"There is no such thing as a 'natural' disaster," writes Romain Huret in his introduction to this multidisciplinary study of the events surrounding and the legacy of Hurricane Katrina. Though nature produced Katrina's rising waters and destructive winds, a vast array of manmade factors shaped the scope of the storm's impact as well as the local and national response to it. In Hurricane Katrina in Transatlantic Perspective, American and European scholars approach this infamous storm and its...

She wore rags to hide millions, lived like a pauper while commanding fortunes that could topple banks, and struck fear into the hearts of Wall Street's most powerful men. Hetty Green, known as the Witch of Wall Street, was the most ruthlessly successful financier of America's Gilded Age and arguably the shrewdest investor who ever lived. This electrifying biography unveils the extraordinary woman behind the legend, a financial genius whose iron will and calculated coldness built an empire ...

“Alfred Sloan’s Adventures of a White-Collar Man was published in 1940. Much has happened in the intervening decades... One might be forgiven for wondering whether a book written so long ago has anything to offer the modern reader...Such skepticism would be mistaken.Adventures is... an epic saga, a rags-to-riches story of a group of plucky eccentrics who, on fire for opportunity, began by building horseless carriages in backyards and toolsheds and ended up...

Thomas Walsh discovered fabulous golden wealth in the historic Camp Bird Mine near Ouray, Colorado. His daughter, Evalyn Walsh McLean, tells an engaging true story of the family that wanted for nothing. They led a life of extravagance. It enabled them to acquire possessions such as the Hope Diamond and the fabulous homes that hosted spectacular social functions and served as retreats for kings and presidents.-Print ed.