Forward by Richard J. Riordan, former Mayor of Los Angeles and California Secretary For Education. From Publisher's Weekly: Jones .."..provides a comprehensive overview of the strategies and tactics that modern parents can use to address the subpar American educational system and give their children the ability to get ahead in a challenging global economy." How do children succeed today? Our world is undergoing dizzying change comparable to the Industrial Revolution or introduction of the printing press. The globe truly has become flat and workers struggle to adapt as jobs are outsourced,...

Two years ago George held Khalil captive, trying to induce him to disclose a terrorist plot and expose his organization. Khalil escaped, shooting George in the process. Now, in the turmoil of Cairo's protests the tables have turned, or have they? George is no longer a government interrogator but rather has become a celebrity journalist. With his troubled photographer, Emine, he's documenting the Egyptian revolution directly from the streets. Khalil is juggling a trainee assassin, a plot to assassinate the liberal Egyptian presidential candidate on American soil and a long lost love. What...