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The Dodge Brothers: The Men, The Motor Cars, And The Legacy (Great Lakes Books)The Dodge Brothers: The Men, The Motor Cars, And The Legacy (Great Lakes Books)
Best Price: $28.76
This book is truly a must-read gem. It is the first academic book about the Dodge Brothers. ...
Creative Company: How St. Luke's Became "the Ad Agency to End All Ad Agencies"Creative Company: How St. Luke's Became "the Ad Agency to End All Ad Agencies"
Best Price: $18.93
This book will delight all those with an interest in the redefinition of the advertising trade...
Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City (Music in American Life)Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City (Music in American Life)
Best Price: $18.66
This book is a fascinating, engaging read. It feels more like a great story than a history...
Better Change: Best Practices for Transforming Your OrganizationBetter Change: Best Practices for Transforming Your Organization
Best Price: $12.24
I have used this book as a text book in many Change Agent classes I have taught and have found...
Fast Company: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Motorcycles in ItalyFast Company: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Motorcycles in Italy
Best Price: $3.66
"Fast Company," the first book by David M. Gross, is an amazingly rich and detailed...


Ford and the American Dream: Founded On Right DecisionsFord and the American Dream: Founded On Right Decisions
Best Price: $10.04
Ford and the American Dream - Founded on Right Decisions by Clifton lambreth should be a...
McIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco EmpireMcIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire
Best Price: $3.99
Growing up 2 miles from Avery Island I never knew how famous the area was. Once I grew older and...
Profit with Honor: The New Stage of Market Capitalism (The Future of American Democracy Series)Profit with Honor: The New Stage of Market Capitalism (The Future of American Democracy Series)
Best Price: $5.95
Daniel Yankelovich is a social scientist who has also served on several corporate boards. That...
Tribal Knowledge: Business Wisdom Brewed from the Grounds of Starbucks Corporate CultureTribal Knowledge: Business Wisdom Brewed from the Grounds of Starbucks Corporate Culture
Best Price: $10.66
John Moore compiles the lessons he learned in his marketing career, including eight years with...
The Whole Truth...So Help Me GodThe Whole Truth...So Help Me God
Best Price: $18.99
In her new tell-all book, The Whole Truth, So Help Me God, Cindy Olson, a twenty-three year...


Time to Make the Donuts: The Founder of Dunkin Donuts Shares an American JourneyTime to Make the Donuts: The Founder of Dunkin Donuts Shares an American Journey
Best Price: $14.14
A great and interesting read for Managers, VP's and CEO's. A very interesting man, and...
Being Martha: The Inside Story of Martha Stewart and Her Amazing LifeBeing Martha: The Inside Story of Martha Stewart and Her Amazing Life
Best Price: $1.99
I could not put this book down as the story-telling style is engaging and it introduces me to a...
The Fortune Sellers: The Big Business of Buying and Selling PredictionsThe Fortune Sellers: The Big Business of Buying and Selling Predictions
Best Price: $6.00
The book is poorly written and very biased. Most of the analysis is not comprehensive and...
The Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by HimselfThe Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself
Best Price: $10.98
Barnum is one of my "great american heroes." This is his life in his own words,...
Be Our Guest (Disney Institute Leadership Series)Be Our Guest (Disney Institute Leadership Series)
Best Price: $16.97
An excellent book adaptable to almost any environment where customers are encountered. The...

Comic Wars: Marvels Battle For SurvivalComic Wars: Marvels Battle For Survival
Best Price: $4.06
This was my second book about Marvel after my introduction to the company in Tales to Astonish...
General Electric's Six Sigma Revolution: How General Electric and Others Turned Process Into ProfitsGeneral Electric's Six Sigma Revolution: How General Electric and Others Turned Process Into Profits
Best Price: $6.95
George Eckes' experience in quality control includes an instance where he had the temerity, just...
La Era de las TurbulenciasLa Era de las Turbulencias
Best Price: $16.47
En La era de las turbulencias, Alan Greenspan hace recuento de su vida y sus experiencias...
Ponzi: The Incredible True Story of the King of Financial Cons (Library of Larceny)Ponzi: The Incredible True Story of the King of Financial Cons (Library of Larceny)
Best Price: $5.75
Written like a novel, this is the true story of Charles Ponzi, the most famous con man using the...
Notes from Toyota-Land: An American Engineer in JapanNotes from Toyota-Land: An American Engineer in Japan
Best Price: $20.86
This is is a sophisticated and intelligent analysis of work, life and politics in Toyota-land....

