Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric, is respected as a business leader in the corporate world and beyond. Here, he shares his experiences and tells of the lessons he has learned over 20 years. He includes an appreciation of Six Sigma--the much-admired quality-control approach that has been central to "the GE Way."

Volume Two of Kerouac's letters includes correspondence with Burroughs, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, and other Beats.

First in the "Galactic Milieu Trilogy". A confederation of planets and races known as the Galactic Milieu is poised to accept the Earth as a member at the urging of the Earth's ruling family, the Remillard's. At the same time, the Remillards, skilled practitioners of metaphysical powers, are under attack from a prodigal son, the mutated Jack the Bodiless.

In wartime Europe, an all-female band of British agents attempt to sabotage a key Nazi telephone exchange.

Originally intended as a screenplay, this long-lost novella by Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood was written during their sojourn in California in the 1930s. A magical tale set in the 1920s, it provides an incisive look at Los Angeles during the early days of the movie industry.

This biography of the relentlessly colorful Southern poet emphasizes the importance of lying in Dickey's life, noting not only the lies he told to make his stories more interesting but also the more profound lies that he told to protect himself from his own desires.