Biography: business & industry books

8822 books were found.

Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming 80s to a Crashing Halt

Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail...

Author: John Rothchild
ISBN: 9781893122611
Format: Paperback
$92.27

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A 50 Year Adventure in the Advertising Business

A 50 Year Adventure in the Advertising Business

Author: Ernest,W. Baker
ISBN: 9780814329108
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Ernie Baker elaborates on his lifelong career in the world of advertising, and provides an insiders perspective...  Read More >>

Pierre Descaves, Temoin et Pionnier de la Radio

Pierre Descaves, Temoin et Pionnier de la Radio

Author: Christopher Todd
ISBN: 9780773477346
Format: Hardback
$316.67

This two-volume work describes the rich and varied career of a man who was at the centre of cultural life in Paris...  Read More >>

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Author: Michael Schildberger
ISBN: 9780867863000
Format: Paperback
$15.00

Dubbed The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, Michael Schildberger took Australian TV news to...  Read More >>

I Was Content and Not Content: The Story of Linda Lord and the Closing of Penobscot Poultry

I Was Content and Not Content: The Story of Linda Lord...

Author: Cedric N. Chatterley ,  etc.
ISBN: 9780809322374
Format: Hardback
$113.72

Tells the story of Linda Lord, a veteran of Penobscot Poultry Co., Inc. in Belfast, Maine, and her experience when...  Read More >>

High Standards, Hard Choices: A CEO's Journey of Courage, Risk and Change

High Standards, Hard Choices: A CEO's Journey of Courage,...

Author: Dana G. Mead ,  Thomas Hayes
ISBN: 9780471296133
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Controversial and outspoken business guru Dana Mead looks back over his 40-year career and shares the lessons he's...  Read More >>

Economics, Entropy and the Environment: The Extraordinary Economics of Nicholas Georgesçu-Roegen

Economics, Entropy and the Environment: The Extraordinary...

Author: T. R. Beard ,  Gabriel A. Lozada
ISBN: 9781840641226
Format: Hardback
$241.35

This exposition of the major ideas of Georgescu-Roegen should help readers understand his work - both the revolutionary...  Read More >>

The Emperors of Chocolate: The inside World of Hershey and Mars

The Emperors of Chocolate: The inside World of Hershey...

Author: Joel G. Brenner
ISBN: 9780767904575
Format: Paperback
$42.11

Examines one of the most bitter rivalries in American business.  Read More >>

Day by Day: The Story of Cecil B. Day and His Simple Formula for Success

Day by Day: The Story of Cecil B. Day and His Simple...

Author: Cecil Burke Day, Jr.
ISBN: 9780824604257
Format: Hardback
$55.31

Cecil B. Day, founder of Days Inns, represents the American dream personified. One of his mottos, Find a need,...  Read More >>

Writing Against the Wind: A Mother's Life History

Writing Against the Wind: A Mother's Life History

Author: Caroline B. Brettell
ISBN: 9780842027823
Format: Hardback
$224.40

A biography of Canadian journalist Zoe Bieler. It explores many of the historical and social issues that have confronted...  Read More >>

Ted Turner Speaks: Insights from the World's Greatest Maverick

Ted Turner Speaks: Insights from the World's Greatest...

Author: Janet Lowe ,  Janet Lowe
ISBN: 9780471345633
Format: Paperback
$47.95

Like the previous Speaks books (Warren Buffett Speaks, Jack Welch Speaks, Bill Gates Speaks, and Oprah Winfrey Speaks),...  Read More >>

Into the Wind: This High Plains Life

Into the Wind: This High Plains Life

Author: David Horlsey
ISBN: 9780965746816
Format: Hardback
$60.59

Into the Wind introduces to a broader audience the thoughtful, humane, wryly humorous observations of Amarillo Globe-Times...  Read More >>

A Summer for a Lifetime: The Life and Times of George I Purdy as Told to Thomas Caldwell

A Summer for a Lifetime: The Life and Times of George...

Author: Thomas Caldwell ,  George I Purdy
ISBN: 9781882897452
Format: Hardback
$65.87

A Summer for a Lifetime is about changes for the good on of an individual and the two nations he called home. It...  Read More >>

Once in Golconda: A True Drama of Wall Street 1920-1938

Once in Golconda: A True Drama of Wall Street 1920-1938...

Author: John Brooks
ISBN: 9780471357520
Format: Paperback
$57.95

"Once in Golconda ""In this book, John Brooks-who was one of the most elegant of all business writers-perfectly...  Read More >>

Once in Golconda: A True Drama of Wall Street 1920-1938

Once in Golconda: A True Drama of Wall Street 1920-1938...

Author: John Brooks
ISBN: 9780471357537
Format: Hardback
$90.95

The 1920s and 1930s constituted an unforgettable epoch in Wall Street history. The creation and destruction of wealth...  Read More >>

E.H. Harriman: Railroad Czar

E.H. Harriman: Railroad Czar

Author: George F. Kennan
ISBN: 9781893122703
Format: Paperback
$92.27

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From Harvard to the Ranks of Labor: Powers Hapgood and the American Working Class

From Harvard to the Ranks of Labor: Powers Hapgood and...

Author: Michael Robert Bussel
ISBN: 9780271018973
Format: Hardback
$221.63

A biography of the American socialist Powers Hapgood, this volume shows how Hapgood's career illustrates important...  Read More >>

The World of Mike Royko

The World of Mike Royko

Author: Doug Moe ,  Mike Ditka
ISBN: 9780299165406
Format: Hardback
$26.27

This illustrated biography is an account of the life of Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko, Pulitzer Prize winner,...  Read More >>

Salant, CBS, And The Battle For The Soul Of Broadcast Journalism: The Memoirs Of Richard S. Salant

Salant, CBS, And The Battle For The Soul Of Broadcast...

Author: Bill Buzenberg ,  Susan Buzenberg
ISBN: 9780813337036
Format: Paperback
$34.99

"The only authorized, insider book on the history of broadcasting, by Richard Salant, former head of CBS News and...  Read More >>

Three Dark Days

Three Dark Days

Author: Kenneth MacDonald
ISBN: 9780861522552
Format: Paperback
$23.29

This work is an account of three dark days in the life of the author, a crofter/fisherman from the Isle of Lewis,...  Read More >>

Aleksandr Chayanov and Russian Berlin

Aleksandr Chayanov and Russian Berlin

Author: Frank Bourgholtzer ,  Terence J. Byres
ISBN: 9780714680804
Format: Paperback
$73.00

A third Aleksandr Chayanov dimension emerges from the autobiographical material he was forced to write in the interrogation...  Read More >>

Billy Carter: A Journey Through the Shadows

Billy Carter: A Journey Through the Shadows

Author: William Carter
ISBN: 9781563525537
Format: Hardback
$58.08

An honest, heartfelt portrait of the dynamic yet troubled Billy Carter, written by his son.  Read More >>

One Publisher's War

One Publisher's War

Author: Steve MacDonogh
ISBN: 9780863222634
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Offers an insight into the man behind the republican peace strategy.  Read More >>

The Elgar Companion to Law and Economics

The Elgar Companion to Law and Economics

Author: Jürgen G. Backhaus
ISBN: 9781858985169
Format: Hardback
$556.75

Introduces the reader to the major concepts and leading contributors in the field of law and economics. The companion...  Read More >>

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