Biography & Autobiography - Business

The biography of Paul Ricard--whose eponymous company Pernod Ricard produced and popularized pastis, an anise aperitif from his native Marseille--embodies a wonderfully rich business success story of the 20th century. Overcoming significant adversity amid the turmoil of the 1930s, Ricard built a renowned premium...

One of the major figures in American history, Andrew Carnegie was a ruthless businessman who made his fortune in the steel industry and ultimately gave most of it away. He used his wealth to ascend the world's political stage, influencing the presidencies of Grover...

The Maryhill Museum of Art is located on 5,300 acres in the Columbia River Gorge. Miles from any sizeable town and surrounded by the gorge's spectacular scenery, Maryhill is an internationally recognized -- and undeniably eclectic -- repository of art that ranges from one...

This is the first book in the series and written by the founder of SmarterComics himself, Franco Arda. Follow this secret agent, as he gives you solid ideas on how to lead a bold life. How to take action and follow your dreams. Words...

"An adulating biography of Apple's left-brained wunderkind, whose work continues to revolutionize modern technology." --Kirkus Reviews In 1997, Steve Jobs discovered a scruffy British designer toiling away at Apple's headquarters, surrounded by hundreds of sketches and prototypes. Jony Ive's collaboration with Jobs would produce...

Max Krueger came to Texas from Germany in 1868, a penniless, delicate boy of sixteen. By the time he wrote his memoirs at the age of seventy-four, he had seen the state transformed from a harsh frontier to an industrialized society and had twice...

Theatrical producers who make it big on Broadway often start their climb from the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, not the raucous frontier. Even fewer would dream of becoming a successful theatre owner in the storied West End of London....

Everyday adventures and lessons learned over 20 years renting single-family homes to a wide variety of tenants. Tenants come and go. Some even come and stay a long time. Most are totally unremarkable; they pay the rent on time, let you know when something...

Put aside what you read on the web about Elon Musk. There is a significant amount more to him than just his genius and his accomplishments. This book lays out the life that he had before arriving in the United States and looks at...

SELF-PUBLISHING YOUR BOOK IN MULTIPLE FORMATS is designed to help writers take advantage of the many formats for publishing and selling books. It features an introduction to the different platforms and how to prepare and publish your manuscript in each format. By doing so,...

Steve D. Bullock spent 38 years with the American Red Cross, culminating with his appointment as Acting President following the departure of Elizabeth Dole. Prior to serving as Acting President of the national organization, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Cleveland...

Ingenuity. Indictments. Injustice. Arthur Anderson: an innovative accounting firm brought down by governmental false accusations. Political fodder in the government's prosecution of Enron, the company was unjustly dismantled for its supposed connections to the corruption. The company was later vindicated by a 9 -...

In this revolutionary self-help guide, the author Rick Denley, a global transformational growth coach, catapults you towards conquering any mess, movement or mission you are on, through self reinvention. For anyone going through or considering change, it will require far more energy for our...

Reed Hastings is one of the world's foremost business leaders. As co-founder, chairman and CEO of Netflix, he has built one of the largest media and entertainment companies on the planet, with an estimated personal net worth of $3.6 billion. A notable philanthropist, he...

The Hermitage Effect tells the tale of how Bill Browder went from being Putin's biggest cheerleader to Browder claiming he was Vladimir Putin's number one enemy. This book examines Sergei Magnitsky's police testimonies and speculates if the real whistleblower to the biggest tax heist...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"The automobile has come to stay. But when a man has no business, it is a rather expensive luxury, and I would advise no man, be he farmer or merchant, to buy one until he has sufficient income...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"The automobile has come to stay. But when a man has no business, it is a rather expensive luxury, and I would advise no man, be he farmer or merchant, to buy one until he has sufficient income...

Hetty Howland Green (1834-1916), born Hetty Howland Robinson, and known in her later years as "The Witch of Wall Street," was born in the whaling town of New Bedford, Massachusetts to Quaker parents. This biography charts Hetty Green's extraordinary ascent up the pyramid of...

After forty years in professional sport and business, Michael Friedman sits down to describe the harrowing career path that he -- a self-described "ordinary guy"-- pursued, stumbled on, raced along, departed from, triumphed through and is still following with undiminished enthusiasm.This is no "how...

Born to enslaved parents, Anthony Overton became one of the leading African American entrepreneurs of the twentieth century. Overton's Chicago-based empire ranged from personal care products and media properties to insurance and finance. Yet, despite success and acclaim as the first business figure to...

The candid tale of one of Britain's most outstanding contemporary philanthropists. These pages wryly track Peter's varied career moves, from flogging tickets for one of The Beatles first major concerts, to getting inadvertently caught up in a New York family turf war while trying...

A very personal memoir of the author's relationship with the iconic and much loved bookshop Foyles of Charing Cross Road in London. From fond childhood memories of his eccentric and brilliant grandfather William Foyle, 'the Barnum of Bookselling' and his aunt, the beautiful, charming,...

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family, the Vanderbilts.When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father's...

An intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs by the mother of his first child providing rare insight into Jobs's formative, lesser-known years.Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set...

Man, Economy, and State V2: A Treatise on Economic Principles is a comprehensive economic treatise written by Murray N. Rothbard, and first published in 1962. The book is a continuation of the first volume, which was published in 1962, and it delves deeper into...

