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Get a unique insight into the mind of visionary and creative genius Steve Jobs, the iconic entrepreneur and founder of Apple. One of the most significant innovators and inventors in history, responsible for ringing in the digital age. Hear his story from his early childhood to revolutionizing the personal computer and handheld industry with the Mac, iPhone, iPad and more..

One man asks another, “What is the meaning of life?” The other replies, “Life is a ticking watch, if you should forget to wind it; life just stops!” A path unchosen yet not forsaken The need to fill these lines possesses me Always has, and always will be, immortalizing me

A Vietnamese Bicycle Days by a stunning new voice in American letters. Andrew X. Pham dreamed of becoming a writer. Born in Vietnam and raised in California, he held technical jobs at United Airlines-and always carried a letter of resignation in his briefcase. His father had been a POW of the...

Samantha X is not your typical hooker. She's the wrong side of 35, has two kids and counts a wild night out dining at her local pizzeria. Career-wise, she had it all; writing for Australia's top selling woman's magazines; appearing as a media expert on television and travelling the world for...

Set in the 1930s of pre-war Manila, a soldier meets an extra at the Manila Metropolitan Theater and to whom he starts a friendship with, only to be ruined by fate.

Autobiography depicting the life and times of Greg X in South Jamaica, Queens-NYC.

From Andrew X. Pham, the award-winning author of Catfish and Mandala, a son’s searing memoir of his Vietnamese father’s experiences over the course of three wars. The Philadelphia Inquirer hailed Andrew Pham’s debut, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and...

Following his remarkable fiction debut, Rope Burns, author F. X. Toole's Pound for Pound is a big, brawny novel of honor, perseverance, family, and forgiveness, set in towns where violence is the norm and success stories take on an almost mythic importance. It is the story of Dan Cooley, an aging,...

Originally published in 1952, here a distinguished trial lawyer makes you a participant in the high drama of four notable twentieth-century American criminal cases. You are on the scenes of the crimes; you accompany the detectives investigating them, and in your most important role you sit...

This original compilation gathers together four of Charles X. Carlson's finest art instruction books and presents them in one comprehensive volume. A well-known artist, author, and teacher, Carlson offers clear, uncomplicated methods of drawing for aspiring artists at every level. Chock-full of step-by-step...

The Freakonomics of the digital economy, offering fascinating insights into the new rules that are reshaping the online worlds of business, education, and leisure. Are you concerned that technology and the web are moving too quickly for you to keep up? Are you worried about the future of your...

Le Banquet  est un texte de Xénophon, dialogue écrit entre -390 et -3701, alors que l’auteur réside dans son domaine de Scillonte, ville du Péloponnèse. Il est constitué d’une série de discours portant sur la nature et les qualités de l’amour. (Wikipedia)

Advanced alien civilizations are now present in our galaxy. That's the message that the author sends out to readers in this interesting little book. The reasons why there has to be life elsewhere in the universe are explained, in fairly non technical words, so that most any reader can understand....

A story of everlasting love between two childhood friends, Lily Zhang and Li Ling, who were thrown together and then torn apart by the evil force of the Cultural Revolution, the most horrifying 10-year terror in the modern history of China. When the Cultural Revolution ended, they ran into each other...