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Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
by Duncan Clark
published by Harper
In
just a decade and half, Jack Ma, a man frommodest begin-
nings who started out as an English teacher, founded and
built Alibaba into one of the world’s largest companies, an
e-commerce empire on which hundreds of millions of Chinese
consumers depend. Alibaba’s USD25 billion IPO in 2014was the
largest global IPO ever. A Rockefeller of his age who is courted
by CEOs and Presidents around the world, Jack is an icon for
China’s booming private sector and the gatekeeper to hundreds
of millions of middle class consumers.
The Singles Game
by Lauren Weisberger
published by Harper
How
farwouldyougo to reach the top?WhenCharlotte ‘Charlie’
Silver makes a pact with the devil, infamously brutal tennis
coach Todd Feltner, she finds herself catapulted into a world
of stylists, private parties and secret dates with Hollywood
royalty. Under Todd, it is no more good-girl attitude: he wants
warrior princess Charlie all the way. After all, no one ever won
by being nice.
The City of Mirrors
by Justin Cronin
published by Random House
The
world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place?
The Twelve have been destroyed and the terrifying hundred-year
reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended.
The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to
build society anew—and daring to dream of a hopeful future. But
he waits: Zero. The First. Father of the Twelve. The anguish that
shattered his human life haunts him, and the hatred spawned by
his transformation burns bright. His fury will be quenched only
when he destroys Amy, the Girl from Nowhere, who grew up to
rise against him. Light and dark will clash, and at last Amy and her
friends will know their fate.