**A “riveting and important” story of heroism and justice: How—and against what odds—the perpetrators of Balkan genocide were captured by the most successful manhunt in history (TIME)“. . . adds greatly to our understanding of how international criminal justice has evolved and offers lessons for future war crimes investigations.” —Newsweek**Written with a thrilling narrative pull, The Butcher’s Trail chronicles the pursuit and capture of the Balka...

**A New York Times Notable Book of the YearThis gripping family memoir of grief, courage, and hope tells the hidden stories of children who escaped the Holocaust, building connections across generations and continents.**In 1938, Jewish families are scrambling to flee Vienna. Desperate, they take out advertisements offering their children into the safe keeping of readers of a British newspaper, the Manchester Guardian. The right words in the right order cou...

From E.B. White's motherly Charlotte to J.R.R. Tolkien's monstrous Shelob, spiders both lovable and loathsome have crept their way into human literature. Here is a collection of tales about these fearsome, yet fascinating creatures. A golden spider learns how to spin webs of dreams and visions…A modern London barrister is chosen to be the vessel for an ancient African god…A scientist discovers some legends are all too true…An outlawed demigod passes judgment on a prince's fitness to rule. ...

A sequel to The Gentle Ruler, the story continues after Fred’s devastating loss of his wife. As Fred puts his life back together, a woman approaches him about becoming the CEO of her company, a conglomerate of twenty plastic factories. But Fred slowly begins to realize that this woman had a secondary reason to name him CEO—she also wants him as her husband.Fred sees her as an intelligent and good-looking woman, but will he be able to live with her knowing that they can’t s...

Women don't quit. We pivot.Most women leave STEMM mid-career—not for lack of talent or ambition, but because the system wasn't built for them.If you've ever felt the tension between loving your work and wondering whether you can stay…You are not alone.Beyond the Pipeline brings the choices women make every day to center stage, acknowledging the challenges and illuminating the path forward:· ...

The Four Lads were pop superstars of the 1950s. Connie Codarini. Bernie Toorish. Jimmie Arnold. Frank Busseri. They sold over 50 million records with hits such as "Moments to Remember,” "Standing on the Corner," "No, Not Much,” "Who Needs You?" and "Istanbul". The Fifties had them riding high with their own TV show and personal appearances all over the country. Their harmonies became one of the fondest memories of that era. The Four Lads Book looks back at the music and the four men who ma...

Discover the secret of SELF-REFERRAL and unlock your body's full potential for MAXIMUM HEALTH. This book will revolutionize the way you approach your health, revealing the key to a healthy and balanced body.Benefits:- Achieve and maintain ideal body conditions- Improve communication between your brain and body for optimal health- Overcome the harmful effects of stress on your body and mindWhat's incl...

When I watched people taking pictures with cameras, mobile phones, or tablets—and nowadays drones or cameras mounted on bikes and even their head—I always wondered, who is going to look at all these images? Them? Their friends? Their family? Aren't we all afraid when the phone rings and a friend invites us over for the "ultimate slideshow of their last beach vacation"? This really made me wonder why I take pictures at all. I store them on a hard disk and almost never look at them again. Bu...

Understand the technology that will power our future with this comprehensive guideEnergy supply is perhaps the most challenging engineering problem and social and economic issue of the modern age. Energy storage technologies and in particular batteries are an important option to optimize energy supply systems both technically and economically. They help to drive down costs, make new products and services possible and can reduce emissions. Batteries are now key comp...

What is the best way to auction an asset? How should a group of people organize themselves to ensure the best provision of public goods? How should exchanges be organized? In An Introduction to the Theory of Mechanism Design, Tilman Börgers addresses these questions and more through an exploration of the economic theory of mechanism design. Mechanism design is reverse game theory. Whereas game theory takes the rules of the game as a given and makes predictions about the behavior o...

What happens when you discover that the one person you have decided to give the rest of your life to, isn’t who you thought they were? Scott was finally prepared to take the leap. The ring was in his pocket. All he needed was the perfect night. However, on his way to pick her up that perfect night, he discovers that Meghan may not want the same things he does. Left with a ring and a difficult decision, Scott must consider what happens when you are not your one and only’s one or only.

An all-star cast of scholars and politicians from Europe and America propose and debate the creation of a new European parliament with substantial budgetary and legislative power to solve the crisis of governance in the Eurozone and promote social and fiscal justice and public investment.The European Union is struggling. The rise of Euroskeptic parties in member states, economic distress in the south, the migrant crisis, and Brexit top the news. But deeper structur...