Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&browse=true&N=3+3452 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693620 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705014 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712331 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705582 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742013 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704121 The man who was selected by President Barack Obama to come out of retirement and turn around the nearly bankrupt General Motors after its financial bailout in 2009 offers a memoir of his successes at that company, as well as AT&T. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731374 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742053 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669042 Full of personal and professional insight, this guide presents a series of thirteen strategies that can be applied to professional decisions on any scale. Through warm and engaging conversations with Sinoway, Stevenson focuses not just on business success, but on deep personal satisfaction through self-defined benchmarks for development and accomplishment. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683053 When Freeman Hall left The Big Fancy to pursue his screenwriting dreams, he thought the horrors of working in a handbag department were finally over. But instead of fame and fortune, he found himself stuck behind a wall of script-killing rewrites, unable to make a living. In Return to the Big Fancy, Freeman shares his wildly entertaining journey back through the fiery gates of Retail Hell. He thought he had seen it all in his day, but with the bar set higher than ever before, employees are now graciously bowing before Corporate as they climb over fellow salespeople, and even friends, to earn enough transactions and commissions to actually survive. As he learns more of the wretchedness that has befallen the sales floor, he realizes that The Big Fancy has its customers and its employees on a short leash. But leave it to Freeman and the threat of disappearing commissions to rally the retail slaves and show Corporate whos really in charge!--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668098 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704179 In this star-studded autobiography, Clive Davis shares a personal, candid look into his remarkable life and the last fifty years of popular music as only a true insider can. Davis career has spanned more than forty years, and he has discovered, signed, or worked with a staggering array of artists: Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Simon and Garfunkel, Barry Manilow, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Dionne Warwick, Carlos Santana, The Grateful Dead, Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, and Aretha Franklin, to name a few. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, and hosted the worlds highest profile parties. In this fully illustrated, personal account, Davis tells all, from becoming an orphan in high school and getting through college and law school on scholarships, to being falsely accused of embezzlement and starting up his own record company, J Records. His wealth of experience offers valuable insight into the evolution of the music business over the past half-century and into the future.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1324242 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667613 Shares thirteen strategies for personal and professional success that encompass such practices as recognizing and acting on opportunities, developing ones skill set, and making careful decisions about long-term goals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1544882 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644916 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1586785 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731405 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646973 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1653166 When Samuel Zemurray arrived in America in 1891, he was tall, gangly, and penniless. When he died in the grandest house in New Orleans sixty-nine years later, he was among the richest, most powerful men in the world. In between, he worked as a fruit peddler, banana hauler, dockside hustler, and plantation owner. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674753 No woman in the Gilded Age made as much money as Hetty Green. At the time of her death in 1916, she was worth at least 100 million dollars, equal to about 2.5 billion dollars today. Abandoned at birth by her neurotic mother, scorned by her misogynist father, Hetty set out as a child to prove her value. Following the simple rules of her wealthy Quaker father, she successfully invested her money and, along the way, proved to herself that she was wealthy and therefore worthy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1257625 In this long-awaited memoir, Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, explains how he has solved problems, what hes learned from his many endeavors--both the triumphs and the failures--and his compelling vision for the future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1474407 Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years, as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues, the author has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apples hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. -- From publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1274599 One of Americas great chefs (Vogue) shares how his drive to cook immaculate food won him international renown--and fueled his miraculous triumph over tongue cancer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1390982 Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years, as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues, the author has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apples hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. -- From publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1429119 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1275115 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668235 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1237368 The husband of Gloria Estefan and founder of Latin pop group Miami Sound Machine shares the principles of his success in business and investments, and offers advice on identifying values, believing in ones ideas, and planning for success. