“amy rechner”

In a Business World Driven by Technology Don't Let you and Your Business Get Left Behind "This is a must read for today's managers and technologists. It provides an understandable connection of the Internet, telecommunications, and computing technologies with the real world of business." Gerald Pete... More

Business thinking and strategies behind successful Web 2.0 implementations. Web 2.0 makes headlines, but how does it make money? This concise guide explains what's different about Web 2.0 and how those differences can improve your company's bottom line. Wheth... More

This is the highly-anticipated new novel from the best-selling author of "The Joy Luck Club" and "The Bonesetter's Daughter". On an ill-fated art expedition of the Southern Shan State in Burma, eleven Americans leave their Floating Island Resort for a Christmas morning tour - and disappear. Through ... More

This engaging and accessible introduction explores the intricacies of the film world to show how any reader can gain a broader understanding and a more pleasurable experience of film. Addressing general questions about why and how to study film, topics discussed include: - film language- film analys... More

A first novel which became a major US film. From the wealthy homes of pre-Revolutionary China to downtown San Francisco, this is the story of four mothers and their first-generation Chinese-American daughters; two generations of women struggling to come to terms with their cultural identity.... More

" THE WISEST AND MOST CAPTIVATING NOVEL TAN HAS WRITTEN." --The Boston Sunday Globe" TRULY MAGICAL . . . UNFORGETTABLE . . . The first-person narrator is Olivia Laguni, and her unrelenting nemesis from childhood on is her half-sister, Kwan Li. . . . It is Kwan's haunting predictions, ... More