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9781409113942THE SIXTH EXTINCTION,By JAMES ROLLINSTrade Paperback

9781409353058THE PLANETSHardback

9789814523394FOOD PLAYERPaperback

9781118893814WINNING GLObAL MARkETSBy PHILIP & MILTON KOTLERHardback

9781452128306GOODNIGHT DARTH VADERBy JEFFREY BROWNHardback

9789814408523bUDDHIST TEMPLES OF THAILAND: A VISUAL JOURNEY THROUGH THAILAND’S 42 MOST HISTORIC WATS By JOE CUMMINGSHardback

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9780718159535JAMIE’S COMFORT FOOD by JAMIE OLIVERHardback

Jamie’s new cookbook brings together 100 ultimate comfort food recipes from around the world. It’s all about the dishes that are close to your heart, that put a smile on your face and make you feel happy, loved, safe and secure. Inspired by everything from childhood memories to the changing of the seasons, and taking into account the guilty pleasures and sweet indulgences that everyone enjoys, it’s brimming with exciting recipes you’ll fall in love with.

9780141355207PERCY JACkSON AND THE GREEk GODSby RICk RIORDANPaperback

‘If you like horror shows, bloodbaths, lying, stealing, backstabbing and can-nibalism, then read on . . .’ Who could tell the true stories of the gods and goddesses of Olympus better than modern-day demigod Percy Jackson?In this action-packed tour of Greek mythology, Percy gives his hilarious personal views on the feuds, fights and love affairs of the Olympians. Want to know how Zeus came to be top god?

97814095652841000 DINOSAUR STICkERPaperback

1000 dinosaur stickers and a selec-tion of prehistoric scenes in a chunky, bag-sized book. Children can use the colourful stickers to complete scenes of dinosaurs fighting, hunting and grazing, or to decorate their own pictures, handmade cards or other belongings. Features the names and habitats of all the well-known dinosaurs, including Triceratops, Stegasaurs and Oviraptors . The perfect present for dino-mad children.

9780385385206THE MAZE RUNNER, (MOVIE-TIE-IN)by JAMES DASHNERPaperback

Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive. Perfect for fans of Divergent and The Hunger Games, this special movie tie-in edition of the New York Times bestseller The Maze Runner features an eight-page full-color insert with photos from the film. The Maze Runner movie, featuring the star of MTV’s Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien, as Thomas, hits theaters September 19, 2014!

9781864705522GREEN WALLS GREEN ROOFSby GINA TSAROUHASHardback

With dense urban living and less green space available, green walls and roofs are helping to fill that gap. These living structures can be created with vegetation, which helps to absorb rainwater, provide insulation, and lower temperatures while creating a habitat for natural flora and fauna. ‘Green Walls Green Roofs’ features projects from all over the world, showing how these elements work in various climates. Ranging from the tropical houses in Singapore to inner-city buildings in North America, this richly illustrated book will show you how living architecture can enrich our world.

9780062075871CLEAN GUT: THE bREAkTHROUGH PLAN FOR ELIMINATING THE ROOTby ALEJANDRO JUNGERPaperback

In Clean Gut, Alejandro Junger, M.D, New York Times bestselling author of Clean and creator of the world-famous Clean Program, delivers a com-plete toolkit for reversing disease and sustaining life-long health.

9780600628866TOP 10 OF EVERYTHING 2015by CAROLINE ASHHardback

Top 10 of Everything continues to amaze and inform. This edition takes a fresh look at the universe, revealing jaw-drop-ping facts about machines, animals, sport, music, space, epic structures and more.

9789810792343bRANDS WITH CHARACTERby WEIMING HUANGHardback

Showcasing the strongest in brand identities employing characters to capture people’s attention. The featured designs are based on humans, animals and even anthropomorphized logos and words that reflect the unique principles and backgrounds of each brand. The identities range from sleek and modern to playful and childlike and are sure to delight and inspire. A diverse selection that ranges from small cafes, independent clothing lines to large corporations, schools and events fully immerses the reader in the dynamic world of character branding.

