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.

From the moment that Master and Commander, the first ofPatrick O'Brian's sequence of 20 novels about the 19th centuryBritish Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and his surgeon colleagueStephen Maturin, was published in 1970, critics hailed his work asa masterpiece of historical recreation. Called "the best historicalnovels ever written" by The New York Times, the books have soldmore than 3 million copies. This first full-color illustratedcompanion to the Aubrey-Maturin series, timed to benefit from therelease of the blockbuster Twentieth-Century Fox film adaptationstarring Russell Crowe, explains the fascinating physical detailsof Jack Aubrey's fictional world. An in-depth historical reference,it brings to life the political, cultural, and physical setting ofO'Brian's novels. Annotated drawings, paintings, and diagramsreveal the complex parts of a ship and its rigging, weaponry, crewquarters and duties, below-deck conditions, and fighting tactics,while maps illustrate the location featured in each novel.

On General Douglas MacArthur's orders, a force of 12,000 U.S.Marines were marching north to the Yalu river in late November1950. These three regiments of the 1st Marine Division--strung outalong eighty miles of a narrow mountain road--soon found themselvescompletely surrounded by 60,000 Chinese soldiers. Despite beinggiven up for lost by the military brass, the 1st Marine Divisionfought its way out of the frozen mountains, miraculously takingthier dead and wounded with them as they ran the gauntlet ofunceasing Chinese attacks. This is the gripping story that Martin Russ tells in hisextraordinary book. Breakout is an unforgettable portrayal of theterror and courage of men as they face sudden death, making thebloody battles of the Korean hills and valleys come alive as theynever have before. "Magnificent . . . [Russ] seamlessly weaves the stories of manymen, units and battles, day and night, into a coherentpicture."--Chicago Tribune "Engrossing . . . Vivid, at times

Pausanias's (c. 143-176) account of every Greek city andsanctuary includes historical introductions and a record of localcustoms and beliefs. This volume describes southern Greece,including Olympia, Sparta, Arcadia, and Bassae

These are passages that inform and transform: enjoy theirpoetry, study their wisdom, or use them for Easwaran's "PassageMeditation"."Timeless Wisdom", the companion volume to Easwaran's"Passage Meditation", is a rich collection of spiritual texts fromall the world's great traditions, selected by Easwaran for studyand for his method of meditation.Here are flashes of insight fromthe Hindu Upanishads; prayers of comfort from the Christian saints;psalms from the Old Testament; songs of praise from the Sufis; and,deep wisdom from the Buddhist and Taoist traditions. Some of thesepassages, such as the Prayer of St. Francis, the Buddha's "TwinVerses", and the Twenty-third Psalm, are familiar and well loved,others may be fresh discoveries - all are beautiful. Short texts,easy to read and memorize, are interspersed with longer ones, whichthe reader can study in depth." Passage Meditation", together withits companion volume, "Timeless Wisdom", are the first two books inNilgiri Press' "Essential Easwaran Library",

The rivalry that presaged the world’s most tenaciousconflict As the Arab -Israeli conflict continues to plaguethe Middle East, historian Ronald Florence offers extraordinary newinsights on its origins. This is the story of T. E. Lawrence, theyoung British officer who became famous around the world asLawrence of Arabia, Aaron Aaronsohn, an agronomist from Palestine,and the antagonism that divided them over the fate of the dyingOttoman Empire during World War I—a clash of visions that set Arabnationalism and Zionism on a direct collision course thatreverberates to this day.

The Yeats anthology of the poems of William Blake is that great rarity: one great visionary poet's anthology of everything that moves him about another, even greater one. Yeats prepared it in 1905 and it probably remains the single greatest single one-volume edition of William Blake extant, the one that, in less than 250 pages, presents as sensibly compressed and canny an edition as you'll ever find of perhaps the least sensible and most chaotic genius of English poetry. Even those who have the complete Blake in a couple of editions will find Yeats' Blake all-but-indispensable. –Buffalo News, April 6, 2003 This selection of Blake's work was commissioned in 1905 by the firm of George Routledge from W.B. Yeats. Yeats, one of the few poets comparable to Blake, prepared a unique selection of his poetic and prose writings.

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.

Covering the dramatic rise of German science in the nineteenthcentury, its preeminence in the early twentieth, and thefrightening developments that led to its collapse in 1945, this isthe compelling story of German scientists under Hitler’s regime.Weaving the history of science and technology with the fortunes ofwar and the stories of men and women whose discoveries brought bothbenefits and destruction to the world, Hitler’s Scientists raises questions that are still urgent today. As science becomesembroiled in new generations of weapons of mass destruction and thewar against terrorism, as advances in biotechnology outstriptraditional ethics, this powerful account of Nazi science forms acrucial commentary on the ethical role of science.

Acclaimed around the world and a nationalbest-seller, this is the definitive work on Che Guevara, thedashing rebel whose epic dream was to end poverty and injustice inLatin America and the developing world through armed revolution.Jon Lee Anderson’s biography traces Che’s extraordinary life, fromhis comfortable Argentine upbringing to the battlefields of theCuban revolution, from the halls of power in Castro’s government tohis failed campaign in the Congo and assassination in the Bolivianjungle. Anderson has had unprecedented access to the personal archivesmaintained by Guevara’s widow and carefully guarded Cubangovernment documents. He has conducted extensive interviews withChe’s comrades—some of whom speak here for the first time—and withthe CIA men and Bolivian officers who hunted him down. Andersonbroke the story of where Guevara’s body was buried, which led tothe exhumation and state burial of the bones. Many of the detailsof Che’s life have long been cloaked in secrecy and

'Dr Fromm is deeply concerned with the most important unifying questions that can be asked about contemporary western society - is it sane? He criticises very sharply those social psychologists who act as expert apologists for the status quo.' - The New Statesman 'Erich Fromm speaks with wisdom, compassion, learning and insight into the problems of individuals trapped in a social world that is needlessly cruel and hostile.' - Noam Chomsky Dr Fromm is deeply concerned with the most important unifying questions that can be asked about contemporary western society - is it sane? He criticises very sharply those social psychologists who act as expert apologists for the status quo. - The New Statesman Erich Fromm speaks with wisdom, compassion, learning and insight into the problems of individuals trapped in a social world that is needlessly cruel and hostile. - Noam Chomsky `He has enriched our understanding of man in humanity, compassion and love.' - Sunday Times `He has enriched our

With unprecedented candor, one of George W. Bush's closestaides takes readers behind the scenes of the Bush presidency, andwhat exactly happened to take it off course. Scott McClellan was one of a few Bush loyalists from Texas whobecame part of his inner circle of trusted advisers, and remainedso during one of the most challenging and contentious periods ofrecent history. Drawn to Bush by his commitment to compassionateconservatism and strong bipartisan leadership, McClellan served thepresident for more than seven years, and witnessed day-to-dayexactly how the presidency veered off course. In this refreshingly clear-eyed book, written with no agendaother than to record his experiences and insights for the benefitof history, McClellan provides unique perspective on what happenedand why it happened the way it did, including the Iraq war,Hurricane Katrina, Washington's bitter partisanship, and twohotly-contested presidential campaigns. He gives readers a candidlook into who George W. Bush is a

An enormously entertaining account of contemporary France fromthe former Paris bureau chief of The New York Times. Bernsteincombines personal memoir, informed observation, and news-houndcuriosity to offer a stirring and unforgettable panaorama ofFrance--at times exalted, troubling, and occasionally absurd.