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How To Sound Cultured Hardcover English by Hubert Van Den Bergh,Thomas W. Hodgkinson
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Hubert Van Den Bergh Thomas W. HodgkinsonBook Description Which philosopher had the maddest hairstyle? Which novelist drank 50 cups of black coffee every day? What on earth did Simone de Beauvoir see in Jean-Paul Sartre? How to Sound Cultured offers a wry and yet profoundly useful look inside the mirrored palaces of high culture. Covering such inscrutable characters as Heidegger Montaigne Kahlo and Levi-Strauss apparently not just a designer of jeans inscrutable polymaths Thomas W. Hodgkinson and Hubert van den Bergh - the author of the acclaimed How to Sound Clever - have done the hard work of sorting the cultural wheat from the chaff. Read this book and youll never again mistake Rimbaud for Rambo or Georg Lukacs for George Lucas youll know precisely when to drop Foucaults name into a conversation and how to pronounce `Borgesian and youll learn many more essential pointers for the intellectual life.Grade NewISBN-13 9781848319301Language EnglishNumber of Pages 400Publisher Icon BooksWhats In The Box Books SpecificationsAuthor 1 Hubert Van Den Bergh Thomas W. HodgkinsonBook Description Which philosopher had the maddest hairstyle? Which novelist drank 50 cups of black coffee every day? What on earth did Simone de Beauvoir see in Jean-Paul Sartre? How to Sound Cultured offers a wry and yet profoundly useful look inside the mirrored palaces of high culture. Covering such inscrutable characters as Heidegger Montaigne Kahlo and Levi-Strauss apparently not just a designer of jeans inscrutable polymaths Thomas W. Hodgkinson and Hubert van den Bergh - the author of the acclaimed How to Sound Clever - have done the hard work of sorting the cultural wheat from the chaff. Read this book and youll never again mistake Rimbaud for Rambo or Georg Lukacs for George Lucas youll know precisely when to drop Foucaults name into a conversation and how to pronounce `Borgesian and youll learn many more essential pointers for the intellectual life.Grade NewISBN-13 9781848319301Language EnglishNumber of Pages 400Publisher Icon BooksWhats In The Box Books
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Deep Work - Paperback
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Cal Newport Ph.D. lives in Washington DC where he is a writer and an assistant professor of computer science at Georgetown University. He is the author of SO GOOD THEY CANT IGNORE YOU and three books of unconventional advice for students. He runs the popular website Study Hacks: Decoding Patterns of Success.Author 1 Cal NewportFormat PaperbackEditorial Review Engaging and substantive ... Deep Work accomplishes two considerable tasks: One is putting out a wealth of concrete practices for the ambitious without relying on gauzy clichés. The second is that Mr. Newport resists the corporate groupthink of constant connectivity without seeming like a curmudgeon. The Wall Street Journal Cal Newport is a clear voice in a sea of noise bringing science and passion in equal measure. We dont need more clicks more cats and more emojis. We need brave work work that happens when we refuse to avert our eyes. Seth Godin author of LINCHPIN Deep Work makes a compelling case for cultivating intense focus and offers immediately actionable steps for infusing more of it into our lives. Adam M. Grant author of ORIGINALS As automation and outsourcing reshape the workplace what new skill do we need? The ability to do deep work. Cal Newports exciting new book is an introduction and guide to the kind of intense concentration in a distraction-free environment that results in fast powerful learning and performance. Think of it as calisthenics for your mind-and start your exercise program today. Daniel H. Pink author of DRIVEISBN-10 0349411905ISBN-13 9780349411903Language EnglishNumber of Pages 304View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Cal Newport Ph.D. lives in Washington DC where he is a writer and an assistant professor of computer science at Georgetown University. He is the author of SO GOOD THEY CANT IGNORE YOU and three books of unconventional advice for students. He runs the popular website Study Hacks: Decoding Patterns of Success.Author 1 Cal NewportFormat PaperbackEditorial Review Engaging and substantive ... Deep Work accomplishes two considerable tasks: One is putting out a wealth of concrete practices for the ambitious without relying on gauzy clichés. The second is that Mr. Newport resists the corporate groupthink of constant connectivity without seeming like a curmudgeon. The Wall Street Journal Cal Newport is a clear voice in a sea of noise bringing science and passion in equal measure. We dont need more clicks more cats and more emojis. We need brave work work that happens when we refuse to avert our eyes. Seth Godin author of LINCHPIN Deep Work makes a compelling case for cultivating intense focus and offers immediately actionable steps for infusing more of it into our lives. Adam M. Grant author of ORIGINALS As automation and outsourcing reshape the workplace what new skill do we need? The ability to do deep work. Cal Newports exciting new book is an introduction and guide to the kind of intense concentration in a distraction-free environment that results in fast powerful learning and performance. Think of it as calisthenics for your mind-and start your exercise program today. Daniel H. Pink author of DRIVEISBN-10 0349411905ISBN-13 9780349411903Language EnglishNumber of Pages 304View Full Specifications
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The Power of Positive Thinking Paperback English by Norman Vincent Peale - 2014
