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Summary of Becoming Steve Jobs
by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Summary of Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli | Includes Analysis Preview: So much has been written about the late Steve Jobs that Brent Schlender and his co-author, Rick Tetzeli, wisely begin their biography with a prologue that explains why they wrote...
Civil War Barons
The Tycoons, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, and Visionaries Who Forged Victory and Shaped a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Before the robber barons there were Civil War barons--a remarkable yet largely unknown group of men whose contributions won the war and shaped America's future.
The Civil War woke a sleeping giant in America, creating unprecedented industrial growth that not only supported the struggle but...
Pursuing Legacy
Principles for an Influential Career & Impactful Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
Pursuing Legacy: Principles for an Influential Career & Impactful Life is a research-based professional development book that offers practical knowledge on how individuals can tap into their familial environment and personal ambitions to make impactful career decisions. This book guides the...
Jay Cooke's Gamble
The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
In 1869, Jay Cooke, the brilliant but idiosyncratic American banker, decided to finance the Northern Pacific, a transcontinental railroad planned from Duluth, Minnesota, to Seattle. M. John Lubetkin tells how Cooke’s gamble reignited war with the Sioux, rescued George Armstrong Custer from obscurity,...
by Daniel Alef
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2009
In 1928 William Paley, son of one of the nation's largest cigar producers, purchased United Independent Broadcasters Inc., a collection of 16 radio stations. He renamed it the Columbia Broadcasting System and built it into one of the nation's largest radio networks before turning to television....
The Hypomanic Edge
The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of) Success in America
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Why is America so rich and powerful? The answer lies in our genes, according to psychologist John Gartner.
Hypomania, a genetically based mild form of mania, endows many of us with unusual energy, creativity, enthusiasm, and a propensity for taking risks. America has an extraordinarily high number...
LeBron, Inc.
The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
From the New York Times bestselling author of Return of the King comes the story of LeBron James's incredible transformation from basketball star to sports and business mogul.
With eight straight trips to the NBA Finals, LeBron James has proven himself one of the greatest basketball players...
Barney
Grove Press and Barney Rosset: America’s Maverick Publisher and His Battle against Censorship
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
An “illuminating, insightful“ biography of the man many regard as “the most important American book publisher of the twentieth century” (Kirkus Reviews).
An impetuous outsider who delighted in confronting American hypocrisy and prudery, Barney Rosset liberated American culture from...
The Monopolists
Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
The Monopolists reveals the unknown story of how Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by Parker Brothers and multiple media outlets, the lost female originator of the game, and one man's lifelong obsession to tell the true story about the game's questionable origins.
Most...
Risky Living
Interviews with the Brave Men and Women who Work the World's Most Dangerous Jobs
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
In the tradition of Studs Terkel, this collection of fascinating interviews shares candid stories from men and women who face mortal danger on the job.
Oral historian Tom Jones set out to discover why certain people pursue careers that routinely put their own lives at risk. In Risky Living,...
Freeway Rick Ross
The Untold Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Freeway Rick Ross: The Untold Autobiography is an intimate look at the day-to-day dealings of a drug kingpin in the heart of the ghetto. It's also the story of a boy born in poverty Texas who grew up in a single-parent household in the heart of South Central, who was pushed through the school...
by Daniel Alef
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2009
In 2008 U.S. domestic airlines carried nearly 750 million passengers domestically and internationally. The growth of commercial air transportation and the number of passengers flying today can be laid at the feet of one of the great aviation pioneers, Juan Trippe, who began a crusade to create an air...
Bitcoin Billionaires
A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
From Ben Mezrich, the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House, comes Bitcoin Billionaires--the fascinating story of brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss's big bet on crypto-currency and its dazzling pay-off.
Ben Mezrich's 2009 bestseller...
by Christopher Bruce
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
What does it really take to flip houses with no money or credit? Are you finally ready to regain your job and finally quit the rat race? Finally be able to take vacations when you want? No more asking your boss for time off, and finally give to live life on your own terms. Well you're about to discover...