Preston: 857 books

When you run a creative service business, you face a unique set of challenges. Typically you’re passionate about what you do, but you probably struggle with problems common to many creative professionals: How do I balance my talent and ideas with the demands of the client? How do I make a living...

The Nickel Ring is a compelling, true love story for all ages. Author Preston Ingalls shares an emotional tale that spans five decades and chronicles childhood sweethearts whose love was challenged by physical separation, parental objections and heartbreak that kept them apart for 20 years....

Build your career by design not by accident Why do some people get to the top while others—who work just as hard—don’t get past middle management? Two words: Executive Edge. Your technical skills may get you the job, but your interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence will get you...

In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1 NYT bestseller, The Lost City of The Monkey King, presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence, Italy as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous figures in Italian history. In...

In this inventive mix of criticism, scholarship, and personal reflection, Carrie J. Preston explores the nature of cross-cultural teaching, learning, and performance. Throughout the twentieth century, Japanese noh was a major creative catalyst for American and European writers, dancers, and composers....

In this inventive mix of criticism, scholarship, and personal reflection, Carrie J. Preston explores the nature of cross-cultural teaching, learning, and performance. Throughout the twentieth century, Japanese noh was a major creative catalyst for American and European writers, dancers, and composers....

Preston Jones was just five years old when his mother showed him a metal box tucked away in their basement. Fueled by curiosity, little Preston secretly opened the box one day. Inside was stacks of money and two envelopes. After he opened the envelopes and questioned his mother about the contents,...

Never shy of voicing an opinion, artist Margaret Preston launched into print on a variety of subjects, from flower arranging and furnishing a bedroom, to Aboriginal art and design, Pokerwork and Wood-blocking. Selected from the pages of Australia's journals by Elizabeth Butel, this collection addresses...

In Tables in the Wilderness, Preston Yancey arrived at Baylor University in the autumn of 2008 with his life figured out: he was Southern Baptist, conservative, had a beautiful girlfriend he would soon propose to, had spent the summer living in southeast Asia as a missionary, and planned to study...

“We often think that grace enters the Bible when Jesus appeared. However, Preston shows us that within the pages of the confusing, sometimes bizarre, and often war-filled pages of the Old Testament, there is heaps and heaps of grace. And the more we look, the more grace we see—grace that melts...

Losers, Idiots and Thieves - The Reasons Some People Succeed While Others Fail is a unique compendium into the causes behind why some people succeed while others fail and is a stunning exposÈ into the human condition of success, success principles, successful people, successful women, success planning,...

Douglas Preston, de ene helft van thrillerduo Preston & Child (bekend van de befaamde Pendergast-serie), maakte deel uit van de belangrijkste ontdekkingsexpeditie van de 21e eeuw. Al vijfhonderd jaar lang hebben ontdekkingsreizigers gezocht naar de ‘Verdwenen Stad’ diep in het regenwoud van Honduras....

Have fun and learn to read and write English words the fun way! Preston Lee’s Words and Worksheets - 200 FLASHCARDS has been written and designed for ages 4-12 - 200 commonly used English words - 10 topics for everyday English conversation - Beautifully designed colored flashcards -...

The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of...