Author: Goh Tong Lim This is a long-awaited book by one of Malaysia's most interesting entrepreneurs. How Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong built Genting Highlands into a world-class resort has...
Author: O. Casey Corr A portrait of visionary entrepreneur Craig McCaw discusses his seminal role in the development of the cellular communications industry and his latest work with Teledesic, a...
Author: Elizabeth Gray Vining Synopsis: A fascinating inside account of the formative years of Akihito, the reigning Emperor of Japan, written by his trusted Amer. tutor, the late Elizabeth Gray...
Author: Reona Peterson Joly "Reona Peterson Joly and Evey Muggleton Heckman never dreamed of the adventure and danger that lay before them as they attended a short-term missions school in...
Author: John Gregory Dunne Monster is John Gregory Dunne's mordantly funny account of life on the Hollywood food chain. Dunne and his wife, Joan Didion, have been working in the...
Authors: Brother Yun, Paul Hattaway This is the intensely dramatic story of how God took a young, half-starved boy from a poor village in Henan Province and used him mightily...
Author: Michael D. Lemonick "The story of Lonni Sue Johnson, a talented artist, musician and amateur pilot who lost all capacity for short term memory when she suffered encephalitis and...
Author: Martin Pearce BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL et MILITARY. The extraordinary story of the most highly decorated British spymaster of the Cold War, Sir Maurice Oldfield. Chief of the Secret Intelligence...
Author: Katie Couric The anchor of CBS evening news collects the best life tips from a host of accomplished leaders, thinkers, artists and more, including Chelsea Handler, Malcolm Gladwell, Mario...
Author: Penelope Lively A poignant and bittersweet memoir from the distinguished British fiction writer Penelope Lively, Oleander, Jacaranda evokes the author's unusual childhood growing up English in Egypt during the...
Author: Jennifer Lehr The wife of comic and writer John Lehr describes a series of painful relationships that marked her young adulthood, her disillusionment in the face of a lackluster...
Author: Louis Henry Sullivan The famous American architect's fascinating look at the early years of his pioneering work, which led to his being called the "father of the skyscraper." Far...
Author: Kee Beng Ooi A biography of Malaysia's powerful Home Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, who passed away of a heart attack on 2...
Author: Blair S. Walker Tracing Lewis's rise from an east Baltimore working-class neighborhood to Harvard Law School and ultimately into the elite circle of Wall Street deal-makers, journalist Blair Walker...
Author: Max De Pree Explores leadership as an art that must be felt, experienced, and created and discusses how to apply leadership abilities and a sense of integrity to business...
Author: Quentin Bell In Bloomsbury Recalled, Quentin Bell has written an extraordinary memoir of the circle of intellectuals in London early in this century know as the Bloomsbury group. Bell...
Author: Adrian Tomine At the behest of his soon-to-be wife, Adrian Tomine set out to create a wedding favor for their guests that would be funnier and more personal than...
Authors: Vincent P. Carosso, Rose C. Carosso The House of Morgan personified economic power in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. Carosso constructs an in-depth account of the evolution, operations, and...
Author: Janny Scott Watch a videoA major publishing event: an unprecedented look into the life of the woman who most singularly shaped Barack Obama-his mother. Barack Obama has written extensively...
Author: Caitlin Moran 1913 - Suffragette throws herself under the King's horse. 1969 - Feminists storm Miss World. Now - Caitlin Moran rewrites "The Female Eunuch" from a bar stool...
Author: John Malathronas For generations of Britons, Singapore was the international crossroads of the Empire, the ultimate colonial posting, the stimulus for writers such as Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham or...
Authors: Emrys Chew, Chong Guan Kwa Dr. Goh Keng Swee's extensive career as a public servant was dynamic as well as distinguished, in many ways decisively instrumental in the making...
Author: Tina Fey Once in a generation a woman comes along who changes everything. Tina Fey is not that woman, but she met that woman once and acted weird around...
Author: Janet Lowe A rare perspective on the personal philosophy, business savvy, and future of the chairman of the most admired company in the world Jack Welch, chairman of General...
Author: Oonagh O'Hagan Like the bestsellers PostSecret and Found, I Lick My Cheese appeals to the voyeur in all of us and presents uncensored evidence from everyday lives. Presenting four-color...
Author: Teresa J. Rhyne Recounts the author's journey nursing her adopted beagle Seamus through his cancer treatment as she learned to deal with medical situations, unknowingly preparing herself for her...
Author: Jackie Freiberg Twenty-five years ago, Herb Kelleher reinvented air travel when he founded Southwest Airlines, where the planes are painted like killer whales, a typical company maxim is "Hire...
Author: Frank McCourt Angela's Ashes was a true publishing phenomenon. The winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Royal Society of Literature Award (amongst...
Author: Edward W. Said The respected scholar and cultural critic describes growning up in Palestine, Egypt, and Lebanon and the family and diverse cultural factors that shaped his life. By...
Author: William Shawcross Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation empire ended the 80s with a debt the size of Ecuador's and on the verge of catastrophe. Houdini-like Murdoch survived, buying time, merging...
Author: Ron Chernow Synopsis: Candid history of the American banking dynasty spans four generations and chronicles both the evolution of modern finance and the glamorous social strata of the times...
Author: Stephen Gill Based on intimate knowledge of the poet's manuscripts, on a fresh look at contemporary records, and on a study of the mass of material that has appeared...
Author: Azadeh Moaveni As far back as she can remember, Azadeh Moaveni has felt at odds with her tangled identity as an Iranian-American. In suburban America, Azadeh lived in two...
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of the international #1 bestseller Eat, Pray, Love, attempts to make peace with marriage in her follow-up book, now available in paperback.
Author: Shane Dawson "Shane Dawson, dubbed 'YouTube's comic for the under-30 set' by the New York Times, reveals some of his most embarrassing moments in 20 original, personal essays that...
Author: Eddie RowleyThis is the fourth official Boyzone book, a band who show little sign of waning in popularity. It looks at an interesting year for the group, as they...
Author: Dava Sobel Longitude, Dava Sobel's no.1 bestseller, is the elegant biography of the lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his times. With new material from Dava...
Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton The many dramatic moments of Secretary Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State frame her thoughts about the recent history of US foreign policy and the...
Author: Rio Ferdinand In #2Sides Rio Ferdinand talks candidly about David Moyes' first season with Manchester United and the comparisons in management style with long- standing boss Sir Alex Ferguson....
Author: John Fowles “For years I have carried this book...with me on travels to reread, ponder, envy. In prose of classic gravity, precision, and delicacy, Fowles addresses matters of final...
