James D : 1091 books
King Larry
The Life and Ruins of a Billionaire Genius
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
From Howard Hughes to Mark Zuckerberg, the public has always been fascinated by genius entrepreneurs who succumb to their eccentricities. Now, James Scurlock engages, educates, and entertains readers with the captivating story of DHL cofounder and billionaire Larry Hillblom.
King Larry begins...
A Global Life
My Journey Among Rich and Poor, from Sydney to Wall Street to the World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
As president of the World Bank for a decade, James Wolfensohn tackled world poverty with a passion and energy that made him a uniquely important figure in a fundamental arena of change. Using a lifetime of experience in the banking sector, he carved a distinct path in Asia, Africa, Latin America,...
Playing Against the House
The Dramatic World of an Undercover Union Organizer
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
In the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich’s classic Nickel and Dimed, a talented young journalist goes undercover as a casino labor-union organizer in this rare inside look at the ongoing struggle of hourly-wage service workers to survive in America.
“Salting” is a simple concept—get hired...
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
Or, The Struggles and Triumphs of Our Self-Made Men
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Are you an entrepreneur who is losing faith and wondering whether it's worth it to stick it out through the lean times? Take inspiration from this remarkable collection of tales about American businesspeople who struck it rich and hit the big time. Author James McCabe Jr. compiles a selection of accounts of some of the country's most brazen tycoons.
Apple Box Boy
Slices of Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
James was born in the mid-forties, towards the end of World War II. He has lived in the Northwestern part of the United States for all of his sixty-five years. Watching his grandchildren grow and live lives very different from his has renewed his appreciation of his own childhood and the experiences...
by James D. Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2017
This massive work was assembled by James Richardson, a Congressman from Tennessee. This file covers from Washington to Theodore Roosevelt.
Abraham Kuyper
Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
The definitive biography of Abraham Kuyper, giant of Dutch Calvinism
This is the first full-scale English-language biography of the highly influential and astonishingly multifaceted Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) -- theologian, minister, politician, newspaper editor, educational innovator, Calvinist...
by James D. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2010
James Anderson critically reinterprets the history of southern black education from Reconstruction to the Great Depression. By placing black schooling within a political, cultural, and economic context, he offers fresh insights into black commitment to education, the peculiar significance of Tuskegee...
by James D. Watson
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2002
In the years following his and Francis Crick’s towering discovery of DNA, James Watson was obsessed with finding two things: RNA and a wife. Genes, Girls, and Gamow is the marvelous chronicle of those pursuits. Watson effortlessly glides between his heartbreaking and sometimes hilarious debacles...
Breaking the Mold of Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education
Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
This unique collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative preservice and inservice teacher education practices from many regions of the United States, Canada and the world. Each of the chapters offers an authentic, documentary account of successful initiatives that break...
The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook, Expanded Edition
Pressure Test, Plan, Launch and Scale Your Social Enterprise
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Available for the First Time: The Complete Social Entrepreneur’s Playbook
Covers all three phases of the start-up to scale-up process, developed with reader feedback from one of the more unusual ebook...experiments of the year” (ThinReads)
Wharton professor Ian C. MacMillan and...
Down Range
A Transitioning Veteran's Career Guide to Life's Next Phase
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Military veterans prepare for the next mission in their careers
Written by veterans who have successfully made the transition, Down Range offers career planning guidance to U.S. military veterans coming off active duty. This is NOT simply a guide to transitioning from the military to the civilian...
She Wants a Ring--and I Don't Wanna Change a Thing
How a Man Can Overcome His Fears of Commitment and Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
James Douglas Barron offers humorous, practical advice for the guy who has trouble making commitment. Telling his one story of dating and engagement, he tackles the problems that plague millions of men: "Is She The One?" "No Other Woman for the Rest of My Life?" "Will We...
The Maya Tropical Forest
People, Parks, and Ancient Cities
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The Maya Tropical Forest, which occupies the lowlands of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, is the closest rainforest to the United States and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Western Hemisphere. It has been home to the Maya peoples for nearly four millennia, starting around 1800...