New Releases by Michael Wolff

New York Times Bestseller “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” —Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina “Michael Wolff’s books were my foundation and port of entry for working on Succession.” —Jeremy Strong (“Kendall Roy”) Meet the Murdochs and the disastrously dysfunctional family of Fox News. Until recently, they formed the most powerful media and political force in the land, for better or worse. Now their empire is cracking up and crashing down. For almost three decades, Fox News has not only made political careers (see: President Donald J. Trump) but also fundamentally altered the political landscape of the United States. It is a truism: as Fox goes, so goes the nation—into further divisiveness and awash in fake news, a gleefully polarizing company. But just as Fox has pushed America apart, now it too is coming apart. As is the family dynasty behind it. In his irresistible trilogy on the chaotic presidency of Donald Trump—Fire and Fury, Siege, and Landslide—the gadfly journalist Michael Wolff led readers deep into the twisted corridors of the White House. Now, drawing on years of unprecedented access to the Murdoch family and key players in the world of Fox, he plunges us behind the scenes of another empire of influence, and the result is astonishing and unforgettable. Here is Rupert Murdoch, the ninety-two-year-old Australian billionaire—a fading titan, concerned about his legacy but more concerned about profits. Here are his contentious progeny, jockeying to take over when the old man is gone. Here is star anchor Tucker Carlson, hiding out in his island homes, considering a run for the presidency while his bosses have other plans for him. Sean Hannity, the richest man in television, has his own plans: to put the former POTUS back in office, against the bosses’ wishes. Meanwhile, Laura Ingraham is just trying to survive in the last man’s man’s world. Empires fall. Kingdoms come to an end. As lawsuits pummel the financial bedrock and reputation of the network, anchors scramble, and the battling Murdoch heirs make the Roys of TV’s Succession seem downright Brady Bunch, Michael Wolff documents, in riveting and revelatory real time, the final days of Fox News.

We can pray according to the will of God when we pray His prayers, and new focus to capture our wandering thoughts and intimacy with Him can result.

Wolff''s book defends the Kantian idea of a "general logic" whose principles underlie special systems of deductive logic. It thus undermines "logical pluralism," which tolerates the co-existence of divergent systems of modern logic without asking for consistent common principles. Part I of Wolff’s book identifies the formal language in which the most general principles of logic must be expressed. This language turns out to be a version of syllogistic language already used by Aristotle. The universal validity of logical principles, as well as the translatability of other logical languages into this language, are shown to depend only on the meanings of its logical vocabulary. Part II of the book answers the metalogical question concerning the deductive relation between general logic and special logical systems, which also have their own (less general) principles. This part identifies the rules according to which logical rules can be derived from principles. The main result of the book is that the highest principles of logic and metalogics are provided by the syllogistic, when properly understood.

FROM TOURETTE''S TO TRIUMPH. FROM CANCER TO CURE. FROM THE SEGREGATED SOUTH TO COMMANDING STAGES AROUND THE WORLD, JAZZ MASTER, MICHAEL WOLFF''S JOURNEY BEGINS WITH PURE GRIT AND ENDS IN PERFECT VICTORY. Award winning jazz musician Michael Wolff''s journey nearly ended six years ago at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in lower Manhattan. After being worked on by doctors and nurses for most of the night, Wolff, with the perfect timing only a world class musician would have, regained consciousness just in time to hear one of the doctors ask his wife if he had a DNR. Before she could even ask what that was, Wolff used his last ounce of energy to gasp, "Resuscitate me!" After being treated for the wrong cancer for a year and a half, it was discovered that Wolff had an ultra-rare, untreatable cancer called histiocytic sarcoma and had three months to live. Fortunately, he was someone accustomed to surviving the odds. Wolff had already survived a painful childhood overshadowed by Tourette''s Syndrome, where his brilliance as a jazz pianist and passion for music saw him through. He went on the road at nineteen, not only performing with some of the great luminaries of Jazz, but also conducting over twenty-five symphony orchestras worldwide. In 1989, Wolff was chosen to be the musical director of Arsenio Hall''s groundbreaking late-night talk show, which was extravagantly praised for its diversity of musical guests and brilliant house band. It was through The Arsenio Hall show that Wolff became a household name and where he met and eventually married Actor/Writer/Director Polly Draper when she was a guest on the show. (Their two sons, Nat and Alex Wolff are now highly successful actors and musicians in their own right, so the talent was passed on to the next generation.) In the meantime, Wolff has released twenty-one albums to critical and popular acclaim, written award-winning scores to movies and television series and has managed to beat an untreatable cancer. His compelling story begins with his fish out-of-water story in the segregated South, then moves to politically turbulent Berkley, California in the early sixties and then it takes him around the world as he earns his stripes as a world class Jazz musician. On That Note is more than a memoir. It is like a Jazz score with words, taking the reader on the wild journey of Wolff''s singular life. It is a life driven by a passion for music and a passion for being alive. Sometimes hilarious and sometimes harrowing, Wolff''s story instantly sweeps us up with it and charms us with a unique voice. Many books claim to be "page turners." This one actually delivers.

