Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

In the years between her first public lecture in 1961 and her last in 1981, Ayn Rand spoke and wrote about topics as different as education, medicine, Vietnam, and the death of Marilyn Monroe. These pieces, collected here, reflect a life lived on principle, a probing mind, and a passionate intensity.

"You are opening a Pandora's box," Marton was warned when she filed for her family's secret police fi les in Budapest. But her family history -- during both the Nazi and the Communist periods -- was too full of shadows. The files revealed terrifying truths: secret love aff airs, betrayals inside the family circle, torture and brutalities alongside acts of stunning courage -- a...(展开全部)

ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE IS A TOUR DE FORCE, an important work of history as it was lived, a narrative of multiple betrayals on both sides of the Cold War that ends with triumph and a new beginning in America. In this true-life thriller Kati Marton, an award-winning journalist, exposes the cruel mechanics of the Communist Terror State using the secret police files on her parents...(展开全部)

"You are opening a Pandora's box," Marton was warned when she filed for her family's secret police fi les in Budapest. But her family history -- during both the Nazi and the Communist periods -- was too full of shadows. The files revealed terrifying truths: secret love aff airs, betrayals inside the family circle, torture and brutalities alongside acts of stunning courage -- a...(展开全部)

He was the greatest tenor of his day and probably of all time. Trained naturally in singing Neapolitan ballads, Enrico Caruso (1873–1921) achieved a vocal quality often described as "celestial" or "golden." His breath control was such that he could deliver the longest phrase without any suggestion of difficulty, while his superb enunciation and an intense quality of pathos in h...(展开全部)

People of Darkness is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman, the fourth in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, first published in 1980. This is the first novel in the series to feature Officer Jim Chee. The story is set in New Mexico, where Jim Chee takes a position at the Crownpoint, NM office of the Navajo Tribal Police. New crimes center around a...(展开全部)

伊冯·乔伊纳德（Yvon Chouinard） 巴塔哥尼亚公司创始人。该公司是世界顶级户外品牌，被誉为“户外 Gucci”，在美国户外零售店及美国最大的户外零售连锁店 REI 销售量第一。户外运动的先行者。20世纪50年代，他以设计、制造、销售登山装备开始了商业征程。他借鉴法式攀冰技术，改良了冰镐，这一工艺成为现代冰镐的设计基础。除了攀岩，他还特别擅长冲浪、皮划艇和垂钓等运动。他鼓励自己的员工当浪来了的时候，放下手中的工作去冲浪。

巴塔哥尼亚公司创始人伊冯•乔伊纳德是如何爱上户外活动并将其变成一项令人称羡的生意的“在死亡的星球上是没有生意可做的。” 在颠覆了所有传统的行业规则乃至行业价值之后，你还有可能将自己的公司带到行业的顶峰吗？ Yes！如果你是伊冯•乔伊纳德 (Yvon Chouinard)的话。 2007年，乔伊纳德登上了《财富》杂志的封面，他所领导的巴塔哥尼亚(Patagonia)公司被称为“地球上最酷的公司”。公司总部办公室就在加州文图拉的海边，风起了，浪头来了，所有的员工都可以放下工作去冲浪。 难以置信，“员工随时都可以翘班去冲浪”竟是巴塔哥尼亚公司人事部的最高指导原则。在这家最酷的公司里，员工们除了可以随时冲浪、利用午休时间滑雪，领着公司的薪水去环保团体做义工之外，甚至还可以带着自己的孩子一起去上班，而且不必准时出货…… 无论从哪个角度来看，巴塔哥尼亚都像是商界...(展开全部)