9789881294371bRANDING ELEMENT: LOGO 3Hardback

Another thick treasury of logo design examples coinciding perfectly with the multitude of today’s trends taking inspiration from geometric naturalistic patterns. 300 examples of successful logo designs, including Arteria, Samsung, Cadbury, and more, demonstrate how to create a cohesive brand, with examples ranging from simple stationary to high-concept promotional materials. Each project also features profiles and mission statements by designers, as well as explorations of their creative process when designing the perfect logo to expertly represent a client.

9781846558337COLORLESS TSUkURU TAZAkI

AND HIS YEARS OF PILGRIMAGEby HARUkI MURAkAMI

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Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names con-tained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning ‘red pine’, and Oumi, ‘blue sea’, while the girls’ names were Shi-rane, ‘white root’, and Kurono, ‘black field’. Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it. One day Tsukuru Tazaki’s friends an-nounced that they didn’t want to see him, or talk to him, ever again. Since that day Tsukuru has been floating through life, un-able to form intimate connections with any-one. But then he meets Sara, who tells him that the time has come to find out what happened all those years ago.

9780593073834PERSONALby LEE CHILDTrade Paperback

Jack Reacher walks alone. Once a go-to hard man in the US military police, now he’s a drifter of no fixed abode. But the army tracks him down. Because someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president. Only one man could have done it. And Reacher is the one man who can find him. The stakes have never been higher - because this time, it’s personal.

9784805313251CLUELESS IN TOkYO: AN EXPLORER’S SkETCHbOOk OF WEIRD AND WONDERFUL THINGS IN JAPAN by bETTY REYNOLDSPaperback

Some people take photos, but artist Betty Reynolds captures memories with her paint-brush and watercolors. Clueless in Tokyo pro-vides an outsider’s take on everyday life in Japan’s capital city—a place where vending machines talk, toilets can be terrifying, and centuries-old festivals unfold against a back-drop of space-age architecture. During the seven years Reynolds lived in Japan, she filled thirty sketchbooks with everything that caught her eye. Whether it’s fashion, food, sport, trans-port, seasonal rituals, or Japanese pastimes, and Reynolds’ witty hand-lettered captions in both Japanese and English provide an enter-taining resource for beginning learners of Japanese.

9789814516068DOING bUSINESS IN THAILAND: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO COMMERCE FOR FOREIGNERS by PETER NORTH & bEA TOEWSPaperback

Any business person knows that one of the ways to grow your business is to seek out new markets. More and more companies are ventur-ing into other countries. While the basic idea is good, they soon realize that doing business in a foreign country is different than back home. Besides the differences in rules and regulations, there are also many cultural norms and unspo-ken codes of conduct that stand as obstacles in the path to success. In a country such as Thailand where there is the added challenge of a different language, doing business may seem even more daunting.

9786167752280หนังยางล้างใจโดย วิสูตร แสงอรุณเลิศปกอ่อน

เคยสงสัยบ้างมั๊ย ทำาไมเรื่องราวของหลายคนถูกเล่าออกมาไม่ครบ เรามักจะได้ฟังแต่ตอน ทีเ่ขาลำาบาก กบัตอนทีเ่ขาประสบความสำาเรจ็แลว้ คำาถามกค็อื แลว้จดุเปลีย่นของเขามนัคอือะไร? แล้วตอนที่ชีวิตติดลบ เขาผ่านมันมา ไดอ้ยา่งไร? หนงัสอืเลม่นีไ้มใ่ชแ่คว่ธิคีดิ แตจ่ะเปิดเผยถึง “เทคนิค” ที่ใช้ในการเปลี่ยนชีวิต ไปตลอดกาล และเป็นเทคนิคที่ใช้ได้จริงกับทุกคน

