Geoffrey: 1373 books
The Hard Way Around
The Passages of Joshua Slocum
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
A masterful biographer now offers a thrilling, definitive portrait of one of history’s most legendary icons of adventure.
In 1860, sixteen-year-old Joshua Slocum escaped a hardscrabble childhood in Nova Scotia by signing on as an ordinary seaman to a merchant ship bound for Dublin. Despite...
by Geoffrey Jensen
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2005
Before becoming one of the longest-ruling dictators of the twentieth century, Francisco Franco commanded troops in the kinds of wars that have since become all too familiar. He not only waged vicious counterinsurgency campaigns against Muslim warlords and defiant tribes in Morocco, but he also led a...
There's a War to Be Won
The United States Army in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
THERE'S A WAR TO BE WON is the landmark story of one of the greatest armies in history, a conscript force of amateur soldiers who had an unparalleled record of combat success. Here -- for the first time in one volume -- is the chronicle of the United States Army's dramatic mobilization and stunning...
Cary Grant
Dark Angel
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
His signature jaw line and charismatic characters made him an American symbol. His films, including Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, and North by Northwest, were timeless classics. However, Grant was also married five times and sustained a tortured, obsessive relationship with money. In this...
Stalin's General
The Life of Georgy Zhukov
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Marshal Georgy Zhukov is one of military history’s legendary names. He played a decisive role in the battles of Moscow, Stalingrad and Kursk that brought down the Nazi regime. He was the first of the Allied generals to enter Berlin and it was he who took the German surrender.He led the huge victory...
A Day at the Beach
Recollections
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
With these interwoven autobiographical essays, Geoffrey Wolff, author of the acclaimed The Duke of Deception, recounts the moral (and immoral) education of a writer, friend, husband, and father, as he offers his spirited, elegant, and deeply felt observations on an extraordinary life: from wildly...
The Lies of Sarah Palin
The Untold Story Behind Her Relentless Quest for Power
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
In The Lies of Sarah Palin, Geoffrey Dunn provides the first full-scale and in-depth political biography of the controversial Republican vice-presidential candidate and former governor of Alaska.
Based on more than two-hundred interviews---many of them with Republican colleagues and one-time...
Ulysses S. Grant
Soldier & President
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2009
Not since Bruce Catton has there been such an absorbing and exciting biography of Ulysses S. Grant. “Grant is a mystery to me,” said William Tecumseh Sherman, “and I believe he is a mystery to himself.” Geoffrey Perret’s account offers new insights into Grant the commander and Grant the...
Fist Stick Knife Gun
A Personal History of Violence
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
A new edition, including the story of the founding of the Harlem Children’s Zone
Long before the avalanche of praise for his work—from Oprah Winfrey, from President Bill Clinton, from President Barack Obama—long before he became known for his talk show appearances, Members Project spots,...
The Tyrannicide Brief
The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 Parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a king who claimed to be above the law. In the end, they chose the radical lawyer John Cooke, whose Puritan conscience, political vision,...
Fist Stick Knife Gun
A Personal History of Violence
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Long before U.S. News and World Report named him one of America's Best Leaders and Oprah Winfrey called him "an angel from God," Geoffrey Canada was a small, vulnerable, scared boy growing up in the South Bronx. Canada's world was one where "sidewalk" boys learned the codes of...
The Gorilla Game, Revised Edition
Picking Winners in High Technology
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The Possibilities Are Staggering:
Had you invested $10,000 in Cisco Systems back in early 1990, your investment would now be worth $3,650,000
Similarly, a $10,000 investment made in Microsoft in 1986 would be valued at more than $4,721,000 today
$10,000 invested in Yahoo! in 1996...
Business Without the Bullsh*t
49 Secrets and Shortcuts You Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
***"***5 out of 5 stars...[it's] ethical without being preachy, aspirational without being sappy, practical while still crackling with the author's natural wit." - Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes Magazine
For the past seven years, Geoffrey James has written a daily blog that's...
by Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Sangeet Paul Choudary
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
A practical guide to the new economy that is transforming the way we live, work, and play.
Uber. Airbnb. Amazon. Apple. PayPal. All of these companies disrupted their markets when they launched. Today they are industry leaders. What’s the secret to their success?
These cutting-edge...