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Hardball Selling: How to Turn the Pressure on, without ...

Hardball Selling: How to Turn the Pressure on, without ...

Robert L Shook

... Shook) The Winner's Circle (with R.J. Shook) The Name of the Game Is Life ( with C. Ramon Greenwood) Franchising ... R. Schonberg) Predatory Marketing ( with C. Britt Beemer) Headhunters Confidential (with Alan R. Schonberg) It Takes a ...
The Best American Short Stories 2003

The Best American Short Stories 2003

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Walter Mosley, Katrina Kenison. DAN CHAON ... the midst of one of his screaming attacks, he is merely sleepy and irritable. Once, Gene's wife Karen shook him and shook him, until finally he opened DAN CHAON: The Bees: from McSweeney's.
The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case That Shook the ...

The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case That Shook the ...

Michael Berryhill

The Murder Case That Shook the Texas Prison System Michael Berryhill. Publication of this work was made possible in part by support from the J. E. Smothers, Sr., Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
On The Wealth of Nations: A Book that Shook the World

On The Wealth of Nations: A Book that Shook the World

P.J. O'Rourke

A Book that Shook the World P.J. O'Rourke. 24. W/ML 831 25. W/ML 829 26. W/ ML 829–30 27. W/ML 827 28. W/ML 830 29. W/ML 821 30. W/ML 822 31. W/ML 839 32. W/ML 824 33. Ibid. 34. W/ML 855 35. W/ML 839 36. W/ML 855 37. W/ML  ...
17 Women Who Shook the World

17 Women Who Shook the World

Preethi Burkholder

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to achieve success effortlessly while others just don't?
Eye of the Storm

Eye of the Storm

Amy Eastlake

It wasn't the same as the whipped cream and chocolate syrup of his fantasies, and Aila hadn't said anything about sharing a bed. Still, she seemed more relaxed about having him with her. That was progress. He shook his head at himself.
Wally, the worry-warthog

Wally, the worry-warthog

Barbara Shook Hazen

Wally, a wart hog who worries about everything, discovers that the terrifying Wilberforce has as many fears as he does.
Man Alone with Himself

Man Alone with Himself

Friedrich Nietzsche

They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
On Art and Life

On Art and Life

John Ruskin

They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are.
On the Pleasure of Hating

On the Pleasure of Hating

William Hazlitt

They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are.
On the Nature of War

On the Nature of War

Carl von Clausewitz

They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
20 Ads that Shook the World: The Century''s Most ...

20 Ads that Shook the World: The Century''s Most ...

James B. Twitchell

These are not necessarily the ads and the ad campaigns that have been most effective in selling their products, but rather those that have entered the popular lexicon and had a profound effect on us all, often without our knowing it.
Every Heartbeat Counts

Every Heartbeat Counts

Andrew Bell

Evil Is Patient In 1587, innocence was stolen from the village of Hart, a storm that shook the town of Hartlepool . . . But the history books lied. And the bloody secret buried there is about to be unearthed.
The Painter of Modern Life

The Painter of Modern Life

Charles-Pierre Baudelaire

They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
The Case that Shook India: The Verdict That Led to the Emergency

The Case that Shook India: The Verdict That Led to the Emergency

Prashant Bhushan

The book also includes the Supreme Court proceedings, which went unreported in the media due to censorship and throw light on the constitutional amendments that were enacted.
The Ape Inside Me

The Ape Inside Me

Kin Platt

He's had a few amateur fights already, so he's got a little more experience. He'll give you a workout. See how it goes." Jackie Mize grinned shyly at me as we shook hands, and then Mr. Sierra had a heavyset man wearing a T-shirt put on our ...
Pony Tails 6: Corey In The Saddle

Pony Tails 6: Corey In The Saddle

Bonnie Bryant

Corey grinned and shook her head. Working with her mother had taught her that animals often do surprising things. By now she was convinced that they shared as many secrets with each other as humans did between themselves! There was  ...
The Guilty

The Guilty

Sean Slater

That's how he got hit in the back, Oliver. That's how the breach went off.' 'Liar,' he said again. 'It was an accident.' Oliver's face tightened. 'It's fucking bollocks.' But Striker only shook his head solemnly. 'Same goes for Osaka. His investigation ...
A Self-Made Man

A Self-Made Man

Kathleen O'Brien

I always thought— Lacy...why didn't you ever tell me that was what happened?” Lacy shook her head. “I never told anyone. Your father didn't want anyone to know, especially you. I had no idea you had overheard anything...anything about.
Lila's Hamsa: A Novel of Love and Deception

Lila's Hamsa: A Novel of Love and Deception

Arlene Kurtis

There was still time to check the local hardware store before it closed in this one- horse town. Pierson identified himself to the owner and then showed his photocopies. Ben Axelrod shook his head. “That could be anyone,” he said smirking.
The Space Between Words

The Space Between Words

Michele Phoenix

As the owners of a B&B, Grant and Mona, help her to translate the archaic French of a handwritten journal, they uncover the story of Adeline Baillard, a young woman who lived centuries before, during the Huguenot persecution that shook the ...
The French Revolution

The French Revolution

Christopher Hibbert

Concise, convincing and exciting, this is Christopher Hibbert’s brilliant account of the events that shook eighteenth-century Europe to its foundation.
The Brothers' War

The Brothers' War

Jeff Grubb

Of titantic engines that scarred and twisted the very planet. Of a final battle that sank continents and shook the skies. The saga of the Brothers' War.
The Short, Mad Reign of Humanity

The Short, Mad Reign of Humanity

Marc Silva

“Right,” Emilio answered, “it is an old Mayan song.” “Very modern sounding, though,” Tex added. “I thought the Mayans vanished,” Woods stated. “No,” Pepe shook his head, “they just went into hiding, trying to avoid the Aztecs and then the  ...
The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy

The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy

Tim Pat Coogan

This is a broad, magisterial history of a tragedy that shook the nineteenth century and still impacts the worldwide Irish diaspora of nearly 80 million people today.
Savita: The Tragedy that shook a nation

Savita: The Tragedy that shook a nation

Kitty Holland

He had been sent by Dr John Bates consultant anaesthetist covering the [C and HI) units following contact from Dr Astbury. She had been in touch with Dr Bates at about 2 p.m. following her review of Savita at 1.20 p.m. Dr Magee told the ...
Dewey’s Social Philosophy: Democracy as Education

Dewey’s Social Philosophy: Democracy as Education

J. Shook

Billsexamine post1950sreactions to desegregation in The Schools that Fear Built: Segregationist Academies inthe South (Washington, DC: AcropolisBooks, 1976). Thesimilarities to post–CivilWar developments are striking;see WardM. McAfee ...
Desert Rains:

Desert Rains:

Jill Penrod

Banar and Alandro exchanged a look and a shrug, and Banar bowed to his older brother. “I owe you my life, brother. Thank you.” Hasanah handed them the water and bread and shook his head, clearly not sure he was doing the right thing.
White Mountain

White Mountain

Dinah McCall

Isabella smiled. “Doyou needhelp with your luggage?” Theman shook his head. “ No. We only have thetwo bags. We can manage ... “Abbott House.” “This is Detective Mike Butoli with the Brighton Beach police. I need tospeak toSamuel Abbott.

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