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Good for the Money
My Fight to Pay Back America
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
In 2009, at the peak of the financial crisis, AIG - the American insurance behemoth - was sinking fast. It was the peg upon which the nation hung its ire and resentment during the financial crisis: the pinnacle of Wall Street arrogance and greed. When Bob Benmosche climbed aboard as CEO, it was widely...
The King of Madison Avenue
David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
From the former CEO of Ogilvy & Mather, the first biography of advertising maverick David Ogilvy
Famous for his colorful personality and formidable intellect, David Ogilvy left an indelible mark on the advertising world, transforming it into a dynamic industry full of passionate, creative...
Prince of Darkness
The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
In the middle decades of the nineteenth century Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a well-known figure on Wall Street. Cornelius Vanderbilt, America's first tycoon, came to respect, grudgingly, his one-time opponent. The day after Vanderbilt's death on January 4, 1877, an almost full-page obituary on the front...
The Bite in the Apple
A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
An intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs by the mother of his first child providing rare insight into Jobs's formative, lesser-known years
Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their...
Taking Down the Lion
The Triumphant Rise and Tragic Fall of Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
As the widely-admired CEO of Tyco International, Dennis Kozlowski grew a little-known New Hampshire conglomerate into a global giant. In a stunning series of events, Kozlowski suddenly lost his job along with his favored public status when he was indicted by legendary Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau—it...
Beauty Queen
Inside the Reign of Avon's Andrea Jung
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Andrea Jung, the glamorous former head of Avon, was arguably the world's most charismatic and effective CEO, credited with the astonishing turnaround of the venerable brand.
Avon's board was filled with tough-minded, successful CEOs and other high achievers, but when Jung walked into a room...
by Gurbaksh Chahal
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
One of America's most successful young internet entrepreneurs tells his unique and inspiring story, and reveals the risks and rewards behind the sky's-the-limit possibilities of internet entrepreneurship.
Gurbaksh Chahal started the Internet advertising company ClickAgents from his bedroom...
A Colorful Way of Living
How to Be More, Create More, Do More the Vera Bradley Way
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
From the co-founder of the Vera Bradley empire, a practical and inspiring book that shows women how to awaken their full potential, at any age.
"This place could use some color!" That's what Barbara Bradley said to her friend Pat during an airport layover. It was 1982 and all the...
Banksy
The Man Behind the Wall
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
While hiding from the limelight, Banksy has made himself into one of the world's best-known living artists. His pieces have fetched millions of dollars at prestigious auction houses. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his film Exit Through the Gift Shop. Once viewed as vandalism, his work is...
The Auctioneer
Adventures in the Art Trade
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Just as William Goldman, the ultimate screenwriter, took us inside Hollywood, Simon de Pury, the ultimate art player, will take us inside an even more secretive business, whose staggering prices, famous collectors, and high crimes are front page news almost every day. The former Chairman of Sotheby's...
Searching for Beauty
The Life of Millicent Rogers, the American Heiress Who Taught the World About Style
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
A fascinating portrait of the Standard Oil heirerss and legendary American trendsetter Millicent Rogers
Nobody knew how to live the high life like Millicent Rogers. Born into luxury, she lived in a whirl of beautiful homes, European vacations, exquisite clothing and handsome men. In Searching...
My Side of the Street
Why Wolves, Flash Boys, Quants, and Masters of the Universe Don't Represent the Real Wall Street
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
On a sticky summer morning at the end of the Eighties, 19-year-old Jason DeSena Trennert—a bright, unconnected Georgetown undergrad with big dreams and an even bigger power tie—set out for Wall Street. Mustering the perceived panache of the bigwigs, he burst through the doors of America's oldest...
Riding High
How I Kissed SoulCycle Goodbye, Co-Founded Flywheel, and Built the Life I Always Wanted
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
From the co-founder of Flywheel and SoulCycle comes a story of perseverance and success.
“Ruth Zukerman is an inspiration. She somehow had a keen sense that indoor cycling was going to be a huge trend and she wasted no time turning it into a lucrative business. I'm among the legions of Flywheel...
When Giants Walked the Earth
A Biography of Led Zeppelin
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
The first significant fresh reporting on the legendary band in twenty years, built on interviews with all surviving band members and revealing a never-before-seen side of the genius and debauchery that defined their heyday.
Veteran rock journalist Mick Wall unflinchingly tells the story of...