterintelligence ended shortly thereafter, when he was forced out of the Bureau for privately voicing his political opinions about Donald Trump. But by that time, Strzok had seen more than enough to believe that the country’s new commander in chief had fallen under the sway of America’s adversary in the Kremlin. In Compromised, Strzok draws on lessons from a long career-from his role in the Russian illegals case that inspired The Americans to his service as lead FBI agent on the Mueller investigation-to construct a devastating account of foreign influence at the highest levels of our government, and to reveal the lingering implications for our national security. Review “The United States needs a hero . . . Trump doesn’t want Americans to get ideas or inspiration from Strzok. He doesn’t want them to see what backbone looks like.” - Slate “Peter Strzok stands for an FBI that, whatever its faults, serves the nation rather than a political master. G-men have become the Henry Fondas, the Jimmy Stewarts, of the present day-the true believers in an archaic code.” - James Traub, The Atlantic “His early experiences . . . make for riveting reading . . . Strzok delivers a compelling tale.” - Carlos Lozada, Washington Post “Aficionados will welcome the insights he is able to provide about key moments in the story . . . For those with a solid background in the Clinton email and Russia imbroglios, Strzoks account obviously is essential.” - Philip Ewing, NPR “A former Army officer, Mr. Strzok . . . rose quickly through [the FBI’s] ranks, earning a reputation within the bureau as one of its most savvy and reliable counterintelligence agents.” - New York Times“Compelling . . . [Strzok] offers a window into FBI counter-intelligence work, a defense of his conduct, and a scathing indictment of the president and his administration. Compromised is a significant contribution to the library of Trump tell-alls.” - The Guardian About the Author PETER STRZOK is the former FBI deputy assistant director of counterintelligence and a twenty-two-year veteran of the Bureau. He served as one of the original case agents for the Russian couple who inspired the TV series The Americans, and he has investigated a range of other high-profile cases, from WikiLeaks to the 9/11 hijackings to Hillary Clinton’s private email server. He was selected to head the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign and worked with Robert Mueller as a leader of the FBI’s efforts in creating the Special Counsel’s Office. Also a veteran of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, he is the recipient of the FBI’s highest investigative honor, the Director’s Award for Excellence. He lives in Virginia with his family...

-Titulo Original : Save The Deli In Search Of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, And The Heart Of Jewish Delicatessen-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: From the Inside Flap With insight, passion, and a digestive system at which one can only marvel, Sax peers between the layers of a pastrami sandwich and glimpses the evolution of Jewish community and identity. Roger Bennett, author of Bar Mitzvah Disco As a journalist and life-long deli obsessive, David Sax was understandably alarmed by the state of Jewish delicatessen. A cuisine that had once thrived as the very center of Jewish life had become endangered by assimilation, homogenization, and health food trends. He watched in dismay as one beloved deli after another one institution after another shuttered, only to be reopened as some bland chain-restaurant laying claim to the very culture it just paved over. And so David set out on a journey across the United States and around the world in search of authentic delicatessen. Was it still possible to Save the Deli? Join David as he investigates everything deli-- its history, its diaspora, its next generation. He tells about the food itself how it s made, who makes it best, and where to go for particular dishes. And, ultimately, he finds is hope-- deli newly and lovingly made in places like Boulder, traditions maintained in Montreal, and iconic institutions like the 2nd Avenue Deli resurrected in New York. So grab a pastrami on rye and sit down for a great read-- because Save the Deli is an energetic cultural history of Jewish food, a vibrant travelogue, and a rallying cry for a new generation of food lovers. David Saxs delightful travelogue is a journey across the United States and around the world that investigates the history, the diaspora, and the next generation of delicatessen. David Sax was alarmed by the state of Jewish delicatessen. As a journalist and lifelong deli lover, he watched in dismay as one beloved deli after another closed its doors, only to be reopened as some bland chain restaurant laying claim to the cuisine it just paved over. Was it still possible to save the deli? He writes about the food itself-how it’s made, who makes it best, and where to go for particular dishes-and, ultimately, what he finds is hope: deli newly and lovingly made in places like Boulder, Colorado, longstanding deli traditions thriving in Montreal, and the resurrection of iconic institutions like New Yorks 2nd Avenue Deli. No cultural history of food has ever tasted so good. Review David Sax is the M. F. K. Fisher of pickled meats. After Save the Deli, you’ll never take a pastrami sandwich for granted again. You’ll also be moved by Sax’s wonderful portrayal of the folks behind the counters, and their fascinating thoughts on cultural identity, the relentless passage of time-and, of course, kreplach.