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Becoming Steve Jobs. The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
There have been many books - on a large and small scale - about Steve Jobs, one of the most famous CEOs in history. But this book is different from all the others.
Becoming Steve Jobs takes on and breaks down the existing myth...
"An Icelandic-punk version of Catcher in the Rye." — Dallas Morning News
"If there were more people like Jón Gnarr the world wouldn't be in such a mess." — Oliver Sacks
The second book in a trilogy chronicling the troubled childhood...
NOTE-BOOK OF ANTON CHEKHOV
Translated by S. S. KOTELIANSKY and LEONARD WOOLF
1921
This volume consists of notes, themes, and sketches for works which Anton Chekhov intended to write, and are characteristic of the methods of...
‘Moss went to great pains to study all the documents relating to Fuchs and interviewed everyone who had contact with him. His spy thriller is better than fiction.’
– London Review of Books
German-born Klaus Fuchs escaped the Nazi...
Lost Years. A Memoir...
From "a fiercely intelligent writer" (The New York Times), a wry, poignant story of the difficult love between a mother and a son.
In the winter of 2000, shortly after his mother's death from cancer and malnourishment, Donald Antrim,...
An important story for our era: How the American Dream went wrong for two immigrants, and the nightmare that resulted.
On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing three people and wounding...
Gerald Durrell was born in India in 1925. His family settled on Corfu when he was a boy and he spent his time studying its wildlife. He relates these experiences in the trilogy beginning with My Family and Other Animals, and continuing with...
My Pink Road to Russia: Tales of Amazons, Peasants, and Queers presents an engaging mix of Sonja Franeta’s stories, memoir, poems, articles, and interviews. This radical lesbian from an immigrant Slavic family connects with her passion for Russia...