One of SF's most beloved rogues: the Stainless Steel Rat! Slippery Jim DiGriz is the Stainless Steel Rat: the galaxy's greatest interstellar thief and con artist. For novel upon novel, the Rat has outfoxed the forces of conventionality, cutting a stylish swathe through dozens of star systems-and stealing the hearts of thousands of readers. Now three of the Rat's greatest exploits are collected in a single volume. In A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born , we see the origin and early days of Jim DiGriz's brilliant criminal career, as our underworld hero is forced to work for the Good Guys. Conscripted again in The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted , this time into a planetary army, the Rat must avenge the murder of his mentor-in-crime. And in The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues , Slippery Jim must retrieve a missing alien artifact, while disguised as a futuristic rock-and-roller...or forfeit his life.

On the planet Pyrrus, human colonists have fought a centuries-old war with the native life forms. These life forms adapt to human tactics and technology, evolving new species so rapidly that natives returning from even brief trips off planet must be carried in protective armor canisters from their ship to the safe buildings, where they will learn of the latest deadly threats. "The Ethical Engineer" is the second volume in the DEATHWORLD series. It was originally published as a two-part serial in ANALOG magazine in 1963.

Mind meets microchip as a brilliant young genius develops a machine capable of spontaneous thought. Before he can perfect the machine, terrorists steal his research and put a bullet through his brain. Miraculously revived by methods he pioneered, he must find his lost memory and discover who is trying to kill him.

Gus Washington, a 1970s descendant of the famous traitor George Washington in this alternative history, redeems his family's name by engineering a tunnel from England to the colonies in America.

(This is a choose your own adventure book)You are the stainless steel rat......well, almost. The newest recruit in the Special Corps, you take your orders from the legendary Slippery Jim diGriz. Rogue. Rascal. And master-criminal turned cop. Linked by a hi-tech mind-meld, he'll be with you every step of the way. But you deal with his heckling.Your kidnap the mad scientist Professor Geisteskrank from the planet Skraldespand. Why, you ask? Because he's invented a device that could end life as we know (and love) it in the entire universe.Oh yes, and did we mention that the planet Skraldespand is a prison planet and home to the felonious refuse of a thousand human and alien worlds? Good luck. You're going to need it.

As Turtledove's brilliant series The Great War came to its end, the United States of America, in alliance with Germany, had defeated Great Britain, France and the Confederate States of America in a bloody conflict known as the first World War. As the 1920s begin, though, the seeds of a new conflict have alredy been sown. The United States, led by Theodore Roosevelt, swings wildly towards socialism. In Canada - now a US colony - nationalist s strike against the new American oppressors. But it is in the Confederacy, trapped in a ruinous economic depression, where fascism begins to spread, and the fires are fanned by a charismatic leader who may again plunge the world into war. 'The wizard of If.' Chicago Sun-Times 'The standard-bearer for alternate history.' USA Today

An epic battle pits three Roman legions against Teutonic barbarians--and Publius Quinctilius Varus, a Roman politician, against Arminius, a prince of the Cherusci.

Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932) rose from modest means as the son of a peddler to immense wealth at the helm of Sears, Roebuck. Yet his most defining legacy stands not upon his business acumen but on the pioneering changes he introduced to the practice of philanthropy. While few may recall Rosenwald's name--he refused to have it attached to the buildings, projects, or endowments he supported--his passionate support of Jewish and African American causes continues to influence lives to this day. This biography of Julius Rosenwald explores his attitudes toward his own wealth and his distinct ideas about philanthropy, positing an intimate connection between his Jewish consciousness and his involvement with African Americans. The book shines light on his belief in the importance of giving in the present to make an impact on the future, and on his encouragement of beneficiaries to become partners in community institutions and projects. Rosenwald emerges from these pages as a compassionate man whose generosity and wisdom transformed the practice of philanthropy itself.

