Biography & Autobiography - Business

This is the story of his life. He stayed on and worked on the cutting edge of computer and network technologies, became a successful entrepreneur, engaged in philanthropy, and received a distinguished Presidential appointment.But most of all, it is a human interest story of...

Jobs is a history of the 16 different occupations the author held throughout his career. From developmental, to journeyman, professional, and then "post-career" positions. The lessons learned in each position. A rating on the training provided by each company that hired him.Are you looking...

An impetuous outsider who delighted in confronting American hypocrisy and prudery, Barney Rosset liberated American culture from the constraints of Puritanism. As the head of Grove Press, he single-handedly broke down the laws against obscenity, changing forever the nature of writing and publishing in...

In this memoir, Larry J Gould takes you on a journey with him from one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Leeds, England to one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in the Hamptons, New York. You will laugh and you will cry. From starting his...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account." - Stanford For many people, the Gilded Age and the dawn of the...

A bestselling author and advertising veteran shares a life's lessons from the ad trade. Dave Marinaccio, cofounder and the creative director of LMO Advertising, is a veteran of the industry who, as a young man starting out, studied stand-up at Second City in Chicago....

Ricky (RickyB) Bickham is a music artist/writer from New Orleans, LA, who dives into the realities of listeners over the city's signature brass and percussion sounds, creating feel-good music filled with memories of its unique culture.After years of penning music, he decided to explore...

Observations From a Lifetime of Leadership Bill Donaldson cofounded the innovative investment firm Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, served in the State Department under Henry Kissinger, and was the founding dean of the Yale School of Management. He led the New York Stock Exchange and...

Economical Cooking: Planned For Two Or More Persons is a cookbook written by Winifred Stuart Gibbs and originally published in 1912. The book is designed to help people cook meals for two or more people without overspending on ingredients or wasting food. The book...

This is the story of Alvin and Ellen Grace Fuhrman. It is about growing up on the family farms . . . how they lived before the age of electricity and indoor toilets . . . the various ways they made it to school-both...

Don't miss John Saxon's debut book, 622 The Underground, a captivating story chronicling his life and entrepreneurial journey, leading up to the grand opening of his official bookstore and main attraction.Author John Saxon shares their journey of perseverance and hard work towards their goals...

Winner of the 2016 Foreword Indies' Silver Award in Biography Blue jeans are globally beloved and quintessentially American. They symbolize everything from the Old West to the hippie counter-culture; everyone from car mechanics to high-fashion models wears jeans. And no name is more associated...

CIRCUMCISION CUTS THROUGH US ALL. In her eye-opening memoir, Georganne Chapin exposes the business of medical circumcision. This unnecessary and most common pediatric surgery in the United States permanently reduces the size and alters the function of a boy's penis for the rest of...

Author Bill Grimm shares creative techniques for businesspeople to build success now. Through his lived experiences, he shares the best tips for achieving goals and realizing every ambitious dream into a reality. If anyone understands how to build resilience, it's Bill Grimm. His less-than-nurturing...

Once known to many as one the fastest masons in the world, Eligha Pryor is now taking the world by storm as one of the most dynamic speakers available. Sharing lessons from his career as a successful home builder & developer and detailing the...

Hollywood's famous child star agent Iris Burton launched the careers of the world's current movie stars and celebrities including Drew Barrymore, Tori Spelling, River and Joaquin Phoenix, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Johnny Depp, and Kirstin Dunst. But what was Iris Burton like to...

The United States was conceived in business, founded on business, and operated as a business -- all because of the entrepreneurial mind of the greatest American businessman of any generation: George Washington. Using Washington's extensive but often overlooked financial papers, Edward G. Lengel chronicles...

Despite his important role in the development of early Texas--he was a close associate of Stephen F. Austin, a successful businessman and land speculator, father of the Texas navy, founder of Texas' first bank, and co-founder of Galveston--Samuel May Williams is unknown to many...

An astonishing, cautionary tale of how Westerner Mark Kitto built a successful media empire in China, creating and running 3 magazines, only to have the state take his business, and his livelihood, away. "I had fought off attacks from jealous rivals and been investigated...

One of America's top healthcare leaders offers a prescription to fix an ailing and inequitable healthcare system In Health, Hope, and Healing for All, Eugene A. Woods, CEO of Advocate Health, one of the largest non-profit health systems in the nation, provides a riveting...

Young Henry Ford is a visual and textual presentation of the first forty years of Henry Ford--an American farm boy who became one of the greatest manufacturers of modern times and profoundly impacted the habits of American life. In Young Henry Ford, Sidney Olson...

From surviving a life-altering accident at 6 months old to becoming a successful business owner, Thriving in Chaos: Lessons Learned as a Corporate Marketer is the inspiring story of one woman's journey to success. This book provides readers with the tools they need to...

Indian trader, rancher, harbor developer, oil impresario--these are the many worlds of one of the least chronicled but most fascinating characters of the American West. In the early, bustling years of the frontier, a brazen young man named William McDole Lee moved from Wisconsin...

Peter C. Newman's poison pen has lodged itself in the viscera of the Canadian elite. In Mavericks, he has selected his most evocative writing about those Canadians who run against the grain on the grandest scale, including Conrad Black, Garth Drabinsky, the Eaton boys,...

Is this the funniest book about the ad industry to hit the bookshops this year - whilst being the most informative about what goes on inside agencies in London and around the world? It charts the career of a young agency executive. His insightful...

