K. Eric Drexler is the founding father of nanotechnology,the science of engineering on a molecular level. In Radical Abundance , he shows how rapid scientific progress is about to change our world. Thanks to atomically precise...

"The Medici Conspiracy" von Cecilia Todeschini ist ein aufschlussreiches Werk, das die dunkle Seite der Kunstwelt enthüllt. Es beleuchtet die illegalen Aktivitäten des organisierten Verbrechens im Zusammenhang mit geplünderten...

One of Financial Times' Books of the Year, 2015 The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their...

The extraordinary life story of the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, whose absolute integrity provides the inspiration we need as our constitutional system and political tradition are being tested to the breaking point. As...

"We in the West routinely ask: 'What does China want?' The answer is quite simple: the superpower status it always had, but briefly lost. In this colorful, informative story filled with fascinating characters, epic battles, influential...

The death of the Celtic tiger is not an extinction event to trouble naturalists. There was, in fact nothing natural about this tiger, if it ever really existed. The"Irish Economic miracle&rdquo was built on good old-fashioned subsidies...

This book tells the story of the clash of Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman over Herbalife, a nutritional supplement company whose business model Ackman questioned. Icahn decided to vouch for them, and the dispute became a years-long feud,...

"In 1923 Shanghai, native and foreign travelers alike are enthralled by the establishment of a new railway line to distant Peking. With this new line comes the Peking Express, a luxurious express train on the cutting edge of China's...

A Harvard professor and former Dean of Harvard Colleges offers his provocative analysis of how Americas great universities are failing students and the nation. von Lewis, Harry

Das Buch "Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands" von Robert Satloff enthüllt die wenig bekannten Geschichten der Holocaust-Überlebenden in arabischen Ländern. Satloff, ein renommierter...

In "OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder", untersucht Lucas Conley die moderne Geschäftswelt und ihre Besessenheit von Markenbildung. Conley argumentiert, dass Unternehmen zunehmend auf das Image ihrer Marke fokussieren, anstatt auf die...

"The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune" ist eine Biographie von Conor O'Clery, die das bemerkenswerte Leben des Unternehmers und Philanthropen Chuck Feeney erzählt. Das Buch enthüllt, wie...