Bloomsbury

Does drinking really kill brain cells? Does listening to Mozart make your baby smarter? For all the mileage we've gotten from our own brains, most of us have essentially no idea how they work. We're easily susceptible to myths (like the 'fact' that we use only 10% of our brains) and misconceptions (like the ones perpetrated by most Hollywood...

The year is 2020. The Mexican President has provoked the United States by calling for the removal of US troops from Colombia and demanding higher prices for Mexico's oil. But the country's satellite communications system is controlled in Miami and suddenly Mexico is deprived of phone, fax and email. In a country where politicians never...

In May 2003, President George W. Bush declared victory in Iraq. But while we won the war, we catastrophically lost the peace. Our failure prompted a fundamental change in our foreign policy. Confronted with the shortcomings of "shock and awe," the U.S. military shifted its focus to "stability operations": counterinsurgency and the rebuilding of...

By the same author as the bestselling Total Loss,this is a new collection of terrifying and compelling accounts ofyachts lost at sea. The seven deadly causes of loss continue to taketheir toll, and Paul Gelder has compiled first-hand accounts ofshipwreck and sinking caused by Collision, Gear Failure, Stress ofWeather, Faulty Navigation, Fire, Crew...

Flex your sexual muscles and wake up to your erotic potential; explore your weak spots and brush up on your skills as an eloquent Casanova. Graham Masterton has devised the perfect handbook for every lover. The exercises aren't easy - but they're more interesting than press-ups, and probably more useful too ...If you're a budding Romeo, Masterton...

"An escape that for drama and daring makes most Hollywood fare pale by comparison...[Brown’s] neutral journalistic tone is useful for reporting so much that seems incredible."-Washington Post The 17th Karmapa, one of the holiest figures in Tibetan Buddhism, arrived in Dharmsala as a 14-year-old boy in 2000, after an extraordinary escape across...