Set against the backdrop of Europe's inexorable slide towards the First World War, the final resolution of an ancient and restructure quarrel between two powerful 19th-century families hangs by a thread - and with it the fate of a music book full of secrets. This last volume in the thrilling Herzberg ...
Poisons permeate our world. They are in the environment, the workplace, the home. They are in food, our favorite whisky, medicine, and well water. They have been used to cure diseases as well as incapacitate and kill. They smooth wrinkles, block pain, stimulate and enhance athletic ability. In this entertaining ...
China's momentous socioeconomic transformation is not taking place in an intellectual vacuum: Chinese scholars and public intellectuals are actively engaged in fervent discussions about the country's domestic and foreign policies, demographic constraints, and ever-growing integration into the world community. ...