-A. J. Jacobs, author of The Know It All, The Year of Living Biblically, and the forthcoming The Guinea Pig Diaries Nobody this young should be so smart or know so much about delicatessens. He may go down in history as a Jewish hero, the man who saved rye bread. The kid knows how to eat and he knows how to write. You cant ask for more than that, although a glass of cream soda is always nice. -Alan Richman, author of Fork It Over: The Intrepid Adventures of a Professional Eater What if they gave a pastrami on rye and nobody came? Unthinkable? Thats what you think. David Sax knows better, and traces the history of the American (and Canadian. And British!) deli-- its arrival, its rise, its potential fall, its possible salvation-- with passion, humor, chutzpah, and tam. Enjoy.-- Ellis Weiner, co-author of Yiddish with Dick and Jane and Oy! Do This, Not That A delightful tour of Jewish delicatessens across the nation and abroad, David Sax opens a necessary discussion about the very future of those beloved, yet dwindling, institutions. Save the Deli is a great read.--Ed Koch This book is the result of an epic journey, akin to The Odyssey but with Rolaids. With insight, passion, and a digestive system at which one can only marvel,...

-Titulo Original : Fat Land How Americans Became The Fattest People In The World-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: In this astonishing expose, journalist Greg Critser looks beyond the sensational headlines to reveal why nearly 60 percent of Americans are now overweight. Critsers sharp-eyed reportage and sharp-tongued analysis make for a disarmingly funny and truly alarming book. Critser investigates the many factors of American life -- from supersize to Super Mario, from high-fructose corn syrup to the high cost of physical education in schools -- that have converged and conspired to make us some of the fattest people on the planet. He also explains why pediatricians are treating conditions rarely before noticed in children, why Type 2 diabetes is on the rise, and how agribusiness has unwittingly altered the American diet. Review Highly readable. -The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book ReviewAn in-depth, well-researched, and thoughtful exploration of the fat boom in America. -- Boston Globe Boston GlobeGreg Critser shows how obesity has become the United States leading social issue. -San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco ChronicleReading this book will take ten pounds right off you. -- Vanity Fair Vanity Fair[An] absorbing volume, of living large. -- Michiko Kakutani, New York Times The New York TimesA fluidly written, riveting tale . . .[an] impassioned, graphic account. -- Heller McAlpin, Newsday NewsdayInteresting and provocative . . . A lively book . . . Critser is rightly incensed. -- Laura Miller, Salon Salon “Just perusing the book, and seeing the [obesity] problem presented in such an articulate and lucid manner, can’t help but make more informed food consumers out of readers.” -- Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times “One scary book and a good companion to Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation. Consider it Critser’s cry of ‘Watch it, Fatso!’ to our bloated nation.” -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle Post-Intelligencer “Urgent and easily digested . . ..Critser lays out the smorgasbord of cultural and economic ingredients that combine to make fatness as American as a deep-fried apple fritter.” -- San Diego Union-Tribune The San Diego Union-Tribune“Incisive . . .The book makes you slightly ill at the notion of an overfed wasteland.” -- Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer - About the Author GREG CRITSER is a longtime chronicler of the modern pharmaceutical industry and the politics of medicine. His columns and essays on the subject have appeared in Harper’s Magazine, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the L.A. Times, and elsewhere. Critser is the author of Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World (Houghton Mifflin), which the American Diabetes Association called “the definitive journalistic account of the modern obesity epidemic.” He lives in Pasadena, California, with his wife, Antoinette Mongelli. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Fat LandHow Americans Became the Fattest People in the WorldBy Greg CritserMariner BooksCopyright © 2004 Greg CritserAll right reserved.ISBN: 0618380604Excerpt INTRODUCTIONObesity is the dominant unmet global health issue, with Western countries topping the list.- World Health OrganizationSet the soul of thy son aright, and all the rest will be added hereafter!- Saint John ChrysostomThis book is not a memoir, but it is undeniably grounded in a singular personal experience. My experience was not, for those hoping for something juicy, a moment of childhood drama. Nor was it anything that led to any form of spiritual or true psychological revelation. Compared to the harrowing tribulations that so much of the worlds population endures, it was, when all is said and done, rather mundane and petty. Here it is: Some guy called me fatso. Specifically, he screamed: Watch it, fatso! Here I should note that I deserved the abuse; after all, I had opened my car door into a busy street without looking into my side mirror first, and so had nearly decapitated the poor fe...

