David Friedman: 37 books

Book cover of Wilde in America: Oscar Wilde and the Invention of Modern Celebrity
by David M. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014

The story of Oscar Wilde’s landmark 1882 American tour explains how this quotable literary eminence became famous for being famous. On January 3, 1882, Oscar Wilde, a twenty-seven-year-old “genius”—at least by his own reckoning—arrived in New York. The Dublin-born Oxford man had made...
Book cover of Delivering on the Promise

Delivering on the Promise

How to Attract, Manage, and Retain Human Capital

by James A. Hatch, David M. Walker, Brian Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2001

Business has long struggled with the notion of "human capital," but do companies really know the value of their people? All too frequently, companies lay off thousands of workers to boost share price while, at the same time, their annual reports promise that "people are our greatest...
Book cover of Double Helix Omnibus
by Peter David, Esther Friesner, Diane Carey
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2002

Like a strand of mutating DNA, a deadly conspiracy winds its way through the Alpha Quadrant, even as it stretches across several years of Starfleet history. This special omnibus volume contains the entire bestselling saga-by some of Star Trek's most popular authors: Book One: Infection John Gregory...
Book cover of The Machinery of Freedom

The Machinery of Freedom

Third Edition

by David D. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014

This is the Third Edition of this classic 1971 work of libertarianism by David D. Friedman, anarcho-capitalist, significantly revised and updated from 1989's Second Edition. It engagingly describes and celebrates a society based on individual private property rights and the right to consent to cooperative...
Book cover of Alien Artifacts
by Joshua Palmatier, Gini Koch, Seanan McGuire
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016

What might we run into as we expand beyond Earth and into the stars?  As we explore our own solar system and beyond, it seems inevitable that we’ll run into aliens … and what they’ve left behind.  Alien artifacts:  what might they reveal about us as we try to unlock their secrets? ...
Book cover of Fundamentally Different
by David J. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011

With stories and examples from his 27 years of business leadership experience, Friedman makes clear the connection between values and success in a way thats as enjoyable to read as it is insightful.
Book cover of Temporally Deactivated
by Joshua Palmatier, David B. Coe, Faith Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2019

What does it mean to be “temporally deactivated?” Experience a historical moment through the intervention of a time travel agency. Be trapped inside a time bubble—willingly—so that you can save the universe from Darkness over and over again. Step outside of time at the order of your...
Book cover of Diabolical Plots: Year Four
by David Steffen, Michael Anthony Ashley, Anaea Lay
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018

This anthology collects all 25 original stories from the fourth year of Diabolical Plots, an online magazine of science fiction and fantasy. Manuals for memory tourism, a secret order of monks that tries to use a scriptural technicality to put off the end of the world indefinitely, a friendly nonbinary...
Book cover of Bereshit, The Book of Beginnings

Bereshit, The Book of Beginnings

A New Translation with Commentary

by David B. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

In this work, the author brings the book of Bereshit (Genesis) to life by his idiomatic, easily understood translation of the Masoretic text. Dr. Friedman takes many ancient Hebrew idioms and unfolds them and their significance for the reader. Additionally, the reader enters into the flow of the text...
Book cover of Tough Ain't Enough

Tough Ain't Enough

New Perspectives on the Films of Clint Eastwood

by Stephen Prince, Jonathan Kirshner, Diane Carson
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018

Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this point in his career, has emerged as one of America’s most popular, recognizable, and respected filmmakers. He also remains a controversial figure in the political...
Book cover of A Perfect Beast-After Earth
by Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger, Peter David
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013

The official prequel novel of the epic film After Earth, directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Jaden Smith and Will Smith   After their exodus from Earth, the last humans settled a remote planet, Nova Prime. When an alien force known as the Skrel descended from the skies, the United Ranger...
Book cover of Wrath of the Prophets
by Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2000

When a fatal disease spreads over Bajor, threatening the entire planet with extinction, Captain Sisko must accept aid from an unexpected source: Ro Laren, Starfleet officer turned Maquis renegade. Major Kira and Ro reluctantly join forces to track the alien plague to its source -- even as the disease...
Book cover of The Immortalists

The Immortalists

Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever

by David M. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009

His historic career as an aviator made Charles Lindbergh one of the most famous men of the twentieth century, the subject of best-selling biographies and a hit movie, as well as the inspiration for a dance step—the Lindy Hop—that he himself was too shy to try. But for all the attention lavished...
Book cover of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump

37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays

by Bandy X. Lee, Robert Jay Lifton, Gail Sheehy
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019

As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the book up to date—because this is still not normal. Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump was a runaway...
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