A PACIFIC BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK PICK • "The balance the authors found between personal storytelling and motivational, inspirational business success is fantastic to see come to life on the pages. Pair this with memorable quotes and insights from others closely related to sports, and specifically the ESPN world overall, about the company’s founder, and readers will be totally enthralled with this book.” —Jack Chambers, Pacifi...

The metropolis is a site of endless making and unmaking. From the attempt to imagine a 'city-symphony' to the cinematic tradition that runs from Walter Ruttmann to Terence Davies, Restless Cities traces the idiosyncratic character of the metropolitan city from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first-century megalopolis. With explorations of phenomena including nightwalking, urbicide, property, commuting and recycling, this wide-ranging new book identifies and traces the pattern...

The legal sector is facing a period of major metamorphosis - disruptors are making waves in the structuring, process, and service-delivery models, and client's needs are becoming more demanding and value-focused. As the landscape of law transforms many firms will be left facing a situation of, in John Alber's words, change or die. How will law firms keep up with upcoming rapid and volatile changes to the legal sector, and what form will they take after the transformation? What will the law...

THE GREATEST SPORTS ENTREPRENEUR STORY EVER TOLD... Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN tells the incredible tale of Bill and Scott Rasmussen, the father and son team who against all odds and legions of doubters created the most significant sports business of all time. With unique perspectives from key players in the origin story, you’ll be taken on an entrepreneurial roller coaster ride right up to ESPN’s launch on September 7, 1979. Sports Heaven features the perspectives and insights of Bi...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An “enthralling” (Los Angeles Times) and “remarkably engrossing” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) novel of literary and psychological suspense about the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school—by legendary author Joyce Carol Oates“Eerie, shocking, provoking, and beautifully written.”—Gillian Flynn“I found it mesmerizing front to back.”...

From the house authors of the critically acclaimed oral history on Eddie Van Halen, Eruption, a revealing narrative biography of legendary British guitarist Jeff Beck featuring brand new interviews with the icon himself as well as his famous colleagues, collaborators, and loved onesWith his shag haircut and white Stratocaster guitar, Jeff Beck was an icon known and loved by millions. Yet somehow, he maintained the ineffable low profile cool of a cult hero ...

Eleven essential classics in one volumeThis volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964, containing eleven great classics. No anthology better captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field.Published in 1973 to honor stories that had appeared before the institution of the Nebula Awards, the Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction and w...

The unexplored story of rock’s greatest and perhaps most enigmatic instrumentalist.A contender for the G.O.A.T. – the greatest of all time – Jeff Beck left an indelible mark on rock history. His sudden loss in 2023 prompted an outpouring of grief and respect from his peers that only underlined his place in the pantheon of legendary guitar slingers.Not many could have filled the shoes of Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds, but for Beck it only marked the beginnin...

Get a completely new look at guitar legend Eddie Van Halen with this groundbreaking oral history, composed of more than fifty hours of interviews with Eddie himself as well as his family, friends, and colleagues.When rock legend Eddie Van Halen died of cancer on October 6, 2020, the entire world seemed to stop and grieve. Since his band Van Halen burst onto the scene with their self-titled debut album in 1978, Eddie had been hailed as an icon not only to fans of ro...

‘Chilling’ FINANCIAL TIMES‘Tom Ripley, eat your heart out’ NPR‘Eerie, shocking, provoking’ GILLIAN FLYNNA chilling, captivating novel about the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charming, mercurial teacher at an elite boarding school.Who is Francis Fox?A charismatic, young English teacher joins an elite New Jersey boa...

"By studying and practicing the principles laid down in this book, one may find prosperity, solve problems, have better health, achieve personal relations—in a word, win the game of life." —Norman Vincent Peale The complete and original New Thought classic upgraded for the 21st century with study questions and action items that help you make Shinn's timeless wisdom change your life! This edition of one of the most influential self-help books of the last hundred years makes Shinn's principl...

Perfect for fans of The Book With No Pictures, The Serious Goose and Press Here, this hilarious interactive picture book is guaranteed to be a major hit at storytime!Okay, kid… I have a BIG THING that I really want to tell you. But it’s VERY SERIOUS. So please, NO LAUGHING while I read you this book. Because…IF YOU LAUGH, I’M STARTING THIS BOOK OVER!In this riotous read-aloud from the bestselling author of I'm Just No...