"A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life" [John Milton Areopagitica]"All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time" [John Ruskin Sesame and Lilies]"There is no...
Sir John was definitely in the Treasury's badbooksfor incorrect thinking on economic prospects... 约翰爵士肯定不受财政部的待见,因为他对经济前景的预测并不准确。 柯林斯高阶英语词典 Laurie revealed she hadbookedherself a flight home last night. ...
Chapter 1 THE GRAND HALL Three hundred and forty-eight years, six months, and nineteen days ago to-day, the Parisians awoke to the sound of all the bells in the triple circuit of the city, the university, and the town ringing a full peal. The sixth of January, 1482, is not, ...
A collection of works of the Brodin the Swolefather, Bronnar Brodinson, Swoledur Brodinson, Breyr, Bryr, and his brophets into a Brodinist-editable form such that it may please the Swolefather Hossein. The Book of Brodin welcomes your contributions and s
Global Business and Corporate Governance by John Thanopoulos Chapter 6 Accounting and Finance Perspectives About This Chapter Under the broad assumption that in our era practically all business is global, the previous chapters of this book dealt with the environment of the global corporation. How and...
CHAPTER 1 A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hill-side bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool. On one side of the river the golden foot...
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler was longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize and is a piece of historical fiction about the family of John Wilkes Booth, the man who shot dead Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Fowler has deliberately ensured that Booth and Lincoln’s assassination are not the focus here, ...
Another installment of BookThink's Proverbs of Bookselling today - the 8th group of five. Note to subscribers: Chapter 19 - Building Value Into Books - of BookThink's Guide to Online Bookselling was delivered recently. If you didn't receive your copy, please check your spam folder first....
The Thorns Remainfelt slow to me — but I think some of that is due to one of my pet peeves when it comes to book formatting.The Thorns Remain is divided into five parts, but within those parts, there are no chapters. Books without chapter breaks really frustrate me, especially because...
HEAD CASESby John McMahon(Mystery/Thriller) FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He also has a blind spot on the human side of investigations, a blindness that sometimes even includes people in his own life, like his beloved seven-year-old daughter,...