MOBY DICK OR THE WHALE (Hết hàng)
Author: Herman Melville
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781847496447 | Giá: 67,450 đ)
When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab’s whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master’s obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claimed countless human victims and destroyed many fleets. With some sinister crew members in their midst and the hazardous conditions of the sea to contend with, the expedition becomes increasingly dangerous the closer it gets to its ...

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE (Hết hàng)
Author: Virginia Woolf
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781847496577 | Giá: 112,100 đ)
When Mrs Ramsay tells her guests at her summer house on the Isle of Skye that they will be able to visit the nearby lighthouse the following day, little does she know that this trip will only be completed ten years later by her husband, and that a gulf of war, grief and loss will have opened in the meantime. As each character tries to readjust their memories and emotions with the shifts of time and reality, this long-delayed excursion will also prove to be a journey of self-discovery and ...

FACTFULNESS: TEN REASONS WE'RE WRONG ABOUT THE WORLD--AND WHY THINGS ARE BETTER THAN YOU THINK (Hết hàng)
Author: Hans Rosling - Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 8934986051218 | Giá: 155,800 đ)
“One of the most important books I’ve ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” ―Bill Gates “Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.” ―Melinda Gates "Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, ...

SKIN IN THE GAME (Hết hàng)
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9780141982656 | Giá: 243,200 đ)
In his inimitable, pugnacious style, Taleb creates a jaw-dropping framework for understanding this idea. SKIN IN THE GAME challenges our long-held beliefs about risk, reward, politics, religion and finance - and makes us rethink everything we thought we knew.   Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have more slaves today than in Roman times? Why does imposing democracy on other countries never work?   The answer: ...

THE INFLUENTIAL MIND: WHAT THE BRAIN REVEALS ABOUT OUR POWER TO CHANGE (Hết hàng)
Author: Tali Sharot
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9780349140636 | Giá: 222,300 đ)
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THE 30 YEAR WAR (Hết hàng)
Author: Many authors
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9786047703623 | Giá: 285,000 đ)
In August 1945, the Vietnamese people led by the Communist Party and President Ho Chi Minh rose up to wrest back national independence and freedom from the French colonialists and Japanese fascists. On 2nd September 1945, President Ho Chi Minh solemnly proclaimed to the world the barth of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam with his famous Declaration of Independence, thus putting an end to the 80-year French domination. However, shortly afterward, the nascent Seate of laborers had to take up ...

AUTONOMOUS (Hết hàng)
Author: Annalee Newitz
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9780356511221 | Giá: 200,450 đ)
Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap medicines for those who can't otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane. Hot on her trail is an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his indentured robotic partner, Paladin. As they race ...

NOS4A2 (Hết hàng)
Author: Joe Hill
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781473226418 | Giá: 361,000 đ)
Summer. Massachusetts. An old Silver Wraith with a frightening history. A story about one serial killer and his lingering, unfinished business. Anyone could be next. We're going to Christmasland ... NOS4R2 is an old-fashioned horror novel in the best sense. Claustrophobic, gripping and terrifying, this is a story that will have you on the edge of the seat while you read, and leaving the lights on while you sleep. With the horrific tale of Charles Manx and his Silver Wraith, Joe Hill has ...

(HARD-COVER) THE ART OF DECISION MAKING (Hết hàng)
Author: Joseph Bikart
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781786781710 | Giá: 366,700 đ)
Drawing from different ‘fields’ such as philosophy, psychology, literature, and theology, Joseph Bikart uses decades of experience as a business coach for senior executives around the globe to explore how and why we make the decisions we do. What is it that makes some of us better - or worse - than others at committing to a choice? What are the forces that hold us back, and how can we successfully overcome them? Every facet of our lives depends on the decisions we make. Yet, how ...

MANAGING FOR RESULTS (Hết hàng)
Author: Peter F. Drucker
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9780060878986 | Giá: 226,100 đ)
The effective business, Peter Drucker observes, focuses on opportunities rather than problems. How this focus is achieved in order to make the organization prosper and grow is the subject of this companion to his classic work, The Practice of Management. MANAGING FOR RESULTS shows what the executive decision maker must do to move his enterprise forward. Drucker again employs his particular genius for breaking through conventional outlooks and opening up new perspectives for profits and ...

DUBLINERS (Hết hàng)
Author: James Joyce
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781847496317 | Giá: 57,000 đ)
James Joyce's first published book, which he wrote when he was still in his twenties, Dubliners is far removed from the bold experimentalism of his later work, but is essential for understanding the author's development as a writer, and endures as a masterly example of the short-story form. Although ranging considerably in tone, mood and milieu, the fifteen short stories included in this collection all centre around the city of Dublin and its inhabitants at the beginning of the ...

TREASURE ISLAND (Hết hàng)
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrator: David Mackintosh
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781847494863 | Giá: 54,150 đ)
One of the best-loved adventure stories ever written, Treas­ure Island's timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps, mutiny and derring-do has appealed to generations of readers ever since Robert Louis Stevenson penned it in 1881 with the claim: If this don’t fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day. But more than just a children’s classic, the novel is considered to be one of the greatest feats of storytelling in the English language, with characters such as ...

UNDER THE WIG: A LAWYER'S STORIES OF MURDER, GUILT AND INNOCENCE (Hết hàng)
Author: William Clegg
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781529401240 | Giá: 324,900 đ)
How can you speak up for someone accused of a savage murder? Or sway a jury? Or get a judge to drop a case? In this memoir, murder case lawyer William Clegg revisits his most intriguing trials, from the acquittal of Colin Stagg to the shooting of Jill Dando, to the man given life because of an earprint. All the while he lays bare the secrets of his profession, from the rivalry among barristers to the nervous moments before a verdict comes back, and how our right to a fair trial is now at ...

(HARD-COVER) QUESTIONS FOR THE DALAI LAMA: ANSWERS ON LOVE, SUCCESS, HAPPINESS, & THE MEANING OF LIFE (LITTLE BOOK. BIG IDEA.) (Hết hàng)
Editor: Dede Cummings - Travis Hellstrom, Foreword: Lauren Alderfer. Commentary: Dalai Lama
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9781578264971 | Giá: 199,500 đ)
For centuries, millions upon millions of people have sought out the wisdom of the Dalai Lama. Tenzin Gyatso, the current and XIV Dalai Lama, has traveled the world, spreading his personal doctrine of compassion and understanding. His sage words resonate with all who hear him speak, encompassing topics as grand as world peace, and as simple as learning to love ourselves.   Presented in a clear, elegant format, Questions for the Dalai Lama poses universal questions, giving answers from the ...

QUIET (Hết hàng)
Author: Susan Cain
Thể loại: Literature & Fiction & Poetry (ISBN: 9780141029191 | Giá: 243,200 đ)
Quiet by Susan Cain will change how you think about introverts forever. A Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller. Our lives are driven by a fact that most of us can't name and don't understand. It defines who our friends and lovers are, which careers we choose, and whether we blush when we're embarrassed. That fact is whether we're an introvert or an extrovert. The introvert/extrovert divide is the most fundamental dimension of personality. And at least a third of us are on the introverted ...