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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

By Phil Knight. 2016

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
Business biography, Journals and memoirs, Sports and games
Synthetic audio, Automated braille

In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight &“offers a rare and…

revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh&” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company&’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world&’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one of his five favorite books of the year and called it &“an amazing tale, a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. It&’s a messy, perilous, and chaotic journey, riddled with mistakes, endless struggles, and sacrifice. Phil Knight opens up in ways few CEOs are willing to do.&” Fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost running shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his car in 1963, Knight grossed eight thousand dollars that first year. Today, Nike&’s annual sales top $30 billion. In this age of start-ups, Knight&’s Nike is the gold standard, and its swoosh is one of the few icons instantly recognized in every corner of the world. But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always been a mystery. In Shoe Dog, he tells his story at last. At twenty-four, Knight decides that rather than work for a big corporation, he will create something all his own, new, dynamic, different. He details the many risks he encountered, the crushing setbacks, the ruthless competitors and hostile bankers—as well as his many thrilling triumphs. Above all, he recalls the relationships that formed the heart and soul of Nike, with his former track coach, the irascible and charismatic Bill Bowerman, and with his first employees, a ragtag group of misfits and savants who quickly became a band of swoosh-crazed brothers. Together, harnessing the electrifying power of a bold vision and a shared belief in the transformative power of sports, they created a brand—and a culture—that changed everything.

Smart money: the story of Bill Gates (Notable Americans)

By Aaron Boyd. 1995

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Biography, Business biography, Computers and internet
Human-narrated audio

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 King Of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire

By Mark Arax, Rick Wartzman. 2003

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
Business biography, Business and economics, United States history
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J.G. Boswell was the biggest farmer in America. He built a secret empire while thumbing his nose at nature, politicians,…

labor unions and every journalist who ever tried to lift the veil on the ultimate "factory in the fields." The King of California is the previously untold account of how a Georgia slave-owning family migrated to California in the early 1920s,drained one of America 's biggest lakes in an act of incredible hubris and carved out the richest cotton empire in the world. Indeed, the sophistication of Boswell 's agricultural operation -from lab to field to gin - is unrivaled anywhere.Much more than a business story, this is a sweeping social history that details the saga of cotton growers who were chased from the South by the boll weevil and brought their black farmhands to California. It is a gripping read with cameos by a cast of famous characters, from Cecil B. DeMille to Cesar Chavez.

Henry Ford: The Car Man

By Carin T. Ford. 2003

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
Business biography, Business and economics, Historical biography, Science and technology, General non-fiction
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
A simple biography of the man who revolutionized American industry with his assembly-line production of automobiles.

Steve Jobs: American genius

By Amanda Ziller. 2011

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Biography, Business biography
Human-narrated audio

Steve Jobs revolutionized the way we work, listen to music, watch movies, and communicate. By pushing boundaries and always thinking…

one step ahead, Jobs became an icon, equally as famous for his advanced ideas and design aesthetic as his sleek black turtlenecks. What inspired him? How did he do his job? What made him the man he was? Grades 5-8. 2011.

The many lives of Andrew Carnegie (Milton Meltzer Biographies Ser.milton Meltzer Biographies Series)

By Milton Meltzer. 1997

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Biography, Business biography
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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.

La revanche d'un solitaire: la véritable histoire du fondateur de Facebook

By Ben Mezrich, Lucie Delplanque. 2010

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Movie and television tie-insBiography, Business biography
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L'histoire de Facebook, de la création d'une base de données répertoriant les filles de l'université Harvard par les deux étudiants,…

Eduardo Saverin et Mark Zuckerberg, au succès du site web d'aujourd'hui qui réunit 200 millions de personnes. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. Quelques passages où le langage est grossier et quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle. 2009, c2010. Titre uniforme: The accidental billionaires.

Hart Massey (Canadians)

By Paul Collins. 1977

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Biography, Business biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio
A biography of the developer of the Massey-Ferguson Corporation and the major financier behind Massey Hall in Toronto. Grades 5-8. 1977. (THE CANADIANS)

Girls think of everything: stories of ingenious inventions by women

By Catherine Thimmesh. 2000

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Biography, Business biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio

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.

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