-Titulo Original : Inside The Empire The True Power Behind The New York Yankees-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A riveting look at what is really said and done behind closed doors with the New York Yankees, the most famous and wealthiest sports franchise in the world Using the 2018 baseball season as the backdrop, Inside the Empire gives readers the real, unvarnished “straight-from-the-gut” truth from Brian Cashman, Aaron Boone, Giancarlo Stanton, C.C. Sabathia-even Hal Steinbrenner and Randy Levine-and many more. This is baseball’s version of HBO’s award-winning NFL series Hard Knocks. Klapisch and Solotaroff take you deep into the Yankees clubhouse, their dugout, and the front office, and pull back the curtain so that every fan can see what really goes on. Bottom line? You may think you know everything about the storied franchise of the New York Yankees and what makes them tick. But Inside the Empire will set the record straight, and drop bombshells about iconic figures along the way. There’s never been a baseball book quite like it. Review A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Inside the Empire gives baseball fans a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the 2018 New York Yankees season. But more than just a clubhouse diary, the book is dead-on in its depiction of a general manager’s daily life and the many decisions that go into building a playoff team. Bob Klapisch and Paul Solotaroff’s combined experience and engaging writing style make this book a fantastic read for anyone who follows the game.” -BILLY BEANE, Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, Oakland Athletics “Fans might think they are knowledgeable about the Yankees players, field staff, and front office. But Inside the Empire takes readers to another level-behind the scenes in the clubhouse and executive suites. Its entertaining, riveting, and totally enlightening. Couldnt put it down.” -KEN ROSENTHAL,Insider at The Athletic, FOX, MLB Network The caps and jerseys never change, but these aren’t the same old Yankees. With unprecedented access and penetrating insights, Inside the Empire illuminates the reimagined Bronx Bombers-Brian Cashman’s smarter, sleeker operation that just might dominate the game, if only the hated Red Sox didn’t do it even better. You might think you know these Yankees, but with Bob Klapisch and Paul Solotaroff as your tour guides, you’re in for a lot of surprises, and a rollicking fun read.” -TYLER KEPNER,national baseball writer for the New York Times “Inside the Empire is so much more than a baseball story. It burrows deep into the DNA of the most iconic team in American sports and offers an unsparing portrait of the New York Yankees and their delicate balance between moneyed monolith and quintessential modern organization. Bob Klapisch and Paul Solotaroff marry access, insight, and humor with a critical eye that reveals a never-before-seen side of a franchise in the midst of sweeping changes.” -JEFF PASSAN,ESPN Insider and best-selling author of The Arm ”Inside the Empire pops open the hood of how the Yankees are run and gives us a rare peek at the machinery.” -TOM VERDUCCI, New York Times best-selling author The first must-read of the baseball season. Some excellent behind-the-scenes reporting from cover to cover.” -MIKE VACCARO, New York Post - About the Author BOB KLAPISCH has covered baseball for the New York Post, New York Daily News, and Bergen Record as well as ESPN, FOX Sports and USA Today. His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone and Men’s Journal. Klapisch has won several Top-5 awards in the prestigious Associated Press Sports Editors contest and appears regularly on MLB Network. A graduate of Columbia University, where he played varsity baseball, Klapisch continues to pitch in the semi-professional Metropolitan League in Bergen County. He and his family live in Westwood, NJ.PAUL SOLOTAROFF has been a senior writer at Rolling Stone for twenty-five years (and at Men’s Journal for almost twenty). He covered the NFL concussion...

