Hugh: 1441 books

A Journey of the Heart is a 47,000 word non-fiction journal in the American literary tradition of philosophical travelogues. Harry’s journey across America in 1986 with his grown son opens a dialogue as wide as the Midwestern plains. The two generations, born from vastly different Americas, can...

Musicians strive to “keep it real”; listeners condemn “fakes”; ... but does great music really need to be authentic? Did Elvis sing from the heart, or was he just acting? Were the Sex Pistols more real than disco? Why do so many musicians base their approach on being authentic, and...

Architect Ferriss influenced generations of builders with his moody, distinctive draftsmanship. His peerless style is highlighted in this illustrated journey through three decades of American architecture. Informative text accompanies 60 extraordinary drawings of such landmarks as the Johnson Wax Building, Taliesin West, Lever House, Rockefeller Center, and the Empire State Building.

Are you a fan of cycling? Do follow all the big races from the Tour de France to the Vuelta a Espana? Can you name the great riders and the events they have won? If you would like to know more about the world of professional cycling, this quiz book is for you. In the Tour de France what title is given...

Perhaps the most important aspect of the practice of medicine is the manner in which a physician interacts with his or her patient. This is called Bedside Manner. You can be the most intelligent, you can have the nicest facility, you can have the best equipment but your practice will still suffer...

This early work on Venice is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains a travel guide to the sights of interest and Grand Canal routes through the city of Venice. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone with an interest in the history of Venice....

IN her unpublished Mémoires, which she began, but never completed, and only a few pages of which—possibly all that she wrote—have been preserved, Sophie Arnould tells us that she was born in 1745, “in the same alcove in which Admiral Coligny had been assassinated two hundred years before.”...

This is the true life chronicle of a youth who emerged from the flat lands of Western Canada to occupy senior leadership positions in the corridors of influence and power in the often disparate worlds of international business and bankingthe United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He was a marketing...

It is easier to describe vision and values than implement them. However this updated paperback edition of The Committed Enterprise shows how to achieve success by understanding the needs of stakeholders and maximising them. It details the Seven Best Practices for making vision and values work...

China's Change injects timely, original ideas into the world's most important, if confused, debate over how to manage the twin challenges of anaemic economic growth and accelerating global disruption. Change is the cry from the US to Europe, Asia to Australasia. The snag is the West has no playbook...

Animal Stories is a collection of tales inspired by an animal for each letter of the alphabet.   After his retirement he went on a four-month around-the-world cruise on a German container ship and it was during this extensive, and sometimes boring, time that he wrote the 26 Animal Stories that this book contains. Aloha!

The deed box of Dr. Watson, presented to me some time ago by a friend who rescued it from the archives of a London bank, continues to produce treasures. The stories in this collection, which I have entitled Secrets from the Deed Box of John H Watson MD, all represent some aspect of Holmes and his...

The first , “The Russian Bear”, involves the British Government, as represented by Mycroft Holmes. The circumstances surrounding it are mentioned in “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax”, where Holmes mentions to Watson that it would be impossible for him to leave London while “old...

The second box ("the dispatch-box") to be discovered in the vaults of Cox & Co. of Charing Cross has been the source of even more discoveries concerning the celebrated detective Sherlock Holmes. This collection includes a Foreword from consulting Sherlockian Dr. Philip C. Eyster,...