A Big Life In AdvertisingA Big Life In Advertising
Best Price: $4.74
I love 1960s and 1970s advertising, so I enjoyed Mary Wells Lawrence's account of some of the...
War Paint: Madame Helena Rubinstein and Miss Elizabeth Arden, Their Lives, Their Times, Their RivalryWar Paint: Madame Helena Rubinstein and Miss Elizabeth Arden, Their Lives, Their Times, Their Rivalry
Best Price: $10.00
This book is a delight. War Paint gives us two biographies, a juicy bit of history, a slice...
The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Stanford Business Books)The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Stanford Business Books)
Best Price: $13.77
This is an excellent book to describe all thinkable crosssections of Silicon Valley through...
Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900 (Vintage)Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900 (Vintage)
Best Price: $8.45
Good economic history...not an easy read but if you are interested in post Civil War economics...
River RougeRiver Rouge
Best Price: $25.04
I ordered this book as a gift for my husband after a trip to Michigan and Ford Museum. He...

The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry EllisonThe Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison
Best Price: $1.91
I absoultly loved this book. I am currently recieving my MBA, and it gave me a whole new...
Guts: 8 Laws of Business from One of the Most Innovative Business Leaders of Our TimeGuts: 8 Laws of Business from One of the Most Innovative Business Leaders of Our Time
Best Price: $8.00
Guts by Bob Lutz is a great insiders view of how Chrysler developed their innovative Platform...
To Profit or Not to Profit: The Commercial Transformation of the Nonprofit SectorTo Profit or Not to Profit: The Commercial Transformation of the Nonprofit Sector
Best Price: $33.23
Nonprofit organizations are changing dramatically in the ways they are financed. They are...
Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of EnronPower Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron
Best Price: $11.91
This book is a great account of what happened. When Enron collapsed, I was in my young teens so...
A Man with No Talents: Memoirs of a Tokyo Day LaborerA Man with No Talents: Memoirs of a Tokyo Day Laborer
Best Price: $12.50
San'ya, Tokyo's largest day-laborer quarter and the only one with lodgings, had been Oyama...

Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed AmericaMeet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
Best Price: $6.14
Certainly a good book to learn about the relation between two of America's great industrialists....
Wrestling with Starbucks: Conscience, Capital, CappuccinoWrestling with Starbucks: Conscience, Capital, Cappuccino
Best Price: $16.47
This is a great book. It is about so much more than Starbucks. It is about work life and the...
Around The Corporate Campfire: "How Great Leaders Use Stories To Inspire Success"Around The Corporate Campfire: "How Great Leaders Use Stories To Inspire Success"
Best Price: $19.95
Given a new role at work as a Change Agent, I am pursuing different approaches to my job and...
Car: A Drama of the American WorkplaceCar: A Drama of the American Workplace
Best Price: $10.00
I agree with several reviewers: no special interest in the car industry is required to enjoy...
Leadership Therapy: Inside the Mind of MicrosoftLeadership Therapy: Inside the Mind of Microsoft
Best Price: $5.99
Anna Rowley hits the nail on the head with this book. There are lessons that we can all take...