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Norman Vincent Peales books most notably The Power of Positive Thinking have sold millions of copies around the world. He founded The Positive Thinking Foundation which promotes his theories on positive thinking.Author 1 Norman Vincent PealeBook Description Power of Positive ThinkingFormat PaperbackEdition Number 0Editorial Review "This book had an amazing impact on my life." Daily Express --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.ISBN-10 0091906385ISBN-13 9780091906382View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Norman Vincent Peales books most notably The Power of Positive Thinking have sold millions of copies around the world. He founded The Positive Thinking Foundation which promotes his theories on positive thinking.Author 1 Norman Vincent PealeBook Description Power of Positive ThinkingFormat PaperbackEdition Number 0Editorial Review "This book had an amazing impact on my life." Daily Express --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.ISBN-10 0091906385ISBN-13 9780091906382View Full Specifications
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The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People - Paperback English by Stephen R. Covey - 19/11/2013
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HighlightsIntegrated into everyday thinking by many millions of peoplePresents a principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problemsPenetrating insights and pointed anecdotesCovey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness integrity honesty and human dignityPrinciples that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change createsSpecificationsAbout the Author Recognized as one of Time magazine’s twenty-five most influential Americans Stephen R. Covey 1932–2012 was an internationally respected leadership authority family expert teacher organizational consultant and author. His books have sold more than twenty-five million copies in thirty-eight languages and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century. After receiving an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate degree from Brigham Young University he became the cofounder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey a leading global training firm.Author 1 Stephen R. CoveyBook Description In THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic integrated principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness integrity honesty and human dignity - principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.Format PaperbackEdition Number Anniversary EditionEditorial Review "Duns Business Month" When Stephen Covey talks executives listen. M. Scott Peck author of "The Road Less Traveled" The 7 Habits have the gift of being simple without being simplistic.ISBN-10 1451639619ISBN-13 9781451639612View Full Specifications HighlightsIntegrated into everyday thinking by many millions of peoplePresents a principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problemsPenetrating insights and pointed anecdotesCovey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness integrity honesty and human dignityPrinciples that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change createsSpecificationsAbout the Author Recognized as one of Time magazine’s twenty-five most influential Americans Stephen R. Covey 1932–2012 was an internationally respected leadership authority family expert teacher organizational consultant and author. His books have sold more than twenty-five million copies in thirty-eight languages and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century. After receiving an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate degree from Brigham Young University he became the cofounder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey a leading global training firm.Author 1 Stephen R. CoveyBook Description In THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic integrated principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness integrity honesty and human dignity - principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.Format PaperbackEdition Number Anniversary EditionEditorial Review "Duns Business Month" When Stephen Covey talks executives listen. M. Scott Peck author of "The Road Less Traveled" The 7 Habits have the gift of being simple without being simplistic.ISBN-10 1451639619ISBN-13 9781451639612View Full Specifications
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The New One Minute Manager - Paperback New thorsons Classics Edition
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Ken Blanchard is the founder and Chairman of The Ken Blanchard Companies. His One Minute Manager series has sold over 18 million copies and been translated into more than 25 languages. He has also written or co-authored numerous other books including Gung Ho! Big Bucks! and Raving Fans!. The Blanchards currently live in San Diego. Spencer Johnson is an internationally bestselling author whose books help millions of people discover simple truths they can use to have healthier lives with more success and less stress. His many bestsellers include The One Minute Manager with Ken Blanchard The One Minute Sales Person Yes or No and Who Moved My Cheese?.Author 1 Kenneth BlanchardAuthor 2 Spencer JohnsonFormat PaperbackEdition Number New thorsons Classics EditionISBN-10 0008128049ISBN-13 9780008128043Language EnglishView Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Ken Blanchard is the founder and Chairman of The Ken Blanchard Companies. His One Minute Manager series has sold over 18 million copies and been translated into more than 25 languages. He has also written or co-authored numerous other books including Gung Ho! Big Bucks! and Raving Fans!. The Blanchards currently live in San Diego. Spencer Johnson is an internationally bestselling author whose books help millions of people discover simple truths they can use to have healthier lives with more success and less stress. His many bestsellers include The One Minute Manager with Ken Blanchard The One Minute Sales Person Yes or No and Who Moved My Cheese?.Author 1 Kenneth BlanchardAuthor 2 Spencer JohnsonFormat PaperbackEdition Number New thorsons Classics EditionISBN-10 0008128049ISBN-13 9780008128043Language EnglishView Full Specifications
