Gordon: 4430 books
The Last Canadian Knight
The Unintended Business Adventures of Sir Graham Day
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
From a small-town law office in Nova Scotia to the pressure-cooker boardrooms of London, England, where he was Margaret Thatcher's "privatization ace," lawyer and businessman Sir Graham Day has earned an international reputation as a tough-minded but charming negotiator.
After a rocky...
Gil Scott-Heron
A Father & Son Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Gil Scott-Heron: a father & son story, is about professional footballer, Gil Heron, who was the first black footballer to play for Scottish club Celtic FC, and his son, acclaimed poet and musician, Gil Scott-Heron.
by Gordon Plowman
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
Ships sailing the trading routes of the South Pacific in the 1800's mostly carried general merchandise. Other sailors sought fortunes gathering sandalwood and diving for pearls and pearl shell.But,in the latter half of the century a much more lucrative trade developed - the labour trade.
Plantation...
A Hungry Heart
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2006
Gordon Parks, acclaimed photographer, filmmaker, composer, and author of fiction and nonfiction, has participated in, been witness to, and documented many of the major events in the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries.
Born in Fort Scott, Kansas, on November 30, 1912, he left home at age fifteen...
Vindication
A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
The founder of modern feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was the most famous woman of her era. A brilliant, unconventional rebel vilified for her strikingly modern notions of education, family, work, and personal relationships, she nevertheless strongly influenced political philosophy in Europe...
Revolutionary Characters
What Made the Founders Different
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
In this brilliantly illuminating group portrait of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that seriously asks, "What made these men great?" and shows us, among many other things, just how much character did in fact matter. The life of...
Lessons in Disaster
McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
A revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, drawing on the insights and reassessments of one of the war's architects
"I had a part in a great failure. I made mistakes of perception, recommendation and execution. If I have learned anything I should share...
Bunny Mellon
The Life of an American Style Legend
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH IN BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS
A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history,...
The Woman Who Named God
Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2009
The saga of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar is the tale of origin for all three monotheistic faiths. Abraham must choose between two wives who have borne him two sons. One wife and son will share in his wealth and status, while the other two are exiled into the desert. Long a cornerstone of Western anxiety,...
Heartbreak and Rage: Ten Years Under Sun Myung Moon, A Cult Survivor's Memoir
Part Three: Justification by Love
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
In Part Three, Neufeld recounts the dilemma he finds himself in after two years of study at the Unification Theological Seminary. For the first time in his cult life, he no longer feels he must obey the leaders automatically. Instead, he believes the cult’s failure to achieve greater success...
by Alex Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Jinx Dogs Burns Now Flu is a rollicking, often hilarious, trip through the crazy world of Scottish newspapers. It’s a journey that takes the reader behind the headlines of the biggest, most sensational stories of our national press. Meet the madcap characters who bring you your daily news. Prepare...
The Back Alley Small Business Tax Guide
A Tax Overview of Sole Proprietorships and Single Member LLCs
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Taxes suck, and the convoluted, technical instructions pumped out by the IRS rarely make things any better. I know what it's like: you really just wanted to work for yourself and make a buck, but now Uncle Sam is knocking on your door, demanding his cut, piling on form after confusing form just to...
Beyond the Crash
Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
The international financial crisis that has held our global economy in its grip for too long still seems to be in full stride. Former British Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown believes the crisis can be reversed, but that the world’s leaders must work together if we are...
by Jon Gordon
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 4, 2016
En este último libro, Jon Gordon indaga en qué consiste el verdadero liderazgo y cuál es la mejor estrategia de negocio que uno puede tener. Ambas son similares y coinciden en que lo más importante es buscar la forma de servir y ayudar a los demás a desarrollarse y a conseguir sus objetivos....