Jack: 7257 books
by Jack Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Did you know that President Theodore Roosevelt had a guinea pig called Fighting Bob Evans along with many other hilariously named pets? Were you aware that a certain Brazilian Emperor didn’t oppose a military coup because he no longer enjoyed his job? Brought to you by renowned trivia historians...
Barmy Britain
Bizarre-but-True Stories from Across the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2008
This hilarious compendium of all that's weird and wonderful about life in the British Isles uncovers the eccentricity, bizarre bureaucracy, and outright oddity reported over the last year by the nation's newspapers. Jack Crossley spent some 40 years in Fleet Street and is the ideal companion to guide...
by Jack White
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Magic of Selling Art is the most complete book on selling art ever written. Reveals the secrets of master salespersons in layman's language. For individual artists as well as professional gallery staff. Filled with vignettes of Jack White's selling experiences and written in his clever Texas wit,...
by Jack Watson
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
This Is Your Captain puts you inside the cockpit of a modern-day airliner for an insider’s look at one of the most glamorized, yet deadly professions in the world. What makes an airline captain, and how did they end up flying your plane? What makes air travel dangerous, and what makes it safe? Do...
UnProfessional
How a 26-year-old University Dropout Became a Self-made Millionaire
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
A young Australian entrepreneur and self-made millionaire presents a counterintuitive guide to succeeding in today’s business world
To be unprofessional is not to be disrespectful. It is not to be reckless or lazy. It is not to be unpunctual, badly presented or poorly spoken.
To be...
INTO THE DARK HOUR – 18 Dystopia Classics in One Volume
Iron Heel, Anthem, Meccania the Super-State, Lord of the World, The Time Machine, City of Endless Night, The Secret of the League, The Machine Stops, The Night of the Long Knives...
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2017
"The hour before the dawn is the darkest” goes a popular saying, but is it actually the dawn we were waiting for? Or is it the dark hour before the apocalypse of human hopes? This edition brings to you the dystopian novels and novellas that will make you wonder even more - some you are familiar...
Going for Gold
The History of Newmont Mining Corporation
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2010
A Fortune 500 company as a pioneer of current gold-mining technology
Jack H. Morris details how Newmont Mining revolutionized the gold mining industry and remains today the second largest gold miner in the world. He asserts that Newmont is the link between early gold mining and today’s technology-driven...
by Jack W. Plunkett
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2011
A Sweeping and Authoritative Look at the Changes that Will Ignite the Economies of America and its Trading PartnersBring on the Next Boom!In The Next Boom Jack Plunkett a widely followed analyst of global trends persuasively demonstrates that we are on the verge of a period of major economic growth....
by Jack C. Buck
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
“Something quite wonderful happens when you allow yourself to drift through life without a plan of direction,” writes Jack Buck in his poignant debut story collection. The writing in 'Deer Michigan' takes this philosophy to heart, embracing the flux of fate in over fifty ethereal narratives. In...
by Jack Snowdin
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2014
Facing bankruptcy?Find the prospect daunting?Unsure of what steps you need to take?The author was in this position not so long ago. Having come through relatively unscathed, he decided that there was enough official help out there, but none that explained, in simple terms, what you personally...
Business Republic of China
Tales from the Front Line of China's New Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Jack Leblanc shares the lessons he has learnt in 20 years of doing business in China. His career has included stints as a salesman, dotcom entrepreneur, venture capital broker, business consultant, and finally cross-cultural troubleshooter, solving problems between foreign investors and their Chinese...
by Jack Beatty
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Age of Betrayal is a brilliant reconsideration of America's first Gilded Age, when war-born dreams of freedom and democracy died of their impossibility. Focusing on the alliance between government and railroads forged by bribes and campaign contributions, Jack Beatty details the corruption of American...
by Jack London, Herman S. Scheffauer and The Editors of New Word City
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Before dawn on the morning of April 19, 1906, San Francisco was suddenly stricken by a massive earthquake. Severe as this disaster was, it was nothing compared to the tragedy that followed. Electric wires and gas mains broken by the quake resulted in fires that almost destroyed the city. More impressive...
Have Mercy!
Confessions of the Original Rock 'n' Roll Animal - Wolfman Jack
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011
The story of a troubled kid from Brooklyn who through his determination and wit, becomes the most famous DJ radio has ever heard. It's his story, in his own words and in his own way.