At Westish College, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for the big leagues until a routine throw goes disastrously off course. His error will upend the fates of five people. [from back cover].
Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - this is the acclaimed, internationally bestselling biography of the ultimate icon of inventiveness. Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.
The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie Stryder's body didn't expect her to refuse to relinquish possession of her mind.
A former National Security Agency programmer threatens to release a mathematical formula that will allow organized crime and terrorism to skyrocket.
Podczas ekspedycji naukowej w Afryce, dr Hugo Archibald z Muzeum Historii Naturalnej w Bostonie odkrywa małpkę, której matka umiera. Wzruszony, postanawia ją uratować i nadaje jej imię Jennie. Po powrocie do Bostonu, gdzie czekają na niego jego dwoje dzieci, wychowuje ją jak własne. Jennie zaczyna zachowywać się jak człowiek: uczy się jeździć na trójkołowym rowerze, bawi się z rodzeństwem, ubiera się samodzielnie... Jej niewinność i sposób bycia wzruszają wszystkich, którzy ją spotykają. Wkrótce przyciąga uwagę primatologa, który pragnie kontynuować eksperyment, ucząc ją języka migowego. Jednak po zakończeniu eksperymentu, co zostaje z małpki Jennie? Czy znajdzie swoje miejsce w okrutnym świecie ludzi?
Contemporary / American English Ten-year-old Tonya Hailey is attacked and raped by two local men. Carl Lee, Tonya's father, shoots them. Now only his lawyer and friend, Jake Brigance, stands between him and the electric chair. Is there a legal defense for Carl Lee's actions?