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เคล็ดลับเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพในการทำางาน ด้วยการเปลี่ยน “ตัวคุณ” ให้เป็น “ตัวคูณ” ถ้าคดิจะกา้วไปขา้งหนา้ ทกัษะทีข่าดไมไ่ดเ้ลยกค็อื  “การใช้คน” เพราะยิ่งเติบโตในหน้าที่การงานมากเท่าไหร่ ภาระรับผิดชอบก็ยิ่งเพิ่มมากขึ้นเท่านั้น คุณไม่มีทางทำาทุกอย่างให้เสร็จได้ด้วยตวัเองทัง้หมด แตถ่า้คดิจะกา้วสูจ่ดุสงูสดุในชวีติแล้วละก็...แค่นั้นอาจยังไม่พอ คุณยังต้องใช้คนให้มีประสิทธิภาพเหนือกว่าคนอื่นๆ อีกด้วย

9786162870194เมื่อโลกไม่ได้หมุนรอบอเมริกาโดย ฟารีด ซาคาเรียปกอ่อน

ตลอดหนึ่งร้อยปีที่ผ่านมา อิทธิพลของอเมริกาแผ่ขยายอาณาเขตครอบคลุมไปทั่วทุกมุมโลก เรากินอาหารฟาสต์ฟู้ด ฟังเพลงป็อป ดูหนังฮอลลีวูด รับเอาวิถีชีวิตแบบอเมริกันมาใช้ และใช้สินค้าอเมริกันอยู่ตลอดเวลา  แต่ยุคทองของอเมริกาใกล้จะสิ้นสุดลงเต็มที นานาประเทศรกุรบัขบัเคีย่ว ผลดักนัผงาดขึน้มาเปน็ใหญ ่และทิ้งอเมริกาไว้เบื้องหลัง ทุกวันนี้ ตึกที่สูงที่สุด บริษัทมหาชนขนาดใหญ่ที่ สุด  เครื่ องบินลำ าใหญ่ที่ สุด  ศูนย์กลางการผลิตภาพยนตร์ที่ใหญ่ที่สุด ธนาคารที่มีสินทรัพย์มากที่สุด ศูนย์การค้าขนาดใหญ่ที่สุด และระบบการศึกษาที่ดีที่สุดไม่ใช่ของอเมริกาอีกต่อไป เมื่อมหาอำานาจกำาลังจะถูกโค่นลงจากบัลลังก์และความยิ่งใหญ่กำาลังกลายเป็นอดีต โลกทั้งใบจะเปลี่ยนแปลงไปอย่างไรบ้าง อเมริกาจะรอดพ้นจากภัยคุกคามนี้หรือไม่  และเมื่อมองเข้ามาใกล้ตัว มันจะส่งผลกระทบอย่างไรตอ่ประเทศ สงัคม แวดวงการทำางาน หรอืแมก้ระทัง่ชวีติประจำาวันของคุณเอง

9781905802937RAILROAD OF DEATH by JOHN COASTTrade Paperback

A bestseller in 1946, Railroad of Death is the first and best account of forced labour on the Burma Railway. John Coast was a young of-ficer in the Norfolk Regiment who was taken prisoner at the Fall of Singapore in February 1942. This new edition has an introduction and appendices which takes Coast’s legacy of dealing with his experiences in the camps forward through to his groundbreaking 1969 BBC programme Return to the River Kwai and beyond and includes transcriptions of his BBC interviews with his Japanese captors and Takashi Nagase.

9781250045119THE bIRTH OF kOREA COOL

by EUNY HONGTrade Paperback

Euny Hong recounts how South Korea vaulted itself into the twenty-first century, becoming a global lead-er in business, technology, education, and pop culture. Featuring lively, in-depth reporting and numerous interviews with Koreans working in all areas of govern-ment and society, The Birth of Korean Cool reveals how a really uncool country became cool, and how a nation that once banned miniskirts, long hair on men, and rock ‘n’ roll could come to mass produce boy bands, soap operas, and the world’s most important smart phone.

