"Progulki s Kurizej" (Strolling with the Chicken) is the first book by Gregory (Gene) Shirin, written as a collection of anecdotes. This memoir, with stories ranging from the humorous to the melancholy, paints a picture not only of the author, but of the people he met throughout his life both in the former Soviet Union and in the United States. The author may be an accomplished engineer with a PhD in computer science, but he is first and foremost a native of Baku, Azerbaijan. In every story, you feel his love for his city of birth and and for his neighbors. Each of Gregory's stories are...

Anatomy of the World of Business: Theories, Models, and Best Practices: Capstone Course (Volume 1)

Guidance for Leaders, Managers, and Graduate Students, purchasing degree in leadership and management fields

Anatomy of the World of Business: Theories, Models, Practical Applications is a book, designed as the hands-on program to provide business executives with a chance to refresh and up-date their knowledge to succeed in running, managing, and operating practically any business with a little adjustment to business size and type. Discussions lead leaders and managers to deep...

This book includes stories, blogs about personal life of authors, small prose greetings to the relatives, friends, acquaintances, the article with the analysis of social phenomena of life, and a bit of humor. Unfading flames of the fire, which we lit 55 years ago, lit softly, quietly, thanks to our work and efforts to maintain it.