Discusses reasons why the clock was invented in Europe, traces the development of timekeeping technology, and describes how clocks and watches are made

Gilder compares America's current economic challenges with her past economic problems-- particularly those of the late 1970s-- and explains why Obama's big-government ...

A lively survey of the families at the head of major companies from the past two centuries focuses on three areas, including banking, automobiles, and raw materials, in a ...

The author dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels are responsible for history's broadest patterns

A distinguished journalist and former British Ambassador to the United States offers an epic history of mankind's quest to invest, trade, and make money. Photos.

Recounts the transfer of technology, ideas, and social institutions between the East and the West, and looks at the influence this transfer has had on Chinese history