The Failure of the New Economics: An Analysis of the Keynesian Fallacies is a book written by Henry Hazlitt in 1959. The book is a critique of the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes and his followers, who believed that government intervention in the...

Business Cycles is a seminal work in the field of economics, written by Wesley Clair Mitchell and first published in 1923. The book explores the nature and causes of economic fluctuations, which are often referred to as business cycles. Mitchell argues that these cycles...

Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business is a book written by Dale Carnegie and first published in 1932. The book is a guide to effective public speaking and persuasion in the world of business. It is divided into four parts, each focusing on...

The Complete Servant is a practical guidebook written by Samuel Adams in 1826. The book aims to provide a thorough understanding of the various duties and responsibilities of servants, catering to all descriptions of servants. The guidebook covers a wide range of topics, including...

Develop the Scaramucci mindset that drives entrepreneurial success Hopping over the Rabbit Hole chronicles the rise, fall, and resurgence of SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci, giving you a primer on how to thrive in an unpredictable business environment. The sheer number of American success...

When Mary Andringa first told me she wanted to write a book about her father, Gary, I thought, That's already been done.Turns out, I was wrong.For more than a year, Donna Biddle and I had researched the lives and legacies of Gary and Matilda....

The son of a steelworker from Pennsylvania tells the inside story, warts and all, of his career as a successful investment banker at two of the biggest, best-known, and most controversial firms in the world-Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase-during a historic and turbulent period...

This book tells the unlikely story of a shy farm boy who hated school but ended up working more than 25 years for one of the world's most successful companies of the 20th century. It is a candid collection of recollections, more than 25...

Sir James Goldsmith was one of the most intriguing figures of the twentieth century but as a billionaire with a taste for litigation he successfully ensured that, for much of his life, his background, methods and ambitions escaped far-reaching investigation. This is the first...

Author: Tracey D. SyphaxISBN-10: 0985029501ISBN-13: 9780985029500Publisher: From the Block to the Boardroom LLC.Language: EnglishPublished: 02/12/2012Pages: 172Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d

David Nassaney has been the owner of 6 gas stations in California since 1976. Before that, he had worked at or managed several gas stations for many different family members since 1966. Prior to that, his father had owned, and managed gas stations and...

The third volume of the Just Lassen to Me series brings more twists, turns, and tumult in Harvy Simkovits' relationship with his finagling entrepreneurial father and afflicted immigrant family. New players will come onto the scene who try to help heal the family and...

Four-time Olympian, bestselling author and award-winning speaker Ruben Gonzalez on how to develop the focus, discipline, confidence and courage 
you need to achieve your goals. Take control of your life with the success secrets of an Olympic athlete and successful business owner.As a four-time...

Four-time Olympian, bestselling author and award-winning speaker Ruben Gonzalez on how to develop the focus, discipline, confidence and courage 
you need to achieve your goals. Take control of your life with the success secrets of an Olympic athlete and successful business owner.As a four-time...

Roller coasters took Dick Kinzel slowly to the top and a $1.24 billion acquisition ultimately lead to his direst years. During his 39-year career (25 as president and CEO) with Cedar Point and Cedar Fair parks, he built the world's first 200, 300, and...

Story of young couple who gave up their professional jobs in a major city to move to the woods in Wisconsin and run a resort and disc golf course.Author: Michele Vanort CozzensISBN-10: 0971365903ISBN-13: 9780971365902Publisher: Sandy Point ResortLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2002Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 8.98h x...

This is the story of a 'sixties adman who harnessed the big ideas of his age and set out to reinvent advertising - and then change the world. In so doing he introduced interactive, PR-generating stunts, and social media - way back in the...

Author: John Wilber JenkinsISBN-10: 0894990594ISBN-13: 9780894990595Publisher: Books for BusinessLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2001Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 8.08h x 4.58w x 0.92d

The Magic Kingdom sheds new light on the cultural icon of "Uncle Walt." Watts digs deeply into Disney's private life, investigating his roles as husband, father, and brother and providing fresh insight into his peculiar psyche-his genuine folksiness and warmth, his domineering treatment of...

Biography of John Jacob Astor's life and his career as a merchant, fur trader, and land speculator as vehicles for examining several important themes and issues in American economic and urban development between 1790 and 1860. John Jacob Astor was the best-known and most...

It was a time when anything seemed possible-instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous luxury-and for a run of magical weeks in the spring and summer of 1920, Charles Ponzi made it all come true. Promising to double investors' money in three months, the dapper, charming...

"He is to American broadcasting as Carnegie was to steel, Ford to automobiles, Luce to publishing, and Ruth to baseball," wrote The New York Times of William S. Paley--the man who built CBS, the "Tiffany Network." Sally Bedell Smith's In All His Glory takes...

He tamed the market's bulls and bears. "He was the best friend I have ever had in every way."--J. P. Morgan It was the height of the Gilded Age and J. Pierpont Morgan controlled the fate of railroads, corporations, and governments. The wealthy and...

Bold, flamboyant, extravagant, devious, visionary, Agoston Haraszthy (1812-1869) is one of the most fascinating--and elusive--figures in the history of American agriculture. Apart from his pioneer efforts to establish a world-class wine industry in California, he holds other important distinctions: he was the first Hungarian...

This phenomenal New York Times bestseller is an expose of international corruption and an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generations. John Perkins was an economic hit man. His job was to convince countries that are strategically important to the United States,...