Short plays by such writers as Tennessee Williams, Bernard Shaw, William Saroyan, and August Strindberg range from comedy and farce to serious drama

Presents Heyerdahl's original research into ancient oceanic voyages, including the Kon-Tiki and Ra expeditions, which support his theories about prehistoric voyagers traveling across the southern Atlantic to Mexico

Traces the history of mathematics, offers profiles of major mathematicians and their discoveries, and looks at the philosophy of mathematics (view table of contents)

Product Description: A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. xxiii, 685 pp. Illus.

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Offers up-to-date timetables, price lists, maps, and sightseeing tips for train travel in 111 countries, along with descriptions of all country passes, Eurail passes, and combination passes and suggestions for more than two thousand rail trips. Original.

Product Description: Provides basic nutrition information and controversial topics. The new edition emphasizes the food pyramid vs. the exchange system as a tool for diet planning and includes the latest food labeling information. Over 300 new foods are added to the Table of Food Composition, including ethnic foods, fast foods, low/no-fat foods and new brands...read more

An updated introduction to the latest version of Java 2 JDK utilizes a sereis of modules, complete with detailed explanations, hands-on exercises, and several projects designed to reinforce proficiency in a variety of concepts, covering such topics as Java fundamentals, program control statements, data types and operators, multithreaded programming, and more. Original. (Beginner) (view table of contents)

A young American woman and the son of plantations owners in the Amazon jungle fall in love, while around them a terrorist plot grows and threatens the safety of the United States.

Product Description: On this undercover assignment, Special Agent Alex Hunter is getting way more than he ever bargained for. Charged by ICON--the International Coalition of Nations--to penetrate a secret terrorist cell headed by a man called The Prophet, he swiftly finds himself entangled in a web of mysterious people and dangerous events...read more

Determined to prove herself to her handsome instructor, Kane Wright, by taking on a difficult, potentially dangerous assignment, T-FLAC operative A. J. Cooper is unaware of Kane's feelings for her as together they pursue the mad mastermind of a deadly conspiracy. (Romance)

CIA operative Mitch Rapp investigates an attack on a team of Navy SEALs in the Philippines, searches for a possible State Department traitor, and fights to stop a Middle Eastern assassin out to ignite World War III.

When a patient in possession of a terrible secret at a torture rehabilitation center is targeted by a pair of assassins, Dale Miller teams up with former CIA operative Charley Payne to stop a plot that could destroy innocent lives.

Recalled to service in Israel after terrorists steal secrets about his past, art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon finds himself stalking an elusive master terrorist in a deadly cat-and-mouse game. By the author of The Kill Artist and A Death in Vienna. Reprint.

Learning about an imminent terrorist attack, CIA operative Mitch Rapp takes the lead in a commando raid into northern Pakistan, where he obtains information about a planned nuclear attack but suspects that a greater threat exists.

Running for her life, operative Alexa Gavlin, stripped of her identity and memory, turns to former Marine Killian Moore for help, and as they race against time to find the truth, they stumble upon a terrorist plot that will test their tumultuous and passionate alliance. Reprint.

CIA director Thomas Stansfield is dead -- and many individuals in the nation's capital are pleased to hear. However, their happiness is short-lived because Stansfield's successor -- his protégé Dr. Irene Kennedy -- plans on pursuing Stansfield's goals -- a fact Stansfield's fiercest enemies refuse to accept. Israel has discovered that Saddam Hussein is close to entering the nuclear arms race -- and they've vowed to stop the Iraqi madman before he can get his hands on the ultimate weapon. With the Middle East teetering on the precipice of chaos and devastation, the president of the United States is forced to act. The commander in chief's secret weapon? None other than the CIA's top counterterroism operative, Mitch Rapp. With the haunting specter of World War III looming, Rapp races against time and impossible odds -- navigating the deadly alleys of Baghdad, tearing through the corruption-riddled streets of Washing ton, D.C., and taking drastic measures against anyone who gets in his way. With action that sizzles and true-to-life insider detail, Separation of Power showcases New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn at his shell-shocking best.

After making an enemy out of virtually every terrorist on the planet, not to mention at least five governments, former SEAL Mike Harmon, the hero of Ghost, is looking for the perfect place to retire and buy a farm, all the while dealing with Chechen terrorists and other enemies. Reprint.