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Power Of Positive Thinking - Paperback
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Norman Vincent PealeFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9780749307158Language EnglishPublication Date 01/05/1990Publisher Vermilion SpecificationsAuthor 1 Norman Vincent PealeFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9780749307158Language EnglishPublication Date 01/05/1990Publisher Vermilion
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The Power of Habit - Paperback English by Charles Duhigg - 07/01/2014
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Charles Duhigg is an investigative reporter for The New York Times. He is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences National Journalism and George Polk awards and was part of a team of finalists for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. He is a frequent contributor to This American Life NPR PBS NewsHour and Frontline. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two kids.Author 1 Charles DuhiggFormat PaperbackEditorial Review NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NPR BESTSELLER • WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER • LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • USA TODAY BESTSELLER • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER “Sharp provocative and useful.”—Jim Collins “Few [books] become essential manuals for business and living. The Power of Habit is an exception. Charles Duhigg not only explains how habits are formed but how to kick bad ones and hang on to the good.”—Financial Times “A flat-out great read.”—David Allen bestselling author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity “You’ll never look at yourself your organisation or your world quite the same way.”—Daniel H. Pink bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind “Entertaining . . . enjoyable . . . fascinating . . . a serious look at the science of habit formation and change.”—The New York Times Book Review “Cue: see cover. Routine: read book. Reward: fully comprehend the art of manipulation.”—Bloomberg Businessweek “A fresh examination of how routine behaviors take hold and whether they are susceptible to change . . . The stories that Duhigg has knitted together are all fascinating in their own right but take on an added dimension when wedded to his examination of habits.”— Associated Press “There’s been a lot of research over the past several years about how our habits shape us and this work is beautifully described in the new book The Power of Habit.”—David Brooks The New York Times “A first-rate book—based on an impressive mass of research written in a lively style and providing just the right balance of intellectual seriousness with practical advice on how to break our bad habits.”—The Economist “I have been spinning like a top since reading The Power of Habit New York Times journalist Charles Duhigg’s fascinating best-seller about how people businesses and organisations develop the positive routines that make them productive—and happy.”—The Washington Post “An absolutely fascinating . . . book [that explores] a startling and sometimes dismaying collision between the increasingly sophisticated scientific understanding of habits—how they’re formed how they can be disrupted and changed—and among other things companies’ efforts to use that knowledge to steer your habits and money their way.”—Wired “If Duhigg is right about the nature of habits which I think he is then trying to get rid of these bad habits won’t work. Instead what is needed is to teach the managers to identify the cues that lead to these bad habits and rewards and then learn alternative routines that lead to similar rewards i.e. business and personal success.”—Forbes “The Power of Habit is chock-full of fascinating anecdotes . . . how an early twentieth century adman turned Pepsodent into the first bestselling toothpaste by creating the habit of brushing daily how a team of marketing mavens at Procter & Gamble rescued Febreze from the scrapheap of failed products by recognizing that a fresh smell was a fine reward for a cleaning task how Michael Phelps’ coach instilled habits that made him an Olympic champion many times over and how Tony Dungy turned the Indianapolis Colts into a Super Bowl–winning team.”—Los Angeles Times “Duhigg clearly knows that people do not like or even buy the idea that we’re not creatures of choice. He carefully explains each step of habit building using science and—the best part—a slew of interesting anecdotes.”—The Seattle Times “Duhigg argues that much of our lives is ruled by unconscious habits good and bad but that by becoming consciously aware of the cues that trigger our habits and the rewards they provide we can change bad practices into good ones.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Duhigg’s revelation that Target had developed a model to predict whether female customers were pregnant ignited a firestorm after an excerpt from his book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business was published.”—USA TodayISBN-10 081298160XISBN-13 9780812981605Language EnglishNumber of Pages 371View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Charles Duhigg is an investigative reporter for The New York Times. He is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences National Journalism and George Polk awards and was part of a team of finalists for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. He is a frequent contributor to This American Life NPR PBS NewsHour and Frontline. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two kids.Author 1 Charles DuhiggFormat PaperbackEditorial Review NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NPR BESTSELLER • WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER • LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • USA TODAY BESTSELLER • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER “Sharp provocative and useful.”—Jim Collins “Few [books] become essential manuals for business and living. The Power of Habit is an exception. Charles Duhigg not only explains how habits are formed but how to kick bad ones and hang on to the good.”—Financial Times “A flat-out great read.”—David Allen bestselling author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity “You’ll never look at yourself your organisation or your world quite the same way.”—Daniel H. Pink bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind “Entertaining . . . enjoyable . . . fascinating . . . a serious look at the science of habit formation and change.”—The New York Times Book Review “Cue: see cover. Routine: read book. Reward: fully comprehend the art of manipulation.”—Bloomberg Businessweek “A fresh examination of how routine behaviors take hold and whether they are susceptible to change . . . The stories that Duhigg has knitted together are all fascinating in their own right but take on an added dimension when wedded to his examination of habits.”— Associated Press “There’s been a lot of research over the past several years about how our habits shape us and this work is beautifully described in the new book The Power of Habit.”—David Brooks The New York Times “A first-rate book—based on an impressive mass of research written in a lively style and providing just the right balance of intellectual seriousness with practical advice on how to break our bad habits.”—The Economist “I have been spinning like a top since reading The Power of Habit New York Times journalist Charles Duhigg’s fascinating best-seller about how people businesses and organisations develop the positive routines that make them productive—and happy.”—The Washington Post “An absolutely fascinating . . . book [that explores] a startling and sometimes dismaying collision between the increasingly sophisticated scientific understanding of habits—how they’re formed how they can be disrupted and changed—and among other things companies’ efforts to use that knowledge to steer your habits and money their way.”—Wired “If Duhigg is right about the nature of habits which I think he is then trying to get rid of these bad habits won’t work. Instead what is needed is to teach the managers to identify the cues that lead to these bad habits and rewards and then learn alternative routines that lead to similar rewards i.e. business and personal success.”—Forbes “The Power of Habit is chock-full of fascinating anecdotes . . . how an early twentieth century adman turned Pepsodent into the first bestselling toothpaste by creating the habit of brushing daily how a team of marketing mavens at Procter & Gamble rescued Febreze from the scrapheap of failed products by recognizing that a fresh smell was a fine reward for a cleaning task how Michael Phelps’ coach instilled habits that made him an Olympic champion many times over and how Tony Dungy turned the Indianapolis Colts into a Super Bowl–winning team.”—Los Angeles Times “Duhigg clearly knows that people do not like or even buy the idea that we’re not creatures of choice. He carefully explains each step of habit building using science and—the best part—a slew of interesting anecdotes.”—The Seattle Times “Duhigg argues that much of our lives is ruled by unconscious habits good and bad but that by becoming consciously aware of the cues that trigger our habits and the rewards they provide we can change bad practices into good ones.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Duhigg’s revelation that Target had developed a model to predict whether female customers were pregnant ignited a firestorm after an excerpt from his book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business was published.”—USA TodayISBN-10 081298160XISBN-13 9780812981605Language EnglishNumber of Pages 371View Full Specifications
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Sapiens Paperback English by Yuval Noah Harari - April 30, 2015
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HighlightsBreakthroughs of the Cognitive Agricultural and Scientific RevolutionsDrawing on insights from biology anthropology palaeontology and economicsStarting from this provocative idea Sapiens goes on to retell the history of the species from a completely fresh perspectiveExplains that money is the most pluralistic system of mutual trust ever devisedBy combining profound insights with a remarkably vivid language Sapiens acquired cult status among diverse audiences captivating teenagers as well as university professors animal rights activists alongside government ministersSpecificationsAbout the Author Dr Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem specialising in World History. