Jackson: 3969 books

Deep under the ocean, Simeon Escher, protégé to the leader of the order of Loth Lörion, finds himself an unexpected guest aboard the submersible, Narwhal. Home to a crew of humans, and strange mer-folk few people are aware exist, Simeon is swept up in their quest to find a world within a world,...

Do you believe fortune-tellers can really see into the future in their crystal balls?Neelie Nelson finds her grandmother irritating beyond belief. She's always going on about being a true Gypsy. Whatever.Everything changes the day she brings out the crystal ball, with its hypnotic sparkling...

A look at the personal life and artistic accomplishments of the famously elusive actor Regarded by many as the finest actor of his generation, Daniel Day-Lewis is one of Hollywood's most bankable stars. His diverse performances in roles such as cerebral palsy sufferer Christy Brown in My Left...

Porn is a competitive sport. It seems like the simplest of things, get naked, turn the camera on, have sex. But in reality, so much more goes into it.  See, it's not enough for a porn star to have a year where they pump out 15 high quality scenes. They have to do it over and over and over again,...

What if some of the artists we feel as if we know—Meryl Streep, Neil Young, Bill Murray—turned up in the course of our daily lives? This is what happens to Rose McEwan, an ordinary woman who keeps having strange encounters with famous people. In this engrossing, original novel-in-stories,...

Discover the cost of greed as Allen Thorton tries to barter his soul for eternal life and suffers gruesome consequences.

One man's odyssey into the brutal hive of the National Football League As an unsigned free agent who rose through the practice squad to the starting lineup of the Denver Broncos, Nate Jackson took the path of thousands of unknowns before him to carve out a professional football career twice...

“So useful you may whistle while you work”- Fortune The original edition of The Disney Way was awarded a coveted “Best Business Book of the Year” by Fortune magazine. The world's foremost experts on Disney, Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson revealed Walt's secret success formula that...

“Dream, Believe, Dare, Do . . .” Though four simple words, this carefully crafted credo lies at the heart of Walt Disney’s enviable empire and has led The Walt Disney Company to prosperity for decades. As foremost experts on Disney, authors Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson return...

In 1868, the discovery of an exceptionally rich silver ore on Treasure Hill in eastern Nevada led to an intense but short-lived boom. The White Pine Mining District was quickly organized, and in time a new Nevada county was created with that name. The boom lasted only two seasons, but dogged investors,...

Effective risk management requires risk identification; it is the first essential step in every risk management process. The goal is to develop risk treatments that are efficient and effective across the entire process from initiation to completion. And, you cannot treat risks without knowing what...

Jackson Lears has won accolades for his skill in identifying the rich and unexpected layers of meaning beneath the familiar and mundane in our lives. Now, he challenges the conventional wisdom that the Protestant ethic of perseverance, industry, and disciplined achievement is what made America great....

Why Shame on the Moon? The author explains that the moon's gravitational pull on the very core of our being can be likened to a thread that not only pushes and pulls the oceans of mother earth but also the vast depths of the oceans of our minds.Paul Dean Jackson recounts firsthand paranormal...

The women who broke the rules, creating their own legacy of how to live and sing the blues. An exciting lineage of women singers—originating with Ma Rainey and her protégée Bessie Smith—shaped the blues, launching it as a powerful, expressive vehicle of emotional liberation. Along with...