-Titulo Original : The Best American Comics 2019-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: Jillian Tamaki, co-author of This One Summer, picks the best graphic pieces of the year. “The pieces I chose were those that stuck with me, represented something important about comics in this moment, and exemplified excellence of the craft. Surveying the final collection, I’m moved by the variety of individual approaches. There are so many ways to make us care about little marks on a page.”-Jillian Tamaki, from the introduction The Best American Comics 2019 showcases the work of established and up-and-coming artists, collecting work found in the pages of graphic novels, comic books, periodicals, zines, online, in galleries, and more, highlighting the kaleidoscopic diversity of the comics form today. Featuring Vera Brosgol, Eleanor Davis, Nick Drnaso, Margot Ferrick, Ben Passmore, John Porcellino, Joe Sacco, Lauren Weinstein, Lale Westvind, and others. Review Series editor Kartalopoulos taps Tamaki (They Say Blue, 2018, etc.) to help curate the 2019 edition of this annual collection of exceptional graphic storytelling...Eleanor Davis incisive Hurt or Fuck contemplates art and human need on an allegorical, visceral level in what could almost be a two-actor stage play. Erik Nebels Why Dont We Come Together ingeniously explores the possibilities of a rigid format-repeating but shifting shapes and colors, figures and patterns play across a set of equal-sized panels stacked into a grid, clicking through simple, whimsical stories like a filmstrip of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis...Its called best for a reason. --Kirkus About the Author BILL KARTALOPOULOS is the publisher/editor of Rebus Books and the programming coordinator for SPX: The Small Press Expo. He was a cofounder and the programming director for the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival. He is a member of the Executive Committee for the International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF), a contributing editor for Print magazine , and has worked as an assistant to Art Spiegelman for several years. He lives and works in Brooklyn...

-Titulo Original : Likewar The Weaponization Of Social Media-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away. Through the weaponization of social media, the internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the internet. Terrorists livestream their attacks, “Twitter wars” produce real-world casualties, and viral misinformation alters not just the result of battles, but the very fate of nations. The result is that war, tech, and politics have blurred into a new kind of battlespace that plays out on our smartphones. P. W. Singer and Emerson Brooking tackle the mind-bending questions that arise when war goes online and the online world goes to war. They explore how ISIS copies the tactics of Taylor Swift, a former World of Warcraft addict foils war crimes thousands of miles away, internet trolls shape elections, and China uses a smartphone app to police the thoughts of 1.4 billion citizens. What can be kept secret in a world of networks? Does social media expose the truth or bury it? And what role do ordinary people now play in international conflicts? Delving into the web’s darkest corners, we meet the unexpected warriors of social media, such as the rapper turned jihadist PR czar and the Russian hipsters who wage unceasing infowars against the West. Finally, looking to the crucial years ahead, LikeWar outlines a radical new paradigm for understanding and defending against the unprecedented threats of our networked world. Review Were you looking for more reasons to worry about the future, or the present? LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media will fuel your nightmares. P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking’s treatise travels well beyond the disinformation and fake news we’re all now familiar with (right?), addressing the ways the internet and our social networks will be deployed in actual war: recruiting terrorists, inflicting sabotage remotely on a vast scale, and even Matrix-grade reality manipulation. Backed by over 100 pages of notes, LikeWar is sober, deeply researched, and still compulsively readable. Comparisons to On War and The Art of War are apt, while likely optimistic-given the accelerating pace of technology, any reasonable futurist can expect to see their predictions become obsolete in three to five years, or maybe two. But even if the specifics change, the principle holds: Disruption is coming, and we are not ready. It’s frightening, but as individuals, we are far from helpless. As Singer and Brooking conclude, “Social media is extraordinarily powerful…. Yet within this network, and in each of the battles on it, we all have the power of choice.” -Jon Foro, Amazon Book Review Review An Amazon Best Book of the Month An Amazon Best Book of the Year (2018) Featured on NPR, CBSn, MSNBC, PBS, and ABC News Radio, as well as in The New York Times, Washington Post, Time, Popular Science, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Atlantic, Wired, Slate, Politico, Gizmodo, Foreign Affairs, Defense One, Vox, The Daily Beast, Adweek, and more “A compelling read . . . [ LikeWar] is not a warning about tomorrow’s war-it’s a map for those who don’t understand how the battlefield has already changed.” -Washington Post “Seriously. If you use social media in any capacity, you should read this.” -The Verge “Extremely timely and fascinating.” -The New York Times, New & Noteworthy “Terrific and alarming . . . Wow. ” - SE Cupp, CNN “Reading LikeWar will help you to avoid being part of this Internet of Idiots . . . While students of history, strategic studies, political science, and international relations will all find LikeWar on their required reading list, anyone else who wishes to understand the world we live in must add LikeWar to the top of the pile on their nightstand.” -Forbes “Whether its his fiction and nonfiction, his work as a TRADOC mad scientist, the interviews hes done with defen...

