For the first time, the full story of what happened when Frank Sinatra brought his best pals to party in a land called Vegas. January 1960. Las Vegas is at its smooth, cool peak. The Strip is a jet-age theme park, and the greatest singer in the history of American popular music summons a group of friends ... more »

It's the summer of 1966... The fundamental old ways: chastity, rationality, harmony, sobriety, even democracy: blasted to nothing or crumbling under siege. The city glows. It echoes. It pulses. It bleeds pastel and fuzzy, spicy, paisley and soft. This is how it's always going to be: smashing clothes ... more »

Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman--both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as they discuss the very real--and often ... more »

Silbury Dawning presents the unique theory that the 'missing link' in our evolution was due to the arrival of an extra-terrestrial being or race of beings some 13,000 years ago that bred with, or somehow implanted its genetic material and educated our Homo sapiens ancestors. As per Darwin's theory, those ... more »

In Lost in Space , Greg Klerkx argues that ever since the last human left the moon in 1972, the Space Age has been stuck in the wrong orbit and NASA, the organization that once fueled the world s space-faring hopes, has been largely responsible for keeping it there. With the loss of the space shuttle ... more »

Killer tornadoes. Violent tropical storms. Devastating temperatures. Are these just the prelude to an unprecedented environmental disaster in our near future? Rapid changes in the atmosphere have set humanity on a dangerous course toward a catastrophic change in climate in the immediate future. It's ... more »

The ultimate guide to the ultimate storms, Hurricane Watch is a fascinating blend of science and history from one of the world's foremost meteorologists and an award-winning science journalist. This in-depth look at these awe-inspiring acts of nature covers everything from the earliest efforts by seafarers ... more »

In her first new work since The Vagina Monologues, her Obie Award-winning smash hit, Eve Ensler tells the story of two American women, a Park Avenue psychiatrist and a human rights worker, who go to Bosnia to help women confront their memories of war and emerge deeply changed themselves. Necessary Targets ... more »

Louis Gary Lamit's Moving from 2D to 3D CAD for Engineering Design: Challenges and Opportunities is a much-needed book that clearly explains the industry factors, the many advantages, and the product selection criteria for adopting 3D computer-aided design (CAD) for one's engineering design work. Written ... more »

I cannot ignore the reality of the body, its glorious beginnings and its subtle endings, writes Cortney Davis in this intimate and startlingly original account of her work at a women's clinic. A poet and nurse-practitioner with twenty five years' experience, Davis reveals the beauty of the body's workings ... more »

Is our universe dying? Could there be other universes? In Parallel Worlds , world-renowned physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku -- an author who "has a knack for bringing the most ethereal ideas down to earth" (Wall Street Journal )--takes readers on a fascinating tour of cosmology ... more »

Price M. Cobbs, M.D., coauthor, with William H. Grier, of Black Rage -- one of the twentieth century's most profound examinations of black life in America -- has been a witness to some of the most important events in American history. Now, thirty years later, for the first time he reconsiders his extraordinary ... more »