If you can judge a book by its enemies, Too Famous could be an instant classic. Bestselling author of Fire and Fury and chronicler of the Trump White House Michael Wolff dissects more of the major monsters, media whores, and vainglorious figures of our time. His scalpel opens their lives, careers, and always equivocal endgames with the same vividness and wit he brought to his disemboweling of the former president. These brilliant and biting profiles form a mesmerizing portrait of the hubris, overreach, and nearly inevitable self-destruction of some of the most famous faces from the Clinton era through the Trump years. When the mighty fall, they do it with drama and with a dust cloud of gossip. This collection pulls from new and unpublished work—recent reporting about Tucker Carlson, Jared Kushner, Harvey Weinstein, Ronan Farrow, and Jeffrey Epstein—and twenty years of coverage of the most notable egomaniacs of the time—among them, Hillary Clinton, Michael Bloomberg, Andrew Cuomo, Rudy Giuliani, Arianna Huffington, Roger Ailes, Boris Johnson, and Rupert Murdoch—creating a lasting statement on the corrosive influence of fame. Ultimately, this is an examination of how the quest for fame, notoriety, and power became the driving force of culture and politics, the drug that alters all public personalities. And how their need, their desperation, and their ruthlessness became the toxic grease that keeps the world spinning. You know the people here by name and reputation, but it’s guaranteed that after this book you will never see them the same way again or fail to recognize the scorched earth the famous leave behind them.

An instant New York Times bestseller. Critics agree: Michael Wolff’s Landslide is THE book on Trump. “Landslide . . . is the one to leap upon. Smart, vivid and intrepid . . .” —The New York Times “I inhaled Landslide, gobbled it up.” —Slate “Wow. Just wow . . .” —Evening Standard “Cruel, unforgiving, muckraking, scandalous. I couldn’t stop reading it.”—The Telegraph We all witnessed some of the most shocking and confounding political events of our lifetime: the careening last stage of Donald J. Trump’s reelection campaign, the president’s audacious election challenge, the harrowing mayhem of January 6, the buffoonery of the second impeachment trial. But what was really going on in the inner sanctum of the White House during these calamitous events? What did the president and his dwindling cadre of loyalists actually believe? And what were they planning? Michael Wolff pulled back the curtain on the Trump presidency with his #1 bestselling blockbuster Fire and Fury. Now, in Landslide, he closes the door on the presidency with a final, astonishingly candid account. Wolff embedded himself in the White House in 2017 and gave us a vivid picture of the chaos that had descended on Washington. Almost four years later, Wolff finds the Oval Office even more chaotic and bizarre, a kind of Star Wars bar scene. At all times of the day, Trump, behind the Resolute desk, is surrounded by schemers and unqualified sycophants who spoon-feed him the “alternative facts” he hungers to hear—about COVID-19, Black Lives Matter protests, and, most of all, his chance of winning reelection. Once again, Wolff has gotten top-level access and takes us front row as Trump’s circle of plotters whittles down to the most enabling and the president reaches beyond the bounds of democracy as he entertains the idea of martial law and balks at calling off the insurrectionist mob that threatens the institution of democracy itself. As the Trump presidency’s hold over the country spiraled out of control, an untold and human account of desperation, duplicity, and delusion was unfolding within the West Wing. Landslide is that story as only Michael Wolff can tell it.

