Biography & Autobiography - Business

It is important to take note of the innovative people throughout history who have been at the faces of change. The problem is that we often don't recognize who those people are until much later. Hindsight provides us with a clear and unobstructed view...

In this bundle we take a deep dive into the lives, successes, and failures of some of the most successful (and wealthy) men on the planet.What makes them different? What is it about them that makes them super-achievers?You will discover all of that and...

Portland, Oregon, didn't always have a wildly successful craft brew scene. Someone had to be daring enough to innovate, and the Widmer brothers were just the men for the job. Written by Portland beer guru Jeff Alworth (The Beer Bible, Beer Tasting Tool Kit),...

Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea FC, was a penniless orphan who rose from the ashes of Soviet Russia to become one of the richest and most powerful men in the world. His fascinating life story has been shrouded in mystery - until...

The real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American icon""Riveting... Watts packs in plenty of gasp-inducing passages.""-Newark Star Ledger""Like it or not, Hugh Hefner has affected all of us, so I treasured learning about how and why in the sober biography.""-Chicago Sun Times""This...

Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden's remarkable rivalry was ruthless, relentless and legendary-pushing both women to build international beauty empires in a world dominated by men.Author: Lindy WoodheadISBN-10: 1683366484ISBN-13: 9781683366485Publisher: Trade Paper PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2004Pages: 528Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.62lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.07d

In the bestselling tradition of Liar's Poker comes a devastatingly accurate and darkly hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the wonderful world of management consulting. Once upon a time in Corporate America there was a group of men and women who were paid huge fees to...

Here is the story of Jerry Weintraub: the self-made, Brooklyn-born, Bronx-raised impresario, Hollywood producer, legendary deal maker, and friend of politicians and stars. No matter where nature has placed him--the club rooms of Brooklyn, the Mafia dives of New York's Lower East Side, the...

Isaias Hellman, a Jewish immigrant, arrived in California in 1859 with very little money in his pocket and his brother Herman by his side. By the time he died, he had effectively transformed Los Angeles into the modern metropolis we see today. In Frances...

Howard Hughes was one of the most amazing, intriguing, and controversial figures of the twentieth century. He was the billionaire head of a giant corporation, a genius inventor, an ace pilot, a matinee-idol-handsome playboy, a major movie maker who bedded a long list of...

The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkable life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the...

How do we find a way to quickly escape intimately in today's hectic world where time is collapsing and imagination is often in short supply? Where can we go, as a couple, to find a spontaneous way to ignite a sense of private, playful...

Illegal immigration is among the most challenging and divisive issues facing America. With few changes in immigration laws since 1986, the undocumented population has swelled to an estimated 11 million. Deconstructed unravels these economic issues and their human toll through the eyes of Houston...

The index fund wouldn't be jack without Jack. It was just one innovation fueled by The Vanguard Group founder Jack Bogle's radical idea in 1975 to make investors the actual owners of his new fund company. While the move was as much to save...

These are the people who hauled Georgia up from its poor, agrarian roots, making it among the most diversified, prosperous states in the country. They fought for freedom and served in the statehouse and White House. They excelled at sports, founded institutions that shaped...

Write your own script - take inspiration from the life and wisdom of Michel Masquelier, former intern-turned-Chairman of IMG Media.Author: Michel MasquelierISBN-10: 1788603117ISBN-13: 9781788603119Publisher: Practical Inspiration PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2021Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d

With contributions from senior military, business and government leaders, to Entrepreneurs, international sports elite, and CEOs of multi-million dollar businesses, you'll discover a collection of heartfelt and engaging stories of self-reflection and inspiration.In this book, you'll learn from first-hand experience on leadership and team...

The book began as a series of twelve articles published between 1922 and 1923 in The Saturday Evening Post. It is written as first-person fiction, telling the story of a professional stock trader on Wall Street. While published as fiction, it is generally accepted...

This book is the unique and factual biography of the life and times of automotive legend Glenn Pray. The book is for those who are interested in small scale automobile manufacturing, fans of Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg cars, or for those who would just...

Praise for Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace"James Wallace offers many tales of . . . temper tantrums, antitrust tussles with the Justice Department, and general dirty tricks Microsoft has allegedly played on its competitors." -The New York Times Book ReviewPraise...

The retail industry has undergone enormous changes during the last thirty years.But there is one retailer that not only has remained consistent in the fluctuating?even tenuous?market, but also has grown in the process.More Than a Hobby takes you inside the story of David Green,...

In an era when American artists didn't count and women were expected to stay home, Edith Gregor Halpert burst onto the fledgling New York gallery scene, defying all cultural and societal rules. In 1926, Halpert, just twenty-six years old, opened one of the first...

Now back in print, this life of George Eastman is the first biography since 1930 of the man who transformed the world of photography. In this revealing and informative work, Brayer shows us how such key innovations as roll film and the light, hand-held...

When Polish wigmaker and cosmetician Max Factor arrived in Los Angeles at the dawn of the motion picture industry, make-up had been associated only with stage performers and ladies of the oldest profession. Appalled by the garish paints worn by actors, Factor introduced the...

When shoppers went to Younkers, they experienced something magical. Celebrities signed autographs, chefs gave cooking demonstrations and Miss Universe discussed the latest styles in swimwear. The flagship store, a showplace in the heart of downtown Des Moines, boasted dazzling selling spaces equipped with the...

2012 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the Year Walter Isaacson's "enthralling" (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 family...

