Read This Book If: You are interested in understanding the treatment of detainees at Guantnamo Bay during the war on terror that began 9/11/2001 and the prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib following the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The book contains six basic substantive documents which provide essential information and context: * Major General Antonio M. Taguba's summary of his initial investigation of reported abuses at Abu Ghraib (the "Taguba Report"); * The Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War; * The Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in...

An unofficial and unauthorized work of news reporting summarizing what is currently known and speculated about "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (tm), book six in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The author, W.F. Zimmerman, has read, analyzed, and synthesized literally thousands of news articles, Usenet postings, blogs, and on-line chats, including every public comment by J. K. Rowling since 1997. The book is divided into five parts: 1) information specifically about Harry Potter book six; 2) information pertaining to both books six and seven; 3) information pertaining to book seven...

The Unauthorized Dan Brown Update includes information about Digital Fortress, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, The Da Vinci Code (book and movie), The Solomon Key, and subsequent novels. It's a "mini" book in the sense that it is fairly thin - 96 pages to start with, although it will grow over time. (For example, detailed chapter-by-chapter analysis of The Solomon Key will be added soon after that novel is published.) This is a "meta" book in the sense that it complements, without trying to replace, the many worthy books that are already available about The Da Vinci Code. This book is...

Through the magic of print-on-demand technology, this "nimble" guide to the work of best-selling author J. K. Rowling provides the latest news about the author and her works, updated whenever there are significant developments. Unlike a conventional book, for which editions are printed in quantity every couple of years, this "living book" goes through frequent "mini-editions" and is printed fresh whenever customers place an order. Purchasers are entitled to free PDF updates! An entirely new section of analysis with more than 75 new pages will be added shortly after the release of "Harry...

A thoughtful, balanced, Christian, open-minded response to Kevin Phillips's bestseller, AMERICAN THEOCRACY.

This "nimble" book provides a pithy, funny, almost schizophrenic examination of all the arguments that I can think of, pro and con, on the subject of Senator Barack Obama's suitability for the office of President. My promise to you is that no matter how much you already know about Obama, this book will present you with new information and new perspectives. This is a "living" book that will be updated electronically every few months. This edition was last modified on October 17, 2006. The next update will occur in November 2006 with the addition of fifty pages devoted to analysis of DREAMS...

The beautiful, unique maps in this book will give your kids thought-provoking new views of the world. Rendered in beautiful color are high-resolution maps of global population density, land use, the "human footprint", and the "last of the wild." A terrific gift for bright kids ofany age that will stimulate their interest in maps, geography, science, environment, and history.

Welcome to Cool Science Images for Curious Kids! Nimble Books believes in "no compromises" books for kids. We believe kids are pretty darned good little signal processors and that they deserve to see real images, not goofy pastel cartoons. Accordingly, these books provide you with beautiful images generated by real scientists in action. We don't try to explain all the science behind every image; our goal is to stimulate joy and wonder at the beauty of the natural world, so that you and your kids will be energized to learn more.

Welcome to Cool Maps for Curious Kids Nimble Books believes in no compromises maps for kids aged 7 to 77. We believe kids are pretty darned good little geographers and that they deserve to see interesting maps, not goofy pastel cartoons. Note that this is not an atlas; our goal is for you and your kids to be energized to learn more. What we provide in this book is a variety of interesting perspectives. The motivation for this particular volume is that rather remarkably two books about Afghanistan is at the top of the best seller list right now. Khaled Hosseini's THE KITE RUNNER and A THOUSAND...

A color tour of the Supreme Court and its Justices.