Did Mrs. Olinsky choose the four members of the sixth grade Academic Bowl Team, or did they choose her--and one another? Four stories-within-in-a-story, interspersed with the ongoing narrative of the team's triumphant march to the state championship, introduce each member of the team in his own her own voice, and bring the dynamics of the group into focus .

The four sixth graders on their paraplegic teacher's enormously successful Academic Bowl squad are more than just teammates brought together by chance. They call themselves "The Souls". Their individual life stories unfold in four jewel-like short stories that are woven together into a novel that is "glowing with humor and dusted with magic...a stunning quartet of harmoniously ...(展开全部)

In his triumphant new novel, Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement, follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish. Henry Perowne–a neurosurgeon, urbane, privileged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up children–plans to play a game of squash, visit his elderly mother, and cook dinner for his family. But after a minor ...(展开全部)

In his triumphant new novel, Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement, follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish. Henry Perowne–a neurosurgeon, urbane, privileged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up children–plans to play a game of squash, visit his elderly mother, and cook dinner for his family. But after a minor ...(展开全部)

Reggie Fils-Aimé, retired President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America Inc., shares leadership lessons and inspiring stories from his unlikely rise to the top. Although he’s best known as Nintendo's iconic President of the Americas-immortalized for opening Nintendo’s 2004 E3 presentation with, “My name is Reggie, I'm about kicking ass, I'm about taking names, an...(展开全部)

波·布朗森和阿什利·梅里曼，《纽约时报》畅销书作家，社会学家，心理学家。他们的合著曾在《纽约时报》最畅销榜单中持续夺冠6个月，被翻译成16种语言，在超过35个“年度最佳”名单中出现。他们的研究涉及社会学、心理学、军事学、生物学等诸多领域，多角度研究人类心理与行为的规律和奥秘。他们的合作曾获得美国9个国家奖项，包括美国科学发展协会的杰出新闻奖。

It's a Dog Eat Dog World. Don't Be on the Menu. What are the differences between a winning and losing performance? Why are we able to rise to the challenge one day, but wilt from it the next? Can we in fact become better competitors? In TOP DOG , Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman use cutting edge science to tease out the hidden factors at the core of every great triumph - and e...(展开全部)

波·布朗森和阿什利·梅里曼，《纽约时报》畅销书作家，社会学家，心理学家。他们的合著曾在《纽约时报》最畅销榜单中持续夺冠6个月，被翻译成16种语言，在超过35个“年度最佳”名单中出现。他们的研究涉及社会学、心理学、军事学、生物学等诸多领域，多角度研究人类心理与行为的规律和奥秘。他们的合作曾获得美国9个国家奖项，包括美国科学发展协会的杰出新闻奖。

It's a Dog Eat Dog World. Don't Be on the Menu. What are the differences between a winning and losing performance? Why are we able to rise to the challenge one day, but wilt from it the next? Can we in fact become better competitors? In TOP DOG , Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman use cutting edge science to tease out the hidden factors at the core of every great triumph - and e...(展开全部)

The ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the hedge fund industry, The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds offers an unprecedented glimpse into the strategies and investment criteria serious money managers use to determine and evaluate their positions and maximize their hedge fund profits, in their own words. Author and CNBC hedge fund specialist Man...(展开全部)