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""Celebration of Fools" is an insider's look at the rise and fall of Penney's remarkable history, charting the people and events behind this American institution. As entertaining as it is instructive, the book is a cautionary tale with universal implications for all of corporate America. Packed with compelling characters including the heroine, the highest-ranking woman at the company, the book takes readers through a number of settings, from the company's humble mid-western roots to the excesses of lush corporate headquarters. Filled with valuable business lessons as well as astonishing revelations about an American icon, this is a book that will keep readers enthralled from first page till last."

"Abstract:Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that "will change the face of science forever". The evening's host is his friend and former student, Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old tech magnate whose dazzling inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world. This evening is to be no exception: he claims he will reveal an astonishing scientific breakthrough to challenge the fundamentals of human existence. But Langdon and several hundred other guests are left reeling when the meticulously orchestrated evening is blown apart before Kirsch's precious discovery can be revealed. With his life under threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape, along with the museum's director, Ambra Vidal. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch's secret."

"Abstract:"Saman is a story filtered through the lives of its feisty female protagonists and the enigmatic "hero" Saman. It is at once an expose of the oppression of the plantation workers in South Sumatra, a lyrical quest to understand the place of religion and spirituality in contemporary lives, a playful exploration of female sexuality and a story about love in all its guises, while touching on all of Indonesia's taboos, extramarital sex, political repression and the relationship between Christians and Muslims"