A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast

The ultimate book for anyone who loves pop music and one-hit wonders, 99 Red Balloons profiles and ranks all the greatest musical flashes in the pan. Each chapter spotlights a specific one-hit wonder, including sample lyrics and chart position. Controversial, informative and entertaining, this is a book that no music lover should be without.

Written in the same witty yet authoritative tone as "When Duct Tape Isn't Enough," this newest compilation from "Popular Mechanics" teaches 100 essential skills that every man should master. Sure, you can pay someone to do any job, but any man worthy of the title will resist the temptation and take charge himself, competently tackling everyday tasks, occasional duties, and whatever emergency the world throws at him. "How to Carve a Turkey" teaches the necessary skills that will impress friends and family--and sometimes save a life: With these step-by-step instructions, real men: - "Handle critical situations" learn how to escape a sinking car, put out a fire with an extinguisher, escape a burning building, and stop a bleeding wound- "Are handy around the house" rewire a lamp, paint a room, and move heavy stuff - "Are kings of the road" safely maneuver during a skid, parallel park, kick-start a motorcycle, and use a torque wrench- "Master the culinary domain" season a cast-iron pan, open a bottle of champagne, and...carve a turkey- "Survive in the great outdoors" start a campfire, pitch a tent, and remove a tick- "Know their electronics" Back up a computer, remove a stuck disk, hang a flat-screen TV

Other Tongues: Rethinking the Language Debates in India explores the implications of the energetic and, at times, acrimonious public debate among Indian authors and academics over the hegemonic role of Indian writing in English. From the 1960s the debate in India has centered on the role of the English language in perpetuating and maintaining the cultural and ideological aspects of imperialism. The debate received renewed attention following controversial claims by Salman Rushdie and V.S. Naipaul on the inferior status of contemporary Indian-language literatures. This volume: - offers nuanced analysis of the language, audience and canon debate; - provides a multivocal debate in which academics, writers and publishers are brought together in a multi-genre format (academic essay, interview, personal essay); - explores how translation mediates this debate and the complex choices that translation must entail. Other Tongues is the first collective study by to bring together voices from differing national, linguistic and professional contexts in an examination of the nuances of this debate over language. By creating dialogue between different stakeholders - seven scholars, three writers, and three publishers from India - the volume brings to the forefront underrepresented aspects of Indian literary culture.

"The people who thrive at work are the ones who make best use of their limited time and energy. They approach each task with clarity and purpose; they prioritize; they don't allow others to waste their time. Here, CEO and consultant Levine has distilled the expertise of hundreds of CEOs, managers, and professionals into 100 concise lessons about how to get to the point, stay on track, and be more successful in everything you do.--From publisher description."--Source other than the Library of Congress.