Chronicles the making of the president in 1988, offering behind-the-scenes looks at the candidates and their campaigns, the conventions and the election itself
A well-known columnist's succinct comments on the qualities and values of people who are successes and those who are failures are complemented by interpretive illustrations
Of Winners, Losers, and Games
More than entertainment, these books can be a powerful learning and coping tool when a struggling reader connects with credible characters and a compelling storyline.
The National Book Award–winning classic on the Vietnam War, reissued for the war’s fiftieth anniversary.
Curt's always come in second where his best friend, Daryl, is concerned.
This text uses statistical and documentary evidence to illustrate how football works as a business, and the techniques of business strategy to explain why some clubs are winners and others are not.
However, it was not until the 2010 Vancouver Olympics that Carroll coached his first Olympic gold medalist in Evan Lysacek. Lysacek says in Rise that when they walked into a room of supporters, he wearing his just-awarded gold medal and ...
"A collection of jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, tricks, games, poems, and stories." --
Still, most who say they use sectoral approaches will likely point to the same motley crew of intellectual forebears: Alexander Gerschenkron, Raymond Vernon, Robert Gilpin, James Kurth, A. G. Hopkins, H. A. Innis, M. H. Watkins, ...
A look at the future world order forecasts a dramatic reordering of geopolitical and economic forces, high-tech economies, and a world of privileged elites surrounded by a vast array of impoverished nomads