| The Last of All Possible Worlds and the Temptation to Do Good: Two Novels by Peter F. Drucker Contributor(s): Drucker, Peter F. (Author), Crossley, Steven (Read by), Burns, Traber (Read by) |
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ISBN: 144178831X ISBN-13: 9781441788313 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 5.5" (0.50 lbs) |
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| Publisher Description: In The Last of All Possible Worlds, royalty, bankers, lovers, and wives intertwine to create a vivid portrait of Europe in the early 1900s. We meet wise and worldly Prince Sobieski, Vienna's ambassador in London, his enchanting wife, her English lover, and her enigmatic lifelong companion, Josefa. When Sobieski's illegitimate daughter makes a demand of her influential father, the unspoken rules of the family are challenged. Sobieski's world is further upset when two powerful merchant bankers, the tragic McGregor Hinton and the ambitious Julius von Mosenthal, arrive in London--both with their own requirements of the prince.The Temptation to Do Good tells the story of Father Heinz Zimmerman, the well-regarded president of an American Catholic university. When he attempts to help a chemistry teacher who has been denied tenure he accidentally opens the door to the underlying tensions in the university. |
Contributor Bio(s): Drucker, Peter F.: - Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005), author of over thirty-five books, is considered one of the most influential originators of business management, whose ideas have shaped the modern corporation. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002. Crossley, Steven: -Steven Crossley, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, has built a career on both sides of the Atlantic as an actor and audiobook narrator, for which he has won eleven AudioFile Earphones Awards and been a nominee for the prestigious Audie Award. He is a member of the internationally renowned theater company Complicite and has appeared in numerous theater, television, film, and radio dramas. Burns, Traber: -Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others. |