-Titulo Original : The Best American Short Stories 2013-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: “As our vision becomes more global, our storytelling is stretching in many ways. Stories increasingly change point of view, switch location, and sometimes pack as much material as a short novel might,” writes guest editor Elizabeth Strout. “It’s the variety of voices that most indicates the increasing confluence of cultures involved in making us who we are.” The Best American Short Stories 2013 presents an impressive diversity of writers who dexterously lead us into their corners of the world. In “Miss Lora,” Junot Diaz masterfully puts us in the mind of a teenage boy who throws aside his better sense and pursues an intimate affair with a high school teacher. Sheila Kohler tackles innocence and abuse as a child wanders away from her mother, in thrall to a stranger she believes is the “Magic Man.” Kirstin Valdez Quade’s “Nemecia” depicts the after-effects of a secret, violent family trauma. Joan Wickersham’s “The Tunnel” is a tragic love story about a mother’s declining health and her daughter’s helplessness as she struggles to balance her responsibility to her mother and her own desires. New author Callan Wink’s “Breatharians” unsettles the reader as a farm boy shoulders a grim chore in the wake of his parents’ estrangement. “Elizabeth Strout was a wonderful reader, an author who knows well that the sound of one’s writing is just as important as and indivisible from the content,” writes series editor Heidi Pitlor. “Here are twenty compellingly told, powerfully felt stories about urgent matters with profound consequences.” From the Inside Flap As our vision becomes more global, our storytelling is stretching in many ways. Stories increasingly change point of view, switch location, and sometimes pack as much material as a short novel might, writes guest editor Elizabeth Strout. It s the variety of voices that most indicates the increasing confluence of cultures involved in making us who we are. The Best American Short Stories 2013 presents an impressive diversity of writers who dexterously lead us into their corners of the world. In Miss Lora, Junot Diaz masterfully puts us in the mind of a teenage boy who throws aside his better sense and pursues an intimate affair with a high school teacher. Sheila Kohler tackles innocence and abuse as a child wanders away from her mother, in thrall to a stranger she believes is the Magic Man. Kirstin Valdez Quade s Nemecia depicts the after-effects of a secret, violent family trauma. Joan Wickersham s The Tunnel is a tragic love story about a mother s declining health and her daughter s helplessness as she struggles to balance her responsibility to her mother and her own desires. New author Callan Wink s Breatharians unsettles the reader as a farm boy shoulders a grim chore in the wake of his parents estrangement. Elizabeth Strout was a wonderful reader, an author who knows well that the sound of one s writing is just as important as and indivisible from the content, writes series editor Heidi Pitlor. Here are twenty compellingly told, powerfully felt stories about urgent matters with profound consequences. From the Back Cover The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected - and most popular - of its kind. The Best American Short Stories 2013 includes Daniel Alarcon, Junot Diaz, Gish Jen, David Means, Lorrie Moore, Antonya Nelson, Kristin Valdez Quade, George Saunders, Jim Shepard, and others Elizabeth Strout is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Burgess Boys; Olive Kitteridge, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Pri...

-Titulo Original : A Book Of Bees And How To Keep Them-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: The real masterwork that Sue Hubbell has created is her life, David Quammen wrote in the New York Times. This book is, like its author, a unique achievement. Weaving a vivid portrait of her own life and her bees lives through the seasons, Hubbell writes about bees to be sure, but also about other things: the important difference between loneliness and solitude . . . the accommodating of oneself to nature (Philadelphia Inquirer). Review a melodious mix of memoir, nature journal, and beekeeping manual Kirkus Reviews The real masterwork that Sue Hubbell has created is her life. The New York Times about bees to be sure, but also about other things: the important differences between loneliness and solitude. . . the accommodating of oneself to nature The Philadelphia Inquirer About the Author Sue Hubbell is the author of, among other works, A Country Year and A Book of Bees, which was selected as a New York Times Notable Book. She lives in Maine and Washington, D.C...

