As One L did for Harvard Law School, Ahead of the Curve does for Harvard Business School: providing an incisive student's-eye view that pulls the veil away from this vaunted institution and probes the methods it uses to make its students into the elite of the business world.

True to Burroughs form, this non-stop fantasy thriller weaves together savage islanders, pterodactyls, telepathy, and, of course, romance.

Baree was the son of a grey wolf and a black dog, born in the vast Canadian wilderness. He learns about nature and his fellow animals by trial and error - Fighting with owls and playing with beavers.

Following the best-selling triumph of "Kafka on the Shore," comes a collection that generously expresses Murakami's mastery.

A Band of Brothers for the Pacific, this is the gut-wrenching but ultimately triumphant story of the Marines' most ferocious-yet largely forgotten-battle of World War II.

This classic book brings out the true spirit of the Gold Rush days at the turn of the last century. It portrays the brutality, kindness, love, and folly that Jack London experienced first hand during his time in the far north.

Offering a gripping insider's look at the first post-9/11 CIA training class--the most elite and secretive espionage training program in the country…

In the bestselling tradition of In the Heart of the Sea, The Colony reveals the untold history of the infamous American leprosy colony on Molokai and of the extraordinary people who struggled to survive under the most horrific circumstances.

In 1519 Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in his intentions is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story.

One of the human race's most popular humor series returns with a brand-new collection of hilariously macabre mishaps and misadventures....

When reluctant dog rescuer Ken Foster adopts a collection of abandoned and stray dogs, their circumstances offer a grounding counterpoint to his own misfortunes in New York City after 9/11 and New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.

If Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn had come of age at the end of the 20th century looking for an all-American adventure, they probably would've headed for Vegas. However, they'd have been hard-pressed to go on a wilder ride than the one taken by Tom Breitling and Tim Poster to the top of the famed Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino.

In a tour de force of science and logic, the bestselling author of Darwin's Black Box combines genetics, laboratory results, and mathematics to prove, once and for all, that the universe and life on earth are designed.

For the first time, in a series of extensive and probing interviews, Fidel Castro describes his life from the 1950s to the present day.

The astonishing, never-before-told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II---when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines...

The author of the internationally bestselling Eat Right 4 Your Type again breaks new ground with the first diet plan based on your unique genetic code.

Richard Brookhiser's revolutionary biography, Founding Father took George Washington off the dollar bill and made him live.

Grace Under Fire is an extraordinary, moving record of the importance of religion and spirituality to troops and their families from the American Revolution through the fighting in Iraq.

A grand adventure-an elite kayaking team's heroic conquest of the worlds last great adventure prize: Tibet's Tsangpo River.

The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time. From the invention of the first personal computer to the rise of Apple as an industry giant…

The first full history of the pioneering Special Forces units of World War II---dropped behind German lines into France to assist with the D-Day landings---told by a former U.S. Special Forces colonel with unique access to surviving veterans.

The dramatic story of the segregated Japanese-American 100th Battalion/442d Regimental Combat Team reveals, as Gen. Jacob L. Evers puts it, in World War II these soldiers "more than earned the right to be called just American, not Japanese Americans."

For 6,557 miles, Chuck Klosterman thought about dying. He drove a rental car from New York to Rhode Island to Georgia to Mississippi to Iowa to Minneapolis to Fargo to Seattle, and he chased death and rock 'n' roll all the way.

This is an entertaining, unexpected, and big-hearted celebration of Lincoln and his enduring influence on the country he helped create.

The Last Day is a riveting history of how the cataclysmic Lisbon earthquake shook the religious and intellectual foundations of Enlightenment Europe.