9781455556564THE bEST OF ME (MEDIA TIE-IN)by NICHOLAS SPARkSPaperback

They were teenage sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks - with a passion that would change their lives forever. But life would force them apart. Years later, the lines they had drawn between past and present are about to slip ...Called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter when they needed it most, they are faced with each other once again, and forced to confront the paths they chose. Can true love ever rewrite the past?

9780307744623THE bLOOD TELEGRAMby GARY J.bASSTrade Paperback

A riveting history--the first full account--of the involvement of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the 1971 atrocities in Bangladesh that led to war between India and Pakistan, shaped the fate of Asia, and left in its wake a host of major strategic consequences for the world today.

9781849839693GOLDby MATTHEW HARTPaperback

Since the 2008 financial crisis the price of gold has sky-rocketed. In Gold Matthew Hart takes readers on a journey around the world and through history to tell the story of how gold became the world’s most pre-cious commodity, the highlights of its dra-matic, tempestuous history and the intrigue of the current boom.

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Harry Boxer’s proven techniques for short-term traders Written in easy-to-understand language, Profitable Day and Swing Trading + Website ex-plains the trading tactics that draw on price, volume, and pattern recognition. Highly regarded trader Harry Boxer offers the information need-ed to recognize chart patterns, identify trades, and execute entries and exits that will maximize profits and limit losses.

9781118539699 THE BREAKTHROUGH CHALLENGEBy ElkingtOn & ZEitZHardback

The world’s most forward-looking CEOs recog-nize the real challenge facing business today: a fundamental shift in the nature of commerce. While sustainability programs, government action, and nonprofits are all parts of the solution, CEOs and other leaders must focus on social, environ-mental, and economic benefit--not only because it will make the world a better place, but because it will ensure lasting profitability and success in the business climate of tomorrow.

9781907794575 THE IDEAS BOOK: 50 WAYS TO GENERATE IDEAS VISUALLYBy kEvin DuncAnHardback

Ideas are the fuel of business. Distilled into this single, handy-sized volume are 50 of the most useful diagrams and visual techniques to help them think of and create great ideas. Structured into five key parts , the 50 diagrams are each visually presented and then explained in an ac-cessible manner, including tips and advice on how you can apply them to your own situations.

9780071838962THE KEY: HOW CORPORATIONS SUCCEED BY SOLVING THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST PROBLEMS By lYnDA gRAttOn Hardback

Income inequality. World poverty. Who can solve these global problems? Corporations. The author shows that it is now critical that these corpora-tions step up to play positive role in the world by building inner resilience, actively anchoring them-selves in their communities and leveraging their unique capabilities to address complex global challenges such as unemployment.

9781137395566REAL LUXURYBy Misha PinkhasovHardback

Real Luxury examines what a ‘luxury brand’ is from economic, sociological and psychological standpoints. It spells out the challenges the luxury industry is facing and puts forward a brand new and practical model to revive and protect luxury brands, based on the authors’ experience with leading global luxury brands. Linking luxury with market forces including sustainability, the Slow Movement, and the impact of technology, this book provides an accessible and innovative way of thinking about luxury brand management.

9780812987041MORGAN: AMERICAN FINANCIER By JEAn StROuSEPaperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The definitive full-scale portrait of J. Pierpont Morgan’s tumultuous life, both in and out of the public eye. History has re-membered him as a complex and contradictory figure, part robber baron and part patron saint. J. Pierpont Morgan earned his reputation as “the Napo-leon of Wall Street” by reorganizing the nation’s railroads and creating indus-trial giants such as General Electric and U.S. Steel. At a time when the country had no Federal Reserve system, he appointed himself a one-man central bank.

9780749471521UNDERSTANDING MARKETS AND STRATEGYBy MAlcOlM MORlEY Paperback

Explains the context, meaning and value of markets. This book shows you how to analyze them, develop appropriate strategies and respond appropri-ately to changing competitive dynamics, ensuring that resources are used to create the greatest chances of success. Explains the context, meaning and value of markets. This book shows you how to analyze them, develop ap-propriate strategies and respond appropriately to changing competitive dynamics, ensuring that resources are used to create the greatest chances of success.

