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 Dead Bank Walking: One Gutsy Bank's Struggle for Survival and the Merger That Changed Banking ForeverBest Price: $17.86 It's been 6 years since this book was published, and I finally felt compelled to read it. I... |  Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World (California Studies in Food and Culture, 11)Best Price: $10.00 A truly fascinating book about the social, commercial, spoken and unspoken interactions that... |  The Age of Oil: The Mythology, History, and Future of the World's Most Controversial ResourceBest Price: $35.73 This was a really interesting book to read. It is well written, so even when he is giving the... |  The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and CoolnessBest Price: $2.23 I read this book when it first came out and enjoyed it greatly - I found it an interesting read... |  Twist of Faith: The Story of Anne Beiler, Founder of Auntie Anne's PretzelsBest Price: $13.79 Book arrived in time and in excellent condition. I really enjoyed reading it, too. Not all... |
 Bangalore TigerBest Price: $12.47 It is an interesting read on a company that was the underdog of offshoring. Reading up on the... |  Godfather of the Kremlin: The Decline of Russia in the Age of Gangster CapitalismBest Price: $6.40 This is a great book by a good author with a fantastic approach to the subject at hand.Even with... |  The Girl with the GalleryBest Price: $10.36 Like another reviewer, I find it hard to put this book down. It is frankly and beautifully... |  Wildcatters: Texas Independent Oilmen (Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History)Best Price: $12.25 In the 1970s and 1980s the Texas wildcatter was a recognizable figure in popular culture. Since... |  Threshold Resistance: The Extraordinary Career of a Luxury Retailing PioneerBest Price: $4.72 Arthur Taubman's "Threshold Resistance" provides a candid read about the rise of a... |
 Devils on the Deep Blue Sea: The Dreams, Schemes, and Showdowns That Built America's Cruise-Ship EmpiresBest Price: $1.99 My wife and I have cruised a lot on many different cruise lines over the years. Our first... |  The Pursuit of HappynessBest Price: $4.25 This book was very motivational and taught me a great lesson in humility, perserverace, and... |  "This business has legs": How I Used Infomercial Marketing to Create the$100,000,000 ThighMaster CrazeBest Price: $21.50 I found this a fascinating look inside the world of marketing and infomercials, as well as a... |  OrganizationsBest Price: $30.00 Awesome condition when delivered, prompt delivery ...needed urgently for some research...very... |  The Clarks of CooperstownBest Price: $18.81 Enjoyed the book, it was educational for me, I am fan of biographys and history books and I was... |
 Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind ItBest Price: $18.76 ... fun read ... has the same feel as the James Burke PBS show from the '80s that connected... |  The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World Power: 1653-2000Best Price: $79.90 I read this book before I went to my MBA program. This was a fun introduction to history of Wall... |  Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.Best Price: $12.08 John D. Rockefeller Sr. was probably the biggest, baddest robber baron in 19th century America,... |  The Trader Joe's Adventure: Turning a Unique Approach to Business into a Retail and Cultural PhenomenonBest Price: $8.47 I skipped a few chapters because it was focused too much on Aldi. I wish the author wrote more... |  State of Nonprofit AmericaBest Price: $20.49 This a good basic introduction to Nonprofit sector and a good text book. One of the better... |
 When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent into Power and InfluenceBest Price: $10.09 Absolutely first-rate bio-history. It is the story of this remarkable man, but also the story of... |  American Business, 1920-2000: How It Worked (The American History Series)Best Price: $11.00 I read this book for business school and enjoyed it thoroughly enough to recommend it to friends... |  The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook, Second EditionBest Price: $55.00 This is an excellent edited book on the non-profit sector. It is one of the few sociological... |  The Monk and the Riddle : The Education of a Silicon Valley EntrepreneurBest Price: $4.30 You can't be happy in life, being an entrepreneur, unless you find a way to find meaning into... |  The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American CenturyBest Price: $10.12 It's a great book with TONS of Information and in Wonderful condition which I received in a very... |
