Portfolio imprint: 521 books
Stand Out Networking
A Simple and Authentic Way to Meet People on Your Own Terms (A Penguin Special from Portfolio)
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Few professional activities are as nerve-wracking as networking. There’s the paralyzing prospect of entering a room full of strangers. The awkward introductions and stilted small talk. The concern that “networking” means you have to exploit others for personal gain – or might appear that way....
by Paul La Monica
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
How the world's most powerful media mogul really thinks
The third book in Portfolio's new series looks at Rupert Murdoch, the controversial chairman and CEO of News Corp. He is the subject of endless gossip, speculation, and criticism, but what really drives his bold (and usually successful)...
The Zeroes
My Misadventures in the Decade Wall Street Went Insane
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
What Liar's Poker was to the 1980s, The Zeroes is to the first decade of the new century: an insider's memoir of a gilded era when Wall Street went insane-and took the rest of us down with it.
Randall Lane never set out to become a Wall Street power broker. But during the decade he calls the...
Bury My Heart at Conference Room B
The Unbeatable Impact of Truly Committed Managers
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2010
#3 New York Times Advice/How-To Bestseller #7 Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller
"This book is game changing in a way I have never seen in a business book. I learned about myself and gained new insights into the work I've been doing for thirty years. It is a spectacular read."
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Idea Man
A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
By his early thirties, Paul Allen was a world-famous billionaire-and that was just the beginning.
In 2007 and 2008, Time named Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft, one of the hundred most influential people in the world. Since he made his fortune, his impact has been felt in science, technology,...
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
The Battle for the Soul of American Business
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
A legend in the car industry reveals the philosophy that's starting to turn General Motors around.
In 2001, General Motors hired Bob Lutz out of retirement with a mandate to save the company by making great cars again. He launched a war against penny pinching, office politics, turf wars, and...
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
Kind of the Story of My Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Blasting clichéd career advice, the contrarian pundit and creator of Dilbert recounts the humorous ups and downs of his career, revealing the outsized role of luck in our lives and how best to play the system.
Scott Adams has likely failed at more things than anyone you’ve ever met or anyone...
Conspiracy
Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
**An NPR Book Concierge Best Book of 2018!
A stunning story about how power works in the modern age--the book the New York Times called "one helluva page-turner" and The Sunday Times of London celebrated as "riveting...an astonishing modern media conspiracy that is a fantastic...
Small Giants
Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th-Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
How maverick companies have passed up the growth treadmill — and focused on greatness instead.
It’s an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless...
by Michael Ovitz
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
If you're going to read one book about Hollywood, this is the one.
As the co-founder of Creative Artists Agency, Michael Ovitz earned a reputation for ruthless negotiation, brilliant strategy, and fierce loyalty to his clients. He reinvented the role of the agent and helped shape the careers of...
Even Buffett Isn't Perfect
What You Can--and Can't--Learn from the World's Greatest Investor
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
A contrarian look at how Warren Buffett thinks about investing and related issues
Warren Buffett is the most successful and revered investor of all time. His ability to consistently find undervalued companies has made him one of the world’s richest men.
Despite many previous books...
You Can Get There from Here
My Journey from Struggle to Success
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
"Not just another business autobiography, this is a fascinating and uplifting look into one man's leadership journey through poverty, hardship, racism, and betrayal to becoming one of the most inspirational business leaders of our time."
-Jane Marvin, former SVP human resources, Ross Stores,...
I Love Capitalism!
An American Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
**New York Times Bestseller
Iconoclastic entrepreneur and New York legend Ken Langone tells the compelling story of how a poor boy from Long Island became one of America's most successful businessmen.**
Ken Langone has seen it all on his way to a net worth beyond his wildest dreams....
Money Talks, Bullsh*t Walks
Inside the Contrarian Mind of Billionaire Mogul Sam Zell
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2009
"The challenge is, how do we get somebody 126 years old to get it up?" This was Sam Zell's unique way of saying hello to a large gathering at the Los Angeles Times shortly after taking charge of Tribune Company. "I'm your Viagra, OK?"
Even for Sam Zell, one of the greatest...