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More than 30 years after his death, Robert Kennedy continues to occupy an exalted place in the American psyche as a symbol of unfulfilled promise and shattered expectations. Had he lived, the legend goes, he would have become president and solved the major problems of the age, [...]
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From Publishers Weekly
Southwick, a veteran Silicon Valley observer and author of several books (including Silicon Gold Rush), offers a detailed look at Larry Ellison, who created Oracle software. Ellison is one of only a handful of computer pioneers still heading a high-tech company. Southwick praises [...]
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Everybody Wins! is a case study in American business enterprise told through the life of an extraordinary man. The book chronicles how Gordon Cain, a chemical engineer well past retirement age, effected a turnaround in the commodity chemicals industry through the strategies of innovative management, employee stock ownership, and leveraged buyouts. [...]
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“Mr. Pavone’s story demands our respect and our admiration: his truth is hard-edged, and cuts like a knife,” — Robert Culp, actor and producer
“Mr. Pavone’s story demands our respect and our admiration: his truth is hard-edged, and cuts like a knife,” — -Robert [...]
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From Publishers Weekly
Vernon, one of the nation’s best-known merchandisers, here presents an ingenuous self-portrait. Born to wealth in Germany, her family fled Nazi persecution, settling first in Holland, then briefly in Palestine, before arriving in New York City, where they built their fortune anew. After [...]
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From Library Journal
A founder of Dodge City, Robert M. Wright rose from bullwhacker (freight wagon driver) to owner of the largest commercial empire in the area, making and losing a fortune on the cattle trade over the Santa Fe trail. A major force in the [...]
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Marvin Traub is a fashion industry legend. –Giorgio Armani
Marvin Traub is a New York City-based legend respected around the world as a visionary in retail and modern merchandising. After transforming the landscape of retail in the eighties, launching the careers of some of [...]
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If you use a personal computer or automated teller machine, make purchases online, or consume media of any kind, your life is directly impacted by the five digital-age visionaries profiled in The New Imperialists. Reams have already been written, of course, about Microsoft’s Bill Gates, AOL-Time Warner’s Steve Case, Oracle’s Larry [...]
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1929. With eight illustrations. The story of the international financier and munitions manufacturer. His name is best known in connection with the Vickers-Armstrong munitions firm, of which he was director and chairman. For his services to the Allies during World War I, Zaharoff was knighted by George V and decorated by [...]
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Through numerous interviews and unlimited access to J. R. Parten’s personal papers, Don E. Carleton tells the story of Parten’s life. Parten, who helped develop critical oil pipelines during World War II, was a tireless champion of liberal causes.
Order A Breed So Rare: The Life of J.R. Parten, Liberal Texas [...]