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1310345 Comparing Google to an ordinary business is like comparing a rocket to an Edsel. Edwards, Employee Number 59, offers the first inside view of Google, giving readers a chance to fully experience the bizarre mix of camaraderie and competition at this phenomenal company. Edwards, Googles first director of marketing and brand management, describes it as it happened. We see the first, pioneering steps of Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the companys young, idiosyncratic partners; the evolution of the companys famously nonhierarchical structure (where every employee finds a problem to tackle or a feature to create and works independently); the development of brand identity; the races to develop and implement each new feature; and the many ideas that never came to pass. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1367539 In 2008, eight years after stepping down as Starbucks CEO, Schultz returned to oversee the companys operations during a moment in history that left no company unscathed. Onward tells the remarkable story of Schultzs return and the companys ongoing transformation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392278 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1059533 Bestselling author A. E. Hotchners intimate account of his 52-year friendship with his pal Paul Newman. Hotchner first met Newman in 1956 when the then relatively unknown actor assumed the lead role in Hotchners first television play, based on a Hemingway story. The project elevated both men from relative obscurity to recognition, and began a close and trusting friendship that lasted until Newmans death in 2008. Here, Hotchner presents a complicated, unpredictable, fun-loving, talented man, and takes the reader along on their adventures. The pair traveled extensively, skippered a succession of bizarre boats, confounded the business world, scored triumphs on the stage, and sustained their friendship through good times and bad. Most notably, they started Newmans Own as a prank and watched it morph into a major enterprise that has given its $260 million in profit to charities worldwide. --From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1129345 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1055242 Tommy James had been performing locally in Michigan rock bands since the age of 12. His cover of Hanky Panky became a minor local hit. Then, in 1966, the record was re-discovered by a Pittsburgh DJ who started playing it on heavy rotation. Soon, every record mogul in New York was pursuing Tommy and the band. And then an odd thing happened: every offer but one disappeared, and James found himself in the office of Roulette Records, where he was handed a pen and ominously promised one helluva ride. Morris Levy, the legendary godfather of the music business, needed a hit and Hanky Panky would be his. This book tells the intimate story of the complex and sometimes terrifying relationship between the bright-eyed, sweet-faced blonde musician from the heartland and the big, bombastic, brutal bully from the Bronx, who hustled, cheated, and swindled his way to the top of the music industry.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1055143 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1059837 The epic story of the rise and fall of William S. Lerach, once the leading class action lawyer in America and now a convicted felon. For more than two decades, Lerach threatened, shook down and sued top Fortune 500 companies, including Disney, Apple, Time Warner, and--most famously--Enron. To the people he championed, he was the plaintiffs Robin Hood, a one-man posse fighting corporate villains. Then, the man who brought corporate moguls to their knees fell prey to the same corrupt impulses, and paid the price by disgrace, disbarment, and time in federal prison. If ever there was a modern Greek tragedy about a man and his times, about corporate arrogance and illusions and the scorched-earth tactics to not only counteract corporate America but to beat it at its own game, it is Bill Lerachs story.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1116021 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1127526 A Silicon Valley entrepreneur takes on the challenge of a lifetime: teaching in one of Californias toughest high schools. Entrepreneur Steve Poizner had run a billion-dollar company, but the greatest challenge of his life was the year he spent teaching twelfth graders at San Joses Mt. Pleasant High School. On many days, his managerial and entrepreneurial skills seemed irrelevant. But on others, they helped him demonstrate how exciting it is to learn. Poizner motivated his students by expanding their horizons far beyond their high schools walls. Steve Poizner is currently (2010) a candidate for governor of California and on the verge of becoming a household name. But this is a memoir of a personal journey, not a point-by-point account of his vision for his state. Poizner writes, Often I came to ask myself one question: What exactly are you doing here? As it turns out, I was receiving one hell of an education.--Publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1046787 U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulsons first-person account of the key decisions that had to be made with lightning speed as he stood at the epicenter of the worlds most cataclysmic financial crisis since the Great Depression. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1195797 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1127688 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1001536 An intriguing look at Bernie Madoff the man, and his scamMadoff with the Money is a deeply disturbing portrait of Bernie Madoff based on dozens of exclusive, news-making interviews. From the values Madoff was taught growing up in the working class town of Laurelton, Queens to his high-life on Wall Street and the super-rich enclaves of Palm Beach and the French Riviera, bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer follows the disgraced money managers trail as he works his way up the social and economic ladder, and eventually scams his trusting clients in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.Through Oppenheimers in-depth reporting, youll discover new revelations in this startling case, and become familiar with the trusting victims-ranging from non-profit Jewish charities to the likes of seemingly sophisticated individuals such as actress Jane Fonda who would like to shake Madoff until his teeth fall out, the scion of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire who lost a bundle and was forced to rent out rooms in his house, and New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg. Theres even Madoffs own sister-in-law and talk show host Larry King, who apparently didnt ask the right questions when he invested. All lost their much-needed life savings, while others saw fortunes small and large evaporate in the greedy financial operations of one of historys all-time charlatans.Madoff With the MoneyDelves into the details of the illusive man that lost investors billionsWeaves stories of Madoffs past with those of the present in an engaging and accessible styleExplores how the financial scam that Madoff ran cost individuals and institutions billions of dollarsOther titles by Oppenheimer: Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel, and Just Desserts: Martha Stewart the Unauthorized BiographyWhile there may be other books on the Bernie Madoff debacle, none digs as deep or goes as far to uncover the truth behind the man, and his incredible scam--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=986047 A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. We see Vanderbilt help to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=942291 In December 2008, with financial crisis sweeping America and the globe, Bernard Bernie Madoff, a leading Wall Street figure and former chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Market, dropped the bombshell: For years hed bilked thousands of investors worldwide to the tune of $50 billion. Overnight, the term Ponzi scheme --a fraudulent investment strategy that pays returns to early investors with money invested later by others--became synonymous with Madoffs name. In the first comprehensive account of this epic scandal, Peter Sander traces Madoffs rise from unremarkable Jewish schoolboy to Wall Street trader, from money maker to money manager. His gripping narrative examines how Madoff built his brand, how he infiltrated influential circles, and how the scheme came unraveled--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1271360 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=954208 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1014777 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1055232 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1017200 Offers an in-depth biography of Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, written with the full blessing of the man known to all as the Savior of Wall St. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1006351 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=992831 Full of sharp portraits and humorous, telling descriptions of the many statesmen and financiers Peterson has known over the years, The Education of an American Dreamer is a richly satisfying journey through a fascinating mans life--beginning in Kearney, Nebraska, as an eight-year-old manning the cash register, to Secretary of Commerce in Nixons paranoid White House, to the tumultuous days of Lehman Brothers, and on to the creation of The Blackstone Group, one of the great financial enterprises in recent times. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1007736 Erin Arvedlund, the financial reporter who questioned the amazing returns of Bernie Madoffs hedge funds way back in 2001, traces the life of the infamous swindler and addresses the tough questions surrounding the collapse of his Ponzi scheme. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=985624 The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook.--Jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1007731 Erin Arvedlund, the financial reporter who questioned the amazing returns of Bernie Madoffs hedge funds way back in 2001, traces the life of the infamous swindler and addresses the tough questions surrounding the collapse of his Ponzi scheme. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=753746 Wall Street Journal reporter Christina Binkley takes a close look at the trio of tycoons whose high-stakes gambles made Sin City soar. This is the story of how billions of dollars and the unparalleled drive for power made the personal visions of three moguls--Kirk Kerkorian, Steve Wynn, and Dr. Gary Loveman--evolve from dreams to larger-than-life reality.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=753673 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=721606 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=725064 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=745225 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=699160 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=730687 Bored with life working at a law firm, David M. Gross agrees to a friends proposal to move to Bologna and help revamp the image of a legendary but unprofitable motorcycle empire. His plan revolves around featuring the companys flamboyant factory workers (when not on strike) in ads, Versace-clad with espressos in hand. And in the meantime, Gross falls in love--with motorcycles. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1171614 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=709907 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=878352 Autobiography of a politician and industrialist from India; includes some of his correspondence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=740548 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=712145 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=658780 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=682143 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=691588 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=638158 At the age of twenty, African American Gardner arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. However, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry level position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself caught in a web of challenging circumstances that left him part of the citys working homeless with his toddler son. Motivated by the promise he made to himself as a fatherless child to never abandon his own children, the two spent almost a year in shelters, HO-tels, and soup-lines. Never giving in to despair, Gardner went from being part of the citys invisible to being a powerful player in its financial district.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=665856 With Being Martha I will reveal sides of Martha Stewart that have not been seen. I am a friend and former neighbor, and I am partial to her. My closeness to Martha over the years has provided me with access to her family, her friends, and her coworkers of many years: Marthas inner circle, those who know the real Martha. -- Lloyd Allen. Being Martha is based on a collection of remembrances of Martha, past and present, that redress misconceptions about her and present a fuller portrait of a complicated and fascinating woman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=720707 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=672545 Andy Grove, the CEO of Intel during its years of explosive growth, is on the shortlist of Americas most admired businesspeople, along with Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates. Brilliant, brave, and willing to defy conventional wisdom, Grove is, according to Harvard Business School professor Richard S. Tedlow, the best model we have for leading a business in the twenty-first century. Grove gave Tedlow unprecedented access to his private papers, along with wide-ranging interviews and access to his closest friends and key business associates. Nothing was off limits, and Tedlow was free to draw his own conclusions. The result is not just a gripping life story but a fascinating analysis of how Grove attacks problems. Born a Hungarian Jew in 1936, Andras Istvan Grof survived the Nazis only to face the Soviet invasion of his country. He fled to America at age twenty, studied engineering, and arrived in Silicon Valley just in time for a historic opportunity. He became the third employee of Intel, working for the legendary Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce. As talented as he was as an engineer, Grove became an even better manager, as we learn from exclusive excerpts from his secret management diaries. Tedlow shows us exactly how that penniless immigrant taught himself to lead a major corporation through some of the toughest challenges in the history of business.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=643227 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=745971 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=644167 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=637181 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=759739 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=614536 When Marthas longtime friend and former neighbor Lloyd Allen heard those negative stories, he hardly recognized the generous, fun-loving, and down-to-earth woman hes known and loved for years, and after she was indicted, he told Martha he was going to write this book. With Being Martha, Allen introduces you to the flesh-and-blood woman behind the glamorous public image. Drawing on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with Martha; her family, including her mother, her daughter, Alexis, her sister Laura, and her brother George; and many of her closest friends and colleagues over the years, the author at last shows us the real Martha: an enormously talented, passionate, determined, and hard-working woman who has achieved phenomenal success by inspiring and enriching the lives of millions. Lloyd Allen weaves together never-before-told stories and details from Marthas early years as a model, stockbroker, and caterer, telling the true story of how an always-busy Connecticut homemaker broke through big-time to become the worlds most successful businesswoman at the helm of the company that bears her name, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Youll meet Martha the mentoring teacher and benefactor through the eyes of the many people who view their time with her as the turning point in their careers, even their lives. Youll see Marthas carefree and wild side as she enjoys the simplest things with the excitement and wonder of a kid encountering them for the first time. Allen also describes what Martha really went through during her trial and prison term and how these experiences changed her - making her stronger, more grounded, and more determined than ever to help people learn to enjoy the good things in life. As Martha Stewart begins the next phase of her life, with multiple television shows and new venture after new venture in the works, Being Martha is a must-read for her legion of fans - and for anyone who wants to understand the real Martha Kostyra Stewart.