Seventy to eighty-five million people died in six years — and almost none of them died as a statistic. They died as someone's father, someone's sister, someone's whole world.Most world war 2 history books hand you troop movements and dates and call it done. The War They Won does something different. It walks you from the Treaty of Versailles to the surrender aboard the USS Missouri — through the Blitz, Stalingrad, D-Day, Auschwitz, Hiroshima, and the quiet...

#1 New York Times Bestseller • Los Angeles Times BestsellerOne of The Wall Street Journal's 10 Books to Read Now • One of Kirkus Reviews's Best Nonfiction Books of the Year • One of Publishers Weekly's Most Anticipated Books of the YearShortlisted for the OWL Business Book Award and Longl...

This revised edition of the number-one bestseller and winner of the 1989 National Book Award includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's new, updated epilogue.One of the most thought-provoking books ever written about the Middle East, From Beirut to Jerusalem remains vital to our understanding of this complex and volatile region of the world. Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman drew upon his ten years of experience reporting from Lebanon a...

Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles. It provides over 40% of Northern Ireland's drinking water, is an ecosystem of international importance, and supports many commercial businesses, including fisheries. This book examines the law relating to ownership of the Lough. It places an emphasis on the lead ruling to date from the UK's highest court, Johnston v. O'Neill. It is demonstrated that this case has been internalised incorrectly into the UK legal order ...

A brilliant investigation of globalization, the most significant socioeconomic trend in the world today, and how it is affecting everything we do-economically, politically, and culturally-abroad and at home.As foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman crisscrosses the globe talking with the world's economic and political leaders, and reporting, as only he can, on what he sees. Now he has used his years of experience as a reporter and columnist to...

This Independence Day edition of The World is Flat 3.0 includes an an exclusive preview of That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back, by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, on sale September 5th, 2011.A New Edition of the Phenomenal #1 Bestseller"One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certai...

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearA Washington Post Best Book of the YearA Businessweek Best Business Book of the YearA Chicago Tribune Best Book of the YearIn this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment...

Bring life to your robot using ROS robotic applications Key Features\[\*\]This book will help you boost your knowledge of ROS and give you advanced practical experience you can apply to your ROS robot platforms\[\*\]This is the only book that offers you step-by-step instructions to solidify your ROS understanding and gain experience using ROS tools\[\*\] From eminent authors, this book offers you a plethora of fun-filled examples to make your o...

America is in trouble. We face four major challenges on which our future depends, and we are failing to meet them—and if we delay any longer, soon it will be too late for us to pass along the American dream to future generations.In That Used to Be Us, Thomas L. Friedman, one of our most influential columnists, and Michael Mandelbaum, one of our leading foreign policy thinkers, offer both a wake-up call and a call to collective action. They analyze the four challenges we fac...

On a November afternoon in 1864, the weary Gen. John Bell Hood surveyed the army waiting to attack the Federals at Franklin, Tennessee. He gave the signal almost at dusk, and the Confederates rushed forward to utter devastation. This book describes the events and causes of the five-hour battle in gripping detail, particularly focusing on the reasons for such slaughter at a time when the outcome of the war had already been decided.The genesis of the senseless tragedy, according to M...

In the shadow of nuclear annihilation, when the world balanced on a razor's edge between civilization and catastrophe, two brilliant strategic minds dared to chart humanity's path through the darkest valley of the Cold War. Strategy for Survival emerges from 1963 as a chilling blueprint for national defense in an era when a single miscalculation could trigger global devastation. Thomas L. Martin Jr. and Donald C. Latham present their unflinching analysis of America's precarious position in...

"The Mormons: A Discourse Delivered Before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania" by Thomas L. Kane is a significant exploration of the early Latter-day Saint movement and its followers. Kane, a contemporary of the Mormons, provides a unique perspective on their beliefs, practices, and the challenges they faced during their formative years. His discourse highlights the social and political dynamics surrounding the Mormons, offering insights into their community's resilience and the contro...