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An unapologetic defense of the oft maligned Gimlet cocktail and a glance back at the history of Roses Lime Cordial, sailors, officers, gin, and Philip Marlowe.

Christopher Solomons father instilled in him his own love of running. Eventually it became their common ground. So what do they do now when they can no longer run together?

In 1973, legendary film critic and historian Richard Schickel and a documentary crew sat down with Academy Award-winning director George Cukor at his Hollywood home. It was a rare opportunity to speak with the man credited with coaxing some of the greatest performances from some of the greatest performers...

In the third installment of his series on how individuals, teams, and organizations can improve results by making knowledge work more productive, Brand Velocity CEO Jack Bergstrand shows how to reinvent better and faster. Designing your way to success is key.

Some products simply need to be sold one customer at a time, because their benefits must be experienced to be believed. Here, in this brief eBook, is how Ed Fisher made a weird-looking grill the fastest-growing category in the whole barbecue industry. If you have a similar idea, you can make it work, too.

In the second installment of his series on how to improve performance by making knowledge work more productive, Brand Velocity CEO Jack Bergstrand shows why (and how) winning organizations can reinvent their strategies. The secret: Envision.

Josef Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with a combination of political savvy and cold-blooded brutality. He crushed the spirit of his own people while conquering half of Europe. What made the greatest murderer of the twentieth century tick?

Heres everything you need to know to plan for a bright financial future.

In terms of ambition and organization, producing a complex movie in 2010 -- something at the level of Avatar -- is, in some ways, similar to producing the first conquest of the South Pole. Each venture required a magnetic producer able to envision an alluring goal, raise money, recruit talent, set rigorous...

If you want to know whether Egypts revolution is succeeding, consider the fate of Zahi Hawass, a man best known to Americans for his Chasing Mummies television series. After a decade as minister of antiquities, ruling with an iron hand over the countrys famous monuments, he was suddenly ousted in the...

Edward Stratemeyer was the biggest selling writer you never heard of. In an age when top authors sold tens of thousands of books, Stratemeyer sold tens of millions. His name is unknown but his creations are the classics of kidlit: Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, the Bobbsey Twins. These and dozens...

In June 2005, two small envelopes were found in a closet in a Vermont historical site. One of the envelopes was official Treasury Department stationary and inscribed: valuable letter account of the trial after the assassination of Lincoln. Inside were three letters dated April 18, May 20, and June 15,...

Two Americans walk Japans Kiso Road, the mountainous section of one of the ancient highways that once connected Kyoto and Tokyo. Going from traditional inn to traditional inn, they follow the road through rain and cold, attend a fiery religious ceremony, eat a lot of rice and fish, and discover at a pilgrims pace the beauty and graciousness of rural Japan.

In these days of perpetual presidential politics and incessant candidate speculations, certain names inspire party zealots, politicos, and pundits to the heights of anticipation and possibility. Such presidential conjecture has occurred for years. Hardly is one presidential cycle ended when bets on the...