Through every step in his process, Reiss emphasizes how risk can be anticipated, managed, and significantly reduced.

Entrepreneurs with Limited Cash Learn How to Start and Grow Their Business Many unemployed Americans are discarding their resumes to pursue their dream of owning their own business. Many existing entrepreneurs are struggling to make ends meet in the current economic downturn. Bob Reiss has written Bootstrapping 101 to help these wannabe and existing small business owners improve their odds of success. He shows entrepreneurs how to grow their business with less money than they thought they needed and steers them to free quality advice. His tips are based on practical experience in the...

The Arctic century is upon us. A great jockeying for power and influence has erupted among nations in the high north. At stake are trillions of dollars in profit or loss, US security, geopolitical influence and the fate of a fragile environment as well as the region's traditional people. As the ice melts and oil companies venture north, the polar regions may become the next Panama Canal, the next Arabian Peninsula-places on earth that remain relatively unknown in one century and become pivotal in the next. Now Shell oil plans to sink exploratory wells in the pristine waters off the North...

Now in paperback and soon to be a major motion picture the terrifying techno-thriller in the bestselling tradition of Michael Crichton
When the first planes go down in Europe, in California, in Asia authorities blame terrorists. All flights are grounded as world leaders try to figure out how the global assault has been coordinated. And when cars, ships, and factories stop running too, it becomes clear that the common link is oil. Somehow a microbe, genetically engineered to destroy petroleum, has infected the world supply. As the world s economy grinds to a crashing halt, Dr. Gregory...