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Hervé Pomerleau: bâtisseur du Québec moderne
By Pierre C Poulin. 2016
Cet ouvrage relate la vie et l'oeuvre d'Hervé Pomerleau, un Beauceron pure laine qui a érigé une entreprise de construction…
connue internationalement. Ce livre vient célébrer 50 ans de travail au développement d'un fleuron dans son domaine au Québec et au Canada. 2016.In its early days as Bytown, Ottawa was a community of entrepreneurs. Through the stories of eight intriguing businessmen the…
development of the country's capital is revealed. These capital titans, in working toward their dreams, flavoured the region, and the country, with their strong personalities and opinions, and their legacy is still being felt today. 2004.Onassis, an extravagant life: An Extravagant Life
By Frank Brady. 1977
This biography of Onassis focuses on his rise to power and riches with emphasis on the women in his life…
including Ingaborg Dedichen, Tina Livanos, Maria Callas, and Jacqueline Kennedy. 1977.L'Orgasme au masculin
By Bruno Boutot, Roland Vallée. 1980
Ce livre se divise en deux parties: la première établit le bilan des informations disponibles sur les différentes composantes de…
la sexualité masculine; la deuxième faite de récits individuels, témoigne de la diversité des vécus quotidiens. Descriptions régulières de nature sexuelle. 1980.Notice rouge: comment je suis devenu l'ennemi no 1 de Poutine
By Bill Browder, Renaud Bombard. 2015
B. Browder est le cofondateur d'Hermitage, le plus grand fonds d'investissement étranger de Russie. Diplômé de Stanford, il fait fortune…
à Moscou auprès des nouveaux oligarques, avant d'en être soudainement chassé par V. Poutine en 2005. Cet ouvrage retrace à la manière d'un polar les circonstances douteuses de la mort de son fiscaliste dans les prisons russes en 2009. 2015. Titre uniforme: Red notice.No angel: the secret life of Bernie Ecclestone
By Tom Bower. 2011
Ecclestone has never before revealed how he graduated from selling second-hand cars in London's notorious Warren Street to become the…
major player he is today. He has finally decided to reveal his secrets: the deals, the marriages, the disasters and the successes on race tracks, in Downing Street, in casinos, on yachts and in the air. Includes strong language. 2011.New pregnancy & birth book: The Complete Practical Guide For All
By Miriam Stoppard. 2004
The complete practical guide for all parents-to-be from best-selling pregnancy and childcare author Dr Miriam Stoppard. Taking you and your…
partner through every stage of pregnancy and birth - from preconceptual planning to the first days of life - this updated handbook explains the physical and emotional changes you will experience during pregnancy. With reassuring advice on nutrition, exercise, antenatal care and your choices in childbirth. 2004.NCT complete book of pregnancy (Nct Ser.)
By Daphne Metland. 2000
This guide to pregnancy covers every stage of pregnancy from conception through to labour, birth and the early days with…
a new baby. It includes accounts of real birth stories to give you an idea of what to expect. The text also includes: what to eat when pregnant; a guide to antenatal tests; pain relief in labour; getting to know your newborn baby; and breastfeeding. 2000.My father's business: the small-town values that built Dollar General into a billion-dollar company
By Cal Turner, Rob Simbeck. 2018
Longtime Dollar General CEO Cal Turner, Jr. shares his extraordinary life as heir to the company founded by his father,…
Cal Turner, Sr., and his grandfather, a dirt farmer turned Depression-era entrepreneur. Cal shares how the small-town values with which he was raised helped him guide Dollar General from family enterprise to national powerhouse. 2018.My life in leadership: the journey and lessons learned along the way (Your coach in a box)
By Frances Hesselbein. 2010
Frances Hesselbein has built a career in leadership, serving as a top executive in numerous charitable organizations. Here she recounts…
her own story, in her own words, while detailing the many leadership lessons she learned from people like Presidents Reagan, H.W. Bush and Clinton, Peter Drucker, Jim Collins, and more. 2010.Murdoch's World: the last of the old media empires
By David Folkenflik. 2013
Rupert Murdoch is the most significant media tycoon the English-speaking world has ever known. In a stretch spanning six decades,…
he built News Corp from a small paper in Adelaide, Australia into a multimedia empire. Then, over two years, a series of scandals threatened to unravel his entire creation. In “Murdoch’s World”, Folkenflik tells the story of how News Corp survived this tumultuous chapter, and of the man. c2013.Mrs P's journey: the remarkable story of the woman who created the A-Z map
By Sarah Hartley. 2001
The entrepreneurial daughter of a Hungarian Jewish immigrant, looking for ways of supporting herself, Phyllis Pearsall decided to remedy the…
unmapped muddle that was London in the mid-1930s. This biography tells of the woman who single-handedly created the publishing phenomenon of the London A-Z. 2001.Morgan: American financier
By Jean Strouse. 1999
After more than a decade's research in previously unexamined archives, award-winning biographer Jean Strouse offers a landmark profile of America's…
greatest financier - J.P. Morgan. This magisterial work, brilliantly crafted and epic in scope, gives a vivid portrait of our country's greatest banker. 1999.Mars et Vénus en amour: pour que la passion résiste au temps
By John Gray. 1999
De l'auteur de "Les hommes viennent de Mars, les femmes de Vénus" (FD02739). Un guide des techniques amoureuses qui met…
l'accent sur les différences de réactions selon les sexes pour améliorer les communications et l'intimité dans le couple.iSteve: Steve Jobs par lui-même
By George Beahm, Steve Jobs. 2011
Ses idées novatrices ont séduit la planète. Sous son aile, la marque Apple a conquis le marché et atteint des…
sommets fulgurants partout dans le monde. Homme d'affaires aguerri, Steve Jobs fut avant tout une véritable icône du succès. Que peuvent nous révéler les pensées de celui que l'on a nommé « le PDG le plus performant du monde » ? A travers les propos les plus inspirants de l'homme qui en est venu à personnifier l'avant-garde des tendances, vous découvrirez un leader authentique qui a toujours trouvé les mots pour parler de compétition, de créativité, de motivation et de dépassement de soi. 2011. Titre uniforme: I, Steve.L'empire Thomson
By Susan Goldenberg, Gérard Cuggia. 1985
En 1934, Roy Thomson acquiert pour $6000 (empruntes) le "Daily Press." Cinquante ans plus tard, son fils Kenneth est à…
la tête d'un empire qui fait de lui l'homme le plus riche du Canada. Voici l'histoire de l'unique milliardaire canadien. 1985. Titre uniforme: The Thomson empire.La saga des Molson, 1763-1983
By Shirley E Woods, Marie-Catherine Laduré. 1983
Avec la saga des Molson, c'est deux cents ans de l'histoire publique et privée d'une des familles les plus anciennes…
et les plus influentes de Montréal qui nous est raconté. 1983.L'establishment canadien
By Peter C Newman, Marie-Catherine Laduré. 1981
La dynastie des Bronfman
By Peter C Newman, Claire Dupond, Ivan Steenhout. 1979
Li Ka-shing: Hong Kong's elusive billionaire
By Anthony B Chan. 1996
Chan relates the rags-to-riches story of one of the wealthiest men in the world. Li left China in 1940 to…
escape the invading Japanese army, and found his way in the postwar economic boom in Hong Kong. Beginning in plastics, Li soon was involved in real estate, and later, foreign banking and telecommunications. Li has also been involved heavily in the Canadian economy. c1996.