Editors: 1755 books
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Discusses some of the legends and controversies surrounding Crockett and Bowie, including their deaths at the Alamo.Includes passages from Crockett's autobiography about some of his frontier exploits and legendary adventures.Includes the story about Crockett's famous Not Yours To Give speech, and the...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
*Includes pictures of Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Explains each man's role in the Revolution and its aftermath. *Discusses the conspiracy theories surrounding Stalin's death and how Stalin came to power against Lenin's wishes.*Includes a bibliography...
Fast Company The Rules of Business
55 Essential Ideas to Help Smart People (and Organizations) Perform At Their Best
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2005
From The Rules of Business
Rule #1 The first rule of business is the same as the first rule of life: Adapt or die.
“What gets measured, gets done.”
—Peter Drucker
Rule #8 Nothing is more overrated than a new idea. Ideas by themselves are worthless. It’s what you do with...
Fortune The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time
How Apple, Ford, IBM, Zappos, and others made radical choices that changed the course of business
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Decisions equal success--nothing happens until one is made. Businesses make millions of decisions every day. But once in a great while a leader makes a truly game-changing decision that shifts not only the strategy of a single company but how everyone does business. These big decisions are counterintuitive-they...
Going Long
Legends, Oddballs, Comebacks & Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
For more than 40 years, Runner's World magazine has been the world's leading authority on running—bringing its readers the latest running advice and some of the most compelling sports narratives ever told. From inspirational stories such as "A Second Life"(the story of Matt Long, the FDNY...
The Great Grete Waitz
Inspiration, Hero, Champion: The Woman Who Transformed Running
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
In The Great Grete Waitz, Runner's World has published a moving tribute to the humble marathon legend who changed the landscape of running forever. The editors of the magazine have gathered a collection of the best stories about Grete from the last 30 years, providing a revealing glimpse into the...
by Pamela Redmond Satran, The Editors of Glamour
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Featuring advice, wisdom, and observations from an array of prominent and beloved women, 30 Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know by the Time She's 30 is an essential guide (and perfect gift) for women on the brink of thirty--and for those who are already there!
Fifteen years ago,...
The Dumb Book
Silly Stories, Stupid People, and Mega Mistakes that Crack Us Up
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
The old adage truth is stranger than fiction can also be construed as truth is funnier than fiction and we see no shortage of real people doing and saying dumb things and making us laugh in the process. The Editors of Reader’s Digest present a hilarious collection of dumb people doing dumb things.
Every...
Born to Be Wild
A History of the American Biker and Bikes 1947-2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Take an exhilarating ride through the history of the American bike, biker, and the biker nation in this fascinating and comprehensive chronicle of the biker era and today's ever-expanding legion of motorcycle enthusiasts. Impassioned, idiosyncratic, and razor sharp, Born to Be Wild traces a century's...
The Best Life Stories
150 Real-life Tales of Resilience, Joy, and Hope-all 150 Words or Less!
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Carefully selected from more than 6,500 essays, this wonderful collection of more than 80 stories reveals pure, common wisdom at its best, shared by ordinary people who look at life in an extraordinary way. From heartbreaking accounts to amusing snapshots, The Best Life Stories will leave you feeling...
by Editors of Chases Calendar of Events
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
12,500 entries. 196 countries. 365 days. Find out whats going on any day of the year, anywhere across the globe! If youre looking to tie a promotional event to a special month, create a suggested reading list based on a festival halfway around the world, blog about a historical milestone or do a celebrity...
Highbrow, Lowbrow, Brilliant, Despicable
Fifty Years of New York Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
New York, the city. New York, the magazine. A celebration.
The great story of New York City in the past half-century has been its near collapse and miraculous rebirth. A battered town left for dead, one that almost a million people abandoned and where those who remained had to live behind triple...
by The Editors of New Word City
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
It would be difficult to overstate the impact Sam Walton had on business. The stand-alone box stores he pioneered have quite literally changed the landscape of the United States, indeed the world. His insistence on low (and ever lower) prices altered customers expectations of what they would have to...
TIME American Originals
The Things That Shaped Our Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2016
What makes America, American - The land of the free, the home of the brave, the land of opportunity? Since its founding in 1776, America has grown from the 13 original colonies to the 50 United States, all while nourishing a progressive and entrepreneurial spirit. On a mission to achieve ¿The American...