Professionals & Academics

SAL PARADISE, YOUNG AND INNOCENT, JOINS THE SLIGHTLY CRAZED DEAN MORIARTY ON A BREATHLESS, EXUBERANT RIDE BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THEIR HEDONISTIC SEARCH FOR RELEASE OR FULFILLMENT THROUGH DRINK, SEX, DRUGS AND JAZZ BECOMES AN EXPLORATION OF PERSONAL FREEDOM, A TEST OF THE LIMITS OF... More

This book is a wake-up call for those whose conscience has gone to sleep, but is not yet dead. It is a call to action for those whose hearts beat and weep for India. It invokes the participation of ordinary citizens so that they take up cudgels for the nation – a challenge that will put us on the ... More

In this book Peter Neville presents a new assessment of lifeand times of the famous leader, Mussolini. This study places the Fascist movementin its historical context and assesses its theoretical base. It examines theformative influences on the young Mussolini, his turn away from Socialism by1914, h... More

This engaging, entertaining book reveals all the secrets about this wildly gifted man, from his prescient inventions and his lost art to his animal rights activism--not to mention his enemies and allies in the dark, turbulent world of his time. Young Adult.Thanks To The international bestseller The ... More

B.R. Ambedkar (1891–1956) was the first Dalit or low-caste Hindu to be formally educated to the highest level, gaining his PhD in the West. Despite this huge achievement he remained true to his background and origins, fighting for Dalit rights throughout his life. No one today doubts Ambedkar’s ... More

This book deals with Darwin’s major theories which are woven into the text in such a way as to appeal to all. It also details about his family life and work.... More

Few individuals have altered the intellectual landscape as did the Danish physicist Niels Bohr. This book explores the Nobel Prize-winning thinker in his varied roles as scientist, teacher and social force.... More

This book reveals how Michael Faraday started his career as a bookbinder’s apprentice, then as a bottle washer to go on to invent the electric motor and the dynamo, which laid the foundations of the scientific theory of fields. He was twice knighted.... More

The exhilarating and troubled 25-year career of Peter Roebuck, best known to a generation of Australian cricket fans as the incisive, and sometimes controversial, cricketing voice of "ABC Radio "and the "Sydney Morning Herald," inspires this passionate and riveting autobiography that takes a deep-- ... More

This book is about Gregor Mendel and his discovery of the principles of genetics and heredity. A schoolteacher by profession, he used to spend time carrying out plant-breeding experiments.... More

'Philosopher, academic, not much more than middle-sized, seeking culmination in mate, can think, likes things clear, mostly stands up for himself, feelingful, moralistic, not a prisoner of convention, not Conservative, imperfectly rational, hopeful.'This is the story of Ted Honderich and his kind. I... More

This series presents a brief sketch of four multinational commercial houses. The books are profusely illustrated in colour and black & white.... More

This book describes the author's flight in a Shadow microlight aircraft, from England to India, covering a distance of 5000 miles in 22 days, thus earning him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fasted person to do the feat. He is prepares to set yet another record -- by flying to ... More

Among the storied Wall Street banks, Lazard Freres & Co. stood apart until egos started to take over. This is a story of vaulting ambitions, whispered advice, ferocious power struggles, and enormous wealth--and, ultimately, the undoing of a powerful organization."A grand and revelatory portrait of W... More

Award-winning "Washington Post" editor DeYoung takes readers from Colin Powell's humble roots as the son of Jamaican immigrants to his meteoric rise through the military ranks. DeYoung presents a sympathetic but objective portrait of a great but fallible man.The first full biography of Colin Powell,... More

The true experiences that are featured in this book, introduced by best-selling author Louise L. Hay, have been culled from the writings of some of the most renowned writers and teachers in the fields of self-help, transformation, social consciousness, and spirituality. These are stories reflecting ... More

Who made it to the top of Corporate America in the twentieth century? And what do their experiences mean for the next generation of business leaders? In Paths to Power, Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria, and Laura G. Singleton answer these questions. The authors explore access to business leadership opp... More