David : 35381 books
Chords of Strength
A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
The New York Times bestseller-the inspiring personal story of American Idol's David Archuleta.
In the New York Times bestseller Chords of Strength, American Idol favorite David Archuleta shares his unexpected and inspiring journey, including how he overcame vocal cord paralysis to achieve his...
It's Not About the Shark
How to Solve Unsolvable Problems
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
It's Not About the Shark opens the door to the groundbreaking science of solutions by turning problems—and how we solve them—upside down. When we have a problem, most of us zero in, take it apart, and focus until we have it solved. David Niven shows us that focusing on the problem is exactly the...
I've Been Meaning to Tell You
A Letter To My Daughter
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
"Stunning. A precise puncturing of the post-racial bubble." --Nafkote Tamirat
For readers of Between the World and Me and We Should All Be Feminists, an intimate and profound meditation on the politics of race today, from prizewinning novelist David Chariandy.
I can glimpse,...
The Fight for $15
The Right Wage for a Working America
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
“Rolf shows that raising the minimum wage to $15 is both just and necessary, lest the American dream of middle class prosperity turn into a nightmare” (David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist).
Combining history, economics, and commonsense political wisdom, The Fight for...
Quarterly Essay 26 His Master's Voice
The Corruption of Public Debate Under Howard
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
John Howard has the loudest voice in Australia. He has cowed his critics, muffled the press, intimidated the ABC, gagged scientists, silenced NGOs, censored the arts, prosecuted leakers, criminalised protest and curtailed parliamentary scrutiny. Though touted as a contest of values, this has been a party-political...
The Predicament
How Did It Happen? How Bad Is It? The Case For Radical Change Now!
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
In The Predicament, Dartmouth- and Stanford-trained economist and futurist David L. Smith reveals how the present domestic economic, financial and political dysfunctions emerged after the relatively balanced and prosperous Eisenhower years. In foreign policy, the author vividly describes the fulfillment...
Why Is Your Name Upside Down?
Stories From a Life in Advertising
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Don't do things that people will remember. Do things that people will never forget. Like eating a fishing worm to make a point. Why is Your Name Upside Down? is a collection of hilariously entertaining stories from award-winning creative director David Oakley's adventures in advertising. For over 25...
Calvin Coolidge
A Documentary Biography
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
A Documentary Biography of America's Thirtieth President
Calvin Coolidge "Calvin Coolidge: A Documentary Biography" reveals the "album version" of President Calvin Coolidge, featuring extended excerpts and, indeed, often the entire texts of major Coolidge addresses--as...
by Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Abraham Merritt
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2019
CONTENTS: ABRAHAM MERRITT 1. The People of the Pit AMELIA REYNOLDS LONG 2. Omega ANTHONY MELVILLE RUD 3. Ooze ARTHUR TRAIN 4. The Nth Power CLARK ASHTON SMITH 5. The Black Abbot of Puthuum DAVID H. KELLER 6. The Jelly-Fish DAVID H. KELLER 7. The Rat Racket DAVID H. KELLER 8. The Worm DONALD ALLEN...
The Wine Snob's Dictionary
An Essential Lexicon of Oenological Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
A nicely structured, lightly acidic addition to the handy Snob’s Dictionary series, decoding the baffling world of winespeak from A to Z.
Wine Snob. The very phrase seems redundant, doesn't it? When faced with this snobbiest of snobberies, the civilian wine enthusiast needs the help of savvy...
Putting the Boot In
Singapore's S. League
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Illustrious Australian football coach David O’Connor has arrived in Singapore to very little fanfare. His love for the game and desire to develop the tiny country’s fledgling professional league in a big way has seen him accepting terms he’s less than thrilled about—that is, if his contract even...
Mensonges sur le Plateau Mont-Royal T2
La biscuiterie
Language: French
Release Date: March 27, 2014
«— Comment ça, qu’est-ce qu’on va faire? C’est mon argent, répliqua Reine avec force. Je vais le mettre à la banque. — Tiens, ton argent! fit-il sur un ton sarcastique. Moi, quand j’arrive avec ma paye, c’est l’argent de la famille. Mais quand c’est ta paye, on peut pas y toucher…...
by David Gillespie
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
David Gillespie was 40kg overweight, lethargic, sleep-deprived and the father of four, with twins on the way. He knew he needed to lose weight fast, but he had run out of diets - all had failed. After doing some reading on evolution (why weren't our forebears fat?), David cut sugar - specifically...
David Lange
My Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
David Lange ushered in a revolution in New Zealand when he came to power in 1984, aged just 41. His Labour government introduced sweeping new legislation that unchained the country from its old conservative bonds, established the world's first nuclear free state and let loose a free market economic...