Leading to succeed: essential skills for the new workplace

Edith wharton in france

From French scholar and author Claudine Lesage, comes Edith Wharton in France, an examination of Wharton’s years (1907-1937) in France. Lesage, with her innate knowledge of French culture, uses previously unknown or untranslated sources to provide a unique look into French society and Wharton’s p...

Boats against the current (centennial edition)

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is considered by many to be one of America's great novels. Richard Webb's Boats Against the Current is an essential document for anyone who has read Gatsby and wondered at the fantastic world whose story it tells.

I'd hate myself in the morning

Ring Lardner, Jr.’s memoir is a pilgrimage through the American century. The son of an immensely popular and influential American writer, Lardner grew up swaddled in material and cultural privilege. After a memorable visit to Moscow in 1934, he worked as a reporter in New York before leaving for ...