• The New Market Leaders: Who’s Winning and How in the Battle for Customers

    By Fred Wiersema

    In the decade since Fred Wiersema coauthored the #1 bestseller The Discipline of Market Leaders, a momentous shift has occured. We have entered an age of customer scarcity–an age in which exciting, often unorthodox companies are revolutionizing the global marketplace. In this path-cutting work, Wiersema provides new benchmarks for ranking businesses in this new economy and reveals the strategies that set winning companies apart.
    After tracking 5,000 companies worldwide for over six years, Wiersema discovered that just a few hundred of these of these exert tremendous influence on the new economy. Here, he explains why traditional measures of competitive prowess no longer apply and, using new yardsticks, identifies today’s 100 most influential businesses. With practical strategies for managers and investors, Wiersema then shows how to recognize and emulate these dynamic new market leader

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  • Outstanding!

    By John G. Miller

    Every day outstanding organizations do things and promote values that ensure they will retain customers, grow revenues, increase market share, and build their reputations. People in these organizations hold values and take actions– individually and collectively–that are not always easy or obvious but are fundamentally powerful.

    Informed by his own commitment to the concept of personal accountability and enlivened by compelling true stories from exceptional organizations, in this insightful and accessible book John Miller identifies the principles and behaviors that distinguish such organizations from the pack and provides readers with ways to integrate them into their own work.

    With its pithy entries that carry significant impact, Outstanding is by turns a playbook, a guide, and an inspiration. It is filled with practical ideas that can–and should–be used every single day by individuals and teams from the boardroom to the stockroom for creating a distinguished organization with which customers and stakeholders will want to work.

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  • Back to School, Weird kids Rule!

    By Dan Gutman

    With more than 10 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!

    A.J. and the gang from My Weird School star in this special series of after-school, holiday-themed chapter books featuring all-new hilarious stories and thirty-two pages of games, puzzles, and more.

    Summer is almost over, and you know what that means—time to head back to school! But when a tropical storm ends A.J.’s vacation earlier than expected, he and his family have to stay at Andrea’s house. Ugh, disgusting! When everyone in the house starts getting cabin fever, and even back-to-school shopping won’t calm the kids down, Andrea and A.J. are sent to Camp Ockatollyquay. The catch? It’s a camp to get kids ready for school! But not to worry—Andrea and A.J. rally the Ella Mentry School gang to end their summer on a note they’ll never forget.

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  • Audacity By Melanie Crowder

    By Melanie Crowder

    A gorgeously told novel in verse written with intimacy and power, Audacity is inspired by the real-life story of Clara Lemlich, a spirited young woman who emigrated from Russia to New York at the turn of the twentieth century and fought tenaciously for equal rights. Bucking the norms of both her traditional Jewish family and societal conventions, Clara refuses to accept substandard working conditions in the factories on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. For years, Clara devotes herself to the labor fight, speaking up for those who suffer in silence. In time, Clara convinces the women in the factories to strike, organize, and unionize, culminating in the famous Uprising of the 20,000.

    Powerful, breathtaking, and inspiring, Audacity is the story of a remarkable young woman, whose passion and selfless devotion to her cause changed the world.

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  • Nelson Mandela In His Own Words

    “There is no easy way to walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we…

    IN HIS OWN WORDS is a selection of Nelson Mandela’s speeches, providing a lively, memorable profile of his lifelong commitment to freedom and reconciliation, democracy, and the flourishing of all the people of South Africa, Africa and the world.

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  • Million Dollar Women By Julia Pimsleur

    Million Dollar Women By Julia Pimsleur

    This book Million Dollar Women By Julia Pimsleur is an essential guide for female entrepreneurs who want to “go big,” which shows you how to turn that creative idea into a million-dollar-plus business.

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  • Best Friends Forever By Kimberla Lawson Roby

    By Kimberla Lawson Roby

    Things are falling apart in the Richardson household. Angry arguments between Celine and her husband, Keith, have become routine. She resents that he’s working long hours and staying out all night, and he accuses her of not giving him the attention he deserves. Their marriage is at a cross-roads and Celine worries how her 10-year-old daughter, Kassie, will be affected.

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  • A House Without Windows

    A House Without Windows By Nadia Hashimi

    A House Without Windows By Nadia Hashimi is a A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood—an emotionally powerful and haunting tale of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture—from the author of the bestselling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and When the Moon Is Low.
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  • He Said/She Said By Erin Kelly

    By Erin Kelly

    In the summer of 1999, Kit and Laura travel to a festival in Cornwall to see a total eclipse of the sun. Kit is an eclipse chaser; Laura has never seen one before. Young and in love, they are certain this will be the first of many they’ll share.

    But in the hushed moments after the shadow passes, Laura interrupts a man and a woman. She knows that she saw something terrible. The man denies it. It is her word against his.

