Jason: 4594 books
The Yugo
The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Americans that's where the story begins and ends. Hardly. The short, unhappy...
Leadership Sales Coaching
Executive Summary
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Get ready to learn the purpose of a sales coach. In this executive summary of Leadership Sales Coaching, Transforming from Manager to Coach Jason shares the experience that comes with thousands of hours of seminars and coaching calls. Driven by the core philosophy that "when beliefs are in line, the...
The End of Fundraising
Raise More Money by Selling Your Impact
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
Why does it cost nonprofits on average $20 to raise $100, while it costs companies only $4?
Simply put: Nonprofits have no leverage. No one has to make a donation. And since most donors have no direct stake in the organizations they support, they make donations out of the goodness of their...
Social Innovation, Inc.
5 Strategies for Driving Business Growth through Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Could Wal-Mart offer a better solution to healthcare than Medicaid? Could GE help reduce global warming faster than the Kyoto protocol?
Social Innovation, Inc. declares a new era where companies profit from social change. Leading corporations like GE, Wellpoint, Travelers and Wal-Mart are transforming...
by Jason Mott
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
**"The Returned transforms a brilliant premise into an extraordinary and beautifully realized novel. My spine is still shivering from the memory of this haunting story. Wow." -Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling author of The Monster of Florence
The sensational New York Times bestselling...
by Jason Mott
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
On the heels of his critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling debut novel, The Returned, Jason Mott delivers a spellbinding tale of love and sacrifice
On an ordinary day, at an air show like that in any small town across the country, a plane crashes into a crowd of spectators....
Shock Value
How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Inven ted Modern Horror
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
An enormously entertaining account of the gifted and eccentric directors who gave us the golden age of modern horror in the 1970s, bringing a new brand of politics and gritty realism to the genre.
Much has been written about the storied New Hollywood of the 1970s, but at the same time as Martin...
by Jason White
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States; more specifically, between the province of Ontario and the state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge.
From largest...
Just Another Soldier
A Year on the Ground in Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
This is not your father's war
This is Iraq, where a soldier's first duty is reinforcing his Humvee with sheet metal and sand bags. Or, in the absence of plumbing, burning barrels of human waste. Where any dead dog on the side of the road might be concealing an insurgent's bomb and anyone...
Acting Is a Job
Real Life Lessons about the Acting Business
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
How to cope with the realities of life as an actor-if you don’t laugh, you'll cry In-depth interviews with actors, agents, casting directors. In this hip, warts-and-all look at acting, author Jason Pugatch shares his insights as a working "day player" to give an unvarnished look at theater,...
Pulp Fiction
The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
When Pulp Fiction was released in theaters in 1994, it was immediately hailed as a masterpiece. The New York Times called it a “triumphant, cleverly disorienting journey,” and thirty-one-year-old Quentin Tarantino, with just three feature films to his name, became a sensation: the next great American...
Coded Territories
Tracing Indigenous Pathways in New Media Art
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
This collection of essays provides a historical and contemporary context for Indigenous new media arts practice in Canada. The writers are established artists, scholars, and curators who cover thematic concepts and underlying approaches to new media from a distinctly Indigenous perspective. Through...
by Jason White
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Morgan Freeman is an American actor, film director and narrator. Morgan Freeman began his career on stage, first as a dancer and then as an actor, earning a Tony nomination in 1978. He transitioned to film work, and has since starred or played supporting roles in a string of hits, including...
Long and Winding Road
The Greatest Beatles Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
The Beatles were the greatest rock band of all time. And their influence spread far beyond music, influencing the culture and politics of the sixties in a profound way.
In Long and Winding Road, editor Luis Miguel curates the very best writing about the Beatles, from the mysterious death of...