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Ignited Minds
Unleashing the Power Within India
by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
When A.P.J. Abdul Kalam wrote India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium with Y.S. Rajan in 1998, little did they expect the magnitude of the response they would get. The idea that India could actually be a developed nation in a short time rather than remain condemned to a subsistence diet of marginal improvements and promises struck a chord among readers. The book continues to be a bestseller. Ignited Minds:... (more)
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Built to Last
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
by Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras
"This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a book about visionary companies." So write Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in this groundbreaking book that shatters myths, provides... (more)
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Edward's Eyes
by Patricia MacLachlan
Jake is a part of an extraordinary family. He has a life filled with art, music, and long summer nights on the Cape. He has hours and days and months of baseball. But, more than anything in this world, Jake knows he has Edward. From the moment he was born, Jake knew Edward was destined for something. Edward could make anyone laugh and everyone think. During one special year, he became the only one in the... (more)
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Wings of Fire
by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Autobiography of an Indian scientist.
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A Thing of Beauty
by A. J. Cronin
Stephen Desmonde's search for truth and beauty in art took him from his wealthy father's home to the gutters of Paris--from his lovely, aristocratic cousin, Claire, to Emmy, the vicious little French harlot, and at last to Jenny, the wonderful, warm, ignorant Cockney girl--the only woman who ever understood him.Like Of Human Bondage, Moulin Rouge, The Moon and Sixpence, Lust for Life, A Thing of Beauty... (more)
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Beyond the Visible: The Art of Odilon Redon
by Jodi Hauptman
Caught between description and dream, the felt and the imagined, French artist Odilon Redon, whose career bridged the 19th and 20th centuries, transformed the natural world into nightmarish visions and bizarre fantasies. Closely allied with the Symbolist movement, Redon offered his own interpretations of literary, biblical, and mythological subjects; created a universe of strange hybrid creatures; and presented... (more)
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Launching a Leadership Revolution: Mastering the Five Levels of Influence
by Christopher Brady
Sooner or later, we are all called to lead in some capacity. Leadership skills are vital in corporate settings, small businesses, church or community organizations, and even within the home. Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward have recognized this need and have jointly created an in-depth, step-by-step guide for developing leadership skills. Utilizing an abundance of historical examples, the authors have developed a... (more)
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Crusader's Tomb
by A. J. Cronin
Written by the author of "The Citadel", "The Stars Look Down" and "The Spanish Gardener", this is an exploration of the complexities of familial relationships.
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Skibber Bee Bye
by Ron Regé
“Ron Regé is one of a handful of cartoonists in the history of the medium not only to reinvent comics to suit his own idiosyncratic impulses and inspirations as an artist, but also to imbue it with his own peculiar, ever-changing emotional energy. To me, he is unquestionably one of ‘the greats.’” —Chris Ware Ron Regé, Jr., creates his own visual poetry that sets him apart from other cartoonists as one of the... (more)
Fuck Vision: La Vision de La Fucktory: El Libro Que Cambiara Para Siempre Tu Vision del Mundo (Rompeolas)Jm Jose Maria Martinez
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Fuck Vision: La Vision de La Fucktory: El Libro Que Cambiara Para Siempre Tu Vision del Mundo (Rompeolas)
by jm Jose? Mari?a Marti?nez
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Death, Desire and the Doll: The Life and Art of Hans Bellmer
by Peter Webb
Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) was perhaps the most controversial and misunderstood of all the Surrealists. Best known for his sexually disturbing and macabre creation, The Doll, Bellmer was also a photographer, sculptor, painter, engraver and writer obsessed with the erotic and perverse. His illustrations for such texts as Georges Bataille's "Story Of The Eye" and de Sade's "Justine" are amongst the most remarkable... (more)
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A Leader Becomes a Leader
Inspirational Stories of Leadership for a New Generation
by J. Kevin Sheehan
A Leader Becomes a Leader opens with a window on history: Henry David Thoreau riding a borrowed horse and wagon into the woods around Concord, Massachusetts to Walden Pond in 1845. There, he writes a classic work that has a powerful effect on the lives and philosophies of seminal leaders in the next century as diverse as Mohandas Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela. Thoreau believed that a... (more)
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Then What? Everyone's Guide to Living, Learning and Having Fun in the Digital Age
by Jason Ohler
Then What? is funny, wise and powerful. It is a story - everyone's story - about trying to make sense of a digitally overdone world that our kids call normal. And it is a story about how schools must change if they are going to help us take back the future...today. Part sci-fi, part social commentary, and a lot of roller coaster fun, Then What? is rated NT for "non-technical." Join computer savant William Tell as... (more)
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The Master of Illusions: Pictures to Ponder from a Visual Virtuoso
by Sandro Del-Prete
Enter the world of visual illusion! Master artist Sandro Del-Prete is your guide through this mysterious, compelling landscape. His world-class works appeared in the best-selling Masters of Deception , revealing a style both uniquely poetic and personal. Like M.C. Escher, Del-Prete has devised a universe rich in impossible objects, optical deceptions, double perspectives, transformations, anamorphosis, and a good... (more)
VisioneeringAndy Stanley
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Visioneering
by Andy Stanley
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Amore/ Dear (Libros Del Tiempo) (Spanish Edition)
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Divine Will, Restless Heart: The Life and Works of Dr. John Jefferson Smallwood
by Mary E.C. Drew
Divine Will, Restless Heart: The Life and Work of Dr. John Jefferson Smallwood follows Dr. Smallwood from his birth into slavery, through his childhood and emancipation in rural North Carolina, his struggle to earn an education, his unyielding determination to find his mother and family, his establishment of the Temperance, Industrial and Collegiate Institute, and his untimely death at the age of forty-nine. The... (more)
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Richard Trevithick
by James Hodge
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Songs of innocence and of experience
by William Blake
One of a series designed to provide a new, accessible approach to the works of great poets and playwrights. Each text includes general notes on the text; discussion of themes, issues and context; and suggestions for further reading.
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The Second Mongolian Invasion
by C. B. Murphy
Science fictional pop surrealism revolving around a narrative of The Second Mongolian Invasion