Best Books

‘This is a well-written, coherent, intelligent, and thoughtful statement of the interrelationship between gender and technology in modern Western society. A significantly more nuanced discussion of these complex interrelationships than one generally sees, it crosses the boundaries of discipline, specific technology, and theoretical perspective.’–Barbara Katz Rothman, Baruch College, CUNY, author of Recreating Motherhood: Ideology and Technology in a Patriarchal Society.

Discover what more than a million Americans already know–anyone can construct an appropriate and effective letter suitable for any business or personal occasion. This complete, one-volume resource offers 850 letters in 500 categories that clearly express the proper tone and exact message needed.

Filled with riveting first-hand accounts of victory and tragedy on the world’s greatest mountains, a dramatic volume includes Jack Longland’s terrifying ordeal of being trapped in a blizzard on Everest and Maurice Herzog’s disaster-riddled descent from Annapurna. Original.