Piers Paul Read was born on 7 March, 1941, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, the third son of the poet and art critic, Sir Herbert Read, and Margaret Ludwig, a musician of German, Scottish, Irish a

Dan Kurzman, a former foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, is the author of 16 books and the winner of five major literary and journalistic awards. His books include Fatal Voyage: The Sin

n 2005, I decided to devote myself to writing full-time and have produced nine books since then: The Other Mozart: The Life of the Famous Chevalier de Saint George published Fall 2006; Carnation, L

Todd Lewan joined the Associated Press as a correspondent in 1988. 

In 1996 he became an editor on AP's international desk, and later a national features writer. In 1998 he received seve

Alvin Moscow worked as a journalist for the New York Times and the Associated Press, where he covered the court hearings that sought to determine the cause of the crash of two ocean liners, the And

Joan Druett is a New Zealand historian and novelist, specialising in maritime history. She was born in Nelson, and raised in Palmerston North, moving to New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, when

Erik Larson is the author of eight books, six of which became New York Times bestsellers. His latest books, The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz and

BILL STREEVER, a biologist, is the award winning and bestselling nature writer behind In Oceans Deep, Cold, Heat, and And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind. He has worked on issues ranging from the envir

Michael J. Tougias is a New York Times bestselling author and co-author of 30 books for adults and 7 for children and young adults.

Among his bestsellers are The Finest Hours (Disney Motion

Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM, FIRE, A DEATH IN BELMONT, WAR, TRIBE and FREEDOM.   As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to

Internationally renowned cardiologist Roberto Canessa was born in Uruguay in 1953. In October 1972 Roberto was a member of a Uruguayan rugby team flying to a match in Chile when their plane crashed

Bryan Burrough is a special correspondent at Vanity Fair magazine and the author of six books, including the No. 1 New York Times Best-Seller Barbarians at the Gate and his latest, Days of Rage. He

Ian Urquhart is Professor Emeritus and Faculty of Arts - Political Science Department at the University of Alberta, Canada.

 Professor Urquhart earned his PhD  from University of Br

Robert McNally is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy, and the author of Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices, published by the Columbia Univ

A former Articles Editor of the Texas Law Review, Professor McGarity is a leading scholar in the fields of both administrative law and environmental law. He also teaches torts. 

He has w

I was born in San Francisco in 1970, and my parents were activists in the antiwar, New Left, and feminist movements of the era. Many of the questions that I pose as a historian emerged out of the c

I am a social and cultural historian of science and technology in non-Western settings. I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University, a

Dr. Emily Meierding is an Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Her research and teaching focus on international and intrastate

Rosemary A. Kelanic is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, where her research focuses on international security, coercive diplomacy, energy politics, and U.

Donald Worster is one of the founders of, and leading figures in, the field of environmental history. He is currently Distinguished Foreign Expert and senior professor in the School of History of R