Simon Schuster: 4797 books
In The Plex
How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Written with full cooperation from top management, including cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, this is the inside story behind Google, the most successful and most admired technology company of our time, told by one of our best technology writers.
Few companies in history have ever been...
One Up On Wall Street
How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
More than one million copies have been sold of this seminal book on investing in which legendary mutual-fund manager Peter Lynch explains the advantages that average investors have over professionals and how they can use these advantages to achieve financial success.
America’s most successful...
Jim Cramer's Real Money
Sane Investing in an Insane World
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2005
Even after repeated boom and bust cycles on Wall Street, it’s still possible to make real money in the stock market—provided investors take a disciplined approach to investing. Financial guru Jim Cramer shows how ordinary investors can prosper, no matter the climate on Wall Street.
How...
Last Man Standing
The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
In the midst of the most disastrous economic climate of Wall Street’s history, one executive has weathered the storm more deftly than any other: Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase. In 2008, while Dimon’s competitors watched their companies crumble, JPMorgan not only survived, it made...
40 Chances
Finding Hope in a Hungry World
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
With a foreword by Warren Buffett, 40 Chances is an “inspiring manifesto…both an informative guidebook and a catalyst for igniting real changes” (Booklist) in the struggle against world hunger.
If someone granted you $3 billion to accomplish something great in the world, what would you...
Hershey
Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2006
The name Hershey evokes many things: chocolate bars, the company town in Pennsylvania, one of America's most recognizable brands. But who was the man behind the name? In this compelling biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio gives us the real-life rags-to-riches story of Milton...
The Third Wave
An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller from Steve Case—the co-founder of AOL—presents “a compelling roadmap for the future…that can help us make sense of the technological changes reshaping our economy and the world. A fascinating read” (Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO and...
by Alan C. (Ace) Greenberg
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
On March 16, 2008, Alan Greenberg, former CEO and current chairman of the executive committee of Bear Stearns, found himself in the company’s offices on a Sunday. More remarkable by far than the fact that he was in the office on a Sunday is what he was doing: participating in a meeting of the board...
Dealings
A Political and Financial Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
It was a German soldier’s chance decision to reach for a cigarette and absently wave a car through a checkpoint outside Marseille in 1940 that allowed Felix Rohatyn and his Jewish family to escape from Nazi-occupied France. In the States, a chance summer job led him to the small, private investment...
by Diane von Furstenberg
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
The frank and compelling story of an extraordinary woman and her adventures in fashion, business, and life.
“Most fairy tales end with the girl marrying the prince. That's where mine began,” says Diane Von Furstenberg. Von Furstenberg lived the American Dream before she was thirty, building...
From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harb
Front-Line Dispatches from the Advertising War
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
Vividly reminiscent of the goings-on at Sterling Cooper**—the late nights, the three-martini lunches, the sex on couches, and, of course, the actual work of plugging products—**this is the story of what Madison Avenue was really like in the ’60s. A worldwide bestseller when first published in 1970, this frank, irreverent, and hilarious memoir is a one-of-a-kind cult classic.
The Hypomanic Edge
The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of) Success in America
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Why is America so rich and powerful? The answer lies in our genes, according to psychologist John Gartner.
Hypomania, a genetically based mild form of mania, endows many of us with unusual energy, creativity, enthusiasm, and a propensity for taking risks. America has an extraordinarily high number...
The Trumps
Three Generations of Builders and a Presidential Candidate
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
The definitive family biography of President Donald Trump.
The revealing story of the Trumps mirrors America’s transformation from a land of striving immigrants to a world in which the aura of wealth alone can guarantee a fortune. The Trumps begins with a portrait of President Trump’s immigrant...
by James B. Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2005
The dramatic inside story of the downfall of Michael Eisner—Disney Chairman and CEO—and the scandals that drove America’s best-known entertainment company to civil war.
“When You Wish Upon a Star,” “Whistle While You Work,” “The Happiest Place on Earth”—these are lyrics...