21 Bringing Down the House:The Inside Story
For the first third of his nonfiction debut, novelist Mezrich craps out. Ground lights viewed from an airplane aren't just pinpricks, or even little pinpricks, but "tiny little pinpricks." Las Vegas tourism facts are crammed onto the pages li...
30 DAYS TO A HAPPY EMPLOYEE
It's not more money, bigger offices, better benefts, or flextime. Recent surveys reveal that the number one reason employees quit their jobs is that theydon't feel valued on a human level. Growing employment opportunities and the lure of Internet compa...
A DOUBLE SCOTCH How Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet Became Global Icons
Fortunately, though the "magic" and "glory" of Scottish distilling processes are not exportable, the finished product is. No alcoholic beverage in the world is so closely and immediately identified with its homeland as Scotch. And t...
ACHIEVING WEALTH THROUGH FRANCHISING
Franchising offers new businessowners the opportunity to experience personal growth and businesssuccess with the advantages of both local and national support froma franchisor. Streetwise Achieving Wealth Through Franchisingprovides all the necessary i...
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies: a spectacular, widely-ranging drama of love and war, passion and politics. Antony is divided between the responsibilities of imperial power and the intensities of his sexual relationship ...
Application Guide
A good college application essay takes admissions officers beyond the numbers and shows them who you are, what you care about, and how you think. Maximize the opportunity to "tell us about yourself" with this simple guide to the craft of pers...
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
considered a masterpiece of contemporary fiction by manyh,this charming idyll about toad,rat,mole,and badger represents the best of british whimsical fantasy.kenneth grahame's creatures endearingly share friendsh...
Barnyard Banter
Every Totebook Features colorful characters hilariously brought to life by animated storytellers.
Becoming a High Performance Manager
the muddled state of thinking on the qualities of a good manager is reflected in this uneven collection of papers reprinted from the harvard business review. the best of them are the most prosaic. carol a. walker pinpoints some of the common people-man...
Between Two Rivers
Farro Fescu is the proud and observant concierge of Echo Terrace, a condominium in New York City. Passing through his lobby at all hours of the night and day is an exotic cross-section of the world's population: an Egyptian-born plastic surgeon who liv...
Billy Budd，Sailor
Billy Budd, Sailor has been calledthe best short novel ever written. In his brilliantly condensednarrative prose, Herman Melville fashions a legal parable in whichreason and intellect prove incapable of preserving innocence in theface of evil. For all ...
BLOW FLY/TRACE/BLACK NOTICE
Murder at the Vicarage：It's a historic event in detective fiction as the unflappable sleuth's passion for gossip―and cheerful recognition of the .worst side of human nature--leads her to a crime scene at the local vicarage. Colonel Protheroe, St. Mary ...
Bowser the Hound
Bowser the Hound isn't very clever--certainly not as clever as Old Man Coyote, who's full of tricks! There's one thing, though, that Bowser's really good at, and that's pursuing someone who'll give him a long, hard run. Actually, he'll go without eatin...
Breakthrough Thinking
THE HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW PAPERBACK SERIES is designed to bring today's managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. Here are the landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Busin...
bridge to terabithia
Now a major motion picture, discover the beloved Newbery Medal-winning story of Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke. Join Jess and Leslie as they form an unlikely friendship and create the imaginary land of Terabithia. There they rule as king and queen, until...
Brokeback Mountain
Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, "Brokeback Mountain" is her masterpiece. . Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come tog...
Building Personal and Oraganizational Resilience
Why do some people bounce back from life's hardships while others despair? This collection of articles looks at the nature of individual and organizational resilience, an issue that has gained special urgency in today's unstable world environment. In...
Business and the Environment
The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series brings managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. Gathered in a highly accessible format are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have...
BY PRICKING OF MY THUMBS SIHGNAT
When dotty Mrs. Lancaster disappears without a trace, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford discover that something wicked has come to the Sunny Ridge Rest Home.
CAREER WARFARE
In his signature, outspoken style,D’Alessandro offers concrete advice on building a reputation thatcommands respect, coping with office politics, and surviving theless-than-sane aspects of any organization. He explains why only 20percent of the people....