Travels With Herodotus Adirondacks Examines the extraordinary career of

Examines the extraordinary career of jailhouse lawyer Jerry Rosenberg--a fourth-grade dropout who earned a correspondence degree in law while in Attica State Prison

a critical turning point in the evolution of scientific thought

and lecturer

calls a spade a spade

Travels With Herodotus Adirondacks Examines the extraordinary career ofWhen recent college graduate Ryszard Kapuscinski told his Polish editor that he'd like to work abroad, he had his eyes set on nothing more ambitious than a Prague sabbatical. Instead, his boss dispatched him to India. Thus began the eventful career of a foreign correspondent who was frequently mentioned as a favorite to win the Nobel Prize. Kapuscinski died before he could receive that accolade, but he did gift us with numerous incomparable books,