Book De*ion Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well explicated laws. As attention--grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some laws teach the need for prudence ("Law 1: Never Outshine the Master"), the virtue of stealth ("Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions"), and many demand the total absence of mercy ("Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally"), but like it or not, all have applications in real life. Illustrated through the tactics of Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, P. T. Barnum, and other famous figures who have wielded--or been victimized by--power, these laws will fascinate any reader interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.

"The most talked-about education book this semester."—New York Times Based on a series of controversial Wall Street Journal op-eds,this landmark manifesto gives voice to what everyone knows abouttalent, ability, and intelligence but no one wants to admit. Withfour truths as his framework, Charles Murray, the bestsellingcoauthor of The Bell Curve, sweeps away the hypocrisy, wishfulthinking, and upside-down priorities that grip America’seducational establishment. ?Ability varies. Children differ in their ability to learn,but America’s educational system does its best to ignore this. ?Half of the children are below average. Many children cannotlearn more than rudimentary reading and math. Yet decades ofpolicies have required schools to divert resources to unattainablegoals. ?Too many people are going to college. Only a fraction ofstudents struggling to get a degree can profit from education atthe college level. ?America’s future depends on how we educate the acade

Published to rave reviews in 1993, Noah's Garden shows us howour landscape style of neat yards and gardens has devastatedsuburban ecology, wiping out entire communities of plants andanimals by stripping bare their habitats and destroying their foodsupplies. When Stein realized what her intensive efforts at makinga traditional garden had done, she set out to "ungarden." Her bookinterweaves an account of her efforts with an explanation of theecology of gardens. Noah's Garden has become the bible of the newenvironmental gardening movement, and the author is one of its mostpopular spokespersons.

From 1831 to 1837, George Catlin traveled extensively amongthe native peoples of North America—from the Muskogee andMiccosukee Creeks of the Southeast to the Lakota, Mandan, andPawnee of the West, and from the Winnebagos and Menominees of theNorth to the Comanches of eastern Texas. Studying their habits,customs, and modes of life, he made copious notes and numeroussketches of ceremonies, buffalo hunts, symbols, and totems.Catlin’s unprecedented fieldwork culminated in more than fivehundred oil paintings and his now-legendary journals, which, asPeter Matthiessen writes in his introduction, "taken together...constitute the first, last, and only ‘complete’ record of thePlains Indians ever made at the height of their splendid culture,so soon destroyed by traders’ liquor and disease, rapine andbayonets."

Discover the Rewards of Homeschooling Your Young Child Young children are full of curiosity, imagination, and a sense ofwonder. They're willing to try new things and possess a natural joyof discovery. Yet in a traditional school, these natural behaviortraits are too often squelched. That's why more and more parentsjust like you are choosing to teach their children at home duringthese critical years—the years that lay the foundation fordeveloping learning skills that last a lifetime. Inside, respectedhomeschooling author Linda Dobson shows you how homeschooling canwork for you and your young child. You'll discover how to: ?Tailor homeschooling to fit your family's unique needs ?Know when your child is ready to learn to read ?Teach your child arithmetic without fear—even if you'remath-challenged ?Give your child unlimited learning on a limited budget ?And much more! "Brings dazzling clarity to the otherwise nerve-wrackingconfusion of early learning—and the

Widely acknowledged to be one of Freud's greatest cultural works, when Totem and Taboo was first published in 1913, it caused outrage. Thorough and thought-provoking, Totem and Taboo remains the fullest exploration of Freud's most famous themes. Family, society, religion - they're all put on the couch here. Whatever your feelings about psychoanalysis, Freud's theories have influenced every facet of modern life, from film and literature to medicine and art. If you don't know your incest taboo from your Oedipal complex, and you want to understand more about the culture we're living in, then Totem and Taboo is the book to read.

With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal powerstruggles and paralyzed by bureaucracy, the President was forced toestablish his own clandestine group--Covert-One. It is onlyactivated as a last resort, when the threat is on a global scaleand time is running out. In northern Uganda, an American special forces team is decimatedby a group of normally peaceful farmers. Video of the attack showseven women and children possessing almost supernatural speed andstrength, consumed with a rage that makes them immune to pain,fear, and all but the most devastating injuries. Covert-One's top operative, army microbiologist Colonel JonSmith, is sent to investigate the attack and finds evidence of aparasitic infection that for centuries has been causing violentinsanity and then going dormant. This time, though, it's different.The parasite had been purposely kept alive and crudely transmittedin acts of terrorism. Now the director of Iranian Intelligence isin Uganda trying to obtain this biological w

From one of the nation’s most trusted experts on children’sbedtime and nap time comes a new guide for sleep-training twins sothat everybody (including Mom and Dad) will be rested andhappy! As parents of twins and multiples know, double the fun can bedouble the sleep deprivation. Now, in Healthy Sleep Habits, HappyTwins, beloved pediatrician and renowned sleep authority Dr. MarcWeissbluth combines specialized advice for parents of twins withhis tried-and-true sleep-training methods to show exhausted momsand dads how to get their babies to sleep on their own, stayasleep, and sleep regularly. This essential step-by-step guide toestablishing good sleep patterns reveals how to build healthyhabits in twins’ natural slumber cycles, including · how healthy sleep differs from “junk” sleep, plus a helpfultutorial on the techniques of sleep training for new parents · the five ingredients of healthy sleep, and why daytime sleep isdifferent from nighttime sleep but equally important to

Charles Freeman's The Greek Achievement traces the entirecourse of ancient Greek history across thousands of years--from theMycenaean and Minoan civilizations of the Bronze Age through theArchaic, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. This brilliantaccount celebrates the incredible range of Greek achievement: thearchitectural marvels of the Athenian Acropolis; the birth of dramaand the timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles;Homer's epics; the philosophical revolutions of Plato andAristotle; and the conquests of Alexander the Great. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps, The GreekAchievement paints a sweeping panorama of the ancient Greeks' worldand provides a rich, contemporary overview of their enduringcontribution to world civilization.

The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is filled witheasy-to-understand rules,real-world examples, dozens ofreproducible exercises, and pre- and post-tests. This handy workbook is ideal for teachers, students in middleschool through college, ESL students, homeschoolers, andprofessionals. Valuable for anyone who takes tests or writesreports, letters, Web pages, e-mails, or blogs, The Blue Bookoffers instant answers to everyday English usage questions.

Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educationalsystem derives from its failure to supply students with atranslucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earliergenerations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" ofeconomic utility, consumerism, or ethnic separatism and resentment.What alternative strategies can we use to instill our children witha sense of global citizenship, healthy intellectual skepticism,respect of America's traditions, and appreciation of its diversity?In answering this question, The End of Education restoresmeaning and common sense to the arena in which they are mosturgently needed. "Informal and clear...Postman's ideas about education areappealingly fresh."--New York Times Book Review