Nonfiction category: 1132351 books
From Telegrapher to Titan
The Life of William C. Van Horne
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
William Van Horne was one of North America's most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, he became a prominent railway figure in the United States before coming to Canada in 1881 to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Railway. Van Horne pushed through construction of the...
Ice Cream Man
25 Years at Toscanini's in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Ice Cream Man: 25 Years at Toscanini's in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Gus Rancatore and Helen Epstein (10,200 words)
A highly entertaining, idiosyncratic mini-memoir, with recipes, about 25 years of running a gourmet ice cream shop down the street from Harvard and MIT. Gus Rancatore shares...
by Noel Shu
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Get ready for the world's first no-holds-barred journey through China's emerging wine culture. Following the tradition of great traveling sommeliers, Noel Shu guides us through the misty vineyards and crowded wineries of China. A delicate interplay unfolds: The PRC struggles with wine's infamous bourgeois...
Norman B. Ream
Forgotten Master of Markets
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Norman Bruce Ream was born in southwestern Pennsylvania in 1844, the son of a farmer. He exhibited a commercial sense, but the Civil War interrupted his ambitions. Wounded twice, he returned home a hero.
After some unsuccessful business ventures out west, he went to Chicago in 1871 and became...
Quirky
The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
The science behind the traits and quirks that drive creative geniuses to make spectacular breakthroughs
What really distinguishes the people who literally change the world--those creative geniuses who give us one breakthrough after another? What differentiates Marie Curie or Elon Musk from...
Geschaeftsmodell Judenhass
Martin Hilti «Volksdeutscher» Unternehmer im Fuerstentum Liechtenstein 19391945
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Das Buch untersucht das Leben des Liechtensteiner Unternehmers Martin Hilti (1915–1997) und seine Beziehung zum Nationalsozialismus im Fürstentum Liechtenstein. Der Begründer der Maschinenbau Hilti, der heutigen Hilti AG in Schaan, war einer der aggressivsten Verfechter des Nationalsozialismus...
Prove Yourself
Essential Lessons From My Successful Startups
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Like millions of immigrants throughout our history, who have found their way to the United States, Dr. Kingsley R Chin has fulfilled the American Dream and in his book, Prove Yourself, he describes in heart wrenching emotions, anecdotes and priceless business and life lessons for anyone who has the...
by Ian Rodwell
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
I have worked in construction for many years (since 1978) and worked in many countries including the UK, the Channel Islands, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Qatar, Istanbul, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Kuwait. I have enjoyed the work (a bit) and experienced loads of new and interesting things.
However...
by Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave, John Cullen
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2019
Born Heinrich Hilgard in Bavaria, Henry Villard (1835-1900) emigrated to the United States at age 18 after a disagreement with his father, penniless, not speaking a word of English and without his parents’ knowledge.
Within five years, he had mastered the English language and was covering...
The Pacesetter
The Complete Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Who was responsible for the these Great American Landmarks: The Indy 500, The Dixie Highway, The Lincoln Highway, Miami Beach and Montauk New York?
Powerpausen für Powerfrauen
Innehalten. Kraft schöpfen. Durchstarten
Language: German
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Paula ist eine Powerfrau: pausenlos auf der Überholspur des Lebens unterwegs. Beruflich wie privat. Voll berufstätig als einzige weibliche Führungskraft in einem internationalen Unternehmen, inklusive Wochenendbeziehung und fünfköpfiger Patchworkfamilie mit pubertären Kids. Paula managt alles,...
by Brenda Woods, Van D. Woods
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
From the small community of Hemingway, South Carolina, to the streets of New York City, Growing Up Sylvias offers a biography of Sylvia Woods, the Queen of Soul Food, and her husband, Herbert Woods. Written by Sylvias daughter-in-law and son, Brenda and Van D. Woods it explores and relates to a journey...
The Chapter we Wrote
The City Press Story
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
In The Chapter We Wrote, Len Kalane, former editor of the newspaper, tells not only the story of City Press, but also a tale of the stories and events that shaped contemporary South Africa. Kalane traces the birth of City Press in the 1950s and the early days of the newspaper, along with its iconic...
The Alchemists
The INEOS Story – An Industrial Giant Comes of Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
One of the world’s top 40 manufacturing companies, one of the largest global petrochemicals producers and the biggest private company in the UK, INEOS has risen to prominence over the past twenty years led by three unassuming northern grammar school boys: majority owner Jim Ratcliffe and his business...