Like Michael Lewis's classic Liar's Poker, Jared Dillian's Street Freak takes us behind the scenes of the legendary Lehman Brothers, exposing its outrageous and often hilarious corporate culture and offering a "candid look at the demise of aAuthor: Jared DillianISBN-10: 1439181276ISBN-13: 9781439181270Publisher: Touchstone PRLanguage:...

Man, Economy, and State V1: A Treatise on Economic Principles is a comprehensive book on economics written by Murray N. Rothbard and first published in 1962. The book covers a wide range of economic principles, including the nature of human action, the theory of...

Inside 6 Business Biographies, you'll learn the secrets of the world's top business men, and how they rose to success.Have you ever wondered what separates a successful entrepreneur from an unsuccessful one?Many people have asked this exact same question over and over again.Unlike feel-good...

Jay Sarno built two path-breaking Las Vegas casinos, Caesars Palace (1966) and Circus Circus (1968), and planned but did not build a third, the Grandissimo, which would have started the mega-resort era a decade before Steve Wynn built The Mirage. As mobsters and accountants...

In an era of corporate greed, Bob Moore's philosophy of putting people before profit is a shining example of what's right about America. Instead of selling out to numerous bidders who would have made him a very wealthy man, the founder of Bob's Red...

For over fi-ve decades, Azim Hasham Premji has been one of the trailblazers of India Inc. Taking over his family business of vegetable oils at the young age of twenty-one after the untimely demise of his father, he built one of India's most successful...

From championing developing nations to funding our carbon-free future, investor and advisor James Harmon reveals how markets can move the world forward by creating stable, growing economies and sound deals that promote economic development.James Harmon has always had a passion for ambitious causes. As...

This New York Times bestseller is a "masterful" (The Washington Post), "juicy tour of the company [Jeff] Bezos built" (The New York Times Book Review), revealing the most important business story of our time by the bestselling author of The Everything Store. Almost ten...

These are no ordinary reminiscences a Wall Street broker--these are, according to many readers, the personal tales of legendary trader Jesse Livermore, the man often blamed for the stock market crash of 1929.Written by American journalist, writer, and diplomat EDWIN LEF VRE (1871-1943), Livermore...

Named a Kirkus "Best Books of 2022""... the author's narrative is as much an inspiring business memoir as it is an absorbing chronicle of a surprisingly significant piece of sports clothing. An engrossing account of the entrepreneur-and the bra-that changed women's sports." -Kirkus Reviews"With...

Author: Alfred DuPont ChandlerISBN-10: 1587980231ISBN-13: 9781587980237Publisher: Beard BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/20/2000Pages: 740Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.35lbsSize: 9.06h x 6.20w x 1.84d

Author: Mike FreemanISBN-10: 1540230295ISBN-13: 9781540230294Publisher: History Press Library EditionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/07/2011Pages: 162Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

*Includes pictures *Includes the business magnates' quotes about life and work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The Gilded Age and the dawn of the 20th century are often remembered as an era full of monopolies, trusts, and economic giants in...

On the death of France's most glorious king, Louis XIV, in 1715, few people benefited from the shift in power more than the intriguing financial genius from Edinburgh, John Law. Already notorious for killing a man in a duel and for acquiring a huge...

Randy Lewis bet his career that he could create an inclusive workplace at one of America's biggest corporations--a place where people with disabilities could not just succeed but thrive. No Greatness without Goodness is the powerful story of a corporate executive who, after watching...

In this candid autobiography, Amway cofounder Rich DeVos reflects on work, faith, family, and the core values he's held on to, from his humble Christian upbringing through his enormous success running one of the world's largest businesses. Few people embody the American entrepreneurial spirit...

Author: Virginia HaleISBN-10: 1436366135ISBN-13: 9781436366137Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/08/2008Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.08h x 6.08w x 0.76d

From his humble beginnings as a Scottish immigrant to his ascension to wealth and power as a 'captain of industry', Andrew Carnegie embodied the American 'rags to riches' dream. Alive in the time of the Civil War, Carnegie was the epitome of a self-made...

The first book by a Coca-Cola CEO tells the remarkable story of the company's revival. Neville Isdell was a key player at Coca-Cola for more than thirty years, retiring in 2009 as Chairman after rebuilding the tarnished brand image of the world's leading soft-drink...

Julian Robertson is one of the most successful and well-known hedge fund managers of our time. For nearly twenty years his infamous fund--Tiger Management--was the talk of the town, routinely delivering double-digit performance. This biography will explore this legendary fund manager's role in the...

Scottish-born Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) Chief Trader William Fraser Tolmie took charge of Fort Nisqually and its outstations in 1843. The first white settlement on Puget Sound, it functioned as a vital communications, banking, and shipping center, as well as a commodities and livestock...

Catfish Dream centers around the experiences, family, and struggles of Ed Scott Jr. (born in 1922), a prolific farmer in the Mississippi Delta and the first ever nonwhite owner and operator of a catfish plant in the nation. Both directly and indirectly, the economic...

From reviews of the first edition: "A succinct and informed account of Flagler's] leadership in transforming Florida's economy."--American Historical Review"An important contribution to the understanding of Standard Oil's extended partnership and how the personal desire of Flagler led to the early development of Florida's...

If it weren't for Cy Avery's dreams of better roads through his beloved Tulsa, the United States would never have gotten Route 66. This book is the story of Avery, his times, and the legendary highway he helped build. In this engaging biography of...