The Wal-Mart Revolution: How Big Box Stores Benefit Consumers, Workers, and the EconomyThe Wal-Mart Revolution: How Big Box Stores Benefit Consumers, Workers, and the Economy
Best Price: $6.00
The authors begin by using other peoples' data to estimate at least $55 '05 benefit per...
The Authentic Adam Smith: His Life and Ideas (Enterprise)The Authentic Adam Smith: His Life and Ideas (Enterprise)
Best Price: $7.50
The subtitle says it all. "The Authentic Adam Smith" is a short biography that...
The Ownership of EnterpriseThe Ownership of Enterprise
Best Price: $14.00
Based on property right arrangements, Henry Hansmann proposed in his 1996 book an organizational...
America's Corner Store: Walgreen's Prescription for SuccessAmerica's Corner Store: Walgreen's Prescription for Success
Best Price: $6.00
For those wondering about how we have developed our modern pharmacy retail this is a great book...
Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street JungleMonkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle
Best Price: $12.00
This is a serious book that just happens to be supremely funny. Highly recommended.

The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American CenturyThe People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
Best Price: $10.12
It's a great book with TONS of Information and in Wonderful condition which I received in a very...
On Money and Markets: A Wall Street MemoirOn Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir
Best Price: $3.39
Henry Kaufman has written an excellent book that should be read, underlined, and referred to...
IT Compliance and Controls: Best Practices for ImplementationIT Compliance and Controls: Best Practices for Implementation
Best Price: $25.00
Praise for IT Compliance and Controls "James DeLuccia outlines a comprehensive,...
No Bull: My Life In and Out of MarketsNo Bull: My Life In and Out of Markets
Best Price: $6.00
This is probably the worst book on investing I have ever read. Firstly, Steinhardt does not...
Hope is Not a MethodHope is Not a Method
Best Price: $0.01
I am an XGI who has spent his business career in a constant quest for change. I have been the...

Forbes Great Success Stories: Twelve Tales of Victory Wrested from DefeatForbes Great Success Stories: Twelve Tales of Victory Wrested from Defeat
Best Price: $8.94
I had already read a couple of books where people had gone through really bad circumstances and...
Money for Nothing: One Man's Journey Through the Dark Side of Lottery MillionsMoney for Nothing: One Man's Journey Through the Dark Side of Lottery Millions
Best Price: $5.69
Ugel's book is more about the way legal corporations take advantage of individuals. In this...
Entrepreneurial Genius: The Power of PassionEntrepreneurial Genius: The Power of Passion
Best Price: $19.95
Gene takes the reader inside the minds of twelve of the greatest enterpreneurs of this century...
On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker (Lisa Drew Books)On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker (Lisa Drew Books)
Best Price: $4.85
This a wonderfully written biography on Madam C.J. Walker's life. I felt uplifted and inspired...
How I Made One Million Dollars ... Last Year ... Trading CommoditiesHow I Made One Million Dollars ... Last Year ... Trading Commodities
Best Price: $29.75
I can't talk about the content yet, but something is wrong with the spacing on this book....

Smith & Wesson (MA) (Images of America)Smith & Wesson (MA) (Images of America)
Best Price: $12.30
. Interesting but not new information. Read the book in one night OK for someone just introduced...
How Walmart Is Destroying America And The World: And What You Can Do About ItHow Walmart Is Destroying America And The World: And What You Can Do About It
Best Price: $0.23
ok here is the deal. i do not like this store but i had to do a report on it and in that...
Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition)Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition)
Best Price: $67.97
Have not seen the TV movie based on this book -- and maybe won't, since another reviewer...
Airline Without  A Pilot - Leadership Lessons/Inside Story of Delta's Success, Decline and BankruptcyAirline Without A Pilot - Leadership Lessons/Inside Story of Delta's Success, Decline and Bankruptcy
Best Price: $15.41
This book was a gift for my husband who works for Delta. He really enjoyed the book.
Claytie: The Roller-Coaster Life of a Texas WildcatterClaytie: The Roller-Coaster Life of a Texas Wildcatter
Best Price: $15.59
Claytie is the best book I've ever read. his life and beliefs are so parallel to mine it is...

Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. DohenyDark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny
Best Price: $14.08
Well written biography. Moves along with a smooth pace. Has the feel of an exciting novel rather...
The Second Coming of Steve JobsThe Second Coming of Steve Jobs
Best Price: $7.69
As the book mostly tells the story of Jobs before his second coming, detailing his "in...
   
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