In 1816, Mary Shelley created a monster on the shores of Lake Geneva. Two hundred years later and a mile and a half away on the other side of that same lake, a team of neuroscientists at Project Cerebrum create a perfect electronic replica of the human brain. This juxtaposition of two realities sets in motion a switchback ride between fiction and fact as the past intersects with the present. After the original Cerebrum director dies in a skiing accident, neurobiologist Hana Robinson receives a surprise invitation from the director's successor to collaborate with him on a top-secret project to...

A concise history of the world's most terrifying organization, with over 100 illustrations: graphics, maps and photographs.

This fourth volume of our series about terrorism, examines the Islamic State's seven closest and most dangerous rivals, Hezbollah, Hamas, Taliban, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, Quds Force and Al-Nusra Front, and explains how they relate both to each other and to ISIS.

This book traces the history of Islam and the roots of ISIS, explaining what it wants, how it recruits its followers, and why it is so barbaric. We quote Koranic chapter and verse (in both Arabic and English) to show how every diabolical "punishment" ISIS inflicts on others is not only in flat contradiction of the Holy Book, but threatens to destroy the world's second largest religion. Throughout, we stress that it is only Muslims themselves who can rid the world of this terrible scourge. As we address our readers directly in chapter 10, our final exhortation refers to Malala Yousafzai: You...