Archive for November, 2009

Sam Spiegel: The Incredible Life and Times of Hollywood’s Most Iconoclastic Producer, the Miracle Worker Who Went from Penniless Refugee to Showbiz Legend, and Made Possible The African Queen, On the Waterfront, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Lawrence of Arabia: Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni

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Prior to this meticulously researched biography, legendary producer Sam Spiegel had loomed large in countless Hollywood memoirs, but was rarely the subject of close examination. Praiseworthy for negotiating a maze of apocryphal stories and unverified details, Sam Spiegel solves many of the mysteries resulting from the falsehoods of “Spiegelese,” for the [...]

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett, 2006 Literary Edition: Andrew Kilpatrick

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“This is the Buffett ‘bible’…It provides the definitve story of his career.” — London Daily Telegraph
“This is the Buffett ‘bible’…It provides the definitve story of his career.” –London Daily Telegraph

The theme of this fully revised biography about Warren Buffett is books, books, books. [...]

Wilhelm Ropke: Swiss Localist, Global Economist (Library of Modern Thinkers): John Zmirak

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“John Zmirak’s Wilhem Röpke…rises toward literature.” — National Review, November 19, 2001

Wilhelm Röpke is probably the most unjustly neglected economist and social critic of the twentieth century. Exiled by Hitler’s regime, Röpke was a passionate critic of socialism and [...]

To Russia With Fries: My Journey from Chicago’s South Side to Moscow’s Red Square - Having Fun Along the Way: George Cohon, David Macfarlane

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From Publishers Weekly
Decades before the collapse of the Soviet Union opened the floodgates to waves of Western entrepreneurs, an eager executive was in active negotiations with Brezhnev-era officials to give his corporation a presence in Soviet Russia. George Cohon, the senior chairman of McDonald’s Restaurants [...]

Crossing the Road to Entrepreneurship: Bert L. Wolstein

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College students and professionals already in the workforce are flooding university classrooms, looking for information on how to build their own businesses rather than going the traditional route of working for someone else. However, ask successful business owners and they’ll say that there is more to the entrepreneurial life than just [...]

First A Dream: Jim Clayton, Bill Retherford

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” . . . a wonderful work that is both entertaining and insightful . . . there is something for everyone . . . ” — Dr. Bill Frist, U.S. Senator
“… a stimulating book that offers deep insight and practical business lessons . . . [...]

Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery: Ingrid Schaffner, Lisa Jacobs

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Julien Levy (1906-1981) was one of the most influential art dealers of the twentieth century. The Julien Levy Gallery, which opened in New York in 1931 and closed in 1949, played an essential role in the shift of the cultural avant-garde from Paris to New York. It was the first American [...]

Longaberger: An American Success Story: Dave Longaberger

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Although many businesspeople may not yet be familiar with Dave Longaberger and the hugely successful basket company that bears his name, they probably should be. The story of the man and his enterprise, as told in Longaberger: An American Success Story, is as informative and inspiring as [...]

No Such Thing as Over-Exposure: Inside the Life and Celebrity of Donald Trump: Robert Slater

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To read the latest Trump tale is to be reminded of writer Fran Lebowitz’ comment that there are only two social classes in America–the celebrities and the audience. Business biographer Robert Slater, who spent 100 hours with Donald Trump, provides an intriguing link between the two in No Such Thing as [...]

The Playboy Interviews: Movers And Shakers: Stephen Randall

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Power. Control. Influence. In every business, in every area of professional achievement, only a handful of people have taken control of their industry or marketplace. With vision, determination and passion, these people have bent the world to their will. Some were millionaires from birth, others have risen to the upper echelons [...]