Alan: 6649 books

"One to one, no one is as compelling, as charismatic, as seductive as Steve Jobs. It's just magic." – Alan Deutschman on "Bloomberg West" in August 2011 In this original e-essay, part of the forthcoming book Why Steve Jobs Matters, veteran Silicon Valley journalist Alan...

A Biography of Saint Simon Peter the Apostle: From Fisherman to Martyr (2nd Edition) from the series Servants of God in the Bible by Robert Alan King is a book with over 6,200 words. King explores some of the major events in Peter's life and takes a look at his walk with Jesus. The book also...

A Biography of Elijah the Tishbite: The Prophet Who Defeated Baal from the series Servants of God in the Bible by Robert Alan King is a book with over 11,600 words. King explores some of the major events in Elijah's life and takes a look at his walk with God. The book also focuses on getting...

A Biography of John the Baptist: The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness from the series Servants of God in the Bible by Robert Alan King is a book with over 6,000 words. Isaiah prophesied about John the Baptist over 700 years before he was born. John was sent by God on one of the most important...

A Biography of Saint John the Apostle: The Disciple Jesus Loved from the series Servants of God in the Bible by Robert Alan King is a book with over 5,300 words. King explores some of the major events in John's life and takes a look at his walk with Jesus. The book also focuses on getting to...

Bestselling author of Million Dollar Consulting shares the secrets of writing winning proposals Intended for consultants, speakers, and other professional services providers, Million Dollar Consulting® Proposals ends forever the time-consuming and often frustrating process of writing a consulting...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The official novelization of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the blockbuster film directed by J. J. Abrams • Includes two tie-in short stories: “The Perfect Weapon” by Delilah S. Dawson and “Bait” by Alan Dean Foster ** ** More than thirty years ago, Star...

Edited by his children, Giles and Victoria, Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks is an anthology of writing from the former editor of Punch and Radio 4 national treasure Alan Coren, who died in October 2007. In a prolific forty-year career Alan Coren wrote for The Times, Observer, Tatler, Daily Mail, Mail...

Nine classic short stories portraying the isolation, criminality, morality, and rebellion of the working class from award-winning, bestselling author Alan Sillitoe The titular story follows the internal decisions and external oppressions of a seventeen-year-old inmate in a juvenile detention...

“Every Flavia de Luce novel is a reason to celebrate.”—USA Today ** ** ALAN BRADLEY, AUTHOR OF THE MOST AWARD-WINNING SERIES DEBUT OF ANY YEAR, RETURNS WITH ANOTHER IRRESISTIBLE FLAVIA DE LUCE NOVEL. ** ** “[Alan] Bradley has created one of the most original, charming, devilishly creative...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother, Harriet. Yet upon the train’s arrival in the English village of Bishop’s Lacey,...

**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • *NEW YORK TIMES *BESTSELLER From award-winning author Alan Bradley comes the next cozy British mystery starring intrepid young sleuth Flavia de Luce, hailed by USA Today as “one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature.”**   Eleven-year-old...

Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Steve Berry, Naomi Novik, and Harry Turtledove, Alan Smale’s gripping alternate history series imagines a world in which the Roman Empire has survived long enough to invade North America in 1218. Now the stunning story carries hero Gaius Marcellinus deeper into...

Confessions of a Government Man is filled with astute, often hilarious memoirs of Alan Greenberg’s thirty-nine year career with the U.S. General Services Administration. His real-life tales of deception and sleight-of-hand maneuvers in high government places include a cast of characters worthy of...