Throughout history, methodological innovations have resulted in breakthroughs in our understanding of biology. Methods for determining static protein structures, as well as those for probing protein dynamics, are well-established. Nonetheless, visualizing molecules as dynamic entities that respond to their environment is still an outstanding challenge. Specifically, it is challenging to measure the spatial position of all the atoms within a molecule as a function of time. That challenge is the broad focus of this dissertation.In chapter one, I begin by diving into modern crystallographic techniques that enable one to solve protein structures from sub-micron-sized crystals. I compare and contrast two methods, serial crystallography and electron crystallography, asking how each technique affects the protein''s structure. A primary factor differentiating these two methods is the temperature of the sample during the experiment. Despite this difference, both methods enable one to solve high-resolution structures from small crystals. This is advantageous for time-resolved experiments. Since there are fewer molecules in a small crystal, the perturbation is more uniform, which provides a clearer time-resolved signal. In chapter two, I investigate temperature-jumps as a generalized perturbation for resolving the energy landscape of proteins. In this work, I focus on solution scattering experiments, which allow one to examine large-scale perturbations to a protein, as well as changes in the solvent shell surrounding the molecule. By mutating selected residues, we inhibited specific protein motions. Comparing these mutants to the wild-type protein allowed us to resolve the motions driven by an infrared laser. Nonetheless, we wished to gain all-atom spatial resolution, which required us to perform a temperature-jump within the context of crystallography rather than solution scattering.In chapter three, I expand upon the temperature-jump detection method described in chapter two. By adapting this method to accommodate X-ray diffraction images, I demonstrate that we can detect temperature-jumps within a crystalline context. This is a crucial step in the development of a generalized perturbation for time-resolved crystallography. Given the timescale of the measurements, reading out the temperature directly from the X-ray data is the only effective way to track the sample''s response. Thus, our method offers proof-of-principle that IR laser-based temperature-jumps are feasible for time-resolved crystallography. While measuring the diffuse scattering signal is useful for temperature-jump detection, the diffuse signal also holds the potential to inform our understanding of protein dynamics.In chapter four, I review the field of macromolecular diffuse scattering, as of late 2017. I begin by considering data collection practices, which requires extremely careful and controlled measurements. Then I examine different group''s approaches to processing the data, as well as their models of the disorder that drives it. Finally, I consider the broader impact of diffuse analysis upon the field, ranging from the improvement of molecular dynamics forcefields to improved phasing and resolution extension. While these impacts hold exciting implications, it is clear that collecting high-quality is the first challenge to solve.In chapter five, I examine the challenges of collecting high-quality diffuse scattering from protein crystals. I describe how parasitic scattering can confound our ability to develop rigorous models of the crystalline disorder that gives rise to the diffuse signal. Then I work through experimental measures that we took to minimize parasitic scattering while maximizing diffuse scatter driven by protein motions.

Perovskite solar cells have become one of the most studied systems in the quest for new, cheap and efficient solar cell materials. Within a decade device efficiencies have risen to u003e25% in single-junction and u003e29% in tandem devices on top of silicon. This rapid improvement was in many ways fortunate, as e. g. the energy levels of commonly used halide perovskites are compatible with already existing materials from other photovoltaic technologies such as dye-sensitized or organic solar cells. Despite this rapid success, fundamental working principles must be understood to allow concerted further improvements. This thesis focuses on a comprehensive understanding of recombination processes in functioning devices. First the impact the energy level alignment between the perovskite and the electron transport layer based on fullerenes is investigated. This controversial topic is comprehensively addressed and recombination is mitigated through reducing the energy difference between the perovskite conduction band minimum and the LUMO of the ...

