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Short Brothers was established in 1908, the first British aircraft manufacturer, with the company moving to Rochester during the early years of the First World War. At Rochester Shorts produced some of their most famous aircraft, beginning with a number...

By the author of the #1 bestseller THE BIG SHORT and the original business classic LIAR'S POKER.In Pacific Rift, Lewis follows the fortunes of two cultural transplants - Bob Collins, a forthright American insurance executive who lives and works in Tokyo,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316743006Author Ben R. RichFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Little, Brown and CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & Company

Chronicles the life of the head of one of Moscow's gangster families, who financed the reelection of Boris Yeltsin and became one of his key advisors.Book InformationISBN 9780156013307Author Paul KlebnikovFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Wadsworth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914066382Author Alice StephensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Hawksmoor PublishingPublisher Hawksmoor Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316231411Author Beth MacyFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 33mm

Financial magician, flamboyant politician, minister in both world wars, press baron, serial philanderer, Winston Churchill's boon companion in the dark days of 1940-41 and in his later years, Max Beaverbrook was without a doubt one of the most colourful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643137568Author Justyn WalshFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 152mm * 28mm

Duchess of Cork Street is the autobiography of a remarkable woman who, educated in the culturally unsophisticated milieu of South Africa, managed by charm, determination and good judgment to establish herself as a doyenne of the London art world between...

Throughout the world, thousands of people give their time, skill and energy to serving on a board. From local councils to international corporations - boards play a critical role in the running and success of any organisation, large and small. In On...

Hailed as the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of Silicon Valley, Robert Noyce was a brilliant inventor, a leading entrepreneur, and a daring risk taker who piloted his own jets and skied mountains accessible only by helicopter. Now, in The Man Behind the...

Named one of the Best Business Books of 2021 by The Wall Street JournalIn Japan it's called the "Ghosn Shock"-the stunning arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the jet-setting CEO who saved Nissan and made it part of a global automotive empire.Even more shocking was...

The visionary quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, concern about the future of humanity, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontierFor years, space enthusiasts...

**Shortlisted as a finalist in the Business Book Awards 2023** What ingredients do you need to brew a successful career in selling and marketing consumer goods? The lessons found in Nick Millers fascinating and motivating story will tell you. Nick...

In 1909, the largest department store in London's West End, designed and built from scratch, opened in Oxford Street in a glorious burst of publicity. The mastermind behind the facade was American retail genius Harry Gordon Selfridge: maverick...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorJames Grant, a widely read author and media figure, is the founder and editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer. He also writes for The Wall Street Journal and...

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Can you imagine what your life would be like if you abandoned the idea of perfection and decided to embrace your whole self - and even better - love yourself? Imagine if you stopped putting your happiness in the hands of others. Imagine you stopped...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732721012Author Ron CouryFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Las Vegas Publishing Group, LLCPublisher Las Vegas Publishing Group, LLCWeight(grams)...

Warren Buffett is perhaps the most accomplished investor of all time. The CEO and chair of Berkshire Hathaway has earned admiration for not only his financial feats but also the philosophy behind them. Todd A. Finkle provides striking new insights into...

The world has awakened to the urgent need to focus on women's advancement - companies with gender-balanced leadership are far more likely to outperform their peers, and the evolving expectations of leadership align to women's natural strengths. But we're...

The inside story of a case that illustrates the horrific perils of unchecked prosecutorial overreach, written by the man who experienced it firsthand.Raj Rajaratnam, the respected founder of the iconic hedge fund Galleon Group, which managed $7 billion...

A shocking expose of Volkswagen's fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal.Updated with a New Afterword by the Author.When news of Volkswagen's clean diesel fraud first broke in September 2015, it sent shockwaves around the world...

The numerous anecdotes alone are worth the price of the book ...most readers will find themselves asking why everyone doesn't run a business as preached by the chief executive of Continental Airlines.-The Washington Post Book World ...in an age where...

What's it like to start a revolution?How do you build the biggest tech company in the world?And why do you walk away from it all?Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft. Together he and Bill Gates turned an idea - writing software - into a company and then an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143130000Author Peter B. DoranFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, the CEO of Starbucks recounts the story and leadership lessons behind the global coffee company's comeback and continued success.In 2008, Howard Schultz decided to return as the CEO of Starbucks to help restore its...

This is the story of the rise and rise of advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi as it has never been told before. With over 200 astonishing first-hand accounts from the people who were really there, this is a fascinating insight into a remarkable success...

The modem American economy was the creation of four men: Andrew Camegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan. They were the giants of the Gilded Age, a moment of riotous growth that established America as the richest, most inventive, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993011221Author Johnson Luke (Foreward by) Boizot PeterFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Large Things LtdPublisher Large Things Ltd

In Gods and Kings Dana Thomas, author of Deluxe, tells the story of how John Galliano and Alexander McQueen changed the face of fashionIn the first decade of the 21st century the fashion world was dominated by two different but equally successful and...

Being paid to explore sounded like a dream job. From Norway to Madagascar, by campervan, taxi, boat and small plane, Amelia Dalton hunted down remote archipelagos, deserted beaches and tiny local museums to create expedition holidays with a difference...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913966990Author Adam SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 495Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 814g

In 1824, John Cadbury opened a grocer's shop in Bull Street in Birmingham and started to sell tea, coffee and drinking chocolate alongside everything else. In 1831, he opened a factory and started to manufacture his own product, and by 1842 the company...

A cultural and business history of the UFC, tracing the unlikely rise of mixed martial arts from what was derided in the '90s as 'human cockfighting' - more violence than sport - to a global pop culture phenomenon.Senator John McCain once decried mixed...

Winner of Best Book of the Year at the Singapore Book Publishers Association awards 2018. Robert Kuok is one of the most highly respected businessmen in Asia. But this legendary Overseas Chinese entrepreneur, commodities trader, hotelier and property...

Worldly Philosopher chronicles the times and writings of Albert O. Hirschman, one of the twentieth century's most original and provocative thinkers. In this gripping biography, Jeremy Adelman tells the story of a man shaped by modern horrors and hopes, a...

A behind-the-scenes look at Wall Street's top banker Following the eleventh-hour rescue of Bear Stearns by JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon's profile reached stratospheric levels. And while the deals and decisions he's made have usually turned out to be the right...

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,...

Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet -- for free. Today...