What resulted was Apple. When Sergey Brin and Larry Page met at Stanford, they were in their early twenties.

They were soon to start Google.Todays teenagers are our smartest generation yet.

They are tomorrows entrepreneurs, investors, managers, policy makers, watchdogs and of course, consumers. But do you know what the corporate and business world is all about? How do businesses touch everyones lives? What really makes an entrepreneur tick? How does the engine of a company run? Who is a social entrepreneur? And why do we need the world of businessis business good or bad for us?If you are curious, come join Subroto Bagchi and a group of smart teenagers on their exciting voyage of discovery, and in the process, get yourself a teen MBA! About the Author : Subroto Bagchi is chairman of MindTree, one of Indias most admired software companies.

He is Indias bestselling author of business books, with titles like The High Performance Entrepreneur, Go Kiss the World and The Professional to his credit. His books have been translated into Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Korean and Chinese (less)

He’s been sent from his home in Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to solve a murder that has him stumped. Chelsea Liew—the famous Singaporean model—is on death row for the murder of her ex-husband.

She swears she didn’t do it, he thinks she didn’t do it, but no matter how hard he tries to get to the bottom of things, he still arrives back at the same place—that Chelsea’s husband was shot at point blank range, and that Chelsea had the best motivation to pull the trigger: he was taking her kids away from her. Now Inspector Singh must pull out all the stops to crack a crime that could potentially free a beautiful and innocent woman and reunite a mother with her children.

There’s just one problem—the Malaysian police refuse to play ball (less)

But Phelan shocks everyone by naming a mysterious woman as beneficiary--a missionary living deep in the wilds of Brazil. Nate O'Riley--a washed-up, alcoholic litigator--is dispatched to the Brazilian wetlands in search of the mysterious heir, setting in motion the legal morality tale of a contested will, sin, and redemption.

John Grisham has contributed to El Testamento = The Testament as an author. John Grisham is the renowned author of numerous novels, and he is a former legislator originally from Mississippi (less)

Rachel stands to inherit $11 billion, but only if attorney Nate O'Reilly can find her. In a story that sweeps across two hemispheres.

John Grisham journeys deep into the dark halls of justice -- and the forests of Brazil. With his death just hours away, eccentric billionaire Troy Phelan is furiously rewriting his will.

The angry old man wants to send a message to his children and his ex-wives, a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives. He's leaving his billions to a surprise heiress, his illegitimate daughter who is a Christian missionary working in Brazil's rain forest.

Rachel Lane stands to inherit 11 billion dollars. But only if attorney Nate O'Reilly can find her.

John Grisham has contributed to Testament as an author. John Grisham is the renowned author of numerous novels, and he is a former legislator originally from Mississippi (less)

When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C.

every week. As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe.

He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life--that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession's newest king of torts..

. "From the Hardcover edition (less)

Knowing the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. Ray Atlee is the eldest, a Virginia law professor, newly single and still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce.

Forrest is Ray's younger brother, who redefines the notion of a family's black sheep. The summons is typed by the judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study.

Ray reluctantly heads south to his hometown, to the place where he grew up and now prefers to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place.

The judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray. And perhaps someone else.

"From the Paperback edition. John Grisham has contributed to The Summons as an author.

John Grisham is the renowned author of numerous novels, and he is a former legislator originally from Mississippi (less)

It seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world-s most sophisticated satellite surveillance system. Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy.

Eventually, after he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Saudis. Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch.

The question is not whether Backman will survive-there is no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is, who will kill him? (less)

Mark wants to tell the truth but he also wants to stay alive. He employs a lawyer who must protect him from both the law and the killers.

Not an easy job but luckily she has a very clever client! A powerful and original best-seller, The Client is Grisham's fourth legal thriller. It is also a film starring Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones (less)

.Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America.

Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, who has been a lawyer for all of four years.

Prosecutors are willing to break all the rules to make Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.

And Reggie will do anything to protect her client -- even take a last, desperate gamble that could win Mark his freedom..

. or cost them both their lives.

John Grisham has contributed to The Client as an author. John Grisham is the renowned author of numerous novels, and he is a former legislator originally from Mississippi (less)

En una abarrotada sala de un tribunal del estado de Mississippi el jurado pronuncia un veredicto totalmente inesperado: declara culpable a una empresa quimica por realizar vertidos toxicos en el sistema de conduccion de agua potable de la ciudad, lo que ha provocado la incidencia de cancer mas alta de la historia. La empresa apela al Tribunal Supremo del estado, cuyos nueve jueces deberan confirmar o revocar el veredicto.