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind has become an international phenomenon attracting a legion of fans from Bill Gates and Barack Obama to Chris Evans and Jarvis Cocker and is published in over 45 languages worldwide. It was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and was in the Top Ten for over nine months in paperback. His follow-up to Sapiens Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow was also a Top Ten Bestseller and was described by the Guardian as ‘even more readable even more important than his excellent Sapiens’.Author 1 Yuval Noah HarariBook Description SapiensFormat PaperbackEdition Number 0Editorial Review "I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who’s interested in the history and future of our species" Bill Gates "Interesting and provocative… It gives you a sense of how briefly we’ve been on this Earth" Barack Obama "Jaw-dropping from the first word to the last… It may be the best book I’ve ever read" Chris Evans "Tackles the biggest questions of history and the modern world… Written in unforgettably vivid language" Jared Diamond "Startling... It changes the way you look at the world" Simon Mayo "Sapiens is a starburst of a book as enjoyable as it is stimulating" Sunday Express "One of the best books I’ve read recently… Gives an excellent overview of how our species has developed" Lily Cole "Sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain… Radiates power and clarity making the world strange and new" Sunday TimesISBN-10 0099590085ISBN-13 9780099590088View Full Specifications HighlightsBreakthroughs of the Cognitive Agricultural and Scientific RevolutionsDrawing on insights from biology anthropology palaeontology and economicsStarting from this provocative idea Sapiens goes on to retell the history of the species from a completely fresh perspectiveExplains that money is the most pluralistic system of mutual trust ever devisedBy combining profound insights with a remarkably vivid language Sapiens acquired cult status among diverse audiences captivating teenagers as well as university professors animal rights activists alongside government ministersSpecificationsAbout the Author Dr Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem specialising in World History. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind has become an international phenomenon attracting a legion of fans from Bill Gates and Barack Obama to Chris Evans and Jarvis Cocker and is published in over 45 languages worldwide. It was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and was in the Top Ten for over nine months in paperback. His follow-up to Sapiens Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow was also a Top Ten Bestseller and was described by the Guardian as ‘even more readable even more important than his excellent Sapiens’.Author 1 Yuval Noah HarariBook Description SapiensFormat PaperbackEdition Number 0Editorial Review "I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who’s interested in the history and future of our species" Bill Gates "Interesting and provocative… It gives you a sense of how briefly we’ve been on this Earth" Barack Obama "Jaw-dropping from the first word to the last… It may be the best book I’ve ever read" Chris Evans "Tackles the biggest questions of history and the modern world… Written in unforgettably vivid language" Jared Diamond "Startling... It changes the way you look at the world" Simon Mayo "Sapiens is a starburst of a book as enjoyable as it is stimulating" Sunday Express "One of the best books I’ve read recently… Gives an excellent overview of how our species has developed" Lily Cole "Sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain… Radiates power and clarity making the world strange and new" Sunday TimesISBN-10 0099590085ISBN-13 9780099590088View Full Specifications
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The Art of War - Paperback
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SpecificationsAbout the Author The warrior-philosopher and master strategist Sun Tzu about whom little is known compiled The Art of War more than two thousand years ago. Legend has it that he was known for the brilliant campaigns he led around the time of Confucius. His work was memorized and passed down orally before eventually being copied onto bamboo strips and passed around.Author 1 Sun TzuFormat PaperbackEditorial Review A Washington Post best-seller "Absorb this book and you can throw out all those contemporary books about management leadership."— Newsweek "A breast-pocket favorite of many commanders and U.S. Marines."— Christian Science Monitor "The Art of War soon could join Machiavellis The Prince as required reading in the executive suite."— USA TodayISBN-10 1590302257ISBN-13 9781590302255Language EnglishNumber of Pages 96View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author The warrior-philosopher and master strategist Sun Tzu about whom little is known compiled The Art of War more than two thousand years ago. Legend has it that he was known for the brilliant campaigns he led around the time of Confucius. His work was memorized and passed down orally before eventually being copied onto bamboo strips and passed around.Author 1 Sun TzuFormat PaperbackEditorial Review A Washington Post best-seller "Absorb this book and you can throw out all those contemporary books about management leadership."— Newsweek "A breast-pocket favorite of many commanders and U.S. Marines."— Christian Science Monitor "The Art of War soon could join Machiavellis The Prince as required reading in the executive suite."— USA TodayISBN-10 1590302257ISBN-13 9781590302255Language EnglishNumber of Pages 96View Full Specifications
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One Hundred Years of Solitude - Paperback Reprint Edition
