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Fast Boat to China
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2006; US$ 15.95Most Americans today are aware that jobs are being outsourced to China, India, and other nations at an alarming rate. From factory jobs to white-collar, high-tech positions, the exporting of labor is one of the most controversial issues in America.Yet few people know much about the other end ? about the people who are actually working these jobs and... more...
The Diana Quiz Book
Andrews UK 2011; US$ 3.99Did you admire Diana, Princess of Wales? Were you one of the millions around the world who mourned her untimely death? Did you follow her progress from shy royal bride to confident ambassador for her country? If you were a fan of Diana, you will love this quiz book. With 100 questions all about the Princess of Wales, The Diana Quiz Book is a fun way... more...
The Royal Family Quiz Book
Andrews UK 2011; US$ 4.49Do you admire the Royal Family? Are you interested in finding out more about their ancestry? Or perhaps, you are already an expert and want to test your knowledge about the United Kingdoms most famous family? If so, this exciting new quiz book is all that you need? Which one of Queen Victorias daughters was the mother of the ill-fated Empress... more...
Bird on Fire
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 21.99Phoenix, Arizona is one of America's fastest growing metropolitan regions. It is also its least sustainable one, sprawling over a thousand square miles, with a population of four and a half million, minimal rainfall, scorching heat, and an insatiable appetite for unrestrained growth and unrestricted property rights. In Bird on Fire, eminent social... more...
Carry-On Actors
Andrews UK 2011; US$ 15.49The release of Carry On Sergeant in 1958 saw the beginning of one of the most iconic film series in British cinema history. The ensuing 30 films and many Christmas specials spanned two decades and produced some of the most memorable comedy actors ever to appear on our screens. Who can forget such all-time greats as Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor... more...
Nice Work If You Can Get It
NYU Press 2009; US$ 65.002009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Is job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in steady, long-term positions for one employer, has the dream of a secure job with full benefits and a decent salary become just that—a dream?. In Nice Work If You Can Get It , Andrew Ross surveys the new topography of the global workplace... more...
Anti-Americanism
NYU Press 2004; US$ 79.00Ever since George Washington warned against "foreign entanglements" in his 1796 farewell speech, the United States has wrestled with how to act toward other countries. Consequently, the history of anti-Americanism is as long and varied as the history of the United States. In this multidisciplinary collection, seventeen leading thinkers provide... more...
The Celebration Chronicles
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 15.00Scholar and iconoclast Andrew Ross spent a year living in the much scrutinized, and often demonized, Celebration--the picture-perfect town that Disney is building for 20,000 people in the swamp and scrub of central Florida. Lavishly planned with a downtown center and newly minted antique homes, and front-loaded with an ultraprogressive school, hospital,... more...
David Livingstone
Continuum International Publishing 2002; US$ 140.00David Livingstone was one of the supreme representatives of the British Empire; yet his career suffered many set-backs during his own lifetime and since his death his reputation has swung between extremes of adulation and dismissal. Were his epic journeys through Africa purely to save souls and counter the slave trade? Or were they the first steps... more...
Too Big to Fail
Penguin Books Ltd 2010; Not AvailableSHORTLISTED FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2010 They were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were too big to fail. Yet they would bring the world to its knees. Andrew Ross Sorkin, the news-breaking New York Times journalist, delivers the first true in-the-room... more...









