Category - Biography & Autobiography
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The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /“The single most illuminating work on America and the movies” (The Kansas City Star): the story of how a shy boy from Chicago crashed Hollywood a...
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Here Forever: The Timeless Impact of John Smale on Procter & Gamble, General Motors and the Purpose and Practice of Business
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /John Smale was arguably the most influential corporate leader of the second half of the 20th century. He grew one great company, Procter & Ga...
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The Widmer Way: How Two Brothers Led Portland's Craft Beer Revolution
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Portland, Oregon, didn't always have a wildly successful craft brew scene. Someone had to be daring enough to innovate, and the Widmer brothers w...
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The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison
PaperbackOriginal price $16.99 - Original price $16.99Original price $16.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Larry Ellison started the high-flying tech company Oracle with $1,200 in 1977 and turned it into a billion-dollar Silicon Valley giant. If Bill G...
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Jim's Book: The Surprising Story of Jim Penman - Australia's Backyard Millionaire
PaperbackOriginal price $22.00Original price $22.00 - Original price $22.00Original price $22.00Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Meet the man and uncover the story behind one of Australia's most recognised brands We all know Jim's. Maybe you just passed a Jim's Mowing trai...
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The Rule: How I Beat the Odds in the Markets and in Life-and How You Can Too
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /The empowering story of Larry Hite’s unlikely rise to the top of the hedge fund world—with critical insights and lessons you can take to the bank...
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Carnegie
HardcoverOriginal price $45.00Original price $45.00 - Original price $45.00Original price $45.00Current price $40.99$40.99 - $40.99Current price $40.99| /One of the major figures in American history, Andrew Carnegie was a ruthless businessman who made his fortune in the steel industry and ultimatel...
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Watch and Learn: How I Turned Hollywood Upside Down with Netflix, Redbox, and MoviePass-Lessons in Disruption
HardcoverOriginal price $29.00Original price $29.00 - Original price $29.00Original price $29.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Get an inside perspective on the entertainment distribution revolution from an executive who lived it with Netflix, Redbox, and MoviePass, and wh...
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My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
PaperbackOriginal price $22.00Original price $22.00 - Original price $22.00Original price $22.00Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high-energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Street....
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Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99Original price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Isaias Hellman, a Jewish immigrant, arrived in California in 1859 with very little money in his pocket and his brother Herman by his side. By the...
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Flagler: Rockefeller Partner and Florida Baron
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /From reviews of the first edition:"A succinct and informed account of [Flagler's] leadership in transforming Florida's economy."—American Histori...
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The Trade Me Project: How a Bobby Pin Became a House
HardcoverOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Can you turn a bobby pin into a house?This is the question Demi Skipper set out to answer in May 2020, when she posted an ordinary bobby pin to t...
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Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /A book about power, apprenticeship, and succession in the first family of mediaAn heir apparent to the first global media dynasty, Lachlan Murdoc...
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Never Leave Well Enough Alone
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95$23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Never Leave Well Enough Alone, first published in 1951, is the classic introduction to modern industrial design by the 'father' of the movement -...
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David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The men and the automobile that launched General Motors
HardcoverOriginal price $28.99 - Original price $28.99Original price $28.99$35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /David Buick led a team that created gasoline engines for motor cars that were truly remarkable. They were powerful, durable and efficient engines...
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The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99$21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /At the height of the roaring '20s, Swedish 'migr' Ivar Kreuger made a fortune raising money in America and loaning it to Europe in exchange for m...
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A Sportsman's Life: How I Built Orvis by Mixing Business and Sport
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95$19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /An infectious and inspirational tale of one man's love of business and of the outdoors, and how he combined the two to build the Orvis empire. P...
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Insisting On The Impossible: The Life Of Edwin Land
PaperbackOriginal price $25.99 - Original price $25.99Original price $25.99$35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /If a single life exemplifies the inner drive that fires a great inventor, it is the life of Edwin Land. The major innovations that he was able to...
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People Before Profit: The Inspiring Story of the Founder of Bob's Red Mill
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /In an era of corporate greed, Bob Moore's philosophy of putting people before profit is a shining example of what's right about America. Instead ...
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Impeccable Connections: The Rise and Fall of Richard Whitney
PaperbackOriginal price $12.95 - Original price $12.95Original price $12.95$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /"Impeccable Connections: The Rise and Fall of Richard Whitney" traces the fascinating trajectory of a Massachusetts Brahmin who was president of ...
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Self-Publishing Your Book in Multiple Formats: How to Set Up Your Book in Print, E-Book, Audiobook, Video, Online Course, and PDF Formats
PaperbackOriginal price $9.95 - Original price $9.95Original price $9.95$11.99$11.99 - $11.99Current price $11.99| /SELF-PUBLISHING YOUR BOOK IN MULTIPLE FORMATS is designed to help writers take advantage of the many formats for publishing and selling books. It...
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Katharine and R. J. Reynolds: Partners of Fortune in the Making of the New South
PaperbackOriginal price $26.95Original price $26.95 - Original price $26.95Original price $26.95Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Separately they were formidable—together they were unstoppable. Despite their intriguing lives and the deep impact they had on their community an...
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Young Henry Ford: A Picture History of the First Forty Years
PaperbackOriginal price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /Young Henry Ford is a visual and textual presentation of the first forty years of Henry Ford--an American farm boy who became one of the greatest...
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Founder of Modern Economics: Paul A. Samuelson: Volume 1: Becoming Samuelson, 1915-1948
HardcoverOriginal price $37.99Original price $37.99 - Original price $37.99Original price $37.99Current price $35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /Paul Samuelson was at the heart of a revolution in economics. He was "the foremost academic economist of the 20th century," according to the New ...
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