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=735877 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=674188 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=642583 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=611452 Lives of the Laureates offers readers an informal history of modern economic thought as told through autobiographical essays by eighteen winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics. The essays not only provide unique insights into major economic ideas of our time but also shed light on the processes of intellectual discovery and creativity. This fourth edition adds five new Nobel laureates to its list of contributors: Gary S. Becker, recipient in 1992; John C. Harsanyi, co-recipient in 1994; Robert E. Lucas, Jr., recipient in 1995; Myron S. Scholes, co-recipient in 1997; and James J. Heckman, co-recipient in 2000. This edition also includes a new afterword by the editors, Lessons from the Laureates. Some common motivating themes emerge: the importance of real world events and a desire for relevance-as seen in James Tobins decision to enter economics in order to understand the ruin caused by the Great Depression and in Gary Beckers recourse to economics to help him understand inequality, race, and class; the influence of great teachers-several cite the charismatic Milton Friedman; and the role of chance in their careers-the lucky accidents that set them on one path rather than another. Together, these individual accounts give what the editors call a comprehensive picture of the diverseness, richness, and profundity that is the hallmark of contemporary economic thought in America. Book jacket.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=643019 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=644563 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=592358 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=614475 Shelf Life is the unforgettable story of A. J. Scribante, the founder of MAJERS, a revolutionary company whose cutting-edge information and marketing systems helped manufacturers and grocers move their products through American supermarket shelves. Before being sold to the A. C. Nielsen division of Dun and Bradstreet Corporation for $65 million in December 1986, MAJERS had six hundred employees, seven offices, and three hundred-fifty clients. But A. J. Scribantes success story had very humble roots. Growing up in a succession of small Midwestern towns, he served in the navy, graduated from Kansas State University, and moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where as a young chemical salesman for Union Carbide he was soon distracted by a need for a lifes mission, manifested by a desire to fill shelves. He began with a process for freezing ice cream with liquid nitrogen (one of the chemicals he was selling). But his first entrepreneurial enterprise only got him fired. So he struck out on his own, selling almost everything that crossed his path before finding what he was certain would be his gold mine: bleach. Seeking to discover how to best market his Brite*Eyes bleach in various markets, Scribante began clipping grocery store ads from newspapers around the Midwest, and, in a flash of entrepreneurial inspiration - which practically everyone around him took as a crazy idea - began compiling the ads in a booklet to show fellow suppliers, grocers, and manufacturers the price differences for products in far-flung markets. The booklet of ads evolved into MAJERS, a full-service computerized marketing information company whose clients included Pepsi, Coca-Cola, General Foods, and Pillsbury. His amazing story is enlightening, instructive, inspirational, and a very fun read.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=674310 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=546760 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=592200 A one-woman industry known for her fearsome ambition, inviting public demeanor, and tenacious drive, she has built a multimedia empire unlike any other, survived the ups and downs of harsh criticism and biting satire, been charged with illegal insider trading, and endured the humiliation of a five-month prison sentence-only to rise to every challenge. This is the story of Martha Stewart from the woman herself-a fascinating collection of thoughts, musings, strategies, and philosophies drawn from the chapters of her always absorbing life. She shares personal stories of marriage, motherhood, and her first brushes with success as a model and a stockbroker. She describes how she came to run a small catering business from her restored 1812 farmhouse and relates a professional journey that would eventually launch the building and management of a worldwide empire. That empire would soon consist of her own group of bestselling magazines, including Martha Stewart Living and Martha Stewart Weddings, a syndicated television series, dozens of books on cooking and gardening, and her own Martha Stewart Collection of Kmart products. It would create a complex public persona that millions would associate with tasteful creativity, fine living, and a powerful, often challenging personality. Most interestingly of all, Martha speaks her mind-on her career and family, the nature of her business and ambition, leadership and creativity, fame and fortune, public image and private life. Candid, irreverent, sometimes combative, and always interesting-this is Martha Stewart off the cuff and on the record. Book jacket.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=550826 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=597142 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=673348 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=492869 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=611941 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=488504 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=546963 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=645918 Ugly Americans is the true story of John Malcolm, a Princeton graduate who traveled halfway around the world in search of the American dream and pulled off a trade that could be described as the biggest deal in the history of the financial markets. Without speaking a word of Japanese, with barely a penny in his pocket, Malcolm was thrown into the bizarre life of an ex-pat trader. Surrounded by characters ripped right out of a Hollywood thriller, he quickly learned how to survive in a cutthroat world - at the feet of the biggest players the markets have ever known. Malcolm was first an assistant trading huge positions for Nick Leeson, the rogue trader who brought down Barings Bank - the oldest in England. He was the right-hand man to an enigmatic and brilliant hedge-fund cowboy, Dean Carney, and grew into one of the biggest derivatives traders in all of Asia. Along the way, Malcolm fell in love with the daughter of a Yakuza gangster ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=544318