Product Description: Now in paperback, a no-holds-barred biography of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo by Vanity Fair writer Michael Shnayerson. He is the most fascinating politician in American today: tactically brilliant, charismatic, yet also dark, brooding, and vindictive...read more

Product Description: Delves into the political and personal life of the New York State governor, who some believe is destined for the White House.

Product Description: The Hamptons have long been a haven for the world’s elite. Its breathtaking vistas inspired Walt Whitman and Winslow Homer; its social forebears include Gerald and Sara Murphy entertaining Léger and Fitzgerald; Kurt Vonnegut, Jackson Pollock, and Andy Warhol all found inspiration on America’s Riviera...read more

Product Description: Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraordinary icon tells us the story of that life, giving us its full breadth, letting us share in the struggles, the tragedies, and, most of all, the inspiring triumphs...read more

Looks at the environmental battle shaping up in southern West Virginia between powerful coal companies, which are wreaking havoc on the natural landscape of Appalachia, as well as on the towns and communities of the region, and such activists as attorney Joe Lovett and Judy Bonds, leader of a grassroots movement, who are taking on Massey Energy, the largest of the coal companies.

Product Description: It wasn't too long ago that modern antibiotics seemed to have conquered bacteria. Threatening bacteria, doctors proclaimed, were on their way out.Not exactly. In THE KILLERS WITHIN, Michael Shnayerson and Mark Plotkin reveal the terrifying truth: that bacteria have evolved, have outwitted doctors, and are now on the ascendancy...read more

The authors introduce readers to the wide and terrifying world of drug-resistant bacteria that are increasingly hardened against antibiotics and pose a deadly new threat to human life. 50,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Describes General Motors's decision to become the world's first mass producer of an electric car, discussing the development of the Impact and the ramifications of this new type of vehicle for the American automotive industry. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

This study of the life of Irwin Shaw is the result of hundreds of interviews with people who knew Shaw, who was celebrated both for his talent as a writer and his colorful personality