The subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, Josh Waitzkin has long been the top-ranked player for his age in the United States and a role model for chess-playing kids everywhere. Now, for the first time, Waitzkin reveals the ...

Responding to questions regarding his personal character, President Bill Clinton once told his audience that "character isn't the issue." Yet our character defines the world we live in. Our government, welfare programs, schools, and everything ...

"Playing chess is like looking out over a limitless ocean; playing checkers is like looking into a bottomless well." Marion Tinsley, World checkers champion This extraordinary book tells the story of the creation of the world champion checkers ...

Readers not only learn the basics of chess and how to play it well, they also learn all about the game-from the world champions and famous games, to all sorts of chess trivia, to famous people who just love playing chess. The major openings, and ...

"Socrates, born in Athens in 469BCE, spent much of his life pointing our the absurdities of current beliefs. ... Socrates left no writings of his own, yet his contribution to philosophy is immeasurable. His central argument - that goodness and ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always ...

Crystal-clear explanations of grandmaster tactics and strategies from which players of all abilities can learn.

One of the world's foremost chess players distills the lessons he has learned while playing the game to offer a definitive guide to the art of successful decision-making, covering such topics as how to evaluate opportunities, anticipate the ...