This modern pirate yarn is a story about the poaching of the Patagonian toothfish (known to gourmands as Chilean Sea Bass) and is built around the pursuit of the illegal fishing vessel
, in one of the longest pursuits in maritime history.
Lee, Dr. Henry C.
Famed criminologist Dr. Lee explains the forensic evidence in five intriguing cases, including one in which his reconstruction of the crime scene was key to solving a murder, and one where he believes an innocent man has gone to prison.
Lutz, Tom
Moving with verve and wit through a series of fascinating case studies that illuminate the changing place of leisure in the American republic, this text revises the way readers understand slackers and work itself.
Martin, James E.
Drawing from his decades of experience as one of the world's most widely respected authorities on the impact of technology on society, James Martin — known as the "Guru of the Information Age" — proposes provocative, feasible solutions for some of the world's thorniest problems.
McPhee, John
Here, at his adventurous best, the author chronicles his eight years of being out and about with people who work in freight transportation.
Mishra, Pankaj
In his new book, Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on travels that are at once epic and personal as he sees the pressures of Western-style modernity, prosperity and globalization on a rapidly changing region.
Montgomery, Sy
This charming memoir chronicles Montgomery's touching friendship with a generous soul, who just so happens to be a pig, and the valuable lessons she learns about family, community and the pleasures of the sweet, green Earth.
Ozick, Cynthia
One of America's foremost novelists and critics focuses on the essential jobs of great literature, with particular emphasis on the novel. With razor-sharp wit, she investigates unexpected byways in the works of Leo Tolstoy, Saul Bellow, Helen Keller, Isaak Babel, Sylvia Plath, Susan Sontag, and more.
Roberts, Jason
In an era when the blind were routinely warehoused in asylums, James Holman was studying medicine, fighting the slave trade in Africa, hunting rogue elephants, surviving a frozen captivity in Siberia, and circumnavigating the world along in the 19th century.
Sancton, Tommy
Set in New Orleans in the 1950s and 1960s, Sancton's passionate memoir pays tribute to the white father who raised him and to the black founding fathers of jazz, "the mens" of Preservation Hall, who inspired and encouraged him as he grew, as a musician, and as a man.
Stille, Alexander
Stille uses the story of Silvio Berlusconi's rise to power to paint a portrait of Italy today that's invaluable for anyone who wants to understand that country or put the United States' problems in perspective.
Thomas, Helen
A legendary journalist delivers a hard-hitting manifesto on the precipitous decline in the quality and ethics of political reportage and issues a clarion call for change.
Wilmut, Ian
Wilmut, who shocked the world in 1997 when his team unveiled Dolly — the sheep cloned from a mammary cell — explains why he believes that scientists should one day be allowed to combine the cloning of human embryos with genetic modification to free families from serious hereditary disease.
Zeng, Jennifer
Because Zeng followed a spiritual practice called Falun Gong, her life in China was shattered. Sentenced to re-education, she was beaten, tortured with electric prods, starved, deprived of sleep, and forced to knit for days at a time, her hands bleeding, to produce goods contracted for sale in the United States market. This is the testament to her ordeal.
