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by Andrew Benett, Ann O'Reilly
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
As the effects of the global recession linger, consumers everywhere are changing their purchasing patterns, paying greater attention to what and why they are buying, and from whom. While many feel rampant spending is hard-wired into the modern psyche and that we will be back to our wasteful ways soon...
Power Branding
Leveraging the Success of the World's Best Brands
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Every one of the largest, most successful corporations were, at some point, mere startups. McKee explains what enables some companies to growbigger and better, while others stumble along year after year, running but never winning the race. The difference is that the biggest and best brands aren't...
A Baker's Year
Twelve Months of Baking and Living the Simple Life at the Smoke Signals Bakery
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
A year in the life of Instagram bread-baking sensation Tara Jensen as she teaches readers how to bake bread and pies, build the perfect fire to cook with, and live a simple, satisfying life.
Why do so many people make pilgrimages to Tara Jensen’s North Carolina Smoke Signals Bakery? Why do...
Sherlock Unlocked
Little-known Facts About the World's Greatest Detective
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2019
Consulting detective Sherlock Holmes has been fascinating generations of readers, watchers and listeners for over 130 years, since he first appeared in print in 1887. Now an internationally renowned cultural icon, his name appears on books, films, television dramas, radio plays, stage adaptations...
The Longest Kill
The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a battlefield when you yourself have become the target the enemy most want to take out. Craig Harrison has what it takes and in November 2009 in Afghanistan, under...
Africa Lost
Rhodesia's COIN Killing Machine
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
The Lost Chapter of Special Operations History: Rhodesia.
Some of the most explosive combat in Special Operations history is almost completely unknown to the Western World. Everyone knows about Navy SEALs and Green Berets but nobody knows about the deep recce, sabotage, and direct action missions...
99 Drams of Whiskey
The Accidental Hedonist's Quest for the Perfect Shot and the History of the Drink
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Kate Hopkins knew there had to be more to whiskey than using it as a mixer. She had an unquenchable thirst to learn more about "the drink" and set out on an ambitious itinerary researching its history. Combining comprehensive research with informal narrative, Hopkins entertains and educates...
The Trauma Cleaner
One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
**Winner of the Victorian Prize for Literature, Sarah Krasnostein’s *The Trauma Cleaner:***One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster is the fascinating biography of one of the people responsible for tidying up homes in the wake of natural—and unnatural—catastrophes...
The Swamp
Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
When Washington D.C. was first built, it was on top of a swamp that had to be drained. Donald Trump says it's time to drain it again.
In The Swamp, bestselling author and Fox News Channel host Eric Bolling presents an infuriating, amusing, revealing, and outrageous history of American politics,...
The Great Boom 1950-2000
How a Generation of Americans Created the World's Most Prosperous Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
In The Great Boom, historian Robert Sobel tells the fascinating story of the last 50 years when American entrepreneurs, visionaries, and ordinary citizens transformed our depression and war-exhausted society into today's economic powerhouse.
As America's G.I.s returned home from World War II,...
by Tim O'Reilly, Sarah Milstein
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
Twitter is not just for talking about your breakfast anymore. It’s become an indispensable communications tool for businesses, non-profits, celebrities, and people around the globe. With the second edition of this friendly, full-color guide, you’ll quickly get up to speed not only on standard...
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 Laurel House
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Based on the popular QuickieChick website, lifestyle expert Laurel House's new book QuickieChick's Cheat Sheet to Life, Love, Food, Fitness, Fashion, and Finance on a Less Than Fabulous Budget (St. Martin's Griffin/May 2012) offers quick tips for smart, sassy, independent chicks. This is the essential...
by Frank O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
The most generous one-volume collection ever published of short stories, autobiographical writings,poetry, and essays by the writer Yeats called “Ireland’s Chekhov.”
Selected and arranged thematically by Julian Barnes, the rich mix of writings in The Best of Frank O’Connor...