[close] Freakonomics author Steven Levitt presents new data on the finances of drug dealing. Contrary to popular myth, he says, being a street-corner crack dealer isnt lucrative: It pays below minimum wage. And your boss can kill you. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 [close]

[close] Steven Levitt shares data that shows car seats are no more effective than seatbelts in protecting kids from dying in cars. However, during the Q&A, he makes one crucial caveat. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 [close]

[close] Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits. Here, Pinker talks about his thesis, and why some people found it incredibly upsetting. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 [close]

[close] In an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds -- and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 [close]

[close] Just as the sun blinds our eyes to a sky filled with stars, Jesus deity can blind us to the unseen riches of His humanity. In The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived, Steven K. Scott reveals the hidden treasures to be found in Christs life as a human. When you learn from Jesus life on earth, your own life will be propelled to a whole new level of achievement, happiness, and success. http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385526005 http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385529433 http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400074648 [close]

[close] Get more on Steven Ward at SimonandSchuster.com [close]

[close] Wedel being interviewed by Metal Krypt.

[close] http://www.killingrommel.com http://doub... Pressfield's quintet of acclaimed, bestselling novels of ancient warfare—Gates of Fire, Tides of War, Last of the Amazons, The Virtues of War and The Afghan Campaign—have earned him a reputation as a master chronicler of military history, a supremely literate and engaging storyteller, and an author with acute insight into the minds of men in battle. In KILLING ROMMEL Pressfield extends his talents to the modern world with a WWII tale based on the real-life exploits of the Long Range Desert Group, an elite British special forces unit that took on the German Afrika Korps and its legendary commander, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, "the Desert Fox." http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780767926164 [close]

[close] http://www.killingrommel.com http://doub... Pressfield's quintet of acclaimed, bestselling novels of ancient warfare—Gates of Fire, Tides of War, Last of the Amazons, The Virtues of War and The Afghan Campaign—have earned him a reputation as a master chronicler of military history, a supremely literate and engaging storyteller, and an author with acute insight into the minds of men in battle. In KILLING ROMMEL Pressfield extends his talents to the modern world with a WWII tale based on the real-life exploits of the Long Range Desert Group, an elite British special forces unit that took on the German Afrika Korps and its legendary commander, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, "the Desert Fox." http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780767926164 [close]

[close] Watch what happens when John Travolta and Holly Hunter are confronted with a million dollars in public. The Million Dollar bill given to John Travolta and Holly Hunter. The million-dollar question: Will you go to Heaven when you die? Here's a quick test. Have you ever told a lie, stolen anything, or used God's name in vain? Jesus said, "Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." Have you looked with lust? Will you be guilty on Judgment Day? If you have done those things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart. The Bible warns that if you are guilty you will end up in Hell. That's not God's will. He sent His Son to suffer and die on the cross for you. You broke God's Law, but Jesus paid your fine. That means He can legally dismiss your case. He can commute your death sentence: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have [close]

[close] This is the trailer for the book w/CD Dancing on the Brink of the world, a glorious blending of art, fiction, astrology, and music for each of the twelve zodiac signs, including short stories by Sven Eberlein, star gate paintings by Evelyn Terranova, cosmic evolutionary astrology by Steven Forrest, and alchemical songs composed and recorded by Chemystry Set. [close]

[close] Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 [close]

[close] Author Steven Johnson discusses the most intense outbreak of cholera in Victorian London - and what it means to us today, from the way we understand cities, science, disease, and the modern world. [close]

[close] Children who have been separated at birth usually feel great joy when at last they discover each other. It is not always so harmonious, though. The suspense/murder novel StillBorn! explores what can happen when an illegal adoption causes twins to be born without love and sold without remorse. One child is rejected and left in an orphanage without identity or care, facing brutal treatment and harsh physical and sexual abuse. His twin brother is adopted into a wonderful life. The result is bitterness and ruthless revenge with deadly repercussions. StillBorn! explores what a life of pain, suffering and abuse can do when a child is denied an existence and vengeance becomes a driving motivation. Humanity is relegated to nothing more than fair game! [close]

[close] Follow author Joseph Kanon on a tour of Hollywood as he takes us to the Hollywood of decades past and talks about the role it plays in his new book, Stardust Get more on Joseph Kanon at SimonandSchuster.com [close]

[close] A hunt for the American buffalo—an adventurous, fascinating examination of an animal that has haunted the American imagination. Learn more at http://doubleday.com http://www.randomh... [close]