Leon R. Kass has been helping Americans better understand the human condition for over four decades-as a teacher, writer, scholar, public champion of the humanities, and defender of human dignity. From bioethics to civic education, from interpreting the Bible to weighing the moral implications of modern science, Kass has offered wisdom, guidance, and instruction. In this volume, fifteen of Kass's admirers, including students, colleagues, and friends, honor his work by reflecting on the bro...

It's Christmas 2019 on Long Island, and something's gone very wrong: Christmas trees, the bright and merry creatures that everyone celebrates through song when the weather is frightful, are strangling people to death! It started with two ornery Brooklynites who were choked on the Long Island Expressway while driving their new tree home. Then it was an honor student at a prestigious school, then the heir to a famous culinary family...and that was just the start of their carnage. Join young ...

Will Chambers, an easygoing Brooklyn librarian who loves cartoons and punk rock music, isn't so happy-go-lucky after eight months out of work. If he doesn't find another job soon, he's going to be living in a box somewhere in the New York City subway system! His back pressed firmly to the wall, Will applies for a job in trendy Williamsburg promising "lots of fresh air and unbeatable benefits." Will's unforeseen new career is an adventurous one, as he is quickly confronted with a neighborho...

Kidney disease and cancer are frequent comorbidities that require specialized knowledge and expertise from both the nephrologist and the oncologist. Written by three pioneers in this growing subspecialty, Onco-Nephrology provides authoritative, definitive coverage of the mechanism and management of these two life-threatening diseases. This unique, single-volume resource covers current protocols and recommends management therapies to arrest kidney failure and allow oncologic treatments to c...

'This is the most important - and fascinating - book yet written about how the digital age will affect our world' Walter Isaacson, author of Steve JobsFrom two leading thinkers, the widely anticipated book that describes a new, hugely connected world of the future, full of challenges and benefits which are ours to meet and harness. The New Digital Age is the product of an unparalleled collaboration: full of the brilliant insights of one of Silicon Valley's great i...

In an unparalleled collaboration, two leading global thinkers in technology and foreign affairs give us their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected—a world full of challenges and benefits that are ours to meet and to harness.Eric Schmidt is one of Silicon Valley’s great leaders, having taken Google from a small startup to one of the world’s most influential companies. Jared Cohen is the director of Google Ideas and a former a...

This is the most important - and fascinating - book yet written about how the digital age will affect our world' Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs.From two leading thinkers, the widely anticipated book that describes a new, hugely connected world of the future, full of challenges and benefits which are ours to meet and harness.The New Digital Age is the product of an unparalleled collaboration: full of the brilliant insights of one of Silicon Valley's ...

Take stock of your financial situationFrom budgeting, saving, and reducing debt, to making timely investment choices and planning for the future, Personal Finance for Dummies provides fiscally conscious listeners with the tools they need to take charge of their financial life.This new edition includes coverage of an extensive new tax bill that took effect in 2018 and the impact on individuals, families, small businesses, and on real estate and inve...

This edited volume examines the presidency of Joe Biden, exploring the profound gap between significant policy achievement and public recognition in modern American politics. It asks a pressing question: how can a president pass landmark legislation and still lose the battle for his own legacy? Opening with the political fallout from the 2024 election, the book traces Biden's major legislative wins — including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHI...

More than 400 years of history unfold in the pages of this lavishly illustrated volume, which presents sixty-five full-color maps of America's oldest major city. This is Manhattan's first atlas of historical maps, gathered from private collections and libraries throughout the world. From Giovanni da Verrazzano's first glimpse of New York Harbor in the sixteenth century to a modern aerial survey of the island, these rare and beautiful maps recount the city's urban and social history....

The Best of Gene Wolfe is the definitive collection of the best of Gene Wolfe’s short fiction.One of the greatest writers in genre (and literary fiction) of the twentieth century, Gene Wolfe was a national treasure who produced the finest and most significant body of short fiction in the SF and fantasy field over the last fifty years. The Best of Gene Wolfe is an amazing retrospective collection of his short fiction, selected by Wolfe himself....

Trevor Kaymardt, known to a generation of fans as the "Blue Light Express," has fallen on hard times. After losing the ability to pitch following the sudden death of his wife, life after retirement has turned the four-time National League All-Star into an anonymous corporate drone. But at a company retreat, Trevor meets Angelica, a free-spirited David Bowie fanatic with a checkered past of her own. Will the power of love and the Starman give Trevor his mojo--and his fastball--back?