Crown imprint: 1774 books
Becoming Steve Jobs
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
The #1 New York Times bestselling biography of how Steve Jobs became the most visionary CEO in history.
Becoming Steve Jobs breaks down the conventional, one-dimensional view of Steve Jobs that he was half-genius, half-jerk from youth, an irascible and selfish leader who slighted friends and...
by Alan Deutschman
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2001
From the acclaimed Vanity Fair and GQ journalist–an unprecedented, in-depth portrait of the man whose return to Apple precipitated one of the biggest turnarounds in business history. With a new epilogue on Apple’s future survival in today’s roller-coaster economy, here is the revealing biography...
The Greatest Trade Ever
The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. Paulson's background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he knew little about real estate or how...
The Buy Side
A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
New York Times Bestseller
The Buy Side, by former Galleon Group trader Turney Duff, portrays an after-hours Wall Street culture where drugs and sex are rampant and billions in trading commissions flow to those who dangle the most enticements. A remarkable writing debut, filled with indelible...
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now: What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the...
Rubies in the Orchard
How to Uncover the Hidden Gems in Your Business
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
POM Wonderful. FIJI Water. Teleflora. The Franklin Mint. Lynda Resnick's marketing triumphs read like an encyclopedia of branding. She is the smartest and hardest-working marketing brain in the business - the kind of marketer who can sell "ice sculptures to Eskimos."...
What Made jack welch JACK WELCH
How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2007
Surprisingly, it’s not about education or pedigree or even native smarts. Most of us are like jack welch, who started life as a lowercase guy, the son of a railroad conductor, but went on to become the most celebrated and successful executive of recent years. Sure, Jack Welch—and lots of other...
Managing the Dragon
How I'm Building a Billion-Dollar Business in China
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2008
The first book by a westerner who built a company in China from scratch
The emergence of China as a world economic power is one of the biggest stories of our time. Every business that intends to be an important part of the fast-changing global economy needs to know how to play the game in China....
eBoys
The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
In eBOYS, Randall Stross takes us behind the scenes and inside the heads of the gutsy entrepreneurs who are financing the hottest businesses on the Web. The six tall men who started Benchmark, Silicon Valley's most exciting venture capital firm, put themselves at the cutting edge of the new economy...
The Education of an Accidental CEO
My Journey from the Trailer Park to the Corner Office
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2007
David Novak—one of today’s most engaging, unconventional, and successful business leaders—lived in thirty-two trailer parks in twenty-three states by the time he reached the seventh grade. He sold encyclopedias door to door, worked as a hotel night clerk, and took a job as a $7,200-a-year advertising...
Everyone Else Must Fail
The Unvarnished Truth About Oracle and Larry Ellison
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2003
Karen Southwick’s unauthorized account provides the full story of Larry Ellison’s brilliant, controversial career. Ellison’s drive and fierce ambition created Oracle out of the dust and built it into one of America’s great technology companies, but his unpredictable management style keeps...
Building Wealth in China
36 True Stories of Chinese Millionaires and How They Made Their Fortunes
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
See how thirty-six of China’s most successful and innovative entrepreneurs are creating the global economy of tomorrow. In these pages you’ll learn valuable lessons from remarkable business leaders, such as:
• Zhang Yin, chairwoman of Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited, who trans-...
A Global Lesson
Success Through Cooperation and Compassionate Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
Reinhard Mohn, legendary entrepreneur and father of the global media giant Bertelsmann, offers penetrating insights into his motives, beliefs, and hopes as one of the world’s foremost businesspeople.
Reinhard Mohn has grappled with the political and cultural changes of recent decades like...
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...