Davis: 5083 books

The definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their lives climbing Mount Everest. On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven,...

Master those Minutes. Find Time for Everything!... With Top 100 Tips to Find More Time Often find yourself wondering where the day went? Are you overwhelmed by a crammed inbox, too many ongoing projects, or by impossible clients? Too busy to be effective? Has your ‘To Do’ list become...

Easy Solutions to Sticky Staffing Issues...With Top 100 Tips for Staff ManagementFace it: staff situations are often uncomfortable, sticky situations.Do you find yourself fighting fires at the office rather than building your team? Overloaded with too much? Are you in a quandary...

A revealing account of Led Zepplin's 1975 North American tour including all- new interviews with-and insider information about-the band, from the bestselling author of Hammer of the Gods. As a young music journalist in 1975, Stephen Davis got the opportunity of a lifetime: an invitation to...

When We Arrested James Spader It was the saddest thing I’d seen. How he kept thinking he was a cat and he wouldn’t get out of that filthy litter box. And then, in the back of the cruiser, meowing for his cat brothers to save him. Deliciously wicked satires about local and...

ABOUT THE BOOK The 1960s represent the 7th decade of the 20th century, and are remembered as a time of change; youth influence; radicalism; and the sexual revolution. The baby-boomers of the 1940's were coming of age, and the largest population of college-age men and women banded together...

A beautifully written history of high society in Newport, Rhode Island, from the acclaimed author of Party of the Century Newport is the legendary and beautiful home of American aristocracy and the sheltered super-rich. Many of the country's most famous blueblood families?the closest thing...

To overhear is human. If someone wants to shoot their mouth off in public about their private life, it’s not your fault if your ear gets in the way. Overhearing is an accidental, victimless pleasure; it arrives by happenstance, free of charge, opening a door to the messy, funny life of an anonymous...

Don't Know Much About Geography by New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis is a fascinating and fun exploration of our planet.   Geography is the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies, economics,...

Long Legs and Tall Tales is a comic memoir about a naïve, goodie two-shoes, Midwesterner who tosses aside her conservative business suit and college education, leaves the safety of suburbia behind, and hesitantly sets off to become an international, sexy showgirl supreme. Follow her into her dressing...

Jingle Bell Rock is the story (not really a biography) of Bobby Helms the 50's Pop/Country icon who sang this monstrous hit song. Bobby was there during the birth of Rock n’ Roll. His records were burned. His songs were considered more of that “New York” JUNGLE BEAT sweeping the planet...

From Red to Black. Get Your Company Back on Track...With Top 100 Tips for Business TurnaroundYou know all the common excuses: the slowing economy, the government policies, the marketing clutter, the low customer confidence...You also know you got to do something, and something...

Thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is 90% mental.Each year, thousands of backpackers take to the Pacific Crest Trail with the intention of successfully thru-hiking the 2,650-mile footpath that extends from Mexico to Canada. Despite months of research, thousands of dollars poured into their...