Adult imprint: 1806 books

Hurricane Tim

The Story Of Sir Tim Wallis

by Neville Peat
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013

The gripping biography of one of New Zealand's most distinguished farmers, entreprenuers and aviation heroes. When Sir Tim Wallis's Spitfire crashed at Wanaka airfield in 1996, his accident was reported around the world. This lion-hearted Central Otago man, a legendary figure in the aviation, deer...

Build Your Dreams

How To Make a Living Doing What You Love

by Chip Hiden, Alexis Irvin
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013

The Dream Share Project, a documentary and career workshop created by Chip Hiden and Alexis Irvin, has inspired thousands of college students across the U.S. In Build Your Dreams, Chip and Alexis transform their program into the ultimate career guide for a generation of “rebels” seeking passionate...

The Wawa Way

How a Funny Name and Six Core Values Revolutionized Convenience

by Howard Stoeckel
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014

Grahame Wood opened the first Wawa Food Market in 1964 as an outlet for Wawa dairy products. Since then, the convenience store has grown into a well-known company that competes against the biggest industry players in the world in three areas: fuel, convenience, and food, all while maintaining their...

The Real Mad Men

The Renegades of Madison Avenue and the Golden Age of Advertising

by Andrew Cracknell
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012

Advertising is a business rooted in art, an art rooted in business, and it reached its peak in a specific place at a specific time: New York City at the end of the 1950s and through the '60s. AMC's award-winning drama Mad Men has garnered awards for its portrayal of advertising executives....

Broke Is Beautiful

Living and Loving the Cash-Strapped Life

by Laura Lee
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010

The economic downturn has forced nearly everyone into a life of limited means, but author Laura Lee was broke before it was cool. She won't tell anyone to clip coupons or forego their morning latte—in fact, she won't give any guidance on how to be saved from a dark financial destiny. Instead she...
by Dimitra Ekmektsis
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014

Praise for Confessions Of A High-Priced Call Girl "With clients that included Oscar winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, Dimitra became the Happy Hooker of the 1990s. Now she shares some of her juiciest anecdotes in a tell-all book that promises to be a best-seller." Hustler Magazine A prince from Oman...

Untying the Knot

What You Need to Know In a Family Break Up

by Vivienne Crawshaw
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012

**Helpful legal advice about separation and divorce issues; it'll save you thousands in legal fees.**This invaluable book offers detailed advice and tips on topics such as property, custody and domestic violence - all the important legal things you need to when you and your partner separate. Writing...

New York Fashion Week

The Designers, the Models, the Fashions of the Bryant Park Era

by Eila Mell
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011

Since 1993, Bryant Park has been the event's home, but in 2010 relocated to Lincoln Center. New York Fashion Week focuses on what's already been termed the “Golden Era” of Fashion Week, the Bryant Park Years. It is filled with hundreds of never-before-seen photos and never-before-told stories and...

Ecoman

From a Garage in Northland to a Pioneering Global Brand

by Malcolm Rands
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013

**The story of how Malcolm Rands, an organic gardener and hippy from Northland, built the pioneering global brand ecostore.**Malcolm Rands started ecostore from New Zealand's first permaculture eco-village with his wife Melanie in 1993. They sourced local manufacturers to make a range of organic gardening,...

Retail Anarchy

A Radical Shopper's Adventures in Consumption

by Sam Pocker
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009

Why does no one blink when they are charged three dollars for a cup of coffee? Why do grown men sleep on the street overnight to buy video game systems? How do Dollar Stores cheerfully charge a dollar for a 25 cent pack of gum? What are the pitfalls of Brand Name Loyalty? And...

Property Investment

A Strategy for Success

by Martin Hawes
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012

**An expert best-selling guide to everything you need to know about property investment.**Well-known and well-respected financial writer Martin Hawes has a reputation for being able to explain quite complex concepts in simple language. That stands him in good stead with this title. He offers a strategy...

Sea and Smoke

Flavors from the Untamed Pacific Northwest

by Blaine Wetzel, Joe Ray
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015

**2015 GOURMAND AWARDS NATIONAL WINNER: FISH 2015 JAMES BEARD WINNER BEST CHEF: NORTHWEST Part culinary adventure, part serious cookbook, Sea and Smoke chronicles the plucky ambition of a young chef to establish a world-class dining destination in an unlikely place.** A native of the...

The Art of Living Other People's Lives

Stories, Confessions, and Memorable Mistakes

by Greg Dybec
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017

"Greg Dybec is the quirky, neurotic, funny little brother I never had. The Art of Living Other People's Lives is a terrific collection of relatable, hilarious stories." -- Jen Mann, New York Times bestselling author of People I Want to Punch in the Throat When he isn't responsible...

The Hustle Economy

Transforming Your Creativity Into a Career

by Jason Oberholtzer
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016

To survive in today's gig economy, you must be a mover, a shaker, a doer, and a maker. In The Hustle Economy, we give you 25 essays from founders, writers, producers, game makers, artists, and creative types from every path who share one common trait-they are all self-made hustlers who have managed...
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