9780241181041 #GIRLBOSSBy SOPHiA AMORuSOtrade Paperback

A #Girlboss is in charge of her own life. She gets what she wants because she works for it.’ The first thing Sophia Amoruso sold online wasn’t fashion - it was a stolen book. Sophia Amoruso turned her hobby selling vintage clothes on Ebay into a $1million plus company in just eight years.

9780071835794THE SAMSUNG WAYBy JAEYOng SOngHardback

Based on ten years of research inside Samsung and interviews with 80 of Samsung’s top executives, this book tells the story of how Samsung has grafted Western business practices onto its essentially Japanese system, combining its low-cost manufacturing prowess with an ability to bring high-quality, high-margin branded products swiftly to market.

9781118760239 WHY MOATS MATTER: THE MORNINGSTAR APPROACH TO STOCK INVESTINGBy BRilliAnt & cOllinSHardback

This book will: Introduce Morningstar’s approach to stock investing Explain the concept of economic moats and the five sources of sustainable competitive advantage--Intangible Assets, Switching Costs, Network Effect, Cost Advantage, and Efficient Scale Establish the difference between business quality and undervalued stocks Discuss industry standards for evaluating moats Help determine how moats affect stock returns and stock valuation.

9780670923267FINISH BIG: HOW GREAT ENTREPRENEURS EXIT THEIR COMPANIES ON TOPBy BO BuRlingHAMPaperback

Bo Burlingham, the bestelling author of Small Giants, returns with Finish Big, an original guide to exiting your company successfully and gracefully.

9781607745556WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? 2015By RicHARD n. BOllES Paperback

The world’s most popular job-search book is updated for 2015 to tailor its long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today’s job-hunters and career-changers.

9781422196052ALIGNING STRATEGY AND SALESBy FRAnk v. cESPEDESHardback

It’s time to address the enormous cost of the strategy-sales gap. The most crucial connection in an organization seeking to grow is between sales and strategy. But if your company is like most, instead of a strong connection there is a widening gap and too little bang for the buck. This book will help turn the tide for your organization.

9781118778982BUILDING ALGORITHMIC TRADING SYSTEMSBy kEvin DAvEYHardback

Develop your own trading system with practical guidance and expert advice In Building Algorithmic Trading Systems: A Trader’s Journey From Data Mining to Monte Carlo Simulation to Live Training , award-winning trader Kevin Davey shares his secrets for developing trading systems that generate triple-digit returns. Davey guides you step-by-step through the entire process of generating and validating an idea, setting entry and exit points, testing systems, and implementing them in live trading. You’ll find concrete rules for increasing or decreasing allocation to a system, and rules for when to abandon one.

9781625271464THE INNOVATOR'S METHODBy FuRR & DYERHardback

A radical new method--adapting the latest techniques honed by successful start-ups--for managing innovation in established businesses. Call it “lean start-up,” “design thinking,” or “agile.” No matter the name, it’s clear that a new method is revolution-izing how to successfully create, refine, and bring ideas to market.

9781781251485THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAYBy RYAn HOliDAYHardback

A modern guru who shows the way to turn problems into opportunities. We give up too easily. With a simple change of attitude, what seem like insurmountable obstacles become once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.

9781250058294NINETY PERCENT OF EVERYTHINGBy ROSE gEORgE Paperback

On ship-tracking Web sites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a ship; each ship is laden with boxes; each box is laden with goods. In postindustrial economies, we no longer produce but buy, and so we must ship. Without shipping there would be no clothes, food, paper, or fuel. Without all those dots, the world would not work. Yet freight shipping is all but invisible. Away from public scrutiny, it revels in suspect prac-tices, dubious operators, and a shady system of “flags of con-venience.” And then there are the pirates.