Michael Wolff, author of the bombshell bestseller Fire and Fury, once again takes us inside the Trump presidency to reveal a White House under siege. Just one year into Donald Trump’s term as president, Michael Wolff told the electrifying story of a White House consumed by controversy, chaos, and intense rivalries. Fire and Fury, an instant sensation, defined the first phase of the Trump administration; now, in Siege, Wolff has written an equally essential and explosive book about a presidency that is under fire from almost every side. At the outset of Trump’s second year as president, his situation is profoundly different. No longer tempered by experienced advisers, he is more impulsive and volatile than ever. But the wheels of justice are inexorably turning: Robert Mueller’s “witch hunt” haunts Trump every day, and other federal prosecutors are taking a deep dive into his business affairs. Many in the political establishment—even some members of his own administration—have turned on him and are dedicated to bringing him down. The Democrats see victory at the polls, and perhaps impeachment, in front of them. Trump, meanwhile, is certain he is invincible, making him all the more exposed and vulnerable. Week by week, as Trump becomes increasingly erratic, the question that lies at the heart of his tenure becomes ever more urgent: Will this most abnormal of presidencies at last reach the breaking point and implode? Both a riveting narrative and a brilliant front-lines report, Siege provides an alarming and indelible portrait of a president like no other. Surrounded by enemies and blind to his peril, Trump is a raging, self-destructive inferno—and the most divisive leader in American history.

#1 New York Times Bestseller With extraordinary access to the West Wing, Michael Wolff reveals what happened behind-the-scenes in the first nine months of the most controversial presidency of our time in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. Since Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, the country—and the world—has witnessed a stormy, outrageous, and absolutely mesmerizing presidential term that reflects the volatility and fierceness of the man elected Commander-in-Chief. This riveting and explosive account of Trump’s administration provides a wealth of new details about the chaos in the Oval Office, including: -- What President Trump’s staff really thinks of him -- What inspired Trump to claim he was wire-tapped by President Obama -- Why FBI director James Comey was really fired -- Why chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner couldn’t be in the same room -- Who is really directing the Trump administration’s strategy in the wake of Bannon’s firing -- What the secret to communicating with Trump is -- What the Trump administration has in common with the movie The Producers Never before in history has a presidency so divided the American people. Brilliantly reported and astoundingly fresh, Fire and Fury shows us how and why Donald Trump has become the king of discord and disunion. “Essential reading.”—Michael D’Antonio, author of Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success, CNN.com “Not since Harry Potter has a new book caught fire in this way...[Fire and Fury] is indeed a significant achievement, which deserves much of the attention it has received.”—The Economist

"The closer the new media future gets, the further victory appears." --Michael Wolff This is a book about what happens when the smartest people in the room decide something is inevitable, and yet it doesn’t come to pass. What happens when omens have been misread, tea leaves misinterpreted, gurus embarrassed? Twenty years after the Netscape IPO, ten years after the birth of YouTube, and five years after the first iPad, the Internet has still not destroyed the giants of old media. CBS, News Corp, Disney, Comcast, Time Warner, and their peers are still alive, kicking, and making big bucks. The New York Times still earns far more from print ads than from digital ads. Super Bowl commercials are more valuable than ever. Banner ad space on Yahoo can be bought for a relative pittance. Sure, the darlings of new media—Buzzfeed, HuffPo, Politico, and many more—keep attracting ever more traffic, in some cases truly phenomenal traffic. But as Michael Wolff shows in this fascinating and sure-to-be-controversial book, their buzz and venture financing rounds are based on assumptions that were wrong from the start, and become more wrong with each passing year. The consequences of this folly are far reaching for anyone who cares about good journalism, enjoys bingeing on Netflix, works with advertising, or plans to have a role in the future of the Internet. Wolff set out to write an honest guide to the changing media landscape, based on a clear-eyed evaluation of who really makes money and how. His conclusion: The Web, social media, and various mobile platforms are not the new television. Television is the new television. We all know that Google and Facebook are thriving by selling online ads—but they’re aggregators, not content creators. As major brands conclude that banner ads next to text basically don’t work, the value of digital traffic to content-driven sites has plummeted, while the value of a television audience continues to rise. Even if millions now watch television on their phones via their Netflix, Hulu, and HBO GO apps, that doesn’t change the balance of power. Television by any other name is the game everybody is trying to win—including outlets like The Wall Street Journal that never used to play the game at all. Drawing on his unparalleled sources in corner offices from Rockefeller Center to Beverly Hills, Wolff tells us what’s really going on, which emperors have no clothes, and which supposed geniuses are due for a major fall. Whether he riles you or makes you cheer, his book will change how you think about media, technology, and the way we live now.

