The Log Cabin Mine was once the largest gold-producing mine in California. It was state-of-the-art and could both extract and process the gold from the quartz ore far beneath the surface. Now, all t……続きを見る
Tell someone you suffer from bipolar disorder, and that person may assume a great deal. For instance, he may want to call you crazyinches away from your next psychological break or maybe even danger……続きを見る
For more than seventy years, Rileys Trick Shop has been a source of fun for generations of families who live on the south side of Chicago. Founded in 1937 by Jim and Eleanor Riley, the shop stocks j……続きを見る
In Outraged, an auto insider provides an inspiring account of what it means to lose your rights, property, and, in essence, the American dream. It begins with roughly two thousand men and women whos……続きを見る
Learn life lessons from the expertstwenty-five business leaders who made their marks but did so with a bit of a twist.
In this series of profiles, author Stephen K. Troy takes a detailed look at peo……続きを見る
Anyone who wants to do business in China must understand its customs, people, and culture. Just because its economy is exploding doesnt mean that anyone can go there and make a fortune. In fact, bus……続きを見る
During my lifetime, I noted that people, particularly men, love to tell stories about their life experiences. If you know a fireman or policeman well enough, you know that they can entertain for hou……続きを見る
Do you have dreams of a different life? Do you dream of being married to a kind, considerate husband? Do you feel trapped in a job? Do you think as a single woman, you cant do many things? Do you dr……続きを見る
NISP BANK In the waning days of Dutch rule over Indonesia, a poor Chinese merchant bought the license to a bank named NV Nederlandsch Indische Spaar en Deposito (NISP) paid by his assets to the last……続きを見る
Youve spent an entire career working hard, and now its time to retire. But what exactly does that mean?
Author Michael Bivona was unsure about what to do with his life when retiring, but he didnt le……続きを見る
Asa Candler rose from a rural background to reap a fortune. His windfall came from purchasing the Coca-Cola formula in 1888 and establishing the company that became a national phenomenon in less tha……続きを見る
Jeanne Adelmann was raised in a middleclass, blue-collar family. Growing up in a male dominated world at home and in her community may have prepared her for her lifes work in insurance sales. When s……続きを見る
By an absorbing collection of events this book tells the life of Norman Bodek, who has contributed highly to develop the knowledge of the western industrial world. The “miracles”, as Norman calls th……続きを見る
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In 2007, Airman Mal Robinson kept a diary of his time with the RAF in Kandahar, Afghanistan. That diary was published and the boo……続きを見る
Some people float through life with never a care, a worry, or a problem, and others break their back to get through it. Author William L. Otto was one of those men. In The Last of the Dinosaurs, he ……続きを見る
Mr. Chazen is known as an innovator and even a revolutionary, whose ideas changed the face of the apparel industry and retailing forever. The book will provide lessons for everyone in business, as i……続きを見る
If you are looking for a fiction flash and dash story line and sassy phrasing, this is definitely not the book for you. This is a real story of the American dream come true. It is about a Hispanic m……続きを見る
One of the first lessons author Carol Farrand learned was that opportunity lurks where you least expect it. When she took her daughter to a local resort to apply for a seasonal position, she had no ……続きを見る
Robert B. Brack knew from an early age that his grandfather and father hoped he would join Barker Steel Co., the business started by his grandfather in 1920.
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Young Julianna was different from the other kids. She suffered from a strange form of arthritis that sometimes left her hurting and bedridden for days a time. But she never let it stop her from livi……続きを見る
Leaving his Pennsylvania steel town home as a young man, author Kenneth D. Campbell scrambled to land a magazine writers job in Manhattan. He followed his new bosss instruction to Watch that rat hol……続きを見る
Alicia A. Mercer, or Tish, as she was known, was a labor negotiator with Greyhound Bus Company during one of the largest strikes in their history. She worked diligently with the Harold Washington Ca……続きを見る
This memoir takes the reader from March, 1966 to June, 2003; from Massachusetts to Connecticut, Hawaii to Oregon, South Carolina to California to Virginia; from reporting for a newspaper to Salvatio……続きを見る
Marc Wyses father wanted him to be a lawyer. His mother wanted him to be a doctor. Instead, he became an advertising executive. In The Way I Saw It, Wyse narrates his rags-to-riches tale of the Amer……続きを見る
Author Lester Nuby Jr. began life in a dilapidated house in Bell Springs Mountain, Alabama, but now he is a successful businessman who doesnt have to worry about money. It wasnt easy for Nuby to scr……続きを見る
Don Hamachers life story can almost be a handbook for a happy existence.
After graduating from college, he dreams of becoming a US Marine band director, but his poor eyesight results in an honorable……続きを見る
Author William Napier takes us for a wild ride through the ranks of corporate Americas executive management teams in Drowning in Bad Management! Napier, a thirty-year corporate finance executive wit……続きを見る
Hughesworld is an authentic account written by a press spokesman for Howard Hughes that traces the highlights of his varied life in motion pictures and aviation but concentrates on the management st……続きを見る
Joseph Paul Camarte spent thirty-four years as a successful leader of turnarounds, startups, and other business and community crises. The first half of his career was in manufacturing as a plant man……続きを見る
In April of 1944, during the last year of World War II and two months before the D-day landings at Normandy, Paul N. Frenkel was a fourteen-year-old living happily with his family in the rural Trans……続きを見る
