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Treated Like Family
How an Entrepreneur and His "Employee Family" Built Sargento, a Billion-Dollar Cheese Company
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
At the age of nineteen, high school diploma in hand, Leonard Gentine knew two things: he wanted to own a family business that would pass from generation to generation, and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Dolores Becker, a girl he'd met on a blind date.
For Leonard, life didn't...
Der Hauptstadtflughafen
Politik und Missmanagement. Ein Insider berichtet
Language: German
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Ganz Deutschland fragt sich, wie es beim neuen Hauptstadtflughafen zu den unzähligen technischen Problemen, eklatanten Planungs- und Baufehlern, ständig steigenden Kosten sowie immer wieder verschobenen Eröffnungsterminen kommen konnte. Matthias Roth hat 18 Monate lang als Mitarbeiter der Betreibergesellschaft...
Brave Love
Making Space for You to Be You
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Women today feel pressure to be the best wife, mom, and professional possible - often at the expense of their own identity. But what if you could experience deep peace - knowing you are loved right now, just as you are? In Brave Love, the founder of the multi-million dollar company Lisa Leonard...
Gods and Kings
The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
More than two decades ago, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen arrived on the fashions scene when the business was in an artistic and economic rut. Both wanted to revolutionize fashion in a way no one had in decades. They shook the establishment out of its bourgeois, minimalist stupor with daring,...
Boxes: The Secret Life of Howard Hughes
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
…well documented and researched…Boxes is definitely a fascinating read and a must read for anyone who is at all curious about Howard Hughes’ life.
New witnesses have come forward with personal stories, additional evidence, and photographs. Hughes’s links to the murder of mobster Bugsy...
by Daniel Alef
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2010
Biographical profile of one of the titans of American broadcasting, David Sarnoff, a pioneer in the field of radio and television who founded the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and established a telecommunications and consumer electronics giant Radio Corporation of America (RCA). He ushered in the...
by Influential Individuals
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2018
He's been consistently voted one of the wealthiest people in the world.*** ***Time Magazine also voted him as one of the most influential people in the world; widely considered to be the most successful investor of the entire 20th century.
In short, Warren Buffett is a boss.
The...
Inventing Joy
Dare to Build a Brave & Creative Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“It was an honor to play Joy on the big screen—she’s such a fearless woman, an incredible business force and an inspiration to everyone she meets.” —Jennifer Lawrence
From Joy Mangano, self-made millionaire, entrepreneur, inventor of the Miracle Mop and inspiration...
The Outsider
Albert M. Greenfield and the Fall of the Protestant Establishment
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Albert M. Greenfield (1887-1967), an ambitious immigrant outsider, was courted for his business acumen by mayors, senators, governors, and presidents, including Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. As this feisty Russian Jew built a business empire that encompassed real estate, stores (including Bonwit...
Antonio Garrigues Walker
Testigo clave de medio siglo de nuestra historia
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 2, 2014
La de Antonio Garrigues Walker es una historia fuera de lo común, casi siempre muy cercana a los centros de decisión políticos y económicos, y de mucho trabajo. Heredero de una saga de grandes juristas y personajes relevantes en la vida pública y política española, se crió en un ambiente liberal,...
Jamerican: The Gift of Poverty
Jamaican rags to American riches with a "No Problem" Twist
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
The Wright Brothers
A study of early aviation
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
“For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man”. Wilbur Wright May 13, 1900. The following is an attempt to present the development of the Wright aircraft design over the period of history, using drawings for comparison. These drawings do not represent...
A Perfect Score
The Art, Soul, and Business of a 21st-Century Winery
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
A lively husband and wife team recounts their twenty-year climb from amateur winemakers to recipients of an almost unheard-of perfect score from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate.
Kathryn and Craig Hall launched themselves head first into Napa Valley 20 years ago with the purchase of an 1885 winery...
The Oligarchs
Wealth And Power In The New Russia
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
In this saga of brilliant triumphs and magnificent failures, David E. Hoffman, the former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light on the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless men- Alexander Smolensky, Yuri Luzhkov, Anatoly...