Author: J.J. Luna
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Keywords: assets, life, revised, privacy, personal, essential, guide, protecting, invisible
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-03-18
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0312319061
ISBN-13: 9780312319069

From cyberspace to crawl spaces, new innovations in information gathering have left the private life of the average person open to scrutiny, and worse, exploitation. In this thoroughly revised update of his immensely popular guide How to Be Invisible, J.J. Luna shows you how to protect yourself from these information predators by securing your vehicle and real estate ownership, your bank accounts, your business dealings, your computer files, your home address, and more.J.J. Luna, a highly trained and experienced security consultant, shows you how to achieve the privacy you crave and deserve, w

Author: Alan Weisman
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Keywords: world
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-07-10
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0312347294
ISBN-13: 9780312347291

A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity’s impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us.In this far-reaching narrative, Weisman explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence; which everyday items may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock; why some of our earliest buildings might be the last architecture left; and how plastic, bronze s

Author: Hugh Pope
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Keywords: worlds, middle, east, exploring, decades, qaeda, three, dining
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2010-03-16
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 0312383134
ISBN-13: 9780312383138

Following in the footsteps of Sir Richard Burton and Lawrence of Arabia, Hugh Pope presents his modern-day explorations, mined from more than three decades, of the politics, religion, and aspirations of Muslim peoples to show how the Middle East is much more than a monolithic "Islamic World." An Oxford-educated scholar of the Middle East and acclaimed former foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, Pope has lived and worked in two dozen countries throughout the region. In eighteen revealing chapters, he delves into the amazingly varied cultures ranging from the south of Sudan to Af

Author: Martin Booth
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Keywords: novel, gentleman, private
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2004-01-26
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0312309082
ISBN-13: 9780312309084

The locals in the southern Italian town where he lives call him Signor Farfalla--Mr. Butterfly: for he is a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies. His life is inconspicuous--mornings spent brushing at a canvas, afternoons idling in the cafes, and evening talks with his friend the town priest over a glass of brandy.Yet there are other sides to this gentleman’s life: Clara: the young student who moonlights in the town bordello. And another woman who arrives with $100,000 and a commission, but not for a painting of butterflies.With this assignment returns the dark fear that has dog

Authors:Jeff Hertzberg, Zoe Francois,
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Keywords: revolutionizes, home, baking, discovery, day, bread, five, minutes, artisan
Number of Pages: 242
Published: 2007-11-13
List price: $27.99
ISBN-10: 0312362919
ISBN-13: 9780312362911

There’s nothing like the smell of freshly baked bread to fill a kitchen with warmth, eager appetites, and endless praise for the baker who took on such a time-consuming task. Now, you can fill your kitchen with the irresistible aromas of a French bakery every day with just five minutes of active preparation time, and Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day will show you how.Coauthors Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François prove that bread baking can be easier than a trip to the bakery. Their method is quick and simple, bringing forth scrumptious perfection in each loaf. Delectable creations will emer

Author: Michel Peissel
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Keywords: continent, secret, tibet
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-02-27
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0312309538
ISBN-13: 9780312309534

With 250 accompanying photographs, Michael Peissel tells the history of the early Tibetans and the subsequent golden age of Tibetan Buddhism under the monk Richen Zampo. He examines the spiritual aspects that are so important in Tibetan life and the modern international success of Lamanism. Chronicling the paths of early explorers, Peissel relates Tibet’s plunder and destruction, from its dismembering in colonial times to the Chinese takeover. He looks at the uniqueness of the Himalayas, where flora and fauna have evolved to suit the high altitude and resulted in such extraordinary spe

Author: David Wong
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Keywords: dies, john
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2009-09-29
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 031255513X
ISBN-13: 9780312555139

David Wong has updated the Lovecraft tradition and infused it with humor that rather than lessening the horror, increases it dramatically.  Every time I set the book down down, I was wary that something really was afoot, that there were creatures I couldn’t see, and that because I suspected this, I was next. Engaging, comic, and terrifying.-- Joe Garden, Features Editor, The Onion"Wong is like a mash-up of Douglass Adams and Stephen King... ’page-turner’ is an understatement."--Don Coscarelli, director, Phantasm I-V, Bubba Ho-tep "That rarest of things--a genuinely scary st