Industries Professions category: 12443 books
by Amy Lyndon
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Amy Lyndon is one of Hollywood's premiere Booking Coaches and the creator of the revolutionary Lyndon Technique: "The 15 Guideline Map To Booking" Handbook. Besides being a Coach and Mentor, she is also an Actress, Director, Producer, Casting Director, and was a CEO of a successful Personal Management...
The House of Mondavi
The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2007
An epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built—and then spectacularly lost—a global wine empire
Set in California’s lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of Mondavi is a tale of genius, sibling rivalry, and betrayal....
Finding the Future of Digital Book Publishing
"Interviews With 19 Innovative Ebook Business Leaders"
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Finding the Future of Digital Book Publishing – Interviews With 19 Innovative Ebook Business Leaders is Digital Book World’s first ebook. In interviews with 19 innovative ebook business leaders, Digital Book World’s editorial director Jeremy Greenfield draws out how these professionals are leading...
The Essence of Provence
The Story of L'Occitane
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
The extraordinary rags-to-riches tale of Olivier Baussan and the roadside soap stand that became L’Occitane, one of the world’s most successful purveyors of natural fragrances. Founded in 1976 by Olivier Baussan, the now world-renowned fragrance company L’Occitane, a woman of Provence” in...
Coffee for One
How the New Way to Make Your Morning Brew Became a Tempest in a Coffee Pod
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Reminiscent of God in a Cup and The Devil’s Cup, this is an inside look into the modern business of making coffee. But rather than a general history, Coffee for One focuses on the revolution that made single serve such a popular way to consume coffee worldwide, and the competition and conflict that...
Billy, Alfred, and General Motors
The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time in American History
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2006
One industry has had more impact on life in America than any other before or since. Here is the story of two men and one company at the start of it all. You couldn’t find two more different men. Billy Durant was the consummate salesman, a brilliant wheeler-dealer with grand plans, unflappable energy,...
Sir Thomas Lipton
The Man Who Invented Himself
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Thomas Lipton burst onto the national scene in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The Princess of Wales had launched a £30,000 fund to provide a Jublilee dinner for the poor, but, with only weeks to go, no more than £5,000 had been subscribed. Lipton saved the day by writing a cheque...
Steam Titans
Cunard, Collins, and the Epic Battle for Commerce on the North Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Winner of the Brewington Book Prize for Maritime History
The story of the epic contest between shipping magnates Samuel Cunard and Edward Collins for mid-19th century control of the Atlantic.
Between 1815 and the American Civil War, the greatest invention of the Industrial Revolution...
Mr SIA
Fly Past
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Introducing the life and times of a legend in international aviation — Lim Chin Beng — the man they called Mr SIA.
Absorbing the life and work of Lim Chin Beng is like watching a fly past of airlines and aircraft old and new. In this book, his past comes to meet you in many forms — designs,...
by Irwin Stelzer
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Following Murdoch’s journey from a small-town newspaperman to a globe-dominating media mogul, a clear-eyed examination of Rupert Murdoch’s business philosophies and management techniques, from a key advisor of thirty-five years.
After having worked closely with the legendary media titan...
Hello Again
Nine decades of radio voices
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
It’s now ninety years since the BBC made its first broadcast and the British love affair with radio began.
This book is a journey through that fascinating history and a celebration of the many wonderful voices that were part of it: Marion Cran, who pioneered the first gardening programme...
And Now on Radio 4
A Celebration of the World's Best Radio Station
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
And Now on Radio 4 offers an enthusiast's guide to the shows that have made Radio 4 what it is, and also explores some of the wonderful corners of the network's history that are long forgotten by all but a few. Who, for instance, now recalls Ronnie Barker's starring role on Radio 4 in a sophisticated...
Natural Prophets
From Health Foods to Whole Foods--How the Pioneers of the Industry Changed the Way We Eat and Reshaped American Business
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
The e-book edition includes 46 exclusive photos and expanded content!
From a handful of idealistic farmers and local co-ops in the 1960s to the domination of juggernauts like Whole Foods, the wild success of the natural and organic foods industry proves that principled business is not just...
The Hollywood Economist 2.0
The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
A fully revised edition of the popular guide to Hollywood finances, updated to reflect even newer films and trends
In a Freakonomics-meets-Hollywood saga, veteran investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein goes undercover to explore Hollywood’s “invisible money machine,” probing the dazzlingly...