 The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company (Collins Business Essentials)Best Price: $2.88 Heard the recorded version of THE HP WAY: HOW BILL HEWLETT AND I BUILT OUR COMPANY by David... |  Practical SpeculationBest Price: $10.45 This book wasn't entirely without merit - although I realize that's damning with faint praise. I... |  Final Accounting: Ambition, Greed and the Fall of Arthur AndersenBest Price: $7.48 I bougth this for using in my MBA course. Even I was under the pressure of exam, the story... |  Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776Best Price: $6.49 Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776 does a decent job of painting the... |  Catch!: A Fishmonger's Guide to GreatnessBest Price: $1.98 Great book and some good insight to the people who make the Pike Place Fish store so great. ... |
 Startup: A Silicon Valley AdventureBest Price: $2.88 Fascinating story of a (pre-dotcom-bubble) high-tech startup, written from the perspective of... |  Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed AmericaBest Price: $8.95 Certainly a good book to learn about the relation between two of America's great industrialists.... |  Never the Last JourneyBest Price: $10.00 For many years my mother's family was presumed completely obliterated by the Holocaust until I... |  Business Background Investigations: Tools and Techniques for Solution Driven Due DiligenceBest Price: $12.69 Great book loaded with resources. Information presented in an easy and understandable format.... |  The Pampered Chef: The Story of One of America's Most Beloved CompaniesBest Price: $15.22 I purchased the sandwich spreader and metal spatula. I paid twice what I would have paid... |
 Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive GirlhoodBest Price: $5.85 I just finished reading Jennifer Traig's incredibly engaging memoir. Who knew a book about a... |  Tupperware Unsealed: Brownie Wise, Earl Tupper, and the Home Party PioneersBest Price: $10.00 Our family is one of the original Tupperware pioneers mentioned in this book. I was very... |  Ten Things I Learned from Bill PorterBest Price: $0.45 I laughed and I cried. I first heard of this book because it was on the New York Times... |  Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from the BafflerBest Price: $2.99 I'm not sure if The Baffler is still being published regularly and, if not, too bad because it... |  Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet StoryBest Price: $2.99 I recommend this book to all fans of the Lonely Planet travel guides. I love how the travel... |
 Commodore: The Life of Cornelius VanderbiltBest Price: $12.00 My recommendation on this book is very nuanced. This book is very good in that it is an... |  Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and OracleBest Price: $5.87 I have to admit that this book really caught me. It isn't light reading, and it isn't a beacon... |  The Men Who Loved Trains: The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry (Railroads Past and Present)Best Price: $17.41 Penn Central. To this day, the name of this corporation sends shudders through the world of... |  Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition)Best Price: $194.61 First, this is a good book, and brings to light many of the early parts of home and business... |  Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So MuchBest Price: $4.48 I recently (April 2008) saw a reference to this book in the Wall Street Journal's HealthBlog, so... |
 Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound (Music in American Life)Best Price: $14.95 For the time that it was written, I found this book to be my Motown bible. I still enjoy reading... |  Creating Modern Capitalism: How Entrepreneurs, Companies, and Countries Triumphed in Three Industrial RevolutionsBest Price: $25.00 The book covers the history of capitalism in great detail outlining the major turning points and... |  The Peter PrincipleBest Price: $18.60 Unless he is writing about you - Then you got to love this book. Very humbling stories and... |  Infectious Greed: How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial MarketsBest Price: $10.10 If you are into learning about the dealings of the financial markets and like detailed... |  The Complete Book of Personal TrainingBest Price: $54.24 I'm studying for the ACE personal Trainer exam and found Mr Brooks book an easy read. He tries... |
 Crosley: Two Brothers and a Business Empire That Transformed the NationBest Price: $7.47 If you are one of those insecure individuals who feel intimidated by the accomplishments of... | ||||
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