9780071823708MONEYBy StEvE FORBES Hardback

Why a return to sound money is our only hope for a true re-covery and a healthy global economy. Few topics are as mis-understood today as the subject of money. Since the U.S. abandoned a gold-linked dollar more than four decades ago, the world’s governments have slid into a dangerous ignorance of the fundamental monetary principles that guided the world’s most successful economies for centuries.

9780749471026UNDERSTANDING DIGITAL MARKETINGBy DAMiAn RYAn Paperback

The world of digital media is changing at a phenomenal pace. Constantly evolving technologies, and the way people are using them, are transforming not just how we access our infor-mation but how we interact and communicate with one an-other on a global scale. This title offers a guide to digital market-ing channels and strategy.

9780241004371SHOW AND TELLBY DAn ROAMHardback

Dan Roam is an award-winning presenter who has taken his whiteboard everywhere, from tiny start-ups to the White house. In this powerful book he introduces new tools for making extraordinary presenta-tions in any setting.You’ll learn how to understand your audience, organize your content, build a clear storyline, create effective visuals and channel your fear into fun.

9780749471644CUSTOMER INNOVATIONBy MARiOn DEBRuYnEPaperback

A new set of organizations have discovered a new formula. They combine customer centricity with innovative power. These organizations have created a completely outside-in approach to the market. They are not driven by what they’re good at. They start with the market and design their strategy around it. They replace practices of the past with a new set of capabilities, which enable them to be ahead of the curve in discovering new market opportunities. This enable them to develop new products and services faster than ever before and they hit the bull’s eye in the market.

9781781252734THE ECONOMIST POCKET WORLD IN FIGURES : 2015By tHE EcOnOMiStHardback

The 2015 edition of this perennial favourite has been completely updated, revised and expanded with many new features. Full of facts and figures about the world today - on subjects as diverse as geography, population and demographics, business, finance and the economy, transport, tourism and the environment, society, culture and crime - it is a mine of fascinating data that will both inform and entertain.

9781591847601FEWER, BIGGER, BOLDERBy SAnJAY kHOSlAPaperback

Fewer, Bigger, Bolder will teach you how to make billions by scaling back, expanding less and betting bigger. It’s a game-changing book that couldn’t be more timely.

9781118863626 SHOW YOUR WORKBy JAnE BOZARtHPaperback

New comfort with social sharing, combined with the proliferation of new social tools, offer easy, useful means of sharing not just what we do but how we get things done. This title supports productiv-ity, improves performance, encourages reflective practice, speeds communication, and helps to surface challenges, bottlenecks, and that elusive tacit knowledge.

9780071834902THE TALENT SELECTION AND ONBOARDING TOOL KIT: HOW TO FIND, HIRE AND DEVELOP THE BEST OF THE BESTBy lAMOnt & BRucEPaperback

Suitable for recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding new employ-ees - from two longtime veterans of HR strategy and operations, this book shows HR professionals how to assess their existing “HR toolkit” and determine what needs to be added, updated, or pitched to decision makers.

9781591844730DRIVING HONDABy JEFFREY ROtHFEDER Hardback

For decades there have been two iconic Japanese auto companies. One has been endlessly studied and written about. The other has been generally underappreciated and misunderstood. Until now. Since its birth as a motorcycle company in 1949, Honda has stead-ily grown into the world’s fifth largest automaker and top engine manufacturer, as well as one of the most beloved, most profitable, and most consistently innovative multinational corporations.

9781137279224 THE CURVE AHEADBy DAvE POWERHardback

Why do most growth companies stop growing? What can their leaders do to overcome the barriers to growth? The Curve Ahead tackles these questions focusing in on “gazelles,” defined as high-growth companies that growrevenue 20% annually. Their challenge is to transition from entrepreneurial focus to a repeatable process for innovation and sustained growth - and the stakes are high. The Curve Ahead utilizes the power of storytelling to teach company leaders how to sustain long-term growth.

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