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The First Biography In Over Thirty Years Of Condé Nast, The Pioneering Publisher Of Vogue And Vanity Fair And Main Rival To Media Magnate William Randolph...

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovato...

the Challengebuilt To Last, The Defining Management Study Of The Nineties, Showed How Great Companies Triumph Over Time And How Long-term Sustained Perform...

Created in 1959, Amway has had an integral part in shaping and improving the lives and lifestyles of millions of people around the world. Not just a busine...

A remarkable collection of exclusive, first-person stories on leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic from 29 chief executives at iconic Canadian companies....

Updated and expanded: A new edition of the inspiring memoir by one of Canada's most unusual, successful and socially conscious businesspeople."I am differe...

A revolutionary call for a new understanding of how people learn.The End of Ignorance conceives of a world in which no child is left behind – a world base...

The irreverent designer of the window displays for Barney's clothing store in New York looks back on his most talked-about creations and his collaborations ...

The Author Recounts His Experiences On The Lucrative Wall Street Bond Market Of The 1980s, Where Young Traders Made Millions In A Very Short Time, In A Humo...

Product Description The New York Times Bestseller“A gripping journalistic procedural… Spotlight meets Erin Brockovich.” —Michelle Goldberg, The...

THE INSIDE STORY OF THE EPIC TURNAROUND OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CEO ALAN MULALLY. At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just mo...

It’s as Canadian as hockey and beer, and almost every town has at least one. Manyknow that it was hockey legend Tim Horton who opened the first Tim Horto...

Find inspiration and a fresh perspective on the art of leadership in this account of a cub reporter who lands the interview of a lifetime and walks away wi...

Big business has been the lever of big change over time in American life, change in economy, society, politics, and the envelope of existence--in work, more...

A User-friendly Guide To Understanding Business Jargon And Corporate Structure--from Basic Business Principles, Like How The Board Of Directors Is Structure...

Hunter Harrison, The Revolutionary Railroader From Memphis, Dramatically Turned Four Publicly Traded Companies Into Cash Machines. Starting As A Laborer Whe...

He knocked Bill Gates from the coveted spot of ‘richest man in the world’ in October 2017 and has held that position ever since. In 2018 alone, his weal...

From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies Skunk Works i...

The Former Chairman Of The Federal Reserve Documents His Rise From A Southern Youth To Ivy League Professorships Prior To The 2007 Housing Bubble Burst, Det...

An extension of Prof. Landes' chapter in Volume VI of the Cambridge Economic History of Europe includes a full-scale analysis of modern industrial Europe fr...

A Wall Street Journal Business Reporter Unveils The Story Of How Math Genius Tom Hayes, His Associates, And A Deeply Corrupt Banking System Ignited One Of T...

A Riveting Insider's Account Of The 2010 Winter Olympic And Paralympic Games, And An Extraordinary Story Of Leadership, Love Of Country And The Ability To D...

Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two long-time Amazon executives--with les...

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLING BOOK THAT EVERY INVESTOR SHOULD OWN Peter Lynch is America's number-one money manager. His mantra: Average investors can become ...

restoring Justice: An Introduction To Restorative Justice Offers A Clear And Convincing Explanation Of Restorative Justice, A Movement Within Criminal Jus...

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in gover...

In this book, historian Billy Yeargin takes readers back to the days when communities were founded and built upon tobacco culture and traditions developed a...

James S. Kunen—author of The StrawberryStatement, an account of the 1968 studentuprising at Columbia University—chronicleshis adventures on the road to ...

#1 National Bestseller, National Post (business Books) * 6 Weeks On The Globe And Mail Bestseller List * A Toronto Star Bestseller * An Indigo Best Business...

Hewlett-packard Is An American Icon, The Largest Information Technology Company In The World. The Bedrock Of Silicon Valley, It Employs More Than 300,000 Pe...

A Sunday Times Bestseller | A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice [putin's People] Will Surely Now Become The Definitive Account Of The Rise Of Putin...

Here is the riveting story of how a second-rate newspaper rose to national greatness, only to become a casualty of war-a civil war within the family that ow...

Michael Moritz And Barrett Seaman. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [331]-332.Categories: Literature & Fiction Humor & SatireSatire

This is a practical roadmap to modern day activism created by the brilliant minds behind the world's biggest campaigns including Colin Kaepernick, Emma Wats...

From The Author Of The Bestselling Biographies Of Benjamin Franklin And Albert Einstein, This Is The Exclusive Biography Of Steve Jobs. Based On More Than F...

Richard Rohmer. Includes Index.Categories: Business & Money Biography & HistoryBiographies

A fascinating and candid memoir about successful leadership from the former CEO of General Electric, named one of the "World's Best CEOs" three times by Bar...

In 1802 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company sprouted, like an acorn, close to the young oak of American life. In the early years DuPont explosives helped...

Four years after his #1 bestseller The Big Short, Michael Lewis returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets. Flash...

100 years that crafted an iconic American companyA century ago, the Halls were a poverty-stricken family trying to make their way in a small Nebraska town. ...

It’s as Canadian as hockey and beer, and almost every town has at least one. Manyknow that it was hockey legend Tim Horton who opened the first Tim Horto...

Anne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland’s most singular voices. Now she delivers The Gathering, a moving, evocative...

Former Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson -- who was at the very epicenter of the crashing financial markets -- provides a startling, first- person acco...

Power Failure: The Inside Story Of The Collapse Of Enron Follows The Story Of Enron From The Perspective Of Sherron Watkins, The Vice President Who Exposed ...

The history of Guinness, one of the world’s most famous brands, reveals the noble heights and generosity of a great family and an innovative business. It...

In Cultivating Communities of Practice, Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder argue that while communities form naturally, organizations...

From The Former Treasury Secretary, The Definitive Account Of The Unprecedented Effort To Save The U.s. Economy From Collapse In The Wake Of The Worst Globa...