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Life 2.0
How People Across the Country Are Transforming Their Lives to Make Their Own American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2004
“A delightful, and surprisingly moving, tale” -- Michael Lewis, bestselling author of Moneyball
“Karlgaard flies in with a companion concept to David Brooks’s On Paradise Drive” -- Tom Wolfe
“While counterintuitive to those on the conventional fast-track, Life 2.0 offers...
The Accidental Millionaire
How to Succeed in Life Without Really Trying
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
An entrepreneur’s rags-to-riches story reveals that sometimes not knowing where you’re going is the best way to get there . . .
A first-generation Chinese-American, Gary Fong was raised in one of Los Angeles’ least-desirable neighborhoods and was forced to deal—in his own quirky and...
Fair Shot
Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
"...deeply felt and cogently argued...Hughes makes a powerful case that deserves a respectful hearing." —The Financial Times
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes argues that the best way to fight income inequality is with a radically simple idea: a guaranteed income for working people,...
The Vagabonds
The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
The fascinating story of two American giants—Henry Ford and Thomas Edison—whose annual summer sojourns introduced the road trip to our culture and made the automobile an essential part of modern life, even as their own relationship altered dramatically.
In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist...
Summary of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man - John Perkins
The Corruption of the American Empire
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Complete summary of John Perkins' book: "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man".This summary of the ideas from John Perkins' book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"reveals how economic projections were invented in order to convince other countries to accept important loans for infrastructure and development...
El cliente nunca tiene la razón
Cómo triunfé en los negocios a pesar de mis clientes
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 1, 2012
El primer libro sobre marketing de la autora, donde cuenta el secreto de
su éxito. Quienes quieren emprender su proyecto, no tener jefes y tener
su propia empresa, encontrarán todos los tips de Tamara Di Tella, la
mujer éxito.
Tamara Di Tella ya escribió diez libros, todos dirigidos a mujeres.
Sobre...
Rene Angelil: The Making of Celine Dion
The Unauthorized Biography
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
For almost twelve years, Jean Beaulne was a member of the Baronets "the Beatles of Quebec" along with Rene Angelil. In this book, he has collaborated with writer and journalist Jean Beaunoyer to tell the untold story of Rene Angelil and Celine Dion. Previously unknown details of Rene Angelil's...
Chinese Rules
Mao's Dog, Deng's Cat, and Five Timeless Lessons from the Front Lines in China
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
From the author of the acclaimed Mr. China comes another rollicking adventure story—part memoir, part history, part business imbroglio—that offers valuable lessons to help Westerners win in China.
In the twenty-first century, the world has tilted eastwards in its orbit; China grows confident...
by Joan Benavent
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 2, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 2, 2014
Seis arquetipos de mujer, entre el estrellato de Hollywood de los años de oro y el nacimiento del Star System, abarcando otras luminarias que sobrevivieron al estrellato en las décadas posteriores. Un popurrí variopinto y apasionante de glorias y ocasos dramáticos.
Oil Man
The Story of Frank Phillips and the Birth of Phillips Petroleum
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
This rich, rousing gusher of a biography captures the life and times of an American hero and the birth of the modern oil empire he created.
Frank Phillips, founder of Phillips Petroleum, was one of the most prominent self-made business tycoons of the twentieth century. In Oil Man, Michael Wallis,...
Trump / Russia
A Definitive History
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
**"Hettena is a first-rate reporter and wonderful story-teller, and the tale he tells here is mind-boggling."—Jane Mayer, author of New York Times bestseller Dark Money
"Hettena skillfully weaves many threads—most fresh or previously hidden—into a rich tapestry tying together...
by Chris Chesney
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Resulting from wholly unexpectedly being incarcerated in foreign prisons for 5 months in 2009 for financial crimes he’d never committed, Chris Chesney wrote “A Consuming Rage”. Whilst this was cathartic in itself, it gave him a taste for writing, and he has followed up that first book with “Tales...
Murdoch's Politics
How One Man's Thirst For Wealth and Power Shapes our World
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is the most powerful media organisation in the world. Murdoch's commercial success is obvious, but less well understood is his successful pursuit of political goals, using News Corporation as his vehicle.*BR**BR*In Murdoch's Politics David McKnight tracks Murdoch's...
by Mercedes Cabrera Calvo-Sotelo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Juan March nació en 1880 en una familia de comerciantes de un pueblo de Mallorca. Cuando murió en 1962 era uno de los hombres más ricos del mundo. Su vertiginoso enriquecimiento le hizo estar desde muy pronto en boca de jueces, políticos y periodistas. Su posterior salto a la política le sometió...