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Two lucky people: memoirs
By Milton Friedman, Rose D Friedman. 1998
Nobel Prize-winner Milton Friedman and his wife, Rose, describe their passion for economics and their involvement with presidents and other…
world leaders. A section by Milton Friedman explains their free-market philosophy, its eventual acceptance, and its impact on important events of the twentieth century. 1998.Trump: how to get rich
By Donald Trump, Meredith McIver. 2004
A look at the secrets of Donald Trump's success. Includes insights into such areas as investing wisely, impressing the boss,…
managing a business efficiently, and negotiating anything. For those who are curious, there is also a look at "the art of the hair". Some strong language. 2004.Leonard Gentine operated a financially challenged mortuary business for sixteen years. Yet, by the time he died, he stood at…
the helm of Sargento Foods, Inc.--a profitable cheese company and a household name. How does one go from a struggling funeral director to a competitive force in the natural cheese category? This book tells the full, untold story. 2018.Tout l'argent du monde
By John George Pearson, Alexa De Guiller. 2017
John Paul Getty bâtit l'une des plus grosses fortunes des États-Unis, et sa famille le paya au prix fort. Parmi…
ses quatre fils, un seul réussit à mener une existence à peu près normale. Le deuxième se suicida, un autre sombra dans la drogue, le dernier fut déshérité. Quant à John Paul Getty III, le petit-fils préféré de John Paul, il fut kidnappé par la mafia italienne qui lui coupa une oreille et exigea une rançon - que son grand-père refusa de payer. En revenant sur les origines d'une fortune familiale phénoménale et sur la personnalité dérangeante de John Paul Getty, John Pearson se livre à une plongée effarante dans l'intimité d'une des familles les plus riches au monde, gangrénée par les litiges autour d'un héritage empoisonné. 2017. Titre uniforme: Painfully rich.Titan: the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr
By Ron Chernow. 1998
Chernow reveals the person and family secrets behind the public demonization of the ruthless businessman who founded Standard Oil. While…
revolutionizing the way the world conducts business, Rockefeller also established philanthropic foundations and emphasized scientific research, all the while retaining his strong religious beliefs. Bestseller. 1998.There's no business like show business: (but I wouldn't ditch my day job)
By Ed Mirvish. 1997
Honest Ed Mirvish recounts the curtain calls and pitfalls of his life in professional theatre, from the days in the…
1960s, shortly after he bought the Royal Alexandra Theatre, up to the building of the Princess of Wales Theatre. He also includes stories about the many stars he has met while he has been a part of "the business." 1997.The story of a family feud which resulted in the bankruptcy of one of America's biggest corporations. Pennzoil, an independent…
oil concern, obtained the approval of Getty Oil's directors to take over the company. When Texaco took over instead, Pennzoil sued Texaco and subsequently was awarded $11 billion. c1987.The Reichmanns: family, faith, fortune, and the empire of Olympia & York
By Anthony Bianco. 1997
A portrait of the Reichmann family, from its beginnings in 18th-century Hungary to its rise as one of the wealthiest…
families in the world, and subsequent ruin in the Canary Wharf project in London. 1997.The pursuit of happyness
By Chris Gardner, Quincy Troupe, Mim Eichler Rivas. 2006
At the age of twenty, Milwaukee native Chris Gardner, just out of the Navy, arrived in San Francisco to pursue…
a promising career in medicine. Considered a prodigy in scientific research, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry-level position at a prestigious firm than Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him as part of the city's working homeless and with a toddler son. Explicit descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence, explicit strong language. 2006.The new confessions of an economic hit man
By John Perkins. 2016
Perkins' New York Times bestseller is now expanded, with fifteen explosive new chapters about how economic hit men cheat countries…
around the globe, bringing the facts up-to-date and, chillingly, home to the United States--but it also gives us hope and ways to fight back. 2016.The only woman in the room: the making of a stockbroker
By Jean Hough Davey, Anne O'Hagan. 2017
In the 1960s, when women were neither accepted nor encouraged to enter the world of finance, Jean Hough Davey became…