The 2nd Swift Generations novel, this one featuring Tom Swift (the one referred to as Tom Jr.). A rogue planet enters the solar system, and Tom Swift Jr. begins to investigate. Early on it is determined that the planet is possibly inhabited by intelligent life. Not only that, but it is broadcasting signals which affect the minds of many people on Earth. Tom decides to become involved with a Japanese attempt to reach the new world before it continues on into space. Upon arrival the expedition quickly learns that there''s literally more to the planet than what''s on the surface. The discoveries encountered bring along entirely new mysteries, as well as the possibility of access to a technology far beyond Tom''s wildest dreams.

The 3rd Swift Generations novel, this one featuring Phyllis Newton. When Tom Swift Jr. suddenly disappears a week before his wedding, Phyllis Newton naturally goes off in search of him. The trail leads her first to a secret desert laboratory, and then to a period and a place in time where, in her search for answers, she encounters old friends, old enemies and a mysterious intelligence from beyond our universe. Having originally set out in search of an errant fiance, Phyllis soon finds herself holding the pieces of Existence in her hands.

The 4th Swift Generations novel, this one featuring Mary Swift. 1921 - Sherlock Holmes is called out of retirement to insure the safety of a recovered fortune in gold, but dies before he can reveal its hiding place. A hundred years later - A mystery begun by the World''s Greatest Detective falls into the hands of the World''s Greatest ... Housewife? After years of watching her husband and children go off on fantastic adventures, Mary Swift now finds herself drawn into international intrigue as she and her friend Helen Newton become involved in a plot which spans two continents, and puts their lives at constant risk. All this and meatloaf too!

The 4th adventure in this series A powerful force is moving across Europe, smashing into buildings and tearing people apart. In desperation, European authorities send a representative to Swift Enterprises on a mission to seek help in finding an answer. But, before a solution can be found, the same force begins attacking the United States. Not only that but Mary Swift becomes one of several people kidnapped by unknown assailants. For Sandra Swift the abduction of her mother is the opening act to an adventure which will include aerial missile attacks, snipers and sophisticated death traps. Accompanied by friends old and new, Sandy finds herself continually at risk; ultimately coming face to face with an enemy in possession of a super-weapon powerful enough to destroy Swift Enterprises.

Giddings Schulenburg, the chief field agent for the mysterious Pierce Library, becomes involved in a mystery concerning a series of murders which have taken place throughout the world. Murders where the only connection is the Russian word for "disappointed". Traveling back and forth across the United States . . . and accompanied by one of the remaining targets for assassination . . . Schulenburg soon uncovers a plot that threatens to unleash global annihilation, and brings him face to face with a man he had hoped he would never meet again.

In this thesis a versatile process route for the fabrication of novel bulk composite materials is developed, which is based on the spouted bed spray granulation process. The granulation process is used to assemble different kinds and sizes of ceramic particles and polymers into granules. In this process a liquid, which contains organic (and sometimes inorganic) components, is sprayed onto fluidized particles. The key advantages of the spouted bed spray granulation process are analyzed with respect to the fabrication of novel composite materials, and several process routes for different types of polymers and different target properties are developed. The granules are further processed to dense composites, which are then analyzed with respect to their morphology and mechanical properties. It is also shown that this process route can be combined with other processes to fabricate composites with a genuine hierarchical structure. The inner structure and the mechanical properties of the final composites are analyzed and simulated with the Discrete-Element-Method (DEM). It is shown that the DEM is a very useful and adequate simulation tool for the fabricated composites, particularly for composites with a high filling degree, as it allows a direct three-dimensional representation of the composite.

