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Great Book: Eat That Frog

Title: Eat That Frog!: Get More of the Important Things Done, Today!   Author:  Brian Tracy  Paperback:144 pages Publisher:Mobius (13 Sep 2004) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:0340835044 ISBN-13:978-0340835043 Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm Product Description There's an old saying that if the first thing you do in the morning is to eat a live frog, [...]

Book Recommendation: Business Model Generation

Title: Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers (Wiley Desktop Editions)   Authors:  Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur   Paperback:288 pages Publisher:John Wiley & Sons (20 Aug 2010) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:0470876417 ISBN-13:978-0470876411 Product Dimensions: 19 x 24 x 2.2 cm Product Description Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries, game changers, [...]

New Title: More Awkward Situations For Men

Title: More Awkward Situations for Men (Limited Edition with T-Shirt)   Author:  Danny Wallace    Paperback:288 pages Publisher:Ebury Press (30 Jun 2011) ISBN-10:0091945291 ISBN-13: 978-0091945299 Product Description In 2010's brilliant AWKWARD SITUATIONS FOR MEN, Danny Wallace entertained us with wonderful bite-sized stories from his often embarrassing and bewildering everyday life as a man.  Well, now [...]

Great Book: This Time Is Different

Title: This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly   Authors:  Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff  Hardcover:512 pages Publisher:Princeton University Press (11 Sep 2009) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:9780691142166 ISBN-13:978-0691142166 ASIN:0691142165 Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 4.3 cm Product Description Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing–and recovering–their way through [...]

Book Recommendation: Hitch 22

Title: Hitch 22: A Memoir   Author:  Christopher Hitchens  Paperback:448 pages Publisher:Atlantic Books (1 April 2011) ISBN-10:1843549220 ISBN-13:978-1843549222 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.6 cm Product Description In this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traces the footsteps of his life to date, from his childhood in Portsmouth, with his adoring, tragic mother and reserved [...]

New Title: Minding Frankie

Title: Minding Frankie   Author:  Maeve Binchy  Paperback:496 pages Publisher:Orion (9 Jun 2011) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:140911791X ISBN-13:978-1409117919 Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 8.9 x 3.8 cm Product Description Baby Frankie is born into an unusual family. Her mother is desperate to find someone to take care of her child and she doesn't have much time. Noel doesn't [...]

Great Book: Flat Earth News

  Title: Flat Earth News: An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media   Author: Nick Davies  Paperback:320 pages Publisher:Vintage (1 Jan 2009) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:9780099512684 ISBN-13:978-0099512684 ASIN:0099512688 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.2 cm Product Description 'Finally I was forced to admit that I work in a corrupted profession.' When award-winning [...]

Book Recommendation: Incognito

Title: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain   Author:  David Eagleman  Hardcover:272 pages Publisher:Canongate Books Ltd (7 April 2011) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:1847679382 ISBN-13:978-1847679383 Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.4 x 3 cm Product Description 'A stunning exploration of the we behind the I. Eagleman reveals, with his typical grace and eloquence, all the neural magic tricks [...]

New Title: The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries (Omnibus 2)

Title: The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Omnibus 2: Dead Over Heels, A Fool and his Honey, Last Scene Alive, Poppy Done to Death (Aurora Teagarden Mystery)   Author:  Charlaine Harris  Hardcover:720 pages Publisher:Gollancz (17 Feb 2011) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:0575096497 ISBN-13:978-0575096493 Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.6 x 4.8 cm Product Description Lawrenceton, Georgia, was once a small town; [...]

Great Book: More Money Than God

Title: More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of the New Elite   Author:  Sebastian Mallaby  Paperback:496 pages Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (3 May 2011) ISBN-10:1408809753 ISBN-13:978-1408809754 Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm Product Description Wealthy, powerful, and potentially dangerous, hedge-find managers have emerged as the stars of twenty-first century capitalism. Based [...]