Peters: 1371 books

From the first, specialization and coordination have presented governments with a conundrum: specialized program might be best for delivering one service to the public, but combining such programs for all public services inevitably produces costly redundancies and inefficiencies. In this long-awaited...

A case for building a digital environment that can make us happier and healthier, not just more productive, and a theoretical framework for doing so. On the eve of Google's IPO in 2004, Larry Page and Sergey Brin vowed not to be evil. Today, a growing number of technologists would go further,...

A mistake from birth, half Lab, half Rottweiler, weaned in a puppy mill and dubbed "Star" for the white furry blotch on her chest, the valiant pooch unwittingly becomes the "bag man" in a diamond heist when the thief, hoping to hide the stones from his greedy wife, implants them...

A successful young lawyer hoping to live a simple and care free life flees the corporate rat race and moves into a small house along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. But his quiet world is turned completely around when he meets a charming young French girl with lethal intentions. Check out this...

Jake Kurzfrist becomes a murder suspect when his corrupt boss is found dead. Did Jake really do away with the old wretch, and if he didn't, can he somehow prove who did? Check out this strange tale of treachery, deceit, dysfunction and redemption. "If you want to get the real lowdown on...

Dirk Cobb, an ambitious young lawyer with a fondness for the ladies that is not always reciprocated, hooks up with a sweet and very stylish department store manager as a diversion from the pressures of his job. But Dirk finds more than he bargained for when the young lady turns out to be not quite...

In this fast-paced sequel to the hot new action series, The Jake Stone Thrillers, Jake is lured into the underground Mexican compound of his deadly nemesis, Arianna Bradshaw, where he must choose between his love for Snowflake and saving his own skin. Helping him decide are three new butt-kicking...

Josh McDonald and his childhood friend Adam Barnes are accidentally infected by a highly communicable viral vector containing super-charged DNA that rejuvenates the humane genome so as to prevent disease, regenerate damaged or lost tissue and reverse the aging process. Adam wants to leverage his immortality...

A cutting-edge, comprehensive guide to diabetes and prediabetes treatment by a world- renowned physician The numbers are epidemic?more than 60 million Americans have prediabetes or diabetes?and the complications (heart disease, blindness, kidney failure) can be devastating. But they are not...

Drawing on his global experiences from Africa to Iraq, author Ralph Peters attacks today's crucial issues of our time head-on, with the clear eye and blunt voice that has won him a devoted following: • Is Iraq worth it? What's the truth behind the politics? • Are our defense dollars buying a strong...

The Quran is a sacred book with profound, and familiar, Old and New Testament resonances. And the message it promulgated, Islam, came of age during an extraordinarily rich era of interaction among monotheists. Jews, Christians, and Muslims not only worshipped the same God, but shared aspirations,...

Why would you read yet another book on leadership? While writing this book I asked my long-time friend, the late Dr. George Steiner to critique it. After reading the first half of the book he said “This is really a fresh book”. So just maybe there is something in this book that makes it unlike...

In this fast and furious fourth installment of the hot new series, The Jake Stone Thrillers, Jake for a change must come to the rescue of his lovely and ferocious friend, Snowflake, instead of the other way around. Is Jake up to the task, or will Snowflake's powerful enemies overwhelm him? If...

The only love interest that corporate lawyer Harry Flimp has is with his GPS navigator, which he endearingly calls Trish. Then Harry gets entangled in a high stakes game of corporate espionage--and not only does he soon find himself up to his neck with flashy and quite powerful women, but he's also...