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Starting in the mid-1800s, there was a steady drop in deaths from all infectious diseases, decreasing to relatively minor levels by the early 1900s. The history of that transformation involves famine, poverty, filth, lost cures, eugenicist...

Voss, a former international hostage negotiator for the FBI, offers an approach to high-stakes negotiations whether in the boardroom or at home. Go inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and discover the skills that helped Voss and his...

Clearly and compactly explains the fundamentals of good fiction-writing, with examples from a wide variety of known writers.

Wyatt Earp is the sturdy lawman who sets about the task of shaping up the disorderly Arizona town of Tombstone, with the help of the boozy, tubercular gambler and gunman Doc Holliday. Though initially at cross-purposes, the pair ultimately team up...

An early look at the impact of mass media in the public arena, featuring the story of a cynical and manipulative journalist.