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Gabriel García Márquez was born in 1927 in the town of Aracataca Columbia.Latin Americas preeminent man of letters he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. García Márquez began his writing career as a journalist and is the author of numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction including the novels The Autumn of the Patriarch and Love in the Time of Cholera and the autobiography Living to Tell the Tale. There has been resounding acclaim for his lifes work since he passed away in April 2014.Author 1 Gabriel Garcia MarquezBook Description One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family. Inventive amusing magnetic sad and alive with unforgettable men and women—brimming with truth compassion and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul—this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.Format PaperbackEdition Number Reprint EditionEditorial Review “More lucidity wit wisdom and poetry than is expected from 100 years of novelists let alone one man.” Washington Post Book World “The first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race.” William Kennedy New York Times Book ReviewISBN-10 0060883286ISBN-13 9780060883287View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Gabriel García Márquez was born in 1927 in the town of Aracataca Columbia.Latin Americas preeminent man of letters he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. García Márquez began his writing career as a journalist and is the author of numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction including the novels The Autumn of the Patriarch and Love in the Time of Cholera and the autobiography Living to Tell the Tale. There has been resounding acclaim for his lifes work since he passed away in April 2014.Author 1 Gabriel Garcia MarquezBook Description One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family. Inventive amusing magnetic sad and alive with unforgettable men and women—brimming with truth compassion and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul—this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.Format PaperbackEdition Number Reprint EditionEditorial Review “More lucidity wit wisdom and poetry than is expected from 100 years of novelists let alone one man.” Washington Post Book World “The first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race.” William Kennedy New York Times Book ReviewISBN-10 0060883286ISBN-13 9780060883287View Full Specifications
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Jaime CorpasAuthor 2 Agustin GarmendiaAuthor 3 Carmen SorianoAuthor 4 Neus SansFormat PaperbackISBN-10 8415640110ISBN-13 9788415640110Language SpanishView Full Specifications SpecificationsAuthor 1 Jaime CorpasAuthor 2 Agustin GarmendiaAuthor 3 Carmen SorianoAuthor 4 Neus SansFormat PaperbackISBN-10 8415640110ISBN-13 9788415640110Language SpanishView Full Specifications
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Goodnight Stories From The Life Of The Prophet Muhammad - Hardcover
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Cambridge IELTS 10 Students Book with Answers with Audio - Paperback
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Chris Cunningham RedstonFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9781107464438Language EnglishPublication Date 5/7/2015Publisher Gardners Books Ltd SpecificationsAuthor 1 Chris Cunningham RedstonFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9781107464438Language EnglishPublication Date 5/7/2015Publisher Gardners Books Ltd
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The Last Olympian - Paperback English by Rick Riordan - 25/01/2011
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Rick Riordan Author 1 Rick RiordanBook Description All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans knowing the odds are against them. Kronos is stronger than ever and with every god and half-blood he recruits his power only grows. In this momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling series the prophecy surrounding Percys sixteenth birthday unfolds. And as the battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan Percy faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate.Format PaperbackEdition Number Reprint EditionEditorial Review “The clash of modern and classical worlds is both exciting and entertaining.” —The New York Times Book Review ? ”Riordan masterfully orchestrates the huge cast of characters and manages a coherent powerful tale at once exciting philosophical and tear-jerking. The best-selling series’ legions of fans will cheer their heroes on and rejoice in such a compelling conclusion to the saga.”— Kirkus Reviews starred review ?ISBN-10 1423101502ISBN-13 9781423101505View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Rick Riordan Author 1 Rick RiordanBook Description All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans knowing the odds are against them. Kronos is stronger than ever and with every god and half-blood he recruits his power only grows. In this momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling series the prophecy surrounding Percys sixteenth birthday unfolds. And as the battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan Percy faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate.Format PaperbackEdition Number Reprint EditionEditorial Review “The clash of modern and classical worlds is both exciting and entertaining.” —The New York Times Book Review ? ”Riordan masterfully orchestrates the huge cast of characters and manages a coherent powerful tale at once exciting philosophical and tear-jerking. The best-selling series’ legions of fans will cheer their heroes on and rejoice in such a compelling conclusion to the saga.”— Kirkus Reviews starred review ?ISBN-10 1423101502ISBN-13 9781423101505View Full Specifications
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