Author: Lynne Truss
A witty, entertaining, impassioned guide to perfect punctuation, for everyone who cares about precise writing. Not a primer but a 'zero tolerance' manual for direct action.
Author: Beng Huat Chua While the economic miracle of Singapore is widely known, the ideas that have underpinned it remain to be documented and critically examined. The single political party...
Author: Vaddey Ratner For seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father returning home in the early dawn hours bringing details of the civil...
Author: Cynthia D'aprix Sweeney "Humor and delightful irony abound in this lively first novel." -New York Times Book Review "An addictive, poignant read...enticing." -Los Angeles Times Every family has its...
Author: Michael Lewis The Big Shorttells a story of spectacular, epic folly. It has taken the world's greatest financial meltdown to bring Michael Lewis back to the subject that made...
Author: Joel Bakan As incisive as Eric Schlosser's bestselling Fast Food Nation, as rigorous as Joseph E. Stiglitz's Globalization and Its Discontents, and as scathing as Michael Moore's Stupid White...
Author: Oscar Wilde Enthralled by a portrait of himself, young Dorian Gray makes a Faustian bargain to exchange his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Thus he is able to...
Authors: Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams Explores the phenomenon of mass collaboration demonstrated by MySpace, Second Life, and the Human Genome Project, sharing success stories and describing how businesses can...
Author: Dennis Bakke Presents a theory of personnel management which contends that giving priority to employee satisfaction and autonomy over profits is the best way to business success, with real-life...
Authors: W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne
Kim and Mauborgne present a non-competitive approach for achieving high business growth through the development of uncontested market space with practically limitless potential.
Author: Chris Anderson Examines the rise of the niche in today's economy, thanks to a breakdown in the barrier between supply and demand and the increasing availability of everything to...
Author: David Baddiel The new novel from David Baddiel, comedian, columnist and author of the critically-praised The Secret Purposes. In New York's Mt. Sinai hospital, the world's greatest living writer,...
Author: Paulo Coelho Brida, a young Irish girl, has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of...
Author: Saul Bellow Synopsis: To escape the European horror, Mr Sammler was obliged to crawl from his own grave, and to kill. He is assured by Dr Lal that a...
Author: Douglas Adams For Dirk Gently, private detective, a simple search for a missing cat uncovers a bewildered ghost, a secret time traveller, and a devastating secret that threatens the...
Author: Henry James For himself, beyond doubt, the thing we were all so blank about was vividly there. It was something, I guessed, in the primal plan, something like a...
Author: Colin Thubron Having learned Mandarin, and travelling alone by foot, bicycle and train, Colin Thubron sets off on a 10,000 mile journey from Beijing to Tibet, starting from a...
Author: Henry James This complex tale of self-discovery -- considered by the author to be his best work -- traces the path of an aging idealist, Lambert Strether. Arriving in...
Author: Mukul Deva This book is a must-read—whether you are an individual seeking self development or keen to overcome a challenge, a business owner or corporate leader seeking to provide...
Authors: Daniel Goleman, Harvard Business Review, Michael MacCoby, John C. Beck, Dan Clampa, Michael Watkins Originally published in the Harvard Business Review between 1998 and 2001, these eight articles present...
Author: Tyndale House Publishers (COR) Synopsis: An easy to use study Bible. How to Find God contains four reading tracks: "Cornerstones," "First Steps," "Off and Running" and "Big Question." Each...
Authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald, D. H. Lawrence, Henry James Jr. Synopsis: Stories for Summer [Jan 01, 1987] Fitzgerald, F Scott "About this title" may belong to another edition of this...
Author: John Buchan Greenmantle: Continues the story of Richard Hannay, taking him from convalescence following the Battle of Loos, back to London for a vital meeting at the Foreign Office,...
Author: Larry Gonick Synopsis: Cartoons review the history of America from the end of the Civil War up to now, and looks at important issues, events, and individuals "About this...
Author: Richard McGregor 'Superb . . . an essential, riveting guide to how the rising power really works' Jonathan Fenby 'Marvellous . . . should be read by anyone doing...
Author: Amy Tan Synopsis: Title: Saving Fish from Drowning <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: AmyTan <>Publisher: BallantineBooks Review&colon Amy Tan, who has an unerring eye for relationships between mothers and daughters, especially...
Author: Tess Gerritsen On Christmas Eve, Boston Medical Examiner Maura Isles is summoned to the scene of a brutal killing and teams up with Detective Jane Rizzoli to investigate the...
Author: John Grisham Ray Atlee is summonsed by his dying father to return home to discuss details of his estate - He arrives home too late and finds that his...
Authors: William Shakespeare, Jane Coles Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character....
Author: William Shakespeare This edition of Hamlet is part of the groundbreaking Cambridge School Shakespeare series established by Rex Gibson. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the...
Author: Robertson Davies This novel is the first in The Deptford Trilogy. Ramsay is a man twice born, a man who has returned from the hell of the battle-grave at...
Author: Ray Bradbury A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners suddenly realizes their merit, in a chilling novel of a frightening...
Author: J.D. Salinger The "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions of readers...
Author: George Orwell In "Nineteen eighty-four", one of the 20th century's great myth-makers George Orwell takes a cold look at the future. "Hidden away in the Record Department of the...
Author: Harold Evensky ``Harold's diligent and scholarly approach to investing theory makes Wealth Management a thoughtful book that should be on every advisor's reading list.''--Charles R. Schwab, Chairman & CEO,...
If the twentieth century was the American century, then the twenty-first century belongs to China. Now the one and only Jim Rogers shows how any investor can get in on...
