How skirting the law once defined America’s relation to the world. In the frigid winter of 1875, Charles L. Lawrence made international headlines when he was arrested for smuggling silk worth $60 million into the United States. An intimate of Boss Tweed, gloriously dubbed “The Prince of Smuggler...

An important element in Japanese baseball is wa--group harmony--embodied in the proverb "The nail that sticks up shall be hammered down". But what if the nail is a visiting American player? Here's a look at Japanese baseball, as seen by baffled Americans "Whiting has hit upon a brilliant way of demo...

The very word Taxes sends shivers up spines. Yet, very few realize the tremendous impact that taxation has had on civilization. The author changes that in this fascinating history. Adams, a tax attorney, presents the history of taxation from ancient times to the present. He studies tax law and colle...

Drought, floods, hail, winds, and extreme heat and cold are just a few of the challenges that unpredictable weather can present as you’re trying to grow healthy plants. Charles W. G. Smith helps you tackle unforeseen weather changes using his ingenious defensive approach to gardening. With profile...

Moving back to Yorkshire was the last thing DI Tom Richmonds thought he would do. His superiors are also perturbed by his decision to transfer. Surely after the murder of the young girl, Yorkshire is the last place he should want to be? Is this Richmond's attempt to make peace with the past, or does...

When Supply Chains Break, Will You Know How to Grow? Food crises don't announce themselves. But when conflicts escalate, droughts intensify, and grocery shelves empty, one skill separates those who thrive from those who struggle: the ability to grow food anywhere, with anything. CULTIVATING DURI...

GOLD MEDAL WINNER for BEST SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN in the GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS 2025 ON THE MOON NOVENA, WHEN THE SEASONS TURN DEADLY, YOU MOVE, OR YOU DIE. As the frigid cold creeps in, the country of Ionia prepares to move it’s people to safety only to discover that traitors have stolen their...

This profusely illustrated comprehensive key for identifying amphibians and reptiles from the continental United States and Canada incorporates a wealth of scientific findings. Since the first edition was published in 1998 and the second in 2012, the number of currently recognized species of native...

What happens when a former Goldman Sachs stockbroker buys a bankrupt factory in upstate New York and decides to rebuild it from the ground up? John Menzel’s story is part business memoir, part cautionary tale, and part tribute to the people who kept the machines running. Drawn from fifteen years o...

Walmart and "Made in China" are practically synonymous; Walmart imports some 70 percent of its merchandise from China. Walmart is now also rapidly becoming a major retail presence there, with close to two hundred Walmarts in more than a hundred Chinese cities. What happens when the world's biggest ...

If you are working a 9-5 job and want more time & money to travel or are one of the 75-million baby boomers retiring & pursuing their travel dream, this class will show you how to use your talent, skill & life experience to travel free. Author, Gina Henry will show you how she has afforded to travel...

ABOUT THE BOOK To Prepare is to make ready beforehand, like athletes do in practice games. To Prepare to Prepare is what to do right for the Practice games, as is done in the classroom and locker room before doing the practice. Top athletes even prepare apart from their teammates so as to make ready...

The surprising story of how Cold War foes found common cause in transforming China’s economy into a source of cheap labor, creating the economic interdependence that characterizes our world today. For centuries, the vastness of the Chinese market tempted foreign companies in search of customers....

This concise book, by one of the leading scholars in development economics, has been developed from a series of lectures given to masters students and will serve as an excellent introduction to the principles of growth and development theory. The author presents conventional wisdom with a critical ...

Historically, economists have had very little to say about art: in the latter half of this century, that has begun to change. Difficult issues, like pricing and art valuation, the influence on pricing by what is fashionable in art, and the nature of the auction, have recently been tackled by economi...

What happens when a former Goldman Sachs stockbroker buys a bankrupt factory in upstate New York and decides to rebuild it from the ground up? John Menzel’s story is part business memoir, part cautionary tale, and part tribute to the people who kept the machines running. Drawn from fifteen years o...