The American humorist, author, and radio contributor shares his most memorable work in a collection of stories and essays that feature him shopping for rare taxidermy, hitchhiking with a quadriplegic, and hand-feeding a carnivorous bird.
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"A groundbreaking book about how to harness the power of collaboration and work most effectively in groups-coauthored by Getting Things Done's David Allen When Getting Things Done was published in 2001, it was a game changer. By revealing the principles of healthy high performanc...
"Rrrrh!" means "Let's be friends" in tiger talk, but the other animals don't understand him and run away! Maybe the gentle "rum-pum-pum" of the drum can help him. The lonely tiger finds a drum. He strikes it with his tail--and friends start to follow: a monkey who says "chee-chee...
The American humorist, author, and radio contributor shares his most memorable work in a collection of stories and essays that feature him shopping for rare taxidermy, hitchhiking with a quadriplegic, and hand-feeding a carnivorous bird.
"A new collection of stories by the visionary 'master of the form' (The Observer), David Means"-- Provided by publisher.
"This dramatic retelling of the accounts of the first two kings of Israel follows the intertwining stories of Jonathan, Saul, David and Michal documented in 1 and 2 Samuel. In this imaginative yet biblically faithful book, readers will find themselves immersed in the hearts and m...
"The Happy Runner breaks down the science of performance psychology, introduces training principles, and provides real-world stories to show how runners can successfully apply the authors' Some Work, All Play (SWAP) principles into their daily running routines"-- Provided by publ...
This book uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty and the powerful and the dispossessed. In it, the author challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated agains...
Drs. Ephraim Goodweather and Nora Martinez race to create a biological weapon to destroy the creatures, Abraham Setrakian relentlessly searches for an ancient book that holds the key to defeating the sinister Master. Aware that he is now hunted by his handful of unlikely allies, ...
Being an informed investor means learning to tune out the hype and focus on meaningful factors. And you need information for today, not ten or twenty years ago. David and Tom Gardner and the team at the Motley Fool show how to spot volatile young companies, and make sense of inve...
A little bear learns from his mother what it means to make and break a promise, as well as the lesson that some things in life simply cannot be promised.
Carnage vs. Miles Morales! Cletus Kasady is back - and badder than ever. With his soul trapped inside the Extrembiote Armor created by Tony Stark during King in Black, Cletus now has the means to level an untold amount of chaos on New York City - and the entire Marvel Universe! B...
Ghost Rider vs. Wolverine! 'Nuff said! There's somebody else out there like Johnny Blaze, somebody who knows what it means to suffer--to feel sickened by the pain they've inflicted on the world. His name is Logan. After the motorcycle rally at Hell's Backbone, Wolverine and Ghost...
The Prepper's Guide to Foraging is not a plant identification guide in the traditional sense. It is instead a guide to using plants to supplement other means of food production and subsistence living. Author David Nash believes that there is not enough land available to support a...
Forget everything you thought you knew about spooky Halloween stories... the Rabbids are putting their own spin on three creepy tales, and that means one thing -- you can expect the unexpected! This book contains one monster story, one phantom story, and one werewolf story... and...
We're have a surprise at dinner tonight, but what could it be? A joyful slice of family life all about what it really means to be lucky. When Mum announces that we're having a surprise at dinner tonight, my brother Leo and I can't help but wonder. What could it be? Mum says we'll...
Selected as a contestant in an online competition to find the World's Greatest Kid, Zeke Stahls decides to give it his best shot but soon finds himself wondering what "great" really means and who gets to decide.
"Take another trip to the past, to the time when Spider-Man unknowingly wore an alien symbiote as his costume! But this all-new blast from the past will take Spidey down the road less travelled ... into the supremely psychedelic Crossroads Dimension! And for those of you who know...
Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know "the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one." Written in the midst of radical political developments whose direction Alinsky was on...