Theodore: 1024 books

A stockbroker is secretly stealing billions from a bank. The bank's CEO begs Hennessy to get the money back – without anyone knowing – including the thief. So Leo persuades an FBI friend to get a young hacker out of Leavenworth to help them. But when Leo uncovers a string of murders and a psychotic...

A loving Asian husband shares his erotic sexcapades and misadventures, mostly in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Stories of erotic encounters from massage parlours and strip club visits to racy steamy hotel sex with milf and fugu.

Quelle est la grande aventure de notre temps ? Comment être apprécié à sa juste valeur ? Comment ne pas gâcher sa vie ? Comment changer les rapports entre pauvres et riches ? Comment engendrer des formes de travail et une nouvelle philosophie du « business » qui correspondent aux souhaits d’aujourd’hui...

Diedra Prost is a research Ph.D. candidate in Egyptology working at a Philadelphia museum. While relaxing with a group of friends at a salad mixer, a topic of discussion touches upon a myth foreign to her way of thinking. The material so disturbs her, she determines to research it further in order to dispel the apprehension that has come to grip her.

«Se avessi un migliaio di dollari vi comprerei, a voi due». Così canticchiava Mrs Komareck ad Alex e a suo fratello Howard quando erano piccoli e lei badava a loro. È il primo ricordo che Alex ha in riformatorio, dove si trova per aver rubato quattordici macchine, l’ultima una Buick del 1959....

Published when Theodore Roosevelt was only twenty-three years old, The Naval War of 1812 was immediately hailed as a literary and scholarly triumph, and it is still considered the definitive book on the subject. It caused considerable controversy for its bold refutation of earlier accounts of the...

«Theodore Zeldin, con un atteggiamento molto poco accademico, si è preso l’impegno di scrivere un libro che mira a cambiare le nostre vite… un trionfo» (Alain de Botton). Un invito alla curiosità e all’immaginazione, secondo uno dei più originali pensatori contemporanei.

Cómo el diálogo puede transformar tu vida. ¿Le gustaría mejorar sus conversaciones con la pareja, sus colegas en el trabajo, su familia, los amigos, las personas a las que no conoce o consigo mismo? Conversación, que comenzó siendo una serie de charlas radiofónicas emitidas por la BBC que alcanzaron...

İnsan ayağının değmediği topraklara seyahatleriyle tanınan Alman seyyah Theodore lllion, bir Budist rahip kılığında Tibet'e giriyor. Günlerce hiçbir şey yemeden yüzlerce kilometre yol yürümek, dondurucu soğuklara katlanmak ve sarı saçlarını, beyaz tenini ve mavi gözlerini saklamak...

Two people meet on a train. Then they talk. These two are a little off in the way they speak. Throughout their pointless conversations comes a closeness between the two which allows them to reveal some more meaningful topics. These two can be a little uncomfortable and awkward at first, but they notice...

Alejado del compendio cronológico y del manual temático, Theodore Zeldin presenta en Historia íntima de la humanidad una historia de personas comunes y concretas con las que se examinan algunas de las cuestiones que más afectan e interesan a las generaciones actuales: la libertad, la tolerancia,...

Kritiek op de sentimentele samenleving In dit scherpzinnige en geestige boek ontmaskert Theodore Dalrymple de verhulde sentimentaliteit die het publieke leven verstikt. We doen net of we onze kinderen goed opvoeden, zorgen voor de minder bedeelden, de kansarmen helpen en geweldige dingen presteren,...

“Ted Malloch—bon vivant, scholar, diplomat, businessman, sportsman … brings us along on some of his greatest adventures.” —Linda Bridges, Editor-at-Large, National Review A former Yale professor and senior business executive whose contact list includes the most powerful leaders in...

As recently as 1924, a lone Algonquin Indian lived quietly in Pelham Bay Park, a wild and isolated corner of New York City. Joe Two Trees was the last of his people, and this is the gripping story of his bitter struggle, remarkable courage, and constant quest for dignity and peace. By the 1840s,...