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The Wild, Wild East
Lessons for Success in Business in Contemporary Capitalist China
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Anyone who wants to do business in China must understand its customs, people, and culture. Just because its economy is exploding doesnt mean that anyone can go there and make a fortune. In fact, business practices are still deeply rooted in ancient cultural traditions. A Western businessperson who...
Hughesworld
The Strange Life and Death of an American Legend
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Hughesworld is an authentic account written by a press spokesman for Howard Hughes that traces the highlights of his varied life in motion pictures and aviation but concentrates on the management struggle that followed his death in 1976.
Hughes died intestate, or without a valid will, opening...
by Howard Berk
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
In his business memoir, When My Boss Calls, Get the Name, Howard Berk shares the excitement of surviving and thriving in a corporate world transformed by takeovers, leveraged buyouts, mergers, and acquisitions. With warmth and insight, he depicts the differing styles of the high-profile executives...
The Exchange
Wild Times and Italian Rhymes
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
From the snow drifts and tornadoes of Nebraska, to the white sand beaches of southern Italy, author Jessy King shares his experiences as an exchange student during his senior year of high school. In The Exchange, he tells about traveling and learning abroad in 2001 and 2002 against the backdrop of...
False Memories: Adventures of the Living Dali
The Surreal Biography of <Br>Anton Brzezinski
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2005
Praise for False Memories:
"It was rich. Like eating a large slice of cheese cake with blueberry topping. I finished reading it today-did what it was suppose to do-kept my interest, created a deeper mystery surrounding the artist, brought up controversy, cleared a few questions, and much,...
Caught in the Crosshairs of History
The Depression, Wwii, Post-War Adjustment and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Growing up during the Great Depression, then caught up in WWII, is a story of hardship, courage, and finally, redemption. The G.I Bill would open the door to professional life that would never have been possible to many returning Veterans. It was escape from going back to the factory or digging ditches...
Third Swan from the Left
The Stories, Musings, and Random Thoughts of a Wandering Artist
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015
When the applause dies down and the stage lights are turned off, the dancer takes a bus home to sit in a tub of hot water to soak aching muscles. In Third Swan from the Left, author Debbie Wilson makes it clear that life in the world of professional dance is not all champagne and tutus.
The...
by Carl Rollyson
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2010
This engaging collection of essays restores Amy Lowells rightful place in the history of American literature. Carl Rollyson, author of several major literary biographies, corrects the distorted and often hostile accounts of Lowell that have appeared in biographies of D. H. Lawrence, Robert Frost,...
Pictures to Die For
Photos and Stories from the World’S Most Published Photo Journalist
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Journalism at its very best: Noel Young, Sunday Mail, Scotland
In search of the worlds greatest stories my hands have held Einsteins brain and Hitlers golden gun. My foot has stepped on the foot of the Queen of England. My body has survived an airliner crash, a submarine accident and beatings...
by Stephen Wood
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2010
In 1971, after buying their acreage in a very remote area of the Colorado Mountains, the Wood family began to develop their dream ranch. The history and wild life of the area provides a fascinating backdrop for their story of adventure and discovery in the wilderness. From the first Americans to the...
They Called Me the Brush Slinger
Creating a Career in Art
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
They Called Me the Brush Slinger: Creating a Career in Art offers valuable information and insight into the life of an artist. Author Hall Groat Sr. provides an overview of marketing skills necessary to succeed in the art world, and his tales of both the bright and dark sides of being a self-employed...
Recollections
An Artist and Writer Recalls Ten Unusual and Totally Unique Events in His Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
In this memoir, author Harry C. Doolittle offers his recollections and unique stories of Howdy Doody and Kukla, Fran and Olliepioneers in the TV entertainment universeand Charlton Heston, iconic movie star, just to name a few.
Forty Days from the Diary of a Delusional Man
Revelations and Meditations
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
This memoir takes a look into the heart and mind of one man who suffers from schizoaffective and bipolar disorders.
Jeffrey Hochstedlers life has seen its share of twists and turnsa culmination of the many choices and decisions made at any one time. In this memoir, he shares revelations and...
by Frances Dale
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
When a woman alone in the world with her three babies sees a psychiatrist one day in an attempt to overcome her fears, she has no idea that her world is about to be turned upside down with just one prescription.
Shared through the eyes of her inner child, Little Porcupine guides others through...