Professionals & Academics

This is the third memoir from the author of the 'Angela's Ashes' and ' 'Tis'. In 'Teacher Man', Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City.... More

Praise for My Life as a Quant "My Life as a Quant, by Emanuel Derman is, indeed, a perfect memoir, as Derman, a South African-born physicist turned financial engineer, is a perfect memoirist." --Grant's Interest Rate Observer "That sense of being an intruder in outlaw territory lends an intriguing... More

The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. New Book... More

Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world. The undisputed merchant king of the late twentieth century, Sam never lost the common tou... More

After 25 years of avoiding the public eye, Steve Wozniak breaks his silence and tells the full story of the Apple computer, from its conception to his views on the iconic cult status it enjoys today. But for Steve's dream to build himself a computer, Apple would never have happened. In June, it was ... More

Bestselling author and physicist Stephen Hawking assembles the most groundbreaking works by Albert Einstein together into one volume and provides introductions to each work.Best-selling author and physicist Stephen Hawking assembles the most groundbreaking works by Albert Einstein together into one ... More

This is an inspiring tale of a scholarly pursuit that reads like an adventurous thriller. In 1913 a young, unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G.H. Hardy, begging the preeminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers and setting in motion one of the most producti... More

"How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?" the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star looks and Olympian manner."Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way by mathematical ideas did," came the ... More

It's not good enough to want it. You've got to know how to get it. Real estate titan, bestselling author, and TV star Donald J. Trump is the man to teach you the billionaire mind-set-how to think about money, career skills, and life. Here is crucial advice on investing in real estate from the expert... More

Nearly 20 years ago, former General Electric CEO Reg Jones walked into Jack Welch's office and wrapped him in a bear hug. "Congratulations, Mr. Chairman," said Reg. It was a defining moment for American business. So begins the story of a self-made man and a self-described rebel who thrived in one of... More

Praise for Practical Speculation "More trading 'truth' than a dozen typical market books combined. It's in a league of its own." --Active Trader magazine "Victor Niederhoffer and Laurel Kenner probably know more about short-term movements than anyone else . . . an invaluable guide for speculators."... More

For five weeks the world waited for news about Danny Pearl, the "Wall StreetJournal" reporter who was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan...And then came thebroadcast of his shocking murder. The complete account of his abduction, the intense effort to rescue him, and the aftermath are told here - in asto... More

Written with exclusive and unprecedented access, journalist Symonds brings readers the definitive portrait of the computer company Oracle, and of Larry Ellison--complete with Ellison's own commentary and criticisms on Symonds' reporting.In a business where great risks, huge fortunes, and even bigger... More

WE SEE THE UNIVERSE THROUGH HIS EYES.Ronald W. Clark's definitive biography of Einstein, the Promethean figure of our age, goes behind the phenomenal intellect to reveal the human side of the legendary absent-minded professor who confidently claimed that space and time were not what they seemed. Her... More

As a fitting epilogue to a life intimately linked to Washington, D.C., Pulitzer Prize winner Katharine Graham, the woman who transformed "The "Washington Post into a paper of record, left behind this lovingly collected anthology of writings about the city she knew and loved, a moving tribute to the ... More

The modern classic about a dedicated teacher in a tough London school who slowly and painfully breaks down the barriers of racial prejudice. It is the story of a man's own integrity winning through against the odds. "From the Trade Paperback edition."... More