Carl Trudeau, el propietario de la empresa, no confia en que emita un fallo favorable para el e investiga a cada juez. Aprovechando que hay una vacante en el Tribunal, decide presentar su propio candidato, aunque le cueste unos cuantos millones de dolares.

Para eso se pone en contacto con una empresa que le selecciona un abogado joven y maleable. Le financian, le promocionan y le moldean a su gusto para que llegue a convertirse en juez del Tribunal Supremo.

"Su" juez del Tribunal Supremo. "La apelacion" es un drama intenso, que aborda un tema muy actual y esta lleno de sorpresas.

Una historia llamada a suscitar profundas dudas sobre que significa la justicia en sus fortalezas..

. y sus debilidades.

In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst "cancer cluster" in history. This shocking thriller of political and legal intrigue will leave readers unable to think about America's judicial system in quite the same way ever again.

John Grisham has contributed to La Apelacion = The Appeal as an author. John Grisham is the renowned author of numerous novels, and he is a former legislator originally from Mississippi (less)

Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided? The chemical company is owned by a Wall Street predator named Carl Trudeau, and Mr. Trudeau is convinced the Court is not friendly enough.

With judicial elections looming, he decides to try to purchase himself a seat on the Court. The cost is a few million dollars, a drop in the bucket for a billionaire like Mr.

Trudeau. Through an intricate web of conspiracy and deceit, his political operatives recruit a young, unsuspecting candidate.

They finance him, manipulate him, market him, and mold him into a potential Supreme Court justice. Their Supreme Court justice.

"The Appeal" is a powerful, timely, and shocking story of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave listeners unable to think about our electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again. John Grisham has contributed to The Appeal as an author.

John Grisham is the renowned author of numerous novels, and he is a former legislator originally from Mississippi (less)

That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on the street without a rooftop Frosty the snowman; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren't even going to have a tree.

They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences - and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined.

A classic tale for modern times, Skipping Christmas offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that has become part of our holiday tradition (less)

That-s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they-ll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty; they won-t be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren-t even going to have a tree.

They won-t need one, because come December 25 they-re setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences-and isn-t half as easy as they-d imagined.

A classic tale for modern times, Skipping Christmas offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition (less)

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where has all the joy gone? This year, celebrating seems like too much effort. With their only child off in Peru, they decide that just this once, they'll skip the holidays.

They spend their Christmas budget on a Caribbean cruise set to sail on December 25, and happily settle in for a restful holiday season free of rooftop snowmen and festive parties. But the Kranks soon learn that their vacation from Christmas isn't much of a vacation at all, and that skipping the holidays has consequences they didn't bargain for.

..

A modern Christmas classic, Skipping Christmas is a charming and hilarious look at the mayhem and madness that have become ingrained in our holiday tradition. John Grisham has contributed to Skipping Christmas / Christmas with the Kranks as an author.

John Grisham is the renowned author of numerous novels, and he is a former legislator originally from Mississippi (less)

That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren't even going to have a tree.

They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences-and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined.

A classic tale for modern times, "Skipping Christmas offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition. John Grisham has contributed to Skipping Christmas as an author.

John Grisham is the renowned author of numerous novels, and he is a former legislator originally from Mississippi (less)

This is his non-stop account of the most gruelling combat environment of our time (less)

There are the ghosts of his family and his childhood in Brooklyn. Then there are the ghosts of the Yiddish language and the poets who wrote in it.

The ghosts of those poets inhabit Fein's translations, adaptations, and what we might call his inspirations, Fein's own poems that turn pondering 'a dying language' into a lens through which he can see better hs own life. Hovering over all is the ghost of Walt Whitman, whose democratic syncretism, perambulation, and generosity of spirit are reflected throughout Fein's poetry.

More than a book of the dead, however, Reversion shows us how, as Fein puts it, the past resides dormant within us, ready to be recast and live in a new creation. This is Richard Fein's book of life, and we will return, 'revert, ' to it often Richard Fein has contributed to Reversion as an author.

Richard Fein has been director of placement at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) School of Management for more than a decade. He has successfully helped place thousands of students and professionals (less)