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Ouvrir une voie (Collection Guérin)
By Emmanuel Faber. 2022
L'ancien dirigeant de Danone évoque le rapport qu'il entretient avec la montagne depuis son enfance tout en témoignant de son…
expérience de patron engagé. Il appelle également à agir en direction d'une compétitivité écologique et sociale en adéquation avec les enjeux du XXIe siècle.It ain't as easy as it looks: Ted Turner's amazing story
By Porter Bibb. 1993
Bibb interviewed more than 200 of Turner's friends, associates, and family members for this unauthorized biography of the fifty-five-year-old billionaire.…
Discussed are his successes in cable broadcasting (TNT and CNN among others), his sailing career, his ownership of the Atlanta Braves, his tumultuous personal life, his wedding to Jane Fonda, and his interest in environmental issues. Strong languageLager, who headed Ben & Jerry's for eight years, gives the company's history. Childhood friends, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield…
led relatively unsuccessful lives until 1978, when they collaborated on creating an ice cream store in a former gas station in Vermont after taking a correspondence course on the topic. c1994.Buffett: the making of an American capitalist
By Roger Lowenstein. 1995
A correspondent for the Wall Street Journal offers a portrait of Warren Buffett, a middle-class Nebraska financial advisor who has…
become a billionaire by investing in stocks. Lowenstein interviewed family, friends, and colleagues to explain how a man with a modest yet nontraditional lifestyle amassed his fortune. He also describes the few mistakes Buffett made. BestsellerMessages from my father
By Calvin Trillin. 1996
The author and humorist fondly recounts his relationship with his father, Abe, a Kansas City grocer and restaurateur who emigrated…
from Russia. Trillin recalls his father's stubborn ways, strong moral instruction, and comic sensibility, as well as his penchant for collecting Yiddish curses and yellow neckties. BestsellerSmart money: the story of Bill Gates (Notable Americans)
By Aaron Boyd. 1995
The author relates how Gates' reputation for being a difficult person did not hamper his quick rise to the top…
of the computer industry. Gates was introduced to his first computer in high school about the same time he announced that he would be a millionaire by the age of thirty. Using his knowledge of computer software and his business savvy to form Microsoft, Gates instead became a multibillionaire. Grades 5-8. 1995.The brothers: the hidden world of Japan's richest family
By Lesley Downer. 1994
A biography of Japan's greatest business dynasty, the Tsutsumi family. Between the world wars, the family patriarch grew a business…
empire of real estate and railroads, which has burgeoned since 1947. He then left the legacy to his two sonsPour your heart into it: how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time
By Howard Schultz, Dori Jones Yang. 1997
The chairman and CEO of Starbucks reveals the story behind his nationally famous chain of coffee bars. Describes how he…
attracts investors and executive talent, provides liberal staff benefits, and develops the business. Emphasizes the importance of values and principles to success. BestsellerMartha Stewart-- just desserts: the unauthorized biography
By Jerry Oppenheimer. 1997
To recount Martha Stewart's life and her rise to fame, the author interviewed more than four hundred family members, friends,…
confidants, and business associates. He discusses Stewart's disturbing childhood; her stormy marriage and divorce; and her career as author, TV personality, and spokeswoman for Kmart. BestsellerTrump: the art of the comeback
By Donald Trump, Donald J. Trump, Kate Bohner. 1997
Business tycoon Donald Trump explains how he came back from financial ruin in 1990 by making deals and taking risks.…
Gives his top ten comeback tips. Trump also discusses his disastrous marriages and prenuptial agreements. Some strong language. BestsellerWolf hustle: A Black woman on Wall Street
By Cin Fabré. 2022
This program is read by the author. From the South Bronx projects to the boardroom—at only nineteen years old, Cin…
Fabré ran with the wolves of Wall Street. Growing up, Cin Fabré didn't know anything about the stock market. But she learned how to hustle from her immigrant parents, saving money so that one day she could escape her abusive father and poverty in the Bronx. Through a tip from a friend, Cin pushed her way into brokerage firm VTR Capital—an offshoot of Stratton Oakmont, the company where the Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort, had reigned. She was shocked to find an army of young workers, mostly Black and Brown, with no real prospects for promotion sitting at phones doing the drudge work of finding investment leads for white male brokers. But she felt the pull of profit and knew she would do whatever she had to do to be successful. Pulling back the curtain on the inequities she and so many others faced, Wolf Hustle reveals how Cin worked grueling hours, ascending from cold caller to stockbroker, becoming the only Black woman to do so at her firm. She also discloses the excesses she took part in on 1990s Wall Street—the strip clubs, the Hamptons parties, the Gucci shopping sprees—while reveling in the thrill of making money. From landing clients worth hundreds of millions to gaining, losing, then gaining back fortunes in seconds, Cin examines her years spent trading frantically and hustling successfully, grappling with what it takes to build a rich life, and, ultimately, beating Wall Street at its own game. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company.Me and paul: Untold stories of a fabled friendship
