Year in Focus 2008
The world of 2008 in photos.
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…Made my head hurt! — Isaac Newton…Doesn’t bug me! — Grace Hopper…Rang my chimes! — Alexander Graham Bell These innovative, witty, and utterly outrageous brainbusters engage reasoning power while honing problem-solving skills.
Dubliners by James Joyce with an introduction and Notes by Laurence Davies, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Living overseas but writing, always, about his native city, Joyce made Dublin unforgettable.
Once upon a time, the entertainment industry was a world that never slept. Magazine editors, models, pop stars, and all the rest visited „vitamin doctors“ to get the shots that would allow them to stay up all night and then work all day–in offices decorated with beanbag chairs and Calderesque mobiles.
A novel set in a time when steak, vodka and Benzedrine were the staples of a healthy diet. The „love machine“ is Robin Stone, a TV-network titan around whom women flock. Caught up in his meteoric career are three women, each desperate to have him.
Camilla Forest has fallen upon hard times since fleeing France and the tyrannical rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. When her job as a governess ends in disaster, Camilla finds herself penniless and alone, stranded on a muddy roadside.
Readers of Princess Sultana’s extraordinary biography Princess were gripped by her powerful indictment of women’s lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. They were every bit as fascinated by the sequel, Daughters of Arabia.Here, the princess turns the spotlight on her two daughters, Maha and Amani, both teenagers.
Contemporary novel which comically explores the juggling of career and motherhood. Debut novel from a high-profile journalist, which did very well in hardback. „Her social observation is unerringly accurate…
An achingly funny story from the author of the bestselling You had me at Hello. When Edie is caught in a compromising position at her colleagues’ wedding, all the blame falls on her – turns out that personal popularity in the office is not that different from your schooldays.
The most widely respected CEO in America looks back on his brilliant career at General Electric and reveals his personal business philosophy and unique managerial style. Nearly 20 years ago, former General Electric CEO Reg Jones walked into Jack Welch’s office and wrapped him in a bear hug.
I have never looked into my sister’s eyes. I have never bathed alone. I have never stood in the grass at night and raised my arms to a beguiling moon. I’ve never used an aeroplane bathroom. Or worn a hat. Or been kissed like that… So many things I’ve never done, but oh, how I’ve been loved.
With material from the original manuscript, here for the first time is the complete, uncut edition of King Rat, the fourth novel in James Clavell’s bestselling Asian Saga. Set against the seething backdrop of a World War II prison camp in Japanese-occupied territory, King Rat is an epic novel of savagery and survival – and of one man’s all-consuming struggle for dominance over captives and captors alike.