Essays discuss courage, leadership, the roles of the group and the individual, narcissism, psychological aspects of history, ethics, civilization, and culture

It is a wild night in the emergency room when Claudia Stuyvesant, daughter of a powerful real estate tycoon, is admitted with stomach pains. Kate Forrester, a dedicated young doctor on duty alone, is juggling gunshot wounds, cardiac arrests, and a heartbreaking case of child abuse. Claudia's pains seem minor and all tests are negative but a few hours later she's dead and Kate is facing a father's charge of malpractice and manslaughter. Kate's innocence is clear, but fearing a ruinous lawsuit and attacks by the media, the hospital authorities abandon her. Her only hope is to prove that Claudia lied to her and find out why. Kate finds an ally in Scott Van Cleve, an idealistic young lawyer who gambles his own reputation and career to save hers. "Doctor on Trial" is an unforgettable a compelling medical drama about today's hospitals in crisis and the devoted young doctors on the firing line.

A medical suspense novel.

'Strategy Bites Back' is the ideal book to read before your annual strategy retreat In 'Strategy Safari', the authors draw together diverse strands of strategic thought into ten distinct schools.

A boy contemplates suicide from a diving rock on the Hudson River after being expelled from school for stealing. Ira Stigman has squandered years of sacrifice by his parents, poor Jewish immigrants. Instead of ending his life, however, he decides to start anew, enrolls in another school and goes to university. The setting is New York in the 1920s.

A collection of articles published previously in German. The following deal with antisemitism:

An examination of what has happened to the Democratic Party sice 1945 and what must be learned from these experiences to shape its future success.

Examines the origins of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion". Its main source was Maurice Joly's satire "Dialogues in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu" (1864). Joly's text was used by the antisemitic German writer Hermann Goedsche who wrote the novel "To Sedan" as part of the "Biarritz" series in 1868. Part of the novel, rewritten by Goedsche as "The Rabbi's Speech" and published in Russian in 1872 under the title "The Jewish Cemetery in Prague and the Council of Representatives of the Twelve Tribes of Israel", contains a speech allegedly delivered before "elders of Israel" in Prague. The "Protocols" was concocted in France and published in Russia in order to convince the Tsar that the Jews were the source of revolutionary unrest in Russia and to dissuade him from introducing a constitution. Sergei Nilus and Butmi were the first publishers of the "Protocols", which gained worldwide circulation before it was exposed as a forgery in the 1920s. Pp. 73-397 contain the English text of Joly's "Dialogues" and of the "Protocols", Goedsche's "Jewish Cemetery" and "Rabbi's Speech", Nilus' epilogue to the "Protocols", a 1921 London "Times" exposé, and several pages of parallel texts of the "Dialogue" and the "Protocols".

« Exploring maternity through the work of artists from prehistory to the present day, Acts of Creation addresses the abiding mother-shaped hole in art history. Long taboo, lived experiences of motherhood - and all that accompanies it - are now the subject of urgent discussion. Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood delves into the joys and heartaches, mess, myths and mishaps of motherhood through over 150 artworks, from ancient goddess artifacts to contemporary interpretations of pregnancy in the present. While the Madonna and Child archetype has dominated Western art, we rarely encounter art about real motherhood, in all its raw, unfiltered complexity. Renowned author and curator Hettie Judah examines how shifting ideals of motherhood have been constructed and promoted through visual culture. Moving into the 20th and 21st centuries, it also looks at how women artists - among them Barbara Hepworth, Jenny Saville, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Betye Saar, Suzanne Valadon, Louise Bourgeois, Carrie Mae Weems - have worked to subvert these ideals and reclaim the narrative. Women have long been told that they cannot be both an artist and a mother: here the artist mother is instead addressed as an important cultural paradigm. Acts of Creation explores lived experience of motherhood - and of not becoming a mother - offering a complex account that engages with ongoing concerns around gender, caregiving and reproductive rights. Published to coincide with the acclaimed Hayward Gallery touring exhibition of the same name, Acts of Creation is an engaging, thought-provoking and richly illustrated must-read on the evolving discourse on motherhood, offering a fresh perspective that challenges conventions and inspires change. »