By Willie Nelson. 2022
"I've got this song that begs to be a book and a book that begs to read like a song—a…
long, romping ballad of sweetness and scandal bridging seven decades of friendship . . ." Immortalized in Willie Nelson's road song "Me and Paul," Paul English was the towering figure who for 70 years acted as Willie's drummer, bodyguard, accountant, partner in crime, and right-hand man. Together, the two men roamed the country, putting on shows, getting into a few scrapes, raising money for good causes, and bringing the joy of their music to fans worldwide. Stories of Willie and Paul's misadventures became legendary, but many have gone untold—until now. Set against the backdrop of the exploding Americana music scene and told in Willie's inimitable, colorful style, Me and Paul follows the two performers through their decades-long careers.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.Rhodes: The Race For Africa
By Antony Thomas. 1997
The life of Cecil Rhodes, who was born in 1853 and sailed to Africa at sixteen because of poor health.…
Describes his modest beginning as a cotton farmer and his transformation into a diamond magnate, who also earned a fortune in gold. Rhodes annexed much of Africa for Great Britain and became one of the most powerful, and mistrusted, men of his time. 1997.Ben & Jerry's double-dip: lead with your values and make money, too
By Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield. 1997
Cohen and Greenfield continue their story begun by Lager in Ben and Jerry's, the Inside Scoop (DB 39204, BR 09763).…
The two founders of the international ice cream company explain the idea of a value-led business and discuss how the concept can help the company as well as the community. An example is their free cones to persons registering to voteThe 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.From one of Canada's most successful business leaders, the founder of the BlackNorth Initiative and the newest and first Black…
Dragon in the Dragon's Den comes a rags-to-riches story that also carries a profound message of hope and change.Wes Hall spent his early childhood in a zinc-roofed shack, one of several children supported by his grandmother. That was paradise compared to the two years he lived with his verbally abusive and violent mother; at thirteen, his mother threw him out, and he had to live by his wits for the next three years. At sixteen, Wes came to Canada, sponsored by a father he'd only seen a few times as a child, and by the time he was eighteen, he was out of his father's house, once more on his own. Yet Wes Hall went on to become a major entrepreneur, business leader, philanthropist, and change-maker, working his way up from a humble position in a law firm mailroom by way of his intelligence, his curiosity, and his ability to see opportunities that other people don't.When people expected his thick Jamaican accent, lack of money and education, not to mention the colour of his skin, to shut down his future, Wes was not to be stopped. He is still overturning expectations to this day. Well aware of racism and injustice, his lack of privilege and the other roadblocks to his success, Wes has always believed that he can walk along any cliff edge without falling. His book teases out and shows how he fostered that resolve in himself, exploring his childhood and the milestone successes and failures of his career in order to share not only how he stopped himself from falling, but survived and thrived, and then dedicated himself to bringing his family and his community along with him. Now, with the founding of the BlackNorth Initiative, Wes takes aim at ending systemic anti-Black racism. It's a huge goal, but one he's tackling with heart, soul, smarts, and every connection he's made in an extraordinary career that's taken him to the centre of the Canadian establishment. Throughout his life he's resisted sinking into despair or getting lost in anger; now he wants to tell truth to power and pave a path forward.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.Big top boss: John Ringling North and the circus
By David Lewis Hammarstrom. 1992
Biography of the showman-entrepreneur who folded the tents and moved the circus indoors in 1956. Describes North's flamboyant career and…
his management style in the context of labour and social issues of the mid-twentieth century. Incorporates several decades of American circus history. 1992.Work in progress
By Michael Eisner. 1998
Eisner provides an account of how a Jewish boy from an affluent Manhattan family rose through the ranks to become…
Disney's CEO. Discusses his family life, his jobs at ABC and Paramount Pictures, the role he played in getting the position at Disney, and his part in expanding the company. Bestseller. 1998.