Jane: 7213 books
The Last Boy
Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle.
The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career with the New York Yankees, but public revelations...
A Modern Fairy Tale
William, Kate, and Three Generations of Royal Love
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Introducing A Modern Fairy Tale: William, Kate and Three Generations of Royal Love, written by New York Times bestselling author Jane Green. This ebook tells the story of how Prince William and Kate Middleton grew up, fell in love, and got engaged. This unique storytelling experience offers details...
Buy the Change You Want to See
Use Your Purchasing Power to Make the World a Better Place
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Eager to change the world? Learn how you can have a greater social impact through your everyday purchases.
The money we routinely spend on food, clothes, gifts, and even indulgences is an untapped superpower. What would happen if we slowed down to make more thoughtful decisions about what we...
by Jane Gleeson-White
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
“A timely, topical, readable, and thought-provoking look at the history and legacy of double-entry bookkeeping.”—Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed
Filled with colorful characters and history, Double Entry takes us from the ancient origins of accounting in Mesopotamia to the frontiers...
Systems of Survival
A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
With intelligence and clarity of observation, the author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities addresses the moral values that underpin working life.
In Systems of Survival, Jane Jacobs identifies two distinct moral syndromes—one governing commerce, the other, politics—and explores...
The Trouble with Tea
The Politics of Consumption in the Eighteenth-Century Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Americans imagined tea as central to their revolution. After years of colonial boycotts against the commodity, the Sons of Liberty kindled the fire of independence when they dumped tea in the Boston harbor in 1773. To reject tea as a consumer item and symbol of "taxation without representation"...
by Jane Jacobs, Hildegarde Hannum
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 1983
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 1983
The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.
According to Jane Jacobs the healthiest economic regions are those which have strong and innovative import-replacing cities of their own. The...
Procrastination
Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2007
A practical, tested program to overcome procrastination by achieving set goals, managing time, enlisting support, and handling stress.
A must have for anyone who puts things off until tomororw. Based on their workshops and counseling experience, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen...
Be a Brilliant Business Writer
Write Well, Write Fast, and Whip the Competition
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Leverage the power of effective writing
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Be a Brilliant Business Writer gives you tools for mastering the art of persuasive writing in every document you create, from email and client letters to reports and presentations. Jane Curry and Diana Young will show you how to convey your message with...
by Jane Hodges
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Finally, a real estate reality check that cuts through all the biased rhetoric to answer the conundrum on everyone's mind: Should I buy now or keep renting? The magnitude of the housing crash and constantly conflicting reporting have left prospective buyers hungry for a well-researched reference guide....
Chainmail Bikini
The Anthology of Women Gamers
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
"Like a well-designed game, Chainmail Bikini sets forth a straightforward premise and then challenges as it delights, capturing your imagination and before you know it, you’ll find yourself invested in it."—My Entertainment World"Whether you’re a hardcore gamer who wants to see stories by...
by Jane Austen
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2015
Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. According to Cassandra Austen's Memorandum, Susan (as it was first called) was written...
by Jane Austen
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed...
by Jane Austen
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 15, 2013
"Orgoglio e pregiudizio" di Jane Austen è un fumetto rielaborato dall’illustratrice romana Sicks. Rappresenta la prima uscita della nuova collana di bignami letterari illustrati, i Bignè.
Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1813, in occasione del duecentesimo anniversario, "Orgoglio...