In the shadow-drenched city of Nyxara, where spires claw at a starless void and cobblestone streets pulse with sentient darkness, the **Bloodwight Syndicate** reigns supreme. These shadow-bound aristocrats feed on the city’s vices, their power sustained by betrayal, blood, and forbidden desires. But beneath their gilded tyranny lies a buried truth: Nyxara was never meant to be a cage. Its foundations were forged in sacrifice, a pact with the **Forgotten Sovereign**, a being of pure shadow ...

Award-winning historian Zachary Karabell tells the epic story of the greatest engineering feat of the nineteenth century--the building of the Suez Canal-- and shows how it changed the world.The dream was a waterway that would unite the East and the West, and the ambitious, energetic French diplomat and entrepreneur Ferdinand de Lesseps was the mastermind behind the project. Lesseps saw the project through fifteen years of financial challenges, technical obstacles, and political int...

A sweeping history of the legendary private investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman, exploring its central role in the story of American wealth and its rise to global powerConspiracy theories have always swirled around Brown Brothers Harriman, and not without reason. Throughout the nineteenth century, when America was convulsed by a devastating financial panic essentially every twenty years, Brown Brothers quietly went from strength to strength, propping up the U.S...

In The Last Campaign, Zachary Karabell rescues the 1948 presidential campaign from the annals of political folklore ("Dewey Defeats Truman," the Chicago Tribune memorably and erroneously heralded), to give us a fresh look at perhaps the last time the American people could truly distinguish what the candidates stood for.In 1948,Harry Truman, the feisty working-class Democratic incumbent was one of the most unpopular presidents the country had ever known. His Republi...

How the world's most influential companies are building business strategies that tackle the biggest global challenges.Today's business landscape is changing in fundamental ways: Natural resources are growing ever more scarce and expensive. Technology and changing consumer expectations are making transparency a fact of life. The rise of emerging economies creates vast market opportunities for companies--and better living standards for hundreds of millions. In Sustainable Excelle...

In a narrative that is at once thoughtful and passionate, an award-winning historian reveals the history of peaceful coexistence between Muslims, Christians, and Jews over the course of fourteen centuries until the present day.The harsh reality of religious conflict is daily news, and the rising tensions between the West and Islam show no signs of abating. However, the relationship between Muslims, Christians, and Jews has not always been marked with animosity; the...

A sweeping history of the legendary private investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman, exploring its central role in the story of American wealth and its rise to global powerConspiracy theories have always swirled around Brown Brothers Harriman, and not without reason. Throughout the nineteenth century, when America was convulsed by a devastating financial panic essentially every twenty years, Brown Brothers quietly went from strength to strength, propping up the U.S...

We live in a world polarized by the ongoing conflict between Muslims, Christians and Jews, but - in an extraordinary narrative spanning fourteen centuries - Zachary Karabell argues that the relationship between Islam and the West has never been simply one of animosity and competition, but has also comprised long periods of cooperation and coexistence.Through a rich tapestry of stories and a compelling cast of characters, People of the Book uncovers known history, and forgo...

When two birds have a chat about what they’re seeing in the human world, a Children’s Book for GROWN-UPS of all ages… comes alive. In this beautifully illustrated parable in the tradition of The Little Prince, Deena Karabell’s enchanting bird narrators take us on a whimsical journey, revealing humans in all their wonder and folly, as they search and search for what is true and what to do.

The Gilded Age bon vivant who became America's unlikeliest chief executive—and who presided over a sweeping reform of the system that nurtured him.Chester Alan Arthur never dreamed that one day he would be president of the United States. A successful lawyer, Arthur had been forced out as the head of the Custom House of the Port of New York in 1877 in a power struggle between the two wings of the Republican Party. He became such a celebrity that he was nominated for...

WHO'S THE BEST?WHO'S THE WORST?Every Philadelphia fan knows that the only thing better than watching sports is arguing about them - picking the best, the worst, and who will come out on top. And no city tears its sports teams apart like we do in Philly.Philly-area native and ESPN.com senior writer Eric Karabell takes you inside the 100 best debates in Philadelphia sports. Covering the Eagles, Phillies, 76ers, Flyers, and beyond, eve...

The Kenya Alliance of Residents Associations (KARA) is the apex body representing the residents' associations in Kenya. KARA has members across the country and works through its members on policy advocacy and to inform, educate and promote awareness among the public on public service delivery issues.Impact assessment/evaluation is done after a policy change to determine its impact or lack thereof. The report shows how the Business Advocacy Fund made a point of attempting to assess ...