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Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Isaacson has written a... read more

Health Occupations Entrance Exam

by Learning Express LLC (Creator)

The field of health occupations includes dental hygienists, medical assistants, paramedics, radiographers, chiropractors, in short -- anyone who does not hold an MD or is an RN but is a health... read more

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

"Most startups are built to fail. But those failures, according to entrepreneur Eric Ries, are preventable. Startups don't fail because of bad execution, or missed deadlines, or blown budgets. They... read more

A Game of Thrones: Book 1 of A Song of Ice and Fire

by George R. R. Martin

First volume of a brilliant new fantasy trilogy: the most powerful, original and absorbing new epic since Stephen Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. The first volume of George R R Martin's... read more

A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One

by George R R Martin

The first novel in a brand-new epic fantasy trilogy by the author of Fevre Dream and The Armageddon Rag. Long ago, a mysterious event threw the seasons out of balance. The golden summers go on for... read more

The Descendants [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (2011)

by Original Soundtrack

Alexander Payne's 2011 family dramedy The Descendants takes place in Hawaii, so who better to occupy the film's soundtrack than some of the region's most notable musical icons. Payne (Sideways, About... read more

Born This Way (2011)

by Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga's drama club ambition to marry rock & roll rebellion with her disco beats turns Born This Way into Like a Prayer by way of Bat Out of Hell. She knowingly recontextualizes Madonna for a... read more

Barfly (1987)

directed by Barbet Schroeder
featuring Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance, J.C. Quinn

Charles Bukowski, the talented crown prince of self-abuse, wrote the short stories upon which the surprisingly entertaining Barfly was based. The film concentrates on alcoholic writer Mickey Rourke ... read more

Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)

directed by Tamara Jenkins
featuring Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Corrigan, Eli Marienthal

Tamara Jenkins wrote and directed this comedy-drama depicting the experience of growing up poor in the 90210 zip code, told from the point of view of Vivian Abramowitz (Natasha Lyonne), a teen who... read more