A newly arrived immigrant to New York experiences a series of devastating misfortunes. Just as he begins to lose his faith in God, something comes along to restore his faith, a miracle that will have the reader rejoicing.

New York Times Bestseller: A history of the S&L scandal that caused a financial disaster for American taxpayers: ';Hard to put down' (Library Journal). For most of the 20th century,savings and loa

The author behind 1000awesomethings.com celebrates the good things in life- by the sheer power of their awesomeness. Based on the award-winning blog 1000awesomethings.com, The Book of Awesome is a high five for humanity and a big celebration of life's little moments and the underappreciated, simple things that make us happy, from popping bubble wrap to hitting a bunch of ...(展开全部)

本来，尼尔•帕斯理查是加拿大一个生活普通到有点无聊的朝九晚五的白领，经受过两次婚姻破灭，最好的朋友跳楼自杀，每天回家后对着空洞的房子看电视新闻里播放让人绝望的消息…… 可是忽然有一天，他开始觉得生活应该不只是这幅模样。于是，他开始撰写 “1000awesomethings.com”的博客，而这个博客在短短的时间内就影响了越来越多的人，甚至还获得了有互联网奥斯卡之称的威比奖（The Webby Awards）。全世界上百万人加入了博客的讨论中。而尼尔也将这些美妙的小事记录整理成书。 每一件小事都是类似“啤酒+朋友”的灵感，生活中的美好简直信手拈来。 “通过专注于生活中积极的一面,我在最低谷的时候迎来了人生的高峰。” 目前，这本书已经出了它第二册《更多的美妙事情大全》，而尼尔的博客里那些来自全世界所有人们记录下来的美妙时刻还在不断扩大。这一连串美妙的事情...(展开全部)

From Vialli, one of Italy’s most famous footballers as well as a former manager of England’s Chelsea F.C., and Marcotti, the UK correspondent for Corriere dello Sport and football columnist for The Times , comes this unique journey to the heart of two great soccer cultures.-- From the Hardcover edition.

Mike Monteiro is the co-founder and design director of Mule Design, an interactive design studio whose work has been called “delightfully hostile” by The New Yorker. He prefers elegant, simple sites with clear language that serve a real need. He prefers that designers have strong spines.