Description: Starting from scratch, simply by picking stocks and companies for investment, Warren Buffett amassed one of the epochal fortunes of the 20th century -- an astounding net worth of $10 billion and counting. That awesome record has made him a cult figure.

This illuminating biography reveals a man whose conscientiousness, integrity, and good humor exist alongside an odd emotional isolation. Buffett also masterfully traces his life: his enormously successful partnership; his early, inspired investments in American Express and Geico; his companionship and investment with Katharine Graham of the Washington Post; his role in the Capital Cities purchase of ABC; his unique relationship with his wife and mistress; and his rescue of the scandal-ridden Salomon Brothers.

Description: "Winning is not a something thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit, unfortunately so is losing...."

Description: Highly acclaimed English novelist. Writings include: Howard's End, A Room with a View, A Passage to India. Volume covers the period 1905-1971.

Description: An account of how a very few powerful individuals come to wield a lot of control in international communications. The politics, eccentricities and industrial alliances of the moguls including Maxwell and Murdoch are examined in detail.

Description: Intended for high-school and early college students and general readers, this volume in the Notable Scientists series contains entries on approximately 200 earth scientists. Most are currently or recently active, but some significant older scientists have also been included. Among the subdisciplines covered in the text are geochemistry, geophysics, mineralogy, paleontology, petrology, sedimentology, structural geology, and tectonics. Although the coverage spans the globe, there is an emphasis on Americans. In the preface, Gates explains that the book is shorter than planned mainly because of the difficulty of obtaining information on currently active scientists.

Description: Entries are in alphabetical order in this biographical dictionary of 150 of the most important people in physics, from Archimedes to Stephen Hawking. There is summary material at the beginning of the entry: birth and death dates, nationality, and field of expertise. Entries average around 1,200 words in length, and each ends with a short bibliography for further reading. Many include portraits. The volume's end matter lists physicists by field of study, by country of birth, by country where most of the person's work was done, and by year of birth. There is a wonderful chronology that helps the user visualize which scientists were contemporary to each other. The bibliography at the end of the book includes Internet sites.

Paperback: 532 pages
Data: March 13, 2006
Format: PDF
Description: ... a feast of continual surprise and insight from a mischievous physics mensch who always has a twinkle in his eye ... -- K C Cole, Award-winning author and science journalist, and currently Professor of Journalism at the Annenberg School of Communications University of Southern California

Fantastic Realities is a gem, offering sophisticated aficionados as well as professional scientists a wealth of subtle insights. -- Brian Greene, Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University and bestselling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos

This collection of essays opens to all readers the opportunity to experience Frank's playful yet profound approach to reality. -- Lawrence M Krauss, Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Case Western Reserve University, and bestselling author of The Physics of Star Trek

Paperback: 184 pages
Data: December 30, 2007
Format: PDF
Description: Barack Obama's election to the U.S. Senate in 2004 is one of the most interesting and colorful political campaigns in recent history. His rousing keynote address at the Democratic National Convention that same year made his name a household word. The "Obama for Illinois" crusade offers important insights into American politics. The authors explore the role of money, political party, ethnicity, religion, and the issues facing our society today. Obama's straightforward policy recommendations, message of hope and inclusion, and charismatic style propelled him to the national spotlight. Obama has the potential to shape America and to reshape U.S. politics as he campaigns for the White House. Obama's state senate career and his decision to enter the U.S. Senate race are examined in this book.

Paperback: 418 pages
Data: May 30, 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Analogies play a fundamental role in science. To understand how and why, at a given moment, a certain analogy was used, one has to know the specific, historical circumstances under which the new idea was developed. This historical background is never presented in scientific articles and quite rarely in books. For the general reader, the undergraduate or graduate student who learns the subject for the first time, but also for the practitioner who looks for inspiration or who wants to understand what his colleague working in another field does, these historical circumstances can be fascinating and useful.

Paperback: 440 pages
Data: 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Barack H. Obama: The Unauthorized Biography, is a massive, devastating exposé of the influences behind the candidate. Obama, a classic existentialist anti-hero, a creature of the Ford Foundation, is utterly without principles - perfect for a career in the most corrupt turf in the USA, the Chicago political machine. Fraud and graft reach dizzying heights - his close cronies, the felons Al-Samarrae, Auchi and Rezko, have stolen countless millions. Obama and his guru Zbigniew Brzezinski will take us to the cleaners like we've never been before.