Marlow comes face to face with the corruption and despair that lies at the heart of human existence when he undertakes a journey on behalf of a Belgian trading company up the Congo River in search of the tormented white ivory trader, Kurtz.

"How did Ron Shaich, the visionary founder of Panera Bread, build a little bakery in St. Louis into 2,400 restaurants with 6 billion dollars in revenue and annual returns of 25 percent, outperforming Starbucks, Chipotle, and all others? By seeing the future and clearing a path to it, leading and innovating from the future back. Now, Shaich shares his story, starting with its humble entrepreneurial beginnings: the college-campus convenience store he...

China has emerged as the factory floor for global production, providing the world with cheap goods at the astonishingly low China price. But there is a very steep price to pay for these low-budget consumables, a price that very well may have dire consequences for the health and security of the planet. Peter Navarro dissects the coming China wars and their implications for issues ranging from oil prices and energy security to global warming and environmental...