-Titulo Original : Pukkas Promise The Quest For Longer-lived Dogs-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: From the best-selling author of Merles Door comes a well-researched and engaging guide to giving our dogs the happiest, healthiest lives. When Ted Kerasote got his new dog, Pukka, he found that dog culture had been transformed: dizzying choices of grain-free and raw food, conflicting arguments for and against vaccinations, and battles between positive and dominance trainers. Giving The Omnivore’s Dilemma a canine spin, Kerasote questions the common wisdom to show us how our dogs can have the best and healthiest lives today, no matter where we live. He weaves fascinating science and groundbreaking insight from breeders, vets, and animal advocates into the story of raising Pukka in the Wyoming wilderness. Fascinating and revelatory, Pukka’s Promise “might be the most important book about dogs written in a decade” (Patricia B. McConnell, author of The Other End of the Leash). Packed with important, surprising information; with wisdom, compassion, and love.-Dean Koontz Review At once encyclopedic and intimate-a tour de force in canine appreciation. - Kirkus Reviews (starred) A moving account of one mans journey to understand mans best friend inside and out.- Publishers Weekly This might be the most important book about dogs written in a decade. Kerasote tells us early on that Pukka means ‘first class’ in Hindi, and first-class is a perfect description of Pukkas Promise. It’s a brilliant integration of speculation, cutting-edge science and story, and will keep you up at night wanting to read more. Every dog lover needs to read this book.-Patricia B. McConnell, author of The Other End of the Leash Here’s a dog lover who actually teaches his dog using modern training entirely: communication, observation, and now and then a clicker-not just to build a bond and a working relationship but also to create a running conversation between man and animal. This book also investigates kibble (Is it really good for dogs?) and vaccinations (Why so many? Why so often?) and other commercial pressures on our best friends’ wellbeing. What a good read.-Karen Pryor, author of Reaching the Animal Mind Pukka’s Promise is without question the most intelligent, most comprehensive book ever written about extending the lifetimes of dogs . Not only that, but it’s riveting. After years of flawless research plus a life of valuable experience, Kerasote has produced a masterpiece that everyone should read. From pet owners to professionals such as breeders, shelter-workers, and veterinarians, those who think they already know about dogs are in for a real surprise.-Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs Ted Kerasote gently and intelligently questions our fixed notions about living with dogs. Anyone who reads Pukka’s Promise cant help but become a better dog person. Id like it to be compulsory reading for all practicing vets and veterinary students.-Bruce Fogle, DVM, author of The Dog’s Mind Ted Kerasote, a born storyteller, writes about dogs with singular brilliance. Pukkas Promise is great fun but is also packed with important, surprising information; with wisdom, compassion, and love.-Dean Koontz, author of A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog Ted Kerasote mixes science with love to take on the question every dog lover asks: Can I keep my dog alive longer? Pukkas Promise stirs our hopes for the future and gives us hard information for now.-Jon Katz, author of A Good Dog From the Back Cover “Kerasote traveled the world in search of answers to these questions, and he truly offers the reader a range of expert guidance that will be beneficial for anyone who wants to ensure that their dogs will be healthy and well.” - Seattle Post-Intelligencer When Ted Kerasote got his new dog Pukka, he found that dog culture had been transformed: dizzying choices of grain-free and raw food, conflicting arguments for and against vaccinations, and battles between posit...

-Titulo Original : Unweaving The Rainbow Science, Delusion And The Appetite For Wonder-Fabricante : Mariner Books-Descripcion Original: Biologist, humanist, and bestselling author Richard Dawkins deeply examines the inherent beauty within modern scientific discoveries. “If any recent writing about science is poetic, it is this” ( The Wall Street Journal). Did Newton unweave the rainbow by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says acclaimed scientist Richard Dawkins; Newtons unweaving is the key to much of modern astronomy and to the breathtaking poetry of modern cosmology. Mysteries dont lose their poetry because they are solved: the solution often is more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering deeper mysteries. With the wit, insight, and spellbinding prose that have made him a bestselling author, Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science, from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality, combining them in a landmark statement of the human appetite for wonder. Unweaving the Rainbow is a brilliant assessment of what science is (and isnt), a tribute to science not because it is useful but because it is uplifting. From The New Yorker Brilliance and wit. Review A spellbinding storyteller. The New York Times Brilliance and wit. The New Yorker An extended rebuttal - not so much by argument as by radiant example - of perennial anti-science convictions. Few among us are better qualified for the job. If any recent writing about science is poetic, it is this. The Wall Street Journal Like an extended stay on a brain health-farm . . .You come out feeling lean, tuned and enormously more intelligent. The Times of London About the Author RICHARD DAWKINS is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was the University of Oxfords Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. He is the author of 15 books including Unweaving the Rainbow, A Devil’s Chaplain, and The God Delusion .Dawkins lives in Oxford....