"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it." —Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press   In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death...

“If Jane Austen had written rousing sea yarns, she would have produced something very close to the prose of Patrick O'Brian.” —Time   It’s 1802. The Treaty of Amiens has brought an end to the hostilities between Great Britain...

The classic first novel of the epic Aubrey/Maturin series, widely considered “the best historical novels ever written” (Richard Snow, New York Times).   Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his...

Hornblower is captured by the French and faces execution in a Paris prison in this "most satisfying" chapter (Times Literary Supplement) in C. S. Forester's beloved naval adventure series.Forced to surrender his ship, the Sutherland, after a long...

June 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua, a site suitable for spectacular sea battles. The Admiralty has ordered Captain Horatio Hornblower, now in command of the thirty-six-gun HMS Lydia, to form an alliance against the Spanish colonial government with an...

Hornblower's reconnaissance mission quickly turns to warfare in this installment of the beloved series of naval adventures by C. S. Forester, "a master of the genre" (New York Times).April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building...

Hornblower gets his first independent command in this installment of C. S. Forester's beloved series, "the most popular modern saga of the days when ships were wood and men were iron" (New York Times Book Review).In this gripping tale of turmoil and...

Horatio Hornblower, only seventeen years old, gets his sea legs in this "absolutely compelling" (San Francisco Chronicle) first installment of C. S. Forester's classic naval adventure series.The year is 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Horatio...

Hornblower leads his first ship of the line into enemy waters in this installment of C. S. Forester's beloved adventure series, called "exciting, realistic, packed with grand naval action" by the New Yorker.May 1810, seventeen years deep into the...

The first book in Christopher Hart’s bestselling Master Guide to Drawing Anime series—How to Draw Original Characters from Simple Templates is the essential guide for anyone who wants to learn how to draw anime, from the...

Painting with Bob Ross—with artwork created by Bob Ross himself using his specially formulated oil paints, brushes, basecoats, and other tools—introduces artists and Bob Ross fans to the basics of painting landscapes. Everyone will...

Jump into the exciting world of paint pouring—and instantly create dazzling, abstract art—with this comprehensive how-to guide by the popular founder of the Mixed Media Girl YouTube channel. Paint pouring—which involves using a...

The Grid provides the mental scaffolding to help you evaluate and refine product and service ideas; reduce risk by considering the broader impact of strategic decisions; identify the root causes behind business challenges; anticipate the impact of...

How to start, grow, and succeed in the food truck business. Food trucks have become a wildly popular and important part of the hospitality industry.  Consumers are flocking to these mobile food businesses in droves, inspiring national food truck...

A collection of insights, guidance and secrets to success from the world's top CEOs. For over five years, Dougal Shaw has been meeting and interviewing business leaders for the BBC series 'CEO Secrets'. More than 200 international chief executives have...

The astonishing life of the modest New Jersey businessman who anonymously gave away 10 billion dollars and inspired the "giving while living" movement.In this bestselling book, Conor O'Clery reveals the inspiring life story of Chuck Feeney, known as the...

Distilled small business advice for accounting practices. Many accountants in small and mid-size practices are experts when it comes to their professional knowledge, but may not have considered their practice as much from a business perspective. Michael...

A unique guide for the crucial start-up phase of a business So much attention goes to business practice and operation, yet the majority of ventures still fail. One area often overlooked is preparation. Too few entrepreneurs ask themselves, what are you...

More than ten years after his first bestselling book— The E-Myth changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of small business owners: Michael Gerber: entrepreneur, author and speaker extraordinaire fires the next salvo in his highly successful...

The bestselling author of the phenomenally successful essential entrepreneur handbook The E-Myth Revisited presents the next big step in entreprenuerial management and leadership   In this practical, real-world program that can be implemented...