Industries Professions category: 12443 books
by Quentin R. Skrabec Jr. Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2007
The discovery of natural gas around Findlay in 1886 started an industrial rush in northwest Ohio. Within five years, over 100 glass companies had moved into the region for free gas and railroad connections to the western markets. Unfortunately the gas ran out in just a few years, and many glass companies...
¿Periodismo?
Vale la pena vivir para este oficio
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Antología de artículos que reúne las entrevistas hechas por el autor a una serie de maestros del periodismo, y una reflexión inédita sobre el periodismo actual.
Entre enero y febrero de 2009, y bajo el título «Maestros del periodismo», El País publicó una serie de entrevistas entre...
Una memoria de «El País»
La vida en una redacción
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Con motivo del cuadragésimo aniversario de El País, una edición ampliada de este relato ameno, revelador, documentado, cargado de nostalgia y escrito con extraordinaria pericia que relata la historia del principal periódico español.
El 4 de mayo de 1976 se publica el primer ejemplar de...
by Roy G. Jinks, Sandra C. Krein
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2006
Horace Smith and Daniel Baird Wesson shared a dream of manufacturing a firearm that could fire repeatedly, using a new and self-contained cartridge. In 1852, the dream became a reality with the founding of Smith & Wesson Firearms Company. Over the next 154 years, the company grew to be one of the most...
A Man and his Mountain
The Everyman who Created Kendall-Jackson and Became America's Greatest Wine Entrepreneur
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
The story of self-made billionaire Jess Jackson, who put Chardonnay on America's tables as he built the KendallJackson wine empire from a few mountainous acres of grapes, and raced the Horse of the Year three years in a row, is a remarkable tale of romance, risk, and reinvention-perhaps the greatest...
by Vasile Dragomir, Ion Stoica
Language: Romanian
Release Date: May 11, 2016
Language: Romanian
Release Date: May 11, 2016
Dorința noastră, a fost să dedicăm această carte, fenomenului petrolier din zona Moreni, cu suișurile și coborâșurile lui, dar mai ales acelor truditori, care fie că s-au numit puțari, păcurari, petroliști, au dus greul acestei activități și au făcut ca tradiția să meargă...
Rebuilding the Brand
How Harley-Davidson Became King of the Road
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
In the early 1980s, Harley-Davidson was on the verge of bankruptcy. In the general public's opinion, quality was substandard-of both motorcycles and riders. Harleys leaked oil and were often broken down. Riders were roughnecks, out to raise hell. The Harley-Davidson brand was tarnished. What s more,...
Delaware Beer
The Story of Brewing in the First State
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Boasting a brewing history older than the United States, Delaware packs an outsized punch in the craft beer scene with its landmark breweries and bold flavors. In 1873, the German lagers of Wilmington's Diamond State brewing rose to dominance. After Prohibition and the bust of the first craft beer...
The Pan-Industrial Revolution
How New Manufacturing Titans Will Transform the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
A stunning look at what will happen to global industry as 3-D printing quickly becomes a worldwide phenomenon–and how this will influence our economic and geopolitical landscape.
Best‑selling author Richard D’Aveni contends that the advent of massive, industrial‑scale 3‑D printing...
The Next Crash
How Short-Term Profit Seeking Trumps Airline Safety
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
If you are one of over 700 million passengers who will fly in America this year, you need to read this book. The Next Crash offers a shocking perspective on the aviation industry by a former United Airlines pilot. Weaving insider knowledge with hundreds of employee interviews, Amy L. Fraher uncovers...
Air Transportation
A Management Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Now in its Seventh Edition, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective by John Wensveen is a proven textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management. In addition to explaining the fundamentals, this book now takes the reader to the leading...
Buying the Big Jets
Fleet Planning for Airlines
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Selecting the right aircraft for an airline operation is a vastly complex process, involving a multitude of skills and considerable knowledge of the business. Buying the Big Jets has been published since 2001 to provide expert guidance to all those involved in aircraft selection strategies.
This...
by Scott J. Lawson, Daniel R. Elliott
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2008
Located within the northern Sierra Nevada mountain range, the forests of Plumas County were once seen as a source of endless timber. Lumber was needed during the Gold Rush for water flumes, mine timbers, and an array of buildings. While timber was abundant, the abilities of the early settlers to harvest,...
Dial M for Murdoch
News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Dial M for Murdoch uncovers the inner workings of one of the most powerful companies in the world: how it came to exert a poisonous, secretive influence on public life in Britain, how it used its huge power to bully, intimidate and cover up, and how its exposure has changed the way we look at our...