"So Morey was the family megastar. I was the also-ran, even something of a clan pariah… I was convinced that at root I was worthless, and maybe crazy." "The Sheik and the Shadow: A Memoir of Brotherly Bond, Celebrity, and Madness" imparts the intertwined accounts of Bob's intense relationship with his older brother, Morey; his experience as a certified-insane patient in a then-world-renowned mental hospital (Chestnut Lodge, the setting of the book, movie, and play "I Never Promised You a R...

Anton Chekhov, the renowned Russian playwright, presents his collection of 'The Greatest Plays of Anton Chekhov,' showcasing his mastery of both comedy and tragedy in the theatrical world. Known for his unique blend of dark humor and poignant insights into the human condition, Chekhov's plays delve deep into the complexities of human relationships and societal norms. The characters in his plays are often depicted with profound psychological depth, reflecting the author's keen observation o...

The Collected Plays of Anton Chekhov gathers the dramatic works that transformed modern theatre, including The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. Rejecting melodramatic plot in favor of atmosphere, subtext, and emotional indirection, Chekhov makes ordinary conversations disclose entire histories of disappointment, longing, class decline, and social transition. Written at the turn of the twentieth century, these plays stand at the threshold between realism and mode...

What do Dr. Seuss, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Andrei Sakharov, and James Michener have in common? They were all published by Bob Bernstein during his twenty-five-year run as president of Random House, before he brought the dissidents Liu Binyan, Jacobo Timerman, Natan Sharansky, and Václav Havel to worldwide attention in his role as the father of modern human rights.Starting as an office boy at Simon & Schuster in 1946, Bernstein moved to Random House in 1956 and succeeded Be...

This manual is the companion guide to Uniquely Normal: Tapping the Reservoir of Normalcy to Treat Autism. It is a guide to using the Bernstein Cognitive Method for Autism (BCMA, or Bernstein Method).Rob teaches us the commonsense approach and uses everyday situations to help children with autism progress with language, socialization, and organization. You don’t need a graduate school education to use this method; you have all the knowledge and skills you n...

Eating clay, drinking urine, applying honey to deep wounds and mere plaster to crushed these are all folk remedies for ailments, passed on through the generations and thoroughly discounted by modern science. It is too bad, write scientist-historian couple Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein, who deplore the loss of proven methods developed without the blessing of the academy, noting that "formal academic systems are only one of many ways in which knowledge is discovered, accumulated, and tra...

**The digital version of this audiobook contains an introduction read by Carl Bernstein.The Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of All the President***’*s Men—the chronicle of the investigative report about the Watergate break-in and resultant political scandal which led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation—recalls his formative years as a teenage newspaper reporter in JFK’s Washington—a tale of adventures, scrapes, clever escapes, and th...

A classic collection of titles from one of the world's greatest financial writersOne of the foremost financial writers of his generation, the late Peter Bernstein had the unique ability to synthesize intellectual history and economics with the theory and practice of investment management. Now, with the Peter L. Bernstein Classics Collection e-bundle, you will be able to enjoy some of the most important and critically acclaimed books by this engaging invest...

In 'The Greatest Works of Anton Chekhov', readers can immerse themselves in the captivating world created by the master of short stories. Chekhov's literary style is marked by its realism, psychological depth, and subtle humor, making his stories a timeless reflection of the human condition. This collection includes iconic works such as 'The Lady with the Dog' and 'The Cherry Orchard', showcasing Chekhov's keen observation of society and his ability to capture the complexities of human rel...

Greatest Works of Anton Chekhov gathers the essential fiction and drama of a writer who transformed modern literature through restraint, ambiguity, and psychological precision. In stories such as "The Lady with the Dog" and plays like The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov rejects melodrama in favor of quiet revelation, ordinary speech, and unresolved longing. His art belongs to late nineteenth-century realism, yet it anticipates modernism in its fragmenta...

This is the story of the infamous nineteenth-century Scottish grave robbers who weren’t Scottish and didn’t rob graves. They were actually Irish, and as robbing graves to supply the needs of Edinburgh’s anatomists proved to be rather hard work, they just took to murdering people—usually their neighbors—for profit. In collaboration with their common-law wives, they set about supplying corpses for Dr. John Knox, an eminent Scottish surgeon, with considerable enthusiasm and gusto. The play fo...

What do Dr. Seuss, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Andrei Sakharov, and James Michener have in common? They were all published by Bob Bernstein during his twenty-five-year run as president of Random House, before he brought the dissidents Liu Binyan, Jacobo Timerman, Natan Sharansky, and Václav Havel to worldwide attention in his role as the father of modern human rights.Starting as an office boy at Simon & Schuster in 1946, Bernstein moved to Random House in 1956 and succeeded Ben...