THROUGH A WINDOW is the dramatic saga of thirty years in the life of a community, of birth and death, sex and love, power and war. It reads like a novel, but it is one of the most important scientific works ever published. The community is Gombe, on the shores of Lake Tangganyika, where the principal residents are chimpanzees and one extraordinary woman who is their student, protector, and hist…
Since the elimination of Osama Bin Laden, the West has been caught up in a strange media-driven “deathmania.” For author/Navy Seal sniper, Howard Wasdin, the timing of his new novel’s release couldn’t be better. The book chronicles the trials and tracer-fire of an elite Navy Seal unit from BUD training right into the battle of Mogadishu, a harrowing firefight which cost the author his l…
When Vladimir Putin, an unimportant, low-level KGB operative, was rushed to power by a group of Oligarchs in 1999, he was a man without a history. Within a few brief years, Putin had dismantled the country's media, wrested control and wealth from the country's burgeoning business class, and decimated the fragile mechanisms of democracy. Virtually every obstacle to his unbridled control was remo…
Siapa tak mengenal Barack Obama? Namanya telah tercatat dalam sejarah sebagai presiden Amerika pertama dari kalangan kulit berwarna. Ia menjadi tumpuan kekaguman dan harapan bagi banyak orang yang mendambakan perubahan, toleransi, kesetaraan hak, dan perdamaian. Namun, tak banyak yang tahu proses yang dilalui seorang Obama hingga ia menjadi seorang tokoh besar dan berpengaruh. Inilah satu-satun…
Bocah berusia lima tahun itu terus menggigil di ranjang tidurnya. Tapi bukan karena demam. Ia melihat jarum magnet, yang gerakannya seolah-olah dipengaruhi oleh kekuatan tersembunyi. Jarum itu membangkitkan rasa ingin tahu yang memotivasinya kelak, seumur hidupnya. Ayahnya memberi tahu bahwa benda menakjubkan itu bernama kompas. Belasan bahkan puluhan tahun kemudian, Albert Einstein—lelaki k…
When Manchester City’s owners appointed Roberto Mancini in late 2009, the message was clear: this was the man who would overtake the Blues’ illustrious neighbours and restore the club to the pinnacle of English football. The former Italy playmaker swiftly repaid their faith, following up an FA Cup triumph in his first full season with the Premier League title – won in the most heartsto…