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…former music-industry executive and nightclub owner Geringer is an enthusiastic storyteller…
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“A sensational book: it pulls no punches and gives us a frank and honest account of the times…” — Two Spirits Dancing Newsletter (news [...]
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Around the globe, Canadian business leaders are known for their effective management style: patient, polite, often undemonstrative, they are great networkers and deeply committed to operations. What are the roots of this management style, and how did it become the gold standard for Canadian business leaders? Acclaimed business writer Gordon Pitts [...]
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An illustrated collection of essays about the various people, events, and experiments from Henry Ford’s lifetime.
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The 55 chapters of “Friends, Families & Forays” are bursting with details about the people and the pursuits that colored the life of [...]
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Between 1954 and 1959, McDonald, an editor and writer at Fortune magazine, helped Alfred P. Sloan write his groundbreaking classic on business management, My Years with General Motors. After the book was completed and a deal was made for Doubleday to publish, the [...]
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The story of how entrepreneur Martha Matilda Harper created America’s first retail franchise network, a radical new business model that encouraged other women to own businesses, to enrich themselves spiritually and financially, and even to marry - all on their own terms.
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"Unintended Consequences" is an entertaining, provocative, and informative memoir by real estate developer Byron M. Church. In this engaging slice of American business and social history, the author recounts his fifty-year residence in Colorado Springs and garners interesting tales of social camaraderie in business and travel. Eloquently written, Church presents a [...]
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A living testimony to the people and spirit of American Airlines. Extraordinary stories of everyday life as told by its current and former employees.
Order A Spirit of Greatness: Stories from the Employees of American Airlines: John M. Capozzi form Amazon.
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A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists features U.S. government officials, state and local officeholders as well as suffragist leaders, women’s liberation leaders, and leaders in other sociopolitical movements. Basic biographical information is included in each of almost 150 entries, along with an in-depth analysis of each woman’s achievements [...]
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From Publishers Weekly
In a hard-hitting, demythologizing portrait of former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca, Levin dismantles the public image of Iacocca as a shrewd, can-do executive and the savior of Chrysler. A Detroit Free Press business columnist, Levin paints Iacocca as a self-aggrandizing, fame-obsessed car man [...]
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Tim TaylorÂ’s story is not simply that of a single individual, but a metaphor for an era that took us to the moon. Launch Fever is an inspiration not only to the rocket scientist but also to every entrepreneur starting or dreaming of starting his or her own company. [...]
