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On the beach at Chittagong, Bangladesh, armies of men reduce the world's unwanted ocean vessels to scrap - using nothing more than torches, hacksaws, and muscle. On desperately poor shipbreaker, Mohit, dreams of a better life, though that vision seems ended when a foreman dies in an explosion. But was...

Japan's lost decade has left thousands of people homeless, scraping by in parks and cardboard boxes throughout Tokyo. When one of these forgotten men is murdered, his brother hires a private investigator. To find the killer, he must confront police indifference, hostility from the crime syndicate yakuza, and the closed silence of the down-and-out themselves.

In 1915, carmaker Henry Ford organized and launched an extraordinary mission to drive the warring parties in World War I to the peace table. He failed miserably. Here, in this essay, Ford biographer Frank Ernest Hill and Pulitzer-Prize winner Allen Nevins detail Ford's pacifist adventure.

Of all the Italian cities, Florence was the cradle of the Renaissance. But Florentine life was brutal, not gentle. However wealthy and beautiful it appeared, economically and strategically, its position was always desperate. Despite its perils, the families and artists of Florence flourished. Here, from...

Milan possessed great wealth, and in the Sforza and Visconti families, able rulers, who created a state equal in power to Florence and Venice. The story of Renaissance Milan, writes the eminent British historian Sir J. H. Plumb, is best reflected in the lives of its three greatest dukes: Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Francesco Sforza, and Ludovico Il Moro.

Once upon a time, a shy but persistent candy maker named Milton Hershey dreamed of building his own utopia. Here, in this essay by journalist Roy Bongartz, is his remarkable story.

Nothing in history sounds grander than a trade route, one of those thick bold lines on the statistical maps by which people have exchanged the products of their hands, minds, and sporadically, even hearts. Some of the routes have shaped history, rather than merely reflecting it. Primary among them is...

A renaissance man in the Middle Ages, Alfonso the Learned of Castile marshaled the talents of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in an extraordinary outpouring of scholarship and art. Here, in this short-form book, is his little-told story.

Long before he founded his Quaker commonwealth in America, William Penn stood up for religious freedom against the awesome power of the England's monarchy - and put the entire Western world in his debt. Here, in this essay by former U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle, is his surprising story.

Here are dozens of enthusiastically received soliloquies from two plays by Charles Mee: Things Women Say and Stuff Guys Say. As one of the guys says: "There was a time long ago, in prehistoric times when cicadas were human beings back before the Muses were born. And then when the Muses were born...

Crises happen. In this short-form book, Edwin D. Fuller, president of Marriott Lodging International and a leader who has endured more than his share of adversity, explains how to turn calamities into opportunities.

". . . funny, provocative, wildly inventive. . . . remarkably entertaining." - San Francisco Chronicle. Here are five enthusiastically received plays by Charles Mee: Fêtes de la Nuit, Limonade Tous les Jours, Café le Monde, Memory Palace, and A Walk in the Park. ". . . a feast for...

"Charles Mee is one of America's greatest living playwrights." - OffOffOnline.com. Here are seven enthusiastically received plays about the horrors of life on earth by Charles Mee: The House of Cards, Life is a Dream, Salome, Global Warming, Time to Burn, The Rules, and Jesus. "Salome...

". . . purely provocative in the best sense . . . . hugely entertaining but also lingers in the memory." - Arts-Louisville.com. Here are seven enthusiastically received ultra-avant-garde plays by Charles Mee: Thursday, Today, An Afternoon to Remember Forever, Odysseus 2.0, The Glory of the...