one of the first women in North America to be licensed as a stockbroker. Jean was a pioneer who rose to the highest levels of her profession, eventually becoming Vice President and Director of ScotiaMcLeod. But while she was publicly lauded, she struggled to maintain equilibrium in her personal life, drowning in an emotionally abusive marriage to Hockey Night in Canada kingpin Ted Hough, and finally summoning up the courage to leave and find true love. Here she shares the many lessons she's learned about how women can--and must--set themselves up for success in every area of their lives, even when the odds are not in their favour. 2017.The rags-to-riches story of Andrew Carnegie, who rose from an impoverished Scottish immigrant to become the wealthiest man in the…
world after he sold his business interests to J.P. Morgan in 1900. In retirement, Carnegie became known for establishing libraries throughout the world. For senior high and older readers. 1997.The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American way of life
By Steven Watts. 1997
Both a biography of Walt Disney and a social study of the Disney enterprise and its influence on American values.…
Traces Disney's family, the growth of his company, and the cultural impact of the multi-billion-dollar corporation. c1997.The last mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA, and the hidden history of Hollywood
By Dennis McDougal. 1998
Biography of one of Hollywood's most powerful moguls who joined the industry at the beginning of talking films and could…
singlehandedly make or break a career. Wasserman was also a confidant to other powerful people; politicians and businessmen as well as Mafia bosses, as the head of Universal Studios. Some strong language. c1998.Desmarais: la dépossession tranquille
By Richard Le Hir. 2012
Paul Desmarais est un personnage de légende au Québec depuis bientôt cinquante ans. Admiré ou détesté, il ne laisse personne…
indifférent. Originaire de Sudbury en Ontario, il est parvenu à bâtir un empire financier de classe mondiale, Power Corporation, à partir dune petite entreprise familiale de transport par autobus. Très tôt, il a compris comment il pouvait développer ses affaires en tissant un solide réseau dinfluence aux plus hauts échelons politiques. Paul Desmarais nest pas un entrepreneur. Cest un prédateur, un loup qui a compris quil est beaucoup plus facile de convaincre le berger de lui ouvrir toutes grandes les portes de la bergerie que de chercher continuellement à déjouer sa surveillance. Son modèle daffaires présente toutefois une faille majeure : il repose essentiellement sur lopposition systématique entre ses propres intérêts et lintérêt collectif, ce qui en fait un archétype du capitalisme le plus détestable. Cet ouvrage, rédigé à partir dune cinquantaine de chroniques de lauteur pour le site Vigile.net sur une période de deux ans, décrit, en s'appuyant sur des dossiers dactualité, comment lempire Desmarais est en train de déposséder les Québécois de leur patrimoine collectif. 2012.Made in Japan: le management à la japonaise
By Akio Morita, Louis Sapin. 1986
Made in Japan: comment un jeune Japonais, ingénieur en physique et en électronique, a fait passer Sony d'une petite usine…
artisanale à un groupe de dimension international avec 50,000 employés et des filiales dans de nombreux pays d'Europe et d'Amérique. 1986.John Z. DeLorean, le dernier aventurier de l'automobile
By Ivan Fallon, James Srodes. 1985
Il avait tout ou presque. Il voulait plus: créer une voiture, la DeLorean. Il va tout perdre. Le rêve s'achève…
dans une chambre d'hôtel à Los Angeles en 1982. DeLorean tombe dans le piège tendu par deux agents du FBI, et est arrête pour trafic de drogue. 1985. Titre uniforme: DeLorean, the rise and fall of a dream-maker.Iacocca
By Lee A Iacocca. 1985
Comment un fils d'immigre italien est devenu un héros de légende: Il gravit tous les échelons de la Ford Motor…
Co., il invente la Mustang, il ramasse Chrysler au bord de la faillite et lui rend sa prospérité. 1985. Titre uniforme: Iacocca.Les Rothschild
By Frederic Morton. 1962
Depuis plus de deux cents ans, la Banque Rothschild est l'une des plus grandes banques d'affaires privées du monde. Mais…
qui sont les Rothschild? Quelle est leur histoire? Voilà ce que nous raconte Frederic Morton. 1962.Girls think of everything: stories of ingenious inventions by women
By Catherine Thimmesh. 2000
Profiles ten women and two girls who through necessity, ingenuity, and hard work responded successfully to challenges by inventing such…
items as Toll House cookies, glow-in-the-dark paper, the Snugli baby carrier, and windshield wipers. Includes instructions on how to apply for a patent. For grades 4-7. 2000.