31 Months in Japan the Building of a Theme Park is the story of two Southern Californians embarking on the adventure of a lifetime moving to Japan to participate in the construction of the Universal Studios Japan(R) theme park. Join authors Larry K. &...

Ein Klassiker jetzt neu als Broschurausgabe. Das Erstellen von Zukunftsprognosen ist ein millionenschweres Geschaft. Doch haufig entstehen Zweifel an der Zuverlassigkeit der Vorhersagen. Sherden entlarvt falsche Prophezeiungen und trennt die Tatsachen von Trugschlussen, um den Leser zu zeigen, wie man Prognosen am besten nutzt...

Sharp, resourceful, and with a style all her own, Althea Altemus embodied the spirit of the independent working woman of the Jazz Age. In her memoir, Big Bosses, she vividly recounts her life as a secretary for prominent (but thinly disguised) employers in Chicago,...

A biography of the man behind the MG. M.G., the world's most-loved make of sports car, was created in the 1920s by Cecil Kimber--invariably known as Kim. Rising above disability, with his energy, enthusiasm, and vision Kimber became a leading figure in the British...

From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of The Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour, and The Two Popes comes the fascinating account of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's friendship--one of the most impactful relationships in history, and the basis of an upcoming play and film.Few friendships...

It Can Be Done! describes author David Charles Gasmire's experiences as a young boy in the Midwest, who becomes a Texan, as well as his success resulting from perseverance and determination. He provides a moving account of how he transformed from an average student...

From his ignominious days as an office boy in post-Civil War Manhattan to a social and corporate position so triumphant that "an eminently successful New York business man, president of one of the largest and oldest concerns in the United States" urged him to...

In Tide Players, acclaimed New Yorker contributor and author Jianying Zha depicts a new generation of movers and shakers who are transforming modern China. Through half a dozen sharply etched and nuanced profiles, Tide Players captures both the concrete detail and the epic dimension...

'I have no intention of making small bets' - Masayoshi Son In order to understand what's happening in Silicon Valley, you just need to look at Masayoshi Son. __________ There is no one in the world right now who is in a better position...

Discover the extraordinary life of J. Eugene Salomon, a man whose journey through three countries is as captivating as it is inspiring. From the ravages of the Spanish Civil War, which left his once-wealthy family in ruins, to enduring the horror of German planes...

Opening during the Nazi occupation of Greece, bestseller No Limits is a true-life adventure story of Nick Haritatos. From his humble beginnings in war-torn Greece to southern Africa, Haritatos began a remarkable journey to success, buying his first business at sixteen and creating a...

The ferociously talented Hideo Kojima, creator of Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding, shares his perspective on the stories and movies that influence his work! Ever since he was a child, Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima was a voracious consumer...

Charles W. Gehrke was unflinching. Determined. Persistent. He grew up among the poorest of the poor, yet carried only happy memories of those early years. Out of necessity he learned the value of hard work, as he and his brother helped support their family,...

Do you work a corporate job and hate it? Are you stuck in a box that society has shoved you into (and left you to die)? Breaking free from typical career conventions, Shanah Bell's THE ART OF BEING A PITA guides new adults through...

On September 8, 1980, with the family phone, the Yellow Pages, an old manual typewriter, and $200 she had saved from the grocery money, forty-eight-year-old June Bratcher started her company from the kitchen table. In You Are Driving Me Crazy , she shares the...

The Art of Selling, written by Arthur Frederick Sheldon in 1911, is a guidebook for individuals interested in learning the art of salesmanship. The book is specifically designed for business colleges, high schools of commerce, Y.M.C.A. classes, and private students who wish to improve...

This is the story of John Niven, founder of Purity Stores -- a chain of grocery stores across California as far south as Fresno and as far north as Yreka. Established in the San Francisco area in 1925, this chain operated most of its...

For readers of The Secret History of Wonder Woman and DisneyWar, a fresh new history of Mattel's Barbie. In June of 1952, German publishing tycoon Axel Springer was sending a new paper to print: a four-page broadsheet he'd dubbed Bild Zeitung. The paper--image-heavy, emotional,...

From Dirt Roads to Black Gold is an inspiring true story of a self-made entrepreneur, Younas Chaudhary. Raised in a remote village in Pakistan, Younas built several successful businesses in the USA and Canada using a mix of common sense, hard work, consistency and...

Stories have a way of impacting our emotions. They help us make decisions, feel inspired to take action, or to become a better person. Before the written word, stories were passed down from generation to generation as an oral history. Today stories, parables, analogies...

Buy A Book Help A Child Proceeds will benefit Devotion To Children - an organization which funds affordable quality childcare to those families who can't afford it. www.devotiontochildren.org Imagine waking up tomorrow in a foreign land with no home, no money, no grasp of...

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune.The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story--of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention.From...

Before co-founding BH3 Management, a real estate company that has invested in more than $1.5 billion in commercial debt and equity, Daniel Lebensohn was a Jewish boy in 1970s Long Island interested in going on joy rides with his friends, getting into fist fights...

As the title suggests, Wedding Angels talks about weddings that were literally saved by angels, earthly angels. Follow author Nancy Richards as she builds a wedding business from the ground up and was successful for twenty years of unique and often humorous challenges faced...

My name is author Robert Kintigh and I help people.......... People just like you to: -Set goals and achieve them -Smile bigger and be happier -Sell more at work and become a super star -Become the best at anything you desire -Create meaningful relationships...