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  • The Guggenheims The Guggenheims
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    The Guggenheims

    A portrait of a great American dynasty and its legacy in business, technology, the arts, and philanthropyMeyer Guggenheim, a Swiss immigrant, founded a great American business dynasty. At their peak in the early twentieth century, the Guggenheims were...
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  • The Man Time Forgot The Man Time Forgot
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    The Man Time Forgot

    Friends, collaborators, and childhood rivals, Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce were not yet twenty-five when they started Time, the first newsmagazine, at the outset of the Roaring Twenties. By age thirty, they were both millionaires, having laid the...
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  • Visionary Railroader Visionary Railroader
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    Visionary Railroader

    Visionary Railroader chronicles the life of a key figure in the history of rail travel in the United States. As president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Jervis Langdon Jr. had the opportunity to put progressive concepts into practice. In 1964,...
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    Harry Hodgetts Harry Hodgetts
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    Harry Hodgetts

    From 'Big Shot' to 'Swindler'. From 'palatial two-storey Kensington Park home' to 'the cold cells of Adelaide Gaol'. Racier newspapers gloated when Harry Hodgetts was convicted of fraud and false pretences in September 1945.Hodgetts was Adelaide's...
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  • Nazi Billionaires
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    Nazi Billionaires

    ‘Lucid and damning … an absorbing – and infuriating – tale of complicity, coverup and denial’ PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author of EMPIRE OF PAINA groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions from the horrors of the Third...
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    Fins

    The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkable life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and...
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    McIlhenny's Gold

    In this fascinating history, Jeffrey Rothfeder tells how, from a simple idea—the outgrowth of a handful of peppers planted on an isolated island on the Gulf of Mexico—a secretive family business emerged that would produce one of the best-known products...
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  • Keith Murdoch
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    Keith Murdoch

    Fifty years after Keith Murdoch's death, his career and influence remain the measure of the man. Founder of the Murdoch media empire, Keith Murdoch came from humble beginnings as the son of a Scottish minister. He began his journalistic career on a...
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    red helicopter - a parable for our times

    A true story of triumph by award-winning business leader, impact investor, and educator James Rhee that will inspire and empower us to transform our lives and our businesses with the simple and yet powerful combination of kindness and math. In...
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    Confessions Of A Wall Street Analyst

    Daniel Reingold was one of the top analysts on Wall Street, specializing in telecom companies such as WorldCom and Qwest. Reingold believed in Wall Street, but in this memoir he describes how his enthusiasm gradually gave way to disgust when he saw how...
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    Model Woman

    A revealing, no-holds-barred portrait of the legendary Eileen Ford—the entrepreneur who transformed the business of modeling and helped invent the celebrity supermodel.Working with her husband, Jerry, Eileen Ford created the twentieth century’s largest...
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  • Kidman The Forgotten King
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    Kidman The Forgotten King

    the true story of the greatest pastoral landholder in modern history As a barely literate youth of thirteen, Sidney Kidman ran away from home and worked as an odd-job boy in a grog shanty in outback Australia. He went on to become the greatest pastoral...
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  • Creative Confidence
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    Creative Confidence

    A powerful and inspiring book from the founders of IDEO, the award-winning design firm, on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us. Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of...
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    Who's Who in Europe 1450-1750

    Between 1450 and 1750 Europe underwent tremendous political, religious and cultural change - change which laid the foundations for the Europe we know today. Henry Kamen has compiled an accessible biographical guide to Europe in this most exciting of...
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  • Start Me Up Start Me Up
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    Start Me Up

    This irreverent blend of actionable career tips, helpful life advice and vivid memoir is a delightful, quick read. ,Through the story of one ordinary (and at times extraordinary) life lived "like a startup," the author provides dozens of useful insights,...
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  • VENDING VENDING
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    VENDING

    This is an inspirational story about two blue collar grunts who placed one vending machine over thirty years ago and built themselves a successful and rewarding business along the way.
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  • The Widow Clicquot The Widow Clicquot
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    The Widow Clicquot

    "Narrative history that fizzes with life and feeling." -- Benjamin Wallace, New York Times bestselling author of The Billionaire's VinegarThe New York Times bestselling biography of the visionary young woman who built a champagne empire, became a legend,...
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    King of the Club King of the Club
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    King of the Club

    Rags-to-riches stories abound in American lore, but even Horatio Alger would have been hard-pressed to write one as powerful as Richard Grasso's: the son of a working-class family whose childhood dream was to become a cop. He grew up in New York City's...
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  • The King of Vodka The King of Vodka
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    The King of Vodka

    "A operatic tour-de-force." --Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of The Widow Clicquot"An impressive feat of research, told swiftly and enthusiastically." --San Francisco ChronicleFrom Vanderbilt and Rockefeller to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, America's captains of...
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  • Addison Broadhurst, Master Merchant Addison Broadhurst, Master Merchant
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    Addison Broadhurst, Master Merchant

    Addison Broadhurst, Master Merchant: The Intimate History Of A Man Who Came Up From Failure is a biographical book written by Edward Mott Woolley and first published in 1913. The book tells the story of Addison Broadhurst, a man who rose from failure to...
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  • Studies In Economics (1895) Studies In Economics (1895)
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    Studies In Economics (1895)

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
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  • Business Practice Up To Date Business Practice Up To Date
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    Business Practice Up To Date

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
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  • The Principles Of Economics The Principles Of Economics
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    The Principles Of Economics

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
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  • Yukichi Fukuzawa, 1835-1901 Yukichi Fukuzawa, 1835-1901
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    Yukichi Fukuzawa, 1835-1901

    Yukichi Fukuzawa was one of the most effective business entrepreneurs in early modern Japan. He was the inspiration for the Yokohama Specie Bank, without which the Japanese could not have set up a sound banking system. He began the bookstore chain...
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    Enter Helen Enter Helen
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    Enter Helen

    This female Mad Men-like story chronicles the legendary Cosmopolitan magazine editor's rise to power as both a cultural icon and trailblazer who redefined what it means to be an American woman."Engaging.... Nimble-footed.... Amusing....Throughout, Hauser...
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  • Vesco Vesco
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    Vesco

    Today's high-flying, high-rolling conglomarateurs and corporate raiders are a tame lot compared to their immediate predecessors. The most notorious of these is Robert Vesco, the Kingfish himself, who in 1973 fled the United States accused of looting $250...
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  • Launch Fever Launch Fever
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    Launch Fever

    Tim Taylor'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...
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  • American Debate American Debate
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    American Debate

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
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  • The Business Career Of Peter Flint The Business Career Of Peter Flint
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    The Business Career Of Peter Flint

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
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  • The Advent of Modern Capitalism in France, 1770-1840 The Advent of Modern Capitalism in France, 1770-1840
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    The Advent of Modern Capitalism in France, 1770-1840

    This is the story of one of the most dynamic entrepreneurs in modern French history. Drawing upon a wealth of archival and private documentation, Gwynne Lewis uncovers the history of Pierre-Francois Tubeuf and assesses his conntribution to the...
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  • Germany's Commercial Grip On The World Germany's Commercial Grip On The World
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    Germany's Commercial Grip On The World

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
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  • Rules Of Business, Bengal Secretariat (1900) Rules Of Business, Bengal Secretariat (1900)
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    Rules Of Business, Bengal Secretariat (1900)

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
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  • The Coming Economic Crisis (1918) The Coming Economic Crisis (1918)
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    The Coming Economic Crisis (1918)

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
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  • Teaching Home Economics Teaching Home Economics
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    Teaching Home Economics

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
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