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740 Park
Crown Publishing Group 2007; US$ 16.95For seventy-five years, it?s been Manhattan?s richest apartment building, and one of the most lusted-after addresses in the world. One apartment had 37 rooms, 14 bathrooms, 43 closets, 11 working fireplaces, a private elevator, and his-and-hers saunas; another at one time had a live-in service staff of 16. To this day, it is steeped in the purest luxury,... more...
Rogues' Gallery
Crown Publishing Group 2009; US$ 16.99?Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime.? With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first independent, unauthorized look at the saga of the nation?s greatest museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this endlessly entertaining follow-up to his bestselling... more...
Unreal Estate
Crown Publishing Group 2011; US$ 30.00Michael Gross is the preeminent chronicler of America?s rich and powerful, most recently in 740 Park and Rogues? Gallery. Now, he goes west to uncover the very secret history of Los Angeles, specifically those wealthiest and most private of enclaves? Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Holmby Hills, and Beverly Park?through their most mind-boggling estates,... more...
Model
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 13.99The definitive story of the international modeling business?and its evil twin, legalized flesh peddling? Model is a tale of beautiful women empowered and subjugated; of vast sums of money; of sex and drugs, obsession and tragic death; and of the most unholy combination in commerce: stunning young women and rich, lascivious men. Investigative... more...
The Birds, the Bees and the Platypuses
Wiley 2012; US$ 39.99Michael Gross has been writing about science full time for the last eight years and as a night time hobby for the previous seven. From his treasure troves, he now presents his favourite science stories from these 15 years. What are the attractions that make him revisit a topic or reread an article again and again? Often, it's the sheer craziness of... more...
Travels To The Nanoworld
Basic Books 2008; US$ 17.00The new science and technology of the incredibly small-and what it means for our future. more...
Light and Life
Oxford University Press, UK 2003; US$ 30.99There would be no life on Earth without light from the Sun, and life would not be as highly evolved as it is had it not made the best use of light's energy and information for using photosynthesis, biological clocks, and vision. In Light and Life, Michael Gross explores six major aspects of the complex and fascinating interplay between light and... more...
9 Millionen Fahrräder am Rande des Universums
Wiley 2012; US$ 21.95?Hofnarr? der Chemie Ausgeforscht - so heißt eine Rubrik in den ?Nachrichten aus der Chemie?, in der der Chemiker und Wissenschaftsjournalist Michael Groß alle zwei Monate einen seiner ?unsachlichen? Beiträge veröffentlicht - als ?Hofnarr?, wie er selbst sagt. Groß schafft in seinen ironischheiteren Kommentaren die seltene... more...
Von Geckos, Garn und Goldwasser
Wiley 2013; US$ 21.95Die Wunderwelt der "natürlichen Nanotechnologie" Michael Groß entwirft in seinem Buch eine Art Landkarte der Nanowelt und führt den Leser so ein in diesen faszinierenden Mikrokosmos. In der Wunderwelt der "natürlichen Nanotechnologie" erscheinen Natur und Technik nicht als Gegensatz, sie gehen vielmehr ein neues, produktives Verhältnis... more...
Moral Dilemmas of Modern War
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 26.00A practical guide for policy makers, military officers, students, and anyone else interested in asymmetric conflicts. more...









