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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
2024 || Paperback || Hunter S. Thompson || Random House
This cult classic of gonzo journalism is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.
Now a major motion picture from Universal, directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro.
The Dictionary People
The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary
2024 || Paperback || Sarah Ogilvie || Random House
The Complete Persepolis
Volumes 1 and 2
2007 || Paperback || Marjane Satrapi || Random House
Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir.
Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally,...
Cradle to Cradle
|| Paperback || Michael Braungart || Random House
'Reduce, reuse, recycle' urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart point out in this provocative, visionary book, this approach only perpetuates the one-way, 'cradle to grave' manufacturing model, dating to the Industrial Revolution, that creates such fantastic amounts of waste and pollution in the first place. Why not challenge the belief that human industry must damage the natural w...
Dare to Lead
2018 || Hardcover || Brene Brown || Random House
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she's showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead.
Don't miss the hourlong Netflix special Brené Brown: The Call to Courage!
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG
Leadership is not about titles, status, ...
Cows, Pigs, Wars & Witches
The Riddles of Culture
2020 || Paperback || Marvin Harris || Random House
One of America's leading anthropolgists offers solutions to the perplexing question of why people behave the way they do.
Why do Hindus worship cows? Why do Jews and Moslems refuse to eat pork? Why did so many people in post-medieval Europe believe in witches?
Marvin Harris answers these and other perplexing questions about human behavior, showing that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from identifiable and intelligble sources.
What's Your Dream?
Find Your Passion. Love Your Work. Build a Richer Life.
2025 || Paperback || Simon Squibb || Random House
In Search of Amrit Kaur
An Indian Princess in Wartime Paris
2024 || Paperback || Livia Manera Sambuy || Random House
All Sorts of Lives
Katherine Mansfield and the art of risking everything
2024 || Paperback || Claire Harman || Random House
My Years With General Motors
2011 || Paperback || Jr. Alfred P. Sloan || Random House
My Years with General Motors became an instant bestseller when it was first published in 1963. It has since been used as a manual for managers, offering personal glimpses into the practice of the "discipline of management" by the man who perfected it. This is the story no other businessman could tell—a distillation of half a century of intimate leadership experience with a giant industry and an inside look at dramatic events and creative business management.