Author: Reese Schonfeld
Publisher: Collins
Keywords: founding, cnn, story, unauthorized, world, ted
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2001-02-05
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 0060197463
ISBN-13: 9780060197469

They were the odd couple of broadcast news, destined to alter global communications forever -- to free-for-all of a saga that’s larger than life and more engaging than a major business book has any right to be.1979. Down in Atlanta, Ted Turner was fighting his battles with the networks. Up in New York, Reese Schonfeld was warring with the network journalists. Then they joined forces in a magnificent experiment and, for the next three years, stood shoulder to shoulder and back to back -- until the allies became antagonists, and the unraveling of CNN began.Turner was cable before cable was

Authors:Rebecca Smith, John R. Emshwiller,
Publisher: Collins
Keywords: destroyed, faith, corporate, america, lies, uncovered, wall, street, journal, reporters, days
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2003-08
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0060520736
ISBN-13: 9780060520731

This is the story of two Wall Street Journal beat reporters -- one covering the energy industry just after the chaotic California electricity crisis; the other chasing stock swindlers. Together these journalists were ideally placed to uncover one of the great cons of the century. Here is a story about the fall of a great company, and the practice of journalism, marked by skill, luck, and determination.24 Days is the gripping, untold chronicle of the investigative process -- often haphazard but imbued with insight and commitment -- that broke through Enron’s stonewalling and exposed its i

Author:
Publisher: Collins
Keywords: thesaurus, dictionary, english, collins
Published: 2003-04-07
List price: $51.65
ISBN-10: 0007142358
ISBN-13: 9780007142354

This title provides instant access for PC users to 190,000 definitions and over 325,000 synonyms and antonyms. You should never be at a loss for words again, as this 190,000-word dictionary includes: 14,000 new and updated entries; etymologies; pronunciations; examples of words in use; in-depth information on how to use words appropriately, and more. There is a 325,000-word thesaurus which includes antonyms; a definitions search to find a word when you only know its definition, or have a vague idea of what it means; a wildcard search finds a word when you only know part of the word, for exampl

Authors:Theodora Lau, Kenneth Lau, Laura Lau,
Publisher: Collins
Keywords: proverbs, chinese, loved
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2009-01-01
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 0061703656
ISBN-13: 9780061703652

"By filling one’s head instead of one’s pocket, one cannot be robbed." The appeal of Chinese proverbs is profound and universal. With brevity, clarity, and simplicity, these carefully chosen words help pass wisdom and insight throughout the ages. This timeless, eloquent collection of proverbs offers fundamental truths about the natural world and the human condition, on subjects such as: Ability • Adversity • Beauty • Character • Conflict Cooperation • Deception • Defeat • Fortune • Greed • Happiness Honor • Inspiration • K

Author: David Wolman
Publisher: Collins
Keywords: english, tangled, story, spelling, email, righting, tongue, olde, mother
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 006136925X
ISBN-13: 9780061369254

Righting the Mother Tongue tells the cockamamie story of English spelling. When did ghost acquire its silent ’h’? Will cyberspace kill the one in rhubarb? And was it really rocket scientists who invented spell-check? Seeking to untangle the twisted story of English spelling, David Wolman takes us on a wordly adventure from English battlefields to Google headquarters. Along the way, he pickets with spelling reformers outside the national spelling bee, visits the town in Belgium, not England, where the first English books were printed, and takes a road-trip with the boss at Merriam-

Author: Kenneth C. Davis
Publisher: Collins
Keywords: forgotten, women, founders, shaped, nation, fighting, pilgrims, history, hidden, untold, tales, first, america
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0061118192
ISBN-13: 9780061118197

Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don’t Know Much About History, presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped the nation’s destiny and character. Davis’s dramatic narratives set the record straight, busting myths and bringing to light little-known but fascinating facts from a time when the nation’s fate hung in the balance. Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington’s inauguration in 1789, America’s Hidden History is an iconoclastic look

Authors:Mitch Zacks, Mitchel Zacks,
Publisher: Collins
Keywords: stocks, economy, spotting, method, market, zacks, ahead
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2003-03-01
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0060099682
ISBN-13: 9780060099688

Beat the Pros at Their Own Game All too often, you learn about good stocks far too late to profit from the information. By the time you actually buy a stock, professional investors have already been there, bought the stock, driven up the price, and are just waiting to unload it at an inflated price. All That’s About to Change. . . . In Ahead of the Market, Mitch Zacks shows investors how they can spot stocks that are poised to take off long before the rest of the crowd learns about them. How? By unlocking the gems of priceless information buried in Wall Street’s often self-serving