One of the wildest, most spectacular decades in American history, the 1920s were a period of unprecedented growth and mass consumerism. In the New Era people drank in speakeasies, danced to jazz, idolized gangsters, and bet their life savings on stocks.Born and raised in a small Canadian town, Arthur Cutten went to Chicago in 1890 with ninety dollars to his name. Through utter ruthlessness he amassed a fortune trading in grain futures and stocks. Cutten was heralded as the modern M...

One of the wildest, most spectacular decades in American history, the 1920s were a period of unprecedented growth and mass consumerism. In the New Era people drank in speakeasies, danced to jazz, idolized gangsters, and bet their life savings on stocks.Born and raised in a small Canadian town, Arthur Cutten went to Chicago in 1890 with ninety dollars to his name. Through utter ruthlessness he amassed a fortune trading in grain futures and stocks. Cutten was heralded as the modern M...

This book explores the Arab world and its development problems as its new oil wealth opens up prospects of accelerated economic and social progress. It describes Kuwait's aid operations and looks at the effect the sudden torrent of oil money has had on the Kuwaitis.

The Life and Times of Engineer Rear Admiral

Stephen Stills is one of the last remaining music legends from the rock era without a biography. During his six-decade career, he has played with all the greats. His career sky-rocketed when Crosby, Stills & Nash played only their second gig together at Woodstock in 1969. With the addition of Neil Young, the band would go on to play the first rock stadium tour in 1974.Stephen Stills is the only person to have been inducted twice in one night into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Robert the Bruce is a man of both history and legend. In his lifetime he secured Scottish independence in the face of English imperial aggression under the successive leadership of Edward I and Edward II. He was the victor of Bannockburn, a self-made king against all odds, and is celebrated as a champion of the Scottish nation. Yet Robert’s colourful life is far from straightforward. Stephen Spinks seeks to examine this most enigmatic of kings beyond the myths to reveal him in the context ...

Set during the American Revolutionary War, the novel follows the story of Captain Allan McLane, a Continental Dragoon who fights for the American cause against the British. McLane is depicted as a brave and resourceful soldier who engages in various military exploits and skirmishes against the British forces.Throughout the novel, McLane faces numerous challenges and dangers as he navigates the complexities of war and the shifting allegiances of his fellow soldiers. The story explores theme...

Tired, disoriented, and confused, Robert East was no match for the wolves when they arrived. Robert East loved his older brother, Tom, but always resented Tom’s favored role in the family cattle business based at their San Antonio Viejo ranch near Hebbronville, Texas, just north of the Rio Grande. Tom was a figure to be reckoned with, a cattleman with ambitions to supplant their Uncle Bob Kleberg, head of the enormous King Ranch, as the leading cattle raiser in Texas. Robert, by contrast, ...

Alexander Stephens was a diminutive and sickly man. A lawyer who attended Franklin College, the school eventually became the University of Georgia. Alexander served in the Georgia legislature and later in both houses of Congress. As a young man he was assigned to an orphan's home. An intriguing person, he was interested in numerous topics and was also very benevolent. My research indicates that he turned down no one who asked for his help, regardless of race. One of Stephens most enduring ...

In Calibre .50, master storyteller Robert Sheckley trades his signature science fiction for the razor-edged world of noir, delivering a lean, brutal, and irresistibly stylish mystery. This Stephen Dain adventure hurtles through a landscape of deception, greed, and double-crosses, where every smile hides a gun and every alliance comes with a price tag. When private investigator Dain takes what seems like a routine assignment, he soon finds himself caught between rival gangsters, co...

In March 2011, people in a coastal Japanese city stood atop a seawall watching the approach of the tsunami that would kill them. They believed—naively—that the huge concrete barrier would save them. Instead they perished, betrayed by the very thing built to protect them. Erratic weather, blistering drought, rising seas, and ecosystem collapse now affect every inch of the globe. Increasingly, we no longer look to stop climate change, choosing instead to adapt to it.Never have so man...

In Dead Run, Robert Sheckley once again proves his versatility and razor-edged command of noir fiction, bringing back the cynical, quick-witted investigator Stephen Dain in a tense, atmospheric mystery that smolders with danger and sardonic charm. When Dain takes on what seems like a simple missing-person case, he soon finds himself neck-deep in a labyrinth of deception where every ally has a hidden motive — and every truth leads straight to a corpse.Sheck...