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The Breakthrough Company
How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers

By Keith R. McFarland

In The Breakthrough Company, Keith McFarland pinpoints how everyday companies become extraordinary, showing that luck is a negligible factor. Rather, breakthrough success turns out to be associated with a clearly identifiable set of strategies and skills that anyone in any business can emulate – from small startup to industry leader.

The Breakthrough Company is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Keith McFarland will be visiting Australia in late February.

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$29.95 - ISBN 978-1-86395-175-3 - Schwartz - February 2008

Callgirl: Confessions of a Double Life

By Jeannette Angell

All callgirls are depraved and drug-addicted – right?
No one with any self-respect would ever choose to be a callgirl – right? Wrong. At the age of 35, Jeannette
Angell’s life took a shocking turn. Her boyfriend emptied their joint bank account and took off, leaving her penniless. Despite her job as a part-time university teacher, she was an independent, educated woman on the skids. Then she read a newspaper ad for ‘escorts’... Uniquely honest, this is the true story of a three year double life – university lecturer by day, callgirl by night. It tells why Angell made her decision, and reveals what happened on her journey into a hidden world.

$24.95 - ISBN 978-1-86395-151-7 - Schwartz - February 2008

Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper

By Diablo Cody

Full of insight and wit, Candy Girl is the seductive memoir of a young woman who dared to bare it all as a stripper. Diablo tells the captivating fish-out-of-water story of her yearlong walk on the wild side. In witty prose she gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at this industry through a writer's keen eye, from quiet gentlemen's clubs to multi-level sex palaces, with all of her wry observations along the way.

Diablo Cody won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay for the film 'Juno.'

Click here to read an interview with Diablo Cody in the Age.

$27.95 - ISBN 1863953426 - Schwartz . - October 2006

Bad Bridesmaid: True Tales of Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums

By Siri Agrell

Siri Agrell didn’t mean to become a bad bridesmaid. It just kind of happened when she innocently asked – in a newspaper piece – if it was really necessary for the bride’s best and most loyal friends to endure 12 months of themed showers, endless fittings and the inevitable “taffeta terror” of coming face to face with the chosen dress. Agrell got her answer when she was promptly fired as a bridesmaid.

Part memoir and part cultural analysis, Bad Bridesmaid is smart and funny, a stiletto-heel print on an ivory silk train. Bad Bridesmaid devilishly dissects the hilarious, expensive and unbelievable experiences of leading a treasured friend down the aisle, and asks why it all has to be so damn difficult. From the history of bridesmaids – who in ancient times were used as decoys – to their contemporary role of strapless dress-wearing servitude – Agrell covers it all.

$24.95 - ISBN 978-1-86395-406-8 - Schwartz - June 2007

The Next Great Bubble Boom
How to Profit from the Greatest Boom in History, 2005-2009

By Harry S. Dent Jr.

Harry S. Dent Jr., best-selling author of The Great Boom Ahead and The Roaring 2000s, has accurately predicted the financial future for over fifteen years. Part crystal ball, part financial planner, The Next Great Bubble Boom gives a comprehensive forecast for the next two decades, showing new models for predicting the economy, inflation, large cap stocks, small cap stocks, bonds, key sectors, critical cycles and turning points. In The Next Great Bubble Boom, Dent shows not only what our economy will look like, but how it will affect us as individuals, as communities, and as a culture and how we can best profit from it.

$29.95 - ISBN 9781863953337 - Schwartz - February 2005