At the beginning of thetwentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in thefiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. In this brilliantdual biography, the award-winning writer Roland Huntford reexaminesevery detail of the great race to the South Pole between Britain'sRobert Scott and Norway's Roald Amundsen. Scott, who died along theway with four of his men only eleven miles from his next cache ofsupplies, became Britain's beloved failure, while Amundsen, who notonly beat Scott to the Pole but returned alive, was largelyforgotten. This account of their race is a gripping, highlyreadable history that captures the driving ambitions of the era andthe complex, often deeply flawed men who were charged with carryingthem out. The Last Place on Earth is the first of Huntford's masterly trilogyof polar biographies. It is also the only work on the subject inthe English language based on the original Norwegian sources, towhich Huntford returned to revise and update this edition.

From the bestselling, National Book Award-nominated auhtor ofGenius and Chaos, a bracing new work about the accelerating pace ofchange in today's world. Most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness." a malady thathas launched us into the "epoch of the nanosecond," aneed-everything-yesterday sphere dominated by cell phones,computers, faxes, and remote controls. Yet for all the hours,minutes, and even seconds being saved, we're still filling our daysto the point that we have no time for such basic human activitiesas eating, sex, and relating to our families. Written with freshinsight and thorough research, Faster is a wise and witty look at aharried world not likely to slow down anytime soon.

The tormenting of the body by the troubled mind, hysteria isamong the most pervasive of human disorders - yet at the same timeit is the most elusive. Freud's recognition that hysteria stemmedfrom traumas in the patient's past transformed the way we thinkabout sexuality. "Studies in Hysteria" is one of the founding textsof psychoanalysis, revolutionizing our understanding of love,desire and the human psyche.

If you work nonstop without a break...worry about offending others and back down too easily...explain too much when asked for information....or "poll" your friends and colleagues before making a decision, chances are you have been bypassed for promotions and ignored when you expressed your ideas. Although you may not be aware of it, girlish behaviors such as these are sabotaging your career! Dr. Lois Frankel reveals why some women roar ahead in their careers while others stagnate. She's spotted a unique set of behaviors--101 in all--that women learn in girlhood that sabotage them as adults. Now, in this groudbreaking guide, she helps you eliminate these unconscious mistakes that could be holding you back--and offers invaluable coaching tips you can easily incorporate into your social and business skills. If you recognize and change the behaviors that say "girl" not "woman", the results will pay off in carrer opportunites you never thought possible--and in an image that identifies you as someone with the powe

The only thing wrong with this readable, funny memoir of a magazine writer's yearlong travels across the world in search of pleasure and balance is that it seems so much like a Jennifer Aniston movie. Like Jen, Liz is a plucky blond American woman in her thirties with no children and no major money worries. As the book opens, she is going through a really bad divorce and subsequent stormy rebound love affair. Awash in tears in the middle of the night on the floor of the bathroom, she begins to pray for guidance, "you know -- like, to God." God answers. He tells her to go back to bed. I started seeing the Star headlines: "Jen's New Faith!" "What Really Happened at the Ashram!" "Jen's Brazilian Sugar Daddy -- Exclusive Photos!" Please understand that Gilbert, whose earlier nonfiction book, The Last American Man, portrayed a contemporary frontiersman, is serious about her quest. But because she never leaves her self-deprecating humor at home, her journey out of depression and toward belief lacks a certain gravit

Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the authorof the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, AmongSchoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by theBaltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” Thispowerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make adifference, as Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who isin love with the world and has set out to do all he can to cureit. At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer.Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist,anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur “genius” grant,world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on aboat, and in medical school found his life’s calling: to diagnoseand cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools ofmodern medicine to those who need them most. This magnificent bookshows how radical change can be fostered in situations that seeminsurmountable, and it also shows how a meaningful l

"I heard you paint houses" are the first words Jimmy Hoffaever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran. To paint a house is tokill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls andfloors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviewsFrank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more thantwenty-five hits for the mob, and for his friend Hoffa. Sheeranlearned to kill in the U.S. Army, where he saw an astonishing 411days of active combat duty in Italy during World War II. Afterreturning home he became a hustler and hit man, working forlegendary crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually he would rise toa position of such prominence that in a RICO suit then-U.S.Attorney Rudy Giuliani would name him as one of only twonon-Italians on a list of 26 top mob figures. When Bufalino orderedSheeran to kill Hoffa, he did the deed, knowing that if he hadrefused he would have been killed himself. Sheeran's important andfascinating story includes new information on other famous murders,and

In this incisive analysis of generals, John Keegan examinesthe meaning of heroism as represented by Alexander the Great,Wellington, Grant, and Hitler, and argues that generalship, likewarfare itself, is a cultural activity that has, through the years,required a change in the very nature of leadership. 16 pages ofphotos.