    The victim seems grateful. Months later, she turns up on their doorstep like a lonely stray. But as her gratitude takes a twisted turn, Laura begins to wonder―did she trust the wrong person?

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  • My Weird School Daze: Mrs. Dole Is Out of Control!

    By Dan Gutman

    With more than 12 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!

    In this very first book of the My Weird School Daze series, A.J. and the gang are graduating! But the out-of-control PTA president is turning the whole thing into a huge ceremony, complete with fireworks, a petting zoo, and a flyover by the Blue Angels! Why is moving up to third grade such a big deal? And what could possibly go wrong?

    Perfect for reluctant readers and word lovers alike, Dan Gutman’s hugely popular My Weird School chapter book series has something for everyone. Don’t miss the hilarious adventures of A.J. and the gang!

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  • My Weirdest School: Mr. Cooper Is Super!

    By Dan Gutman

    With more than 12 million books sold, My Weird School really gets kids reading!

    In the very first book in the laugh-out-loud My Weirdest School series, A.J.’s third-grade teacher, Mr. Granite, is retiring after a million hundred years. It turns out the new teacher, Mr. Cooper, is even weirder than Mr. Granite! One day he’s Rat Man and he teaches about rodents. The next day he’s Lava Man and he teaches about volcanoes. But what happens when a real superhero is needed? Will Mr. Cooper protect the school from evil, or just embarrass it to death?

    Perfect for reluctant readers and word lovers alike, Dan Gutman’s hugely popular My Weird School series has something for everyone. Don’t miss the hilarious adventures of A.J. and the gang!

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  • The Liar By Nora Roberts

    By Nora Roberts

    Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions…

    The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn’t just dead. He never really existed.

    Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone new: Griff Lott, a successful contractor. But her husband had secrets she has yet to discover. Even in this small town, surrounded by loved ones, danger is closer than she knows—and threatens Griff, as well. And an attempted murder is only the beginning.

     

    • Paperback: 560 pages
    • Publisher: Berkley; Reprint edition (March 1, 2016)
    • Language: English
    • ISBN-10: 0425279154
    • ISBN-13: 978-0425279151
    • Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 1.1 x 8.2 inches

     

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  • The Genius Files:Never Say Genius

    By Dan Gutman

    Today is Coke and Pepsi McDonald’s thirteenth birthday. Someone’s out to make sure they never make it to thirteen and a half.Racing across America, the twins will nearly beboiled alivein a huge basket of french fries, frozen to deathby soft-serve ice cream, stampededin a wild stadium riot, kidnappedfrom a high-speedroller coaster, andworst of alltheir parents thinkthey’re totally joking!Will they survive? Will they defeat Archie Clone? Will they be dropped out of a helicopter onto the tip of the Washington Monument? Will they ever say “genius”?

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  • The Genius Files: You Only Die Twice

    By Dan Gutman

    The most dangerous road trip in history continues in the wacky third book of Dan Gutman’s New York Times bestselling The Genius Files series, following twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald as they dodge nefarious villains all the way to Graceland. With the real-kid humor that has earned him millions of readers around the world, and featuring all new weird-but-true locations around America, this third book in the New York Times bestselling Genius Files series is one wild ride!The genius twins Coke and Pepsi have narrowly escaped a vat of a Spam, a pit of boiling fry oil, and a score of crazed adults all bent on killing them. But just when they thought they were safe, their arch nemesis Dr. Herman Warsaw reappeared, engaged to their Aunt Judy! Whoa–didn’t he die already?! Now, as the twins continue their family road trip from Washington D.C. through the South, it will take every bit of their genius abilities to outwit their wacky enemies. It doesn’t help that their parents remain totally oblivious! When they finally get to Graceland, Elvis’s home in Memphis, Tennessee, Coke and Pepsi come to an explosive conclusion you’ll have to read to believe!

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  • The Last Days of Café Leila

    By Donia Bijan

    Set against the backdrop of Iran’s rich, turbulent history, this exquisite debut novel is a powerful story of food, family, and a bittersweet homecoming. When we first meet Noor, she is living in San Francisco, missing her beloved father, Zod, in Iran. Now, dragging her stubborn teenage daughter, Lily, with her, she returns to Tehran and to Café Leila, the restaurant her family has been running for three generations. Iran may have changed, but Café Leila, still run by Zod, has stayed blessedly the same—it is a refuge of laughter and solace for its makeshift family of staff and regulars.

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  • If Not for You By Debbie Macomber

    Praise for If Not for You

    “[An] uplifting and deliciously romantic tale with vibrant characters and a wide range of emotions.”–RT Book Reviews

    “A heartwarming story of forgiveness and unexpected love.”–Harlequin Junkie

    “A fun, sweet read.”–Publishers Weekly

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