Subject(s): Restaurateurs -- History -- United States Summary: The chairman and CEO of Starbucks relates how he and his team built a small Seattle company into a nationwide business phenomenon. Contents:pt. 1. Rediscovering coffee : the years up to 1987. Imagination, dreams, and humble origins -- A strong legacy makes you sustainable for th

Subject(s): Muslims -- History. -- Balkan Peninsula | Muslims -- Social conditions -- Balkan Peninsula | Islam and state -- History -- Balkan Peninsula Summary: There are roughly eight million Muslims in south-east Europe, among them Albanians, Bosniaks, Turks and Roma -- descendants of converts or settlers in the Ottoman period. This new histo

Subject(s): Leadership | Employee motivation | Success in business Summary: "Employees don't work for companies; they work for people. The more irresistible you are as a leader, the more pull you have for employees to want to stay and for your customers to remain loyal. In The Magnetic Leader, Roberta Matuson asks us to consider that th

Subject(s): Engineering ethics | Engineers -- Professional ethics Summary: "Engineering begins with a design problem: how to make occupants of vehicles safer, settle on an inter-face for an x-ray machine, or create more legible road signs. In choosing any particular solution, engineers must make value choices. By focusing on the solving of

Subject(s): Neighbors -- Fiction | Couples -- Fiction | Husband and wife -- Fiction Summary: When Gav and Lou move into the house next door, Sara spends days plucking up courage to say hello. The neighbours are glamorous, chaotic and just a little eccentric. They make the rest of Sara's street seem dull by comparison. When the hand of frien

Subject(s): Qur'an -- Tafsir History and criticism | Qur'an -- Translating | Qur'an -- Hermeneutics History -- 20th century Summary: Today, Arabic-speaking Muslims, in whose tongue the Qur'an was revealed, make up no more than twenty per cent of the world Muslim population. This volume explores the endeavour by Muslims using div

Subject(s): Adrenal glands -- Diseases Treatment | Thyroid gland -- Diseases Treatment | Fatigue -- Treatment | Nutrition -- Popular works | Self-care, Health -- Popular works Summary: "A Yale-trained, board-certified family physician with a specialty in women's health and obstetrics delivers a proven 28-day program to heal the overwhel

Subject(s): Consolidation and merger of corporations | Corporations -- Finance Summary: "The essential executive M&A primer, with practical tools and expert insight Mergers and Acquisitions Basics provides complete guidance on the M&A process, with in-depth analysis, expert insight, and practical tools for success. This new

Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States | Espionage, American -- History -- 20th century -- Europe | Women spies -- Biography -- United States Summary: Time magazine called her "the Mata Hari of Minnesota"; OSS Chief general "Wild Bill" Donovan called her "the greatest unsung heroine of the war.&#

Subject(s): Emotions | Emotions -- Sociological aspects | Brain Summary: "A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care, law enforcement, and our understanding of the human mind<BR /><BR /> Emotions feel automatic, like uncontrollable reactions to things we think and exper