Louis Eguaras, a renowned chef at the Le Cordon Bleu Programat the California School of Culinary Arts, provides readers with aterrific overview of what is truly involved in the preparation,cooking, and presentation of meals. He also provides invaluableinsights into just what is involved in making this one's chosenprofession. The book will feature a wide range of illustrated lessons, fromhow to properly hold a knife... to the history of food... from foodpreparation and presentation... to restaurant hospitality andmanagement, and much more. The book will be presented in the distinctive andhighly-attractive packaged style of 101 THINGS I LEARNED INARCHITECTURE SCHOOL, and will be the perfect gift for anyone who isthinking about entering culinary school, is already enrolled, oreven just the casual chef.

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller For the first time, rock music’s most famous muse tells herincredible story Pattie Boyd, former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton,finally breaks a forty-year silence and tells the story of how shefound herself bound to two of the most addictive, promiscuousmusical geniuses of the twentieth century and became the mostlegendary muse in the history of rock and roll. The woman whoinspired Harrison’s song “Something” and Clapton’s anthem “Layla,”Pattie Boyd has written a book that is rich and raw, funny andheartbreaking–and totally honest.

In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, JaredDiamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed thetechnologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much ofthe world. Now in this brilliant companion volume, Diamond probesthe other side of the equation: What caused some of the greatcivilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can welearn from their fates? As in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond weaves anall-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinatinghistorical-cultural narratives. Moving from the Polynesian cultureson Easter Island to the flourishing American civilizations of theAnasazi and the Maya and finally to the doomed Viking colony onGreenland, Diamond traces the fundamental pattern of catastrophe.Environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, andunwise political choices were all factors in the demise of thesesocieties, but other societies found solutions and persisted.Similar problems face us today and have already brought

Other cities have histories. Los Angeles has legends. Midcentury Los Angeles. A city sold to the world as "the whitespot of America," a land of sunshine and orange groves, wholesomeMidwestern values and Hollywood stars, protected by the world’smost famous police force, the Dragnet-era LAPD. Behind this publicimage lies a hidden world of "pleasure girls" and crooked cops,ruthless newspaper tycoons, corrupt politicians, and East Coastgangsters on the make. Into this underworld came two men–one L.A.’smost notorious gangster, the other its most famous policechief–each prepared to battle the other for the soul of the city. Former street thug turned featherweight boxer Mickey Cohen leftthe ring for the rackets, first as mobster Benjamin "Bugsy"Siegel’s enforcer, then as his protégé. A fastidious dresser andunrepentant killer, the diminutive Cohen was Hollywood’s favoritegangster–and L.A.’s preeminent underworld boss. Frank Sinatra,Robert Mitchum, and Sammy Davis Jr.

In this astonishing true story, award-winning journalist SoniaNazario recounts the unforgettable odyssey of a Honduran boy whobraves unimaginable hardship and peril to reach his mother in theUnited States. When Enrique is five years old, his mother, Lourdes, too poor tofeed her children, leaves Honduras to work in the United States.The move allows her to send money back home to Enrique so he caneat better and go to school past the third grade. Lourdes promises Enrique she will return quickly. But shestruggles in America. Years pass. He begs for his mother to comeback. Without her, he becomes lonely and troubled. When she calls,Lourdes tells him to be patient. Enrique despairs of ever seeingher again. After eleven years apart, he decides he will go findher. Enrique sets off alone from Tegucigalpa, with little more than aslip of paper bearing his mother’s North Carolina telephone number.Without money, he will make the dangerous and illegal trek up thelength of Mexico the only way he c

All those baby boomers who have embarked on the journey ofraising their second and third children have found themselves leftin the lurch by existing child care literature. Now child careexpert Nancy Samalin, who has earned a reputation for her forgivingand empowering approach to parenting, brings her inspiring outlookto this guide to the pitfalls and rewards of parenting two or morechildren. Parents who consider themselves pros after the first child are infor a surprise when the encounter life after the second child isborn and beyond. Suddenly their world is an exhausting haze ofcompeting demands, perpetual squabbling, sibling rivalry,complaints of unfairness and "you love him more" (and sometimes youdo), unrelenting stress, and a pervasive sense of guilt andinadequacy. Culled from her years of workshops with hundreds ofparents, Nancy Samalin shares the trials and joys of parenthood andprovides specific advice on steering your way through the parentingrapids. This is a must-read for today's harri

A collection of studies in which Arendt, from the standpointof a political philosopher, views the crises of the 1960s and early1970s as challenges to the american form of government. Index.

