Author: James Kynge
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: future, challenge, america, troubled, rise, shakes, world, titan, china
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2007-09-05
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0618919066
ISBN-13: 9780618919062

"Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world." Napoleon’s words seem eerily prescient today, as the shock waves from China’s awakening reverberate around the globe. Award-winning journalist James Kynge takes measure of the tremors made as China’s ravenous hunger for jobs, raw materials, energy, and food ? and its export of goods, workers, and investments ? drastically reshapes world trade and politics. Through dramatic stories of the people who are driving China’s transformation ? entrepreneurs and visionaries, factory workers and store clerks ? Kynge

Author: Richard Dawkins
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: evolution, dawn, pilgrimage, tale, ancestor
Number of Pages: 688
Published: 2005-09-02
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 061861916X
ISBN-13: 9780618619160

With unparalleled wit, clarity, and intelligence, Richard Dawkins, one of the world’s most renowned evolutionary biologists, has introduced countless readers to the wonders of science in works such as The Selfish Gene. Now, in The Ancestor’s Tale, Dawkins offers a masterwork: an exhilarating reverse tour through evolution, from present-day humans back to the microbial beginnings of life four billion years ago. Throughout the journey Dawkins spins entertaining, insightful stories and sheds light on topics such as speciation, sexual selection, and extinction. The Ancestor’s Tal

Authors:Pam Cornelison, Ted Yanak,
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: american, history, expanded, updated, fact, finder
Number of Pages: 624
Published: 2004-08-27
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0618439412
ISBN-13: 9780618439416

Completely revised and expanded with 200 new entries, The Great American History Fact-Finder covers a wide spectrum of American history and culture, including political events, military history, sports, arts, entertainment, landmark legislation, and business. Here is essential information on everything from the Mayflower to space exploration, from the dot-com boom and bust to the Stanley Cup. The book’s 2,200 concise entries, arranged from A to Z, bring our nation’s past into sharp focus while also offering just plain useful facts about the well known and not so well known:- Who ra

Author: Stanislaw Lem
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: fiasco
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1988-03-15
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0156306301
ISBN-13: 9780156306300

The planet Quinta is pocked by ugly mounds and covered by a spiderweb-like network. It is a kingdom of phantoms and of a beauty afflicted by madness. In stark contrast, the crew of the spaceship Hermes represents a knowledge-seeking Earth. As they approach Quinta, a dark poetry takes over and leads them into a nightmare of misunderstanding. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Authors:Antoine De Saint-exupery, Richard Howard,
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: prince, little
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2000-05-15
List price: $10.00
ISBN-10: 0156012197
ISBN-13: 9780156012195

Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. Richard Howard’s new translation of the beloved classic-published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Antoine de Saint-ExupA ry’s birth-beautifully reflects Saint-ExupA ry’s unique and gifted style. Howard, an acclaimed poet and one of the preeminent translators of our time, has excelled in bringing the English text as close as possible to the French, in language, style, and most important, spirit. The artwork in this new edition has been restored to match in det

Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: galbraith, essential
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2001-10-09
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0618119639
ISBN-13: 9780618119639

THE ESSENTIAL GALBRAITH includes key selections from the most important works of John Kenneth Galbraith, one of the most distinguished writers of our time - from THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY, the groundbreaking book in which he conined the tern "conventional wisdom," to THE GREAT CRASH, an unsurpassed account of the events that triggered America’s worst economic crisis. Galbraith"s new introductions place the works in their historical moment and make clear their enduring relevance for the new century. THE ESSENTIAL GALBRAITH will delight old admirers and introduce one of our most beloved writer

Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: part, rings, lord, ring, fellowship
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 1999-09
List price: $12.00
ISBN-10: 0618002227
ISBN-13: 9780618002221

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in THE HOBBIT. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-eart