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Steve McQueen
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Steve McQueen is one of America’s legendary movie stars best known for his hugely successful film career in classics such as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, and The Towering Inferno as well asfor his turbulent life off-screen and impeccable style. His unforgettable...
Dare to Dream
Connecticut Basketball's Remarkable March to the National Championship
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2000
The charismatic basketball coach at the University of Connecticut reveals the victorious secrets behind his team's breathtaking journey to the 1999 NCAA Division I National Championship--and along the way shares his philosophy for winning.
It was one of those games that basketball fans will...
Three Maids for a Crown
A Novel of the Grey Sisters
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
The Grey sisters experience love, triumph, and tragedy in Tudor England in the second novel from Ella March Chase.
Sixteen-year-old Jane Grey—the “Nine-Day Queen”—is a quiet and obedient young lady destined to become the shortest reigning English monarch. Her beautiful middle sister,...
by Adam Adrian Crown
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Sometimes he plays with horses.Sometimes he plays the blues.Sometimes he plays karma, coming to collect on payment over-due.Predators, too, can be prey.Hitman? Vigilante? Knight-errant?Your call.This is his story, told his way, for the woman he loves.Will she stay with him, or run like hell?What would...
by Kayode Crown
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
This is part of a series of books in which particular verses are picked from books of the bible, and the issues of Holiness are explored, in the light of the mind of God for us.
In this book, we explore six topics, from different verses in the books of Isaiah and Jeremiah. They are: Purifying fire;...
The Rhinestone Sisterhood
A Journey Through Small Town America, One Tiara at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Ride a bull. Chat up a Senator. And get your homework in on time. It’s all in a day’s work for a festival queen.
If you assume all pageant queens are airheads who can’t handle geography, or vain girls who like to parade around in bathing suits, then welcome to the alternative universe...
Becoming Steve Jobs
The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
The #1 New York Times bestselling biography of how Steve Jobs became the most visionary CEO in history.
Becoming Steve Jobs breaks down the conventional, one-dimensional view of Steve Jobs that he was half-genius, half-jerk from youth, an irascible and selfish leader who slighted friends and...
by Alan Deutschman
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2001
From the acclaimed Vanity Fair and GQ journalist–an unprecedented, in-depth portrait of the man whose return to Apple precipitated one of the biggest turnarounds in business history. With a new epilogue on Apple’s future survival in today’s roller-coaster economy, here is the revealing biography...
The Greatest Trade Ever
The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. Paulson's background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he knew little about real estate or how...
The Buy Side
A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
New York Times Bestseller
The Buy Side, by former Galleon Group trader Turney Duff, portrays an after-hours Wall Street culture where drugs and sex are rampant and billions in trading commissions flow to those who dangle the most enticements. A remarkable writing debut, filled with indelible...
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now: What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the...
Rubies in the Orchard
How to Uncover the Hidden Gems in Your Business
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
POM Wonderful. FIJI Water. Teleflora. The Franklin Mint. Lynda Resnick's marketing triumphs read like an encyclopedia of branding. She is the smartest and hardest-working marketing brain in the business - the kind of marketer who can sell "ice sculptures to Eskimos."...
What Made jack welch JACK WELCH
How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2007
Surprisingly, it’s not about education or pedigree or even native smarts. Most of us are like jack welch, who started life as a lowercase guy, the son of a railroad conductor, but went on to become the most celebrated and successful executive of recent years. Sure, Jack Welch—and lots of other...
Managing the Dragon
How I'm Building a Billion-Dollar Business in China
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2008
The first book by a westerner who built a company in China from scratch
The emergence of China as a world economic power is one of the biggest stories of our time. Every business that intends to be an important part of the fast-changing global economy needs to know how to play the game in China....