Ray Ray: 2881 books

Ray Wolf thinks the world has gone crazy. In that light, Wolf, who prefers to think of himself as a realist rather than a pessimist, shares a collection of opinions designed to point out what is wrong and in need of repair with the world and modern society. In a style that ranges from witty...

Jewels in the Crown provides an analysis of Tata’s acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008, and subsequent transformation of their fortunes, written by an award-winning motoring writer. Ray Hutton goes behind the scenes to examine how Tata have not only returned the business to profit, but...

Having seen news of more job cuts and more businesses closing down, I asked myself, “Can there be a better way? After all, every worker is also a consumer.” If people are prepared to accept changes, then this alternative to the current economic system commonly in use could offer full employment, low inflation and lasting prosperity.

“The days of poets moping around castle steps wearing black capes is over. The poets of today are amplified.” - LEONARD COHEN Picking up where Samuel Johnson left off more than two centuries ago, Ray Robertson’s Lives of the Poets (with Guitars) offers up an amplified gathering of thirteen...

Ever wish that in the afterlife you'll be able to exact revenge on the people who made your life so miserable? The Five Jerks You Meet on Earth takes on that sidesplitting premise. Loser Al Mitchell finally gets a chance to win-even though he's dead.Al Mitchell is middle-aged, divorced, childless,...

When they went to my father to see if he wanted to raise his twelve-year-old son he couldn’t pass the simple test of not having needles strewn all over the floor. The words are sometimes harsh and the visualizations raw, but so is reality for Jesse-Ray Lewis. He grew up in Appalachia surrounded...

A look at the serious and not so serious events in life, from "The Last Can Opener" to "Smiley", the images are from real people, places, and events.Also included here are SIAM stories, a look at life in Nakhorn Phanom (NKP), Thailand during the Vietnam War. NKP is next to the Mekong River in Northeast...

“Dedicated fans of Alaska reality-television shows will enjoy this look at real life in the forty-ninth state” (Booklist). In the fall of 1978, Ray Ordorica packed everything he thought he would need into his Toyota LandCruiser and drove north to Alaska. He came to a land he had never seen,...

With his disarmingly simple style and complex imagination, Ray Bradbury has seized the minds of American readers for decades.This collection showcases thirty-two of Bradbury's most famous tales in which he lays bare the depths of the human soul. The thrilling title story, A Sound of Thunder, tells...

Over the course of a storied literary career that has spanned more than half a century, Ray Bradbury has taken us to wonderful places: across vast oceans to foreign lands, onto summer porches of small-town America, through dark and dangerous forests where predators wait, into the hypnotic mists of...

The little-known story of the dramatic political maneuverings and personalities behind the creation of the office of the president, with ramifications that continue to this day.   On June 1, 1787, when the Federal Convention first talked of establishing a new executive branch, James Wilson moved...

I am a movie director.At the climax of the film that will make my career, the hero of the movie shoots his brains out. The police think I did it intentionally, and I am the only one who could have killed him. After all, I am the guy who loaded the gun.How will I prove I am innocent?The Naked Mind is a 2800 word short story.

Do you need help understanding the author's ideas? This thought-provoking guide provides an introduction to the book, lists the characters, details a chapter by chapter commentary, and guiding questions. These prompts will allow you to develop your own ideas and thoughts about the text. Material...

In this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet re-creates the life and times of David Thompson—fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America, and his field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous...