Biography & Autobiography - Business

Economic Principles is a classic economics textbook written by Frank Albert Fetter and originally published in 1915. The book covers a wide range of economic topics, including the principles of supply and demand, production and consumption, money and banking, international trade, and economic policy....

Contributions to Economic Geology, 1902 (1903) is a book written by Samuel Franklin Emmons. It is a comprehensive work on the geology of economic resources, including minerals, ores, and fuels. The book includes detailed descriptions of various mineral deposits, their formation, and their economic...

""Economics For The Accountant"" is a book written by Simpson and Kemper in 1921. The book provides a comprehensive overview of economics and its relevance to the field of accounting. The authors explain economic principles and concepts in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, making...

Notes on North America V1: Agricultural, Economical, and Social (1851) is a book written by James Finlay Weir Johnston, a Scottish geologist and agriculturalist who traveled extensively in North America during the mid-19th century. The book is a comprehensive study of the agricultural, economic,...

"Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made: The Struggles and Triumphs of Our Self-Made Men" by James D. McCabe, Jr. explores the captivating lives and business ventures of pioneering American entrepreneurs. This biographical work, originally published in the 19th century, delves into the journeys...

Even before the 1889 baseball season began, battle lines had been drawn, revels this history of 19th-century baseball. In the National League, The Players Brotherhood, led by New York Giants shortstop John Montgomery Ward, challenged the insulting classification system devised by league owners. While...

Author: Cuilan GuoISBN-10: 0645661767ISBN-13: 9780645661767Publisher: Signature Global Network Pty LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/08/2025Pages: 218Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d

Author: Toni-Jay SimmonsISBN-10: 1662418353ISBN-13: 9781662418358Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 03/17/2021Pages: 118Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

At the age of nineteen, high school diploma in hand, Leonard Gentine knew two things: he wanted to own a family business that would pass from generation to generation, and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Dolores Becker, a girl...

"History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome," offers a fascinating glimpse into the burgeoning American clock industry. Written by Chauncey Jerome himself, with the subtitle "Barnum's Connection with the Yankee Clock Business," this volume provides...

Wilbur H. "Ping" Ferry (1910-1995) was a self-styled "town crank," an influential and iconoclastic figure who seemingly knew everyone worth knowing in the mid-twentieth century. Businessman, thinker, activist, government advisor, and philanthropist, Ping's career was as varied as his pronouncements. He taught John F....

After looking briefly at the reasons for the oil fraternity's choice of Venezuela, the book examines the relationship between Gómez's government and the oil companies during this period. It deals with the government's initial encouragement, legislation, and unsuccessful attempts to increase production from the...

Author: Jorge ArmenterosISBN-13: 9798349529795Publisher: Jorge ArmenterosLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2025Pages: 450Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91d

Author: Gordon LowndsISBN-10: 1990700799ISBN-13: 9781990700798Publisher: Life to Paper PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2025Pages: 358Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Author: Michael Dale MosleyISBN-10: 1967086133ISBN-13: 9781967086139Publisher: Blackmount PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/04/2025Pages: 46Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d

Any country that has attained a suitable station in today's world and positioned itself finely is because of years of ceaseless effort and attitude of the great women and men, who, through unrivaled courage and perpetual perseverance, have left an aesthetically splendid legacy for...

A Taiwanese Immigrant's Journey to Kansas City
A Business, Music, and Community Leader
By Benny "Goodman" LeeFrom a childhood in Taiwan to a thriving life in the heart of America, Benny Lee's story is a remarkable testament to resilience, entrepreneurship, and the power of giving back....

Based on extensive primary research conducted over more than fifteen years, this book documents the differential contribution of HP's successive CEOs in sustaining the company's integral process of becoming. It uses a comprehensive strategic leadership framework to examine and explain the role of the...

New York Times reporter and author of the New York Times bestseller The Man Who Broke Capitalism, David Gelles's Dirtbag Billionaire is about how Patagonia became a global leader in doing well by doing good and how other companies are adopting its principles.Yvon Chouinard...

The inside story of how the Guinness family created the largest brewery in the world. Arthur Edward Guinness, the 4th Earl of Iveagh and head of the Guinness family, explores the immense legacy of his extraordinary family in this narrative nonfiction book, published to...

The Guide is about becoming an overnight success- after 25 years of trying. It is about hope and perseverance and focused on Boomers to share their challenges and their successes and demonstrate that their best years are not behind them. It is also about...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2025 GOLF BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Enthralling ... unmissable' - Golf News 'A superbly detailed account of an uprising in professional golf' - Andrew Cotter 'A complete and compelling commentary as the sport greedily ripped itself...

Confederate Greenbacks: Mississippi Plantation Life In The 70's And 80's is a book written by Julia Tigner Noland. The book provides a detailed account of life on a plantation in Mississippi during the 1870s and 1880s. The author, who grew up on a plantation...

Chuck Backus established the first entirely solar (PV) powered ranch in the world next to the Superstition Wilderness in 1979. Over the next 45 years, Chuck used his engineering background and scientific methods to transform the historic Quarter Circle U Ranch into an economically...

America likes to believe that it produces men and women who embody values of faith, work, charity, and family. People like this are rare, and when they pass among us, their story is worth telling. The Quiet Icon is an inspirational read about the...

This is the autobiography of a courageous woman who didn't let life's adversities stand in her way as she marched toward economic independence. This is the story of a woman who started out selling tacos out of a cart, and turned the business into...

Author: Lorenzo Louis GreenISBN-10: 163844045XISBN-13: 9781638440451Publisher: Christian FaithLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/24/2023Pages: 62Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d

When Mark and Gus met, they couldn't know they would one day be the owners of a $100 million company in the home services industry. Building from the spirit of their first meeting, the two men started something unique in the world of business-something...

Ford Advanced Vehicle Operations (AVO) developed and built high performance Escorts from 1970 until March 1974. Geoff Jones worked there for most of that time, firstly as an engineer in Quality Control and Process Engineering, then moving to Product Planning working for Mike Moreton...

James J. Hill is a biographical book written by Elbert Hubbard that chronicles the life of James Jerome Hill, a prominent American railroad executive and entrepreneur. The book explores Hill's humble beginnings as the son of a Canadian farmer, his rise to success as...

The book ""Life of John Jacob Astor: To Which Is Appended A Copy Of His Last Will"" by James Parton is a comprehensive biography of John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest and most influential businessmen in American history. The book provides a detailed...

A vital account of the life and many names of Robert Cree, and his plan for a peaceful, sincere, and just path to reconciliation in an angry and chaotic world. His mother called him "Bobby Mountain." Elders called him "Great Man." His people called...

Nelson Mandela once said: "It's impossible until it's done"and"A winner is a dreamer who never gives up"In 2001, Anthony Wills had a dream - to establish the first new distillery on Islay in 120 years.This book explores how that dream became a reality, despite...

From summer temp to the Pentagon.When it comes to civil service, William James has been there, done that. Starting at the lowest rung in federal service, he achieved the rare feat of climbing to the highest levels of leadership, shaping decisions that impacted millions.The...

From summer temp to the Pentagon.When it comes to civil service, William James has been there, done that. Starting at the lowest rung in federal service, he achieved the rare feat of climbing to the highest levels of leadership, shaping decisions that impacted millions.The...

Alice Dittman was born in 1930 into a Nebraska family whose business was banking. Having lived most of a century at the time of this writing, she has witnessed incredible growth and changes in that industry. Having lost her husband early to cancer, she...

Faith, fear and focaccia bread.A recipe for a thriller? Or building blocks for a successful business? Opening a restaurant is about as risky as dancing on a hilltop beneath a metal umbrella during a thunderstorm. Researchers tell us that 60 percent of new restaurants...

The story of George S. Tiernan Sr. (1890-1970) of New Jersey and and his fifty year slow rise from company errand boy at American Type Foundry in Jersey City, New Jersey to corporate executive at Daystom in Elizabeth New Jersey. His grandparents were famine...

Here lies a true tale of abiding love--the kind that lasts a lifetime. Full of heartwarming and heartbreaking stories, Janice's memoir paints a portrait of a lasting heritage, an enduring marriage, and a solid legacy planted for their children and grandchildren. From Mark's traumatic...

"A monumentally researched biography of one of the nineteenth century's wealthiest self-made Americans...Well-written and worthwhile" (The Wall Street Journal) it's the rags-to-riches frontier tale of an Irish immigrant who outwits, outworks, and outmaneuvers thousands of rivals to take control of Nevada's Comstock Lode. Born...

Author: Femi OtedolaISBN-10: 9786977483ISBN-13: 9789786977485Publisher: Fo BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/18/2025Pages: 298Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.25h x 6.02w x 0.67d

Author: Girish Kuber, Vikrant PandeISBN-10: 9353579821ISBN-13: 9789353579821Publisher: HarperBusinessLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/2020Pages: 280Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.65d

On the outside, it looked like Tim Brown was living the American Dream. After overcoming a difficult childhood in a dysfunctional family rife with drugs and alcohol, he became a millionaire by age 30 and had a beautiful wife and young son, a deep...

Robert Curry is a business turnaround consultant with twenty years of experience. In The Turnaround 2, sequel to the bestselling From Red to Black, Turnaround Specialist, Robert shares the true story of how he transformed another multimillion-dollar company.To bring this company back into the...

On a Friday night in the Spring of 2014, 8 million people watched a pair of fresh college grads, Mike Shannon & Kasey Gandham, shake hands with billionaire Mark Cuban at the height of Shark Tank's popularity. The next day, Mike was back in...

Richard Barsam's memoir recounts his early life in a small town in California, coming out to his family, earning a Ph.D., and moving to spend the rest of his life in Manhattan, where he became a college professor. He encountered numerous celebrities in his...

Have you ever dreamed of turning your passion into your paycheck? What if you could build success doing what you love? Or maybe, you're ready to uncover the passions hidden deep inside you and transform them into something real?From Passion to Paycheck is the...

From homeless to hero, Mario Kelly's inspiring journey proves that with unwavering determination and a heart for service, anyone can rise from rock bottom to remarkable success while making a profound impact on their community.In this gripping memoir and practical guide, Kelly shares how...

George Churchward is regarded by many, including the towering figures of Nigel Gresley, William Stanier and Andre Chapelon, as the most inventive, ingenious and successful steam locomotive designer there has ever been. When given the opportunity to comment these three exceptional engineers made their...

American Express: Its Origin and Growth is a comprehensive book that traces the history of American Express, one of the world's most iconic financial institutions. Written by Ralph Thomas Reed, the book provides a detailed account of the company's origin, its early years, and...