Michael Wolff is the author of this complexity to humanity. To be philosophical requires no degree from a university. Questioning various things within life and things theoretical is reason itself the reason to our being? Imagine a new lore, accept a gift, and journey into the questions you were not taught to ask. Mindful of what is to test instinct to right and wrong, within these pages are his hurtles. Enjoy.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) represents an important pathway for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to mitigate climate change. However, there is significant uncertainty about how the technology will be accepted by the public, which is difficult to predict for relatively unknown technologies such as CCS. As such, this thesis explores the use of a similar but better known technology-hydraulic fracturing-as an analogue for learning lessons about public acceptance of the geologic storage component of CCS. The thesis asks two questions: (1) What factors are associated with public acceptance of geologic storage? And (2) What actions should communities, regulators, and stakeholders take to ensure the safe and efficient deployment of CCS technology? The thesis investigates these questions using three separate but related analyses. A series of regressions explores links between states'' history of fossil fuel extraction and current regulatory attitudes toward hydraulic fracturing. A comparative case study characterizes trends in the development of laws and regulations related to hydraulic fracturing in three states: Pennsylvania, New York State, and Colorado. Finally, a survey identifies factors associated with positive and negative public perceptions of both hydraulic fracturing and CCS. The survey includes an experimental question that measures the extent to which compensation can be used to improve public acceptance for facility siting. Through these analyses, the thesis reaches several conclusions. States with an extensive history of fossil fuel extraction are more likely to regulate hydraulic fracturing with a moderate level of regulatory stringency, and similar tendencies toward CCS are likely. Municipalities are playing an increasingly significant role in the regulation of hydraulic fracturing, and are likely to be important stakeholders for CCS projects as well. A number of demographic and worldview factors are associated with public acceptance, but none were found to have substantial predictive power. However, the amount of compensation offered to nearby residents was found to have a moderate effect on public acceptance. Developers should therefore consider compensation a tool for increasing the likelihood of acceptance among residents nearby a potential project site. Policymakers should in turn institute market incentives such as robust carbon prices to foster a financial environment that encourages developers to engage with municipalities and residents.

The 8th novel in this new series. For thousands of years the Earth has been under observation by a race of extraterrestrials. Ten years ago contention among the aliens caused a meteor-like probe to make contact with Tom Swift and Tom Swift Jr. The probe''s covert function was to help the aliens determine on how best to deal with what they felt was the problematical expanding intelligence among humans. A few years later, in Ecuador, Sandra Swift encounters a second alien probe. It destroys itself, but not before subtly reprogramming part of Sandy''s brain, making her an unwitting spy for the "Space Friends." Now the Sun itself is undergoing a change. Self-replicating machines are forming a shell which, if unchecked, will eventually enclose the star that gives life to our world. And Sandy realizes that the events which began in Ecuador are reaching a terrible conclusion. The Space Friends... up to now aloof and mysterious... are making their presence increasingly known. It''s the first note in a vast closing act, and Sandy soon comes to understand that the future of seven billion people depend on how willing she is to put her life on the line.

The 7th in the new series. 1955: One of the most important computer science discoveries of the century goes missing. Over fifty years later details concerning the whereabouts of the discovery are beginning to surface, and Sandra Swift is called upon to investigate. Accompanied by Bud Barclay, Sandy sets out on a quest to uncover a series of puzzles directing them back and forth across the country, involving them in everything from the death of James Dean to a confrontation with a giant. Sandy is at the controls of her brother''s latest invention: a sophisticated computer-guided recreational which can travel on land or water, and features a detachable high-speed aircraft. Every function of this remarkable vehicle will be put to the test as Sandy and Bud race across the country, avoiding the traps of a desperate and murderous enemy.

This is the 5th adventure in the Sandra Swift adventures. A criminal organization is systematically stealing plutonium from nuclear power plants and laboratories all over the United States. While a nationwide investigation goes on, concerns are rising that the next target will be the Citadel: the atomic research facility built and operated by Swift Enterprises. Tom Swift Sr. is confident that the Citadel''s security will be sufficient to defend it, but he''s soon proven wrong as the thieves strike. Not only is plutonium stolen, but it''s suspected that the thieves are also linked to the murder of an Enterprises robotics scientist. Suspicions point to someone working within the Swift organization. A resourceful individual who remains behind the scenes, and who can outthink even the brilliant minds operating the Citadel. And Sandra Swift soon finds herself facing her most dangerous and calculating opponent.

