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In this groundbreaking biography, based on more than 10,000 hitherto unavailable letters and diary entries, Niall Ferguson returns to his roots as a financial historian to tell the story of the extraordinary Siegmund Warburg.A refugee from Hitler's Germany, Warburg rose...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2012-10-25
ePub
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*The classic New York Times Bestseller*'Hugely enjoyable...it reads like a novel, a fantasy tale of rags and riches that happens to be true' Sunday Times'A fascinating journey into the Wild West of American capitalism' Daily Telegraph__________In the last years of the...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2012-09-13
ePub
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This is the life story of one of the most successful business leaders of our time.The formative influence upon Investcorp founder Nemir Kirdar was his father, who was mayor of Kirkuk and who instilled a public-service ethic in all of his sons. The book describes the...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2012-09-13
ePub
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George Soros is one of the world's leading philanthropists. Over the past 30 years, he has provided more than 7 billion to his network of foundations, known collectively as the Open Society Institute, for projects around the world and in the United States. In this...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2012-08-14
ePub
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Bill Cullen, legendary head of Renault Ireland, went from selling apples on the streets of Dublin to owning a company with an annual turnover of over $400 million. He credits much of his success to the women in his life: his mother, Mary, and his grandmother, Molly...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2012-02-15
ePub
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GANG OF ONE is the remarkable true story of one man's journey from a Glasgow orphanage to a notorious gang-infested prison in Texas. Driven by his desire to return to his son in England and haunted by the increasingly frustrating search for his missing daughter, Gary...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2012-01-24
ePub
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John Ilhan: A Crazy Life tells the fascinating story ofJohn Ilhan -- a working-class immigrant who overcame incredible odds to become one of the richest men in Australia. Founder of phenomenally successful mobile telephone company Crazy John's, Ilhan tragically passed...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-12-30
ePub
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'Something strange occurs to guests as soon as they check in. Even if in real life they are perfectly well-mannered, decent people with proper balanced relationships, as soon as they spin through the revolving hotel doors the normal rules of behaviour no longer seem to...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2011-11-30
ePub
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"Charley Ellis has written a magnificent portrait, capturing the indomitable spirit of Joe Wilson and his instinctive understanding of the need for and commercial usefulness of a transforming imaging technology. Joe Wilson and his extraordinary team, which I had the...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-08-31
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The Real Warren Buffett unveils the secret of how Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway to staggering success. Zeroing in on his original management style and leadership approach, author James O'Loughlin exposes the powerful and practical lessons of Buffett,...
Editeur :
John Murray Business
Parution :
2011-03-30
ePub
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You Can Get It IfYou Really Want, by Levi Roots, the man behind the Reggae Reggae Sauce empire and hero of BBC's 'Dragons' Den', is a business book brimming with positivity. In this inspirational and upbeat book, Levi provides essential tips and advice for successful...
Editeur :
Mitchell Beazley
Parution :
2011-03-07
ePub
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In Gerald Ronson: Leading from the Front, the last of the great British tycoons reveals how he fought his way to the top of the business ladder, lost everything twice, then clawed his way back up again.
Amazingly for a man who now holds an iconic status in British...
Editeur :
Mainstream Digital
Parution :
2010-11-22
ePub
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Simon Kelly's involvement in property development began when, as a computer-mad child in the 1980s, he started making spreadsheets for his father, the developer Paddy Kelly. By 2008, when the Irish property market crashed,Simon and Paddy owed their creditors...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2010-10-28
ePub
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Kaye Webb, a journalist with no publishing experience, burst into the world of children's books in 1961 and changed the face of children's publishing forever. Her child-like enthusiasm and shrewd business mind led her to become Puffin's most successful editor and the...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2010-05-06
ePub
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'The definitive account of a sensational trade' Michael Lewis, author of The Big ShortAutumn 2008. The world's finances collapse but one man makes a killing.John Paulson, a softly spoken hedge-fund manager who still took the bus to work, seemed unlikely to stake his...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2010-03-04
ePub
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In 1991, Gerald Ratner made a landmark speech to the Institute of Directors After over 25 years in the jewellery trade, Gerald Ratner was one of the most well-known and successful retailers of his generation. He had built up a highly profitable, multi-million pound...
Editeur :
Capstone
Parution :
2010-02-05
ePub
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From the bestselling biographer of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman comes a multi-generational saga of one of America's wealthiest and most controversial families--the Annenbergs.
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2009-11-29
ePub
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The incredible story of a Wall Street banker who went to China with $400,000,000 and learned the hard way how (not) to do business there . . . In the early nineties, China finally opened for business and Wall Street wanted in on the act. When the investment bankers...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2009-06-01
Collection :
Tom Thorne Novels
ePub
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The Sunday Times bestselling author and star of Dragon's Den, Duncan Bannatyne, explains how to take control of your finances and get more from your money.Today's turmoil and uncertainty in the financial markets illustrates how important it is to be in control of your...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2009-04-16
ePub
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HOW TO BUILD A GREAT BUSINESS IN TOUGH TIMES is the inspiring entrepreneurial from-the-kitchen-table-to-supermarket-shelf story.Entrepreneur Will King hand-filled the first 10,000 bottles of his original King of Shaves (KoS) shaving oil at his kitchen sink, even getting...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2008-10-31
ePub
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