An absolutely wonderful book. --Russell Baker "Rick Bragg writes like a man on fire. And All Over but theShoutin' is a work of art. While reading this book, I fell in lovewith Rick Bragg's mother, Margaret Bragg, a hundred times. I feltlike I was reading one of the prophets in the Old Testament whenreading parts of this book. I thought of Melville, I thought ofFaulkner. Because I love the English language, I knew I was readingone of the best books I've ever read. By explaining his life to theworld, Rick Bragg explained part of my life to me. You feel thingsin every line this man writes. His sentences bleed on you. I weptwhen the book ended. I never met Rick Bragg in my life, but Icalled him up and told him he'd written a masterpiece, and I sentflowers to his mother." --Pat Conroy "Searingly honest, beautifully written, All Over but the Shoutin'is perhaps the most courageous thing Pulitzer Prize-winningjournalist Rick Bragg has ever written. Making his reputation on

Based on Alex Haley’s bestselling classic The Autobiography ofMalcolm X, a rare, lucidly composed screenplay from one ofAmerica’s great masters of letters. Son of a Baptist minister; New York City hustler; honor student;convicted criminal; powerful minister in the Nation of Islam;father and husband: Malcolm X transformed himself, time and again,in order to become one of the most feared, loved, and undeniablycharismatic leaders of twentieth-century America. No one betterrepresents the tumultuous times of his generation, and there is noone better to capture him and his milieu than James Baldwin. Withspare, elegant, yet forceful dialogue and fresh, precise cameradirections, Baldwin breathes cinematic life into this controversialand important figure, offering a new look at a man who changedhimself in order to change the country.

REVISED AND UPDATED FORGET EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOURSKIN—AND LEARN THE TRUTH. Take the simple questionnaire inside this book and within minutesdiscover which of the sixteen unique skin types describes yourskin, which ingredients to avoid, the skin care brands that areright for you, and your new time- and money-saving regimen. In thisrevised edition of her classic bestseller, world-renowned MiamiBeach dermatologist and researcher Dr. Leslie Baumann helps youshop for the optimal skin care products. She provides detailedlists of recommended products suited to every skin type and budget.Inside you’ll find ? your personal skin type profile detailing exactly what willwork—and what won’t—for your unique complexion ? the newest products for healthy, radiant skin—cleansers,moisturizers, toners, sun blocks, foundations, and more ? tips on preventing skin aging and “problem” skin ? vital information on the new world of pre*ion products,facials, chemical peels, R

New York Times Bestseller A landmark achievement The Prince of Darkness is not simply the stunningly candidmemoir of one of the country’s most influential reporters but alsoa riveting history of the past half century in Americanpolitics.

In Strength in What Remains , Tracy Kidder gives us thestory of one man’s inspiring American journey and of the ordinarypeople who helped him, providing brilliant testament to the powerof second chances. Deo arrives in the United States from Burundi insearch of a new life. Having survived a civil war and genocide, helands at JFK airport with two hundred dollars, no English, and nocontacts. He ekes out a precarious existence delivering groceries,living in Central Park, and learning English by readingdictionaries in bookstores. Then Deo begins to meet the strangerswho will change his life, pointing him eventually in the directionof Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted tohealing. Kidder breaks new ground in telling this unforgettablestory as he travels with Deo back over a turbulent life and showsus what it means to be fully human.

This title features an extraordinary collection ofthematically linked essays, including "The Uncanny", "ScreenMemories" and "Family Romances". Leonardo da Vinci fascinated Freudprimarily because he was keen to know why his personality was soincomprehensible to his contemporaries. In this probingbiographical essay he deconstructs both da Vinci's character andthe nature of his genius. As ever, many of his exploratory avenueslead to the subject's sexuality - why did da Vinci depict the nakedhuman body the way he did? What of his tendency to surround himselfwith handsome young boys that he took on as his pupils? Intriguing,thought-provoking and often contentious, this volume contains someof Freud's best writing.

In what remains one of his most seminal papers, Freud considersthe incompatibility of civilisation and individual happiness, andthe tensions between the claims of society and the individual. Weall know that living in civilised groups means sacrificing a degreeof personal interest, but couldn't you argue that it in factcreates the conditions for our happiness? Freud explores thearguments and counter-arguments surrounding this proposition,focusing on what he perceives to be one of society's greatestdangers; 'civilised' sexual morality. After all, doesn't repressionof sexuality deeply affect people and compromise their chances ofhappiness?