From the author of Fire and Fury, this irresistible account offers an exclusive glimpse into a man who wields extraordinary power and influence in the media on a worldwide scale—and whose family is being groomed to carry his legacy into the future. If Rupert Murdoch isn’t making headlines, he’s busy buying the media outlets that generate them. His News Corp. holdings—from the New York Post, Fox News, and The Wall Street Journal, to name just a few—are vast, and his power is unrivaled. So what makes a man like this tick? Michael Wolff gives us the definitive answer in The Man Who Owns the News. With unprecedented access to Rupert Murdoch himself, and his associates and family, Wolff chronicles the astonishing growth of Murdoch''s $70 billion media kingdom. In intimate detail, he probes the Murdoch family dynasty, from the battles that have threatened to destroy it to the reconciliations that seem to only make it stronger. Drawing upon hundreds of hours of interviews, he offers accounts of the Dow Jones takeover as well as plays for Yahoo! and Newsday as they’ve never been revealed before.

Written for employees who feel distracted or scattered, "Focus" is sure to help readers get past procrastination, overcome today''s 24/7 bombardment of messages and demands, escape from deadly routine, and infuse their lives with creativity, flexibility, and power.

Using revolutionary time management techniques, ''Focus'' tells you how to supercharge your mind power and focus on what matters most - your goals and achievements. ''How to Get More Done'' shows you an easy and immediate way that not only gets you back on top of things, but helps you to achieve even more on a daily basis.

If Rupert Murdoch isn''t making headlines, he''s busy buying the media outlets that generate them. Murdoch''s News Corp holdings - from The New York Post, Fox News, The Australian, and most recently The Wall Street Journal, to name just a few - are vast , and his power is unrivalled. So what makes a man like this tick? Michael Wolff gives us the definitive answer in The Man Who Owns The News. With unprecedented access to Murdoch himself, his associates, and family, Wolff chronicles the astonishing growth of the $70 billion media kingdom. In intimate detail he probes the Murdoch family dynasty, from the battles that have threatened to destroy it to the reconciliations that seem to only make it stronger. Drawing upon hundreds of hours of interviews, he offers accounts of the Dow Jones takeover as well as plays for Yahoo! and Newsday as they''ve never been revealed before. But Murdoch is more than a predatory and merciless deal-maker. His company does not only generate dizzying profits and growth rates. His company generates the information that forms our understanding of the world. He presides over what we read, what we watch, what we come to believe about ourselves, to an extent that is without serious parallel anywhere on earth. In the words of Michael Wolff, Murdoch ''held more power over more time than any other contemporary figure''. This is an opportunity to see and hear one of the most vivid, powerful, unusual, menacing and captivating men of the age. One of the central figures of our times. Written in the irresistible style that only an award-winning columnist for ''Vanity Fair'' can deliver, The Man Who Owns The News offers an exclusive glimpse into a man who wields extraordinary power and influence in the media on a worldwide scale - and whose family is being groomed to carry his legacy into the future.

The 2nd adventure in this new series. Two experimental robots have vanished while undergoing field tests on the surface of the Moon. All evidence points to the presence of an unknown person in the area, but no one can reasonably account for how the person could have been there. Sandra Swift decides to investigate and, accompanied by Bud Barclay, travels to the Swift Enterprises Moonbase. From there they go to the last reported position of the robots, but suddenly end up falling through a narrow crevice. Now trapped deep beneath the surface of the Moon, Sandy and Bud struggle for survival, exploring a vast system of underground caverns as they attempt to contact help. But they soon encounter additional mysteries in the form of a lost human colony living in a ruined spaceship, as well as an insane woman bent on revenge. Fighting to stay alive, Sandy and Bud join forces with the lost colony, squaring off against an adversary who will stop at nothing . . . including nuclear annihilation . . . to kill anyone who stands in her way.