Corporate & Business History - General
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Rise of the Cajun Mariners: The Race for Big Oil
$19.99 Read moreThe story of four families of Cajun boatmen and their rise from trappers and shrimpers to mega-millionaires.
Rise of the Cajun Mariners documents an untold piece of American history–the beginnings of- Author: Falgoux, Woody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1510769900
- Language: English
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Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
$19.00 Read more* WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER *
An insider’s account of Apple’s creative process during the golden years of Steve Jobs. Hundreds of millions of people use Apple products every day; several thousand- Author: Kocienda, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1250203414
- Language: English
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That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
$18.99 Read more“An engaging read that will engross any would-be entrepreneur” (Wall Street Journal), now updated with a new afterword by the author: In the tradition of Phil Knight’s Shoe Dog comes the incredible un… [more below]
- Author: Randolph, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0316530182
- Language: English
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The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability
$29.95 Read moreLearn how pioneering business leaders are resetting their companies’ relationship to nature, society, and our common future
In The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability, b
- Author: Hoffmann, Andre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1394257538
- Language: English
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Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy
$28.00 Read moreHow did a child of immigrants, starting with no background in the hotel business, create the world’s most admired and successful hotel brand? And how has Four Seasons grown so dramatically, over nearl… [more below]
- Author: Sharp, Isadore
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 06 2012
- ISBN10: 1591845645
- Language: English
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Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric
$17.99 Add to cartA WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
How coul
“If you’re in any kind of leadership role–whether at a company, a non-profit, or somewhere else–there’s a lot you can learn here.”–Bill Gates, Gates Notes- Author: Gryta, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 04, 2021
- ISBN10: 035856705X
- Language: English
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The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes
$19.00 Add to cart“Full of schadenfreude and speculation–and solid, timely history too.” –Kirkus Reviews
“This is a portrait of capitalism as white-knuckle risk taking, yielding fruitful discoveries for the fathers,- Author: Burrough, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 30 2010
- ISBN10: 0143116827
- Language: English
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The Billion-Dollar Molecule: The Quest for the Perfect Drug
$21.00 Add to cartJoin journalist Barry Werth as he pulls back the curtain on Vertex, a start-up pharmaceutical company, and witness firsthand the intense drama being played out in the pioneering and hugely profitable … [more below]
- Series: Touchstone Book
- Author: Werth, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0671510576
- Language: English
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More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
$22.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestseller
“The bright light shed by More Money Than God is particularly welcome. Mr. Mallaby . . . brings a keen sense of financial theory to his subject and a vivid narrative styl- Series: Council on Foreign Relations Books (Penguin Press)
- Author: Mallaby, Sebastian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 31 2011
- ISBN10: 0143119419
- Language: English
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Built from Scratch: How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew the Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
$20.00 Add to cartOne of the greatest entrepreneurial success stories of the past twenty years
When a friend told Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank that “you’ve just been hit in the ass by a golden horseshoe,” they though- Author: Marcus, Bernie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 03 2001
- ISBN10: 0812933788
- Language: English
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Men of Steel
$15.00 Add to cartMen of Steel is an engaging journey through an abandoned steel mill. It interweaves memoir, interviews with retired steelworkers and the history of steel through the mill’s rise and demise in a narrat
- Author: Rosati, Louis a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0984962115
- Language: English
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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local – And Helped Save an American Town
$21.99 Add to cartThe instant New York Times bestseller about one man’s battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrating the greatness of American business.
The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world’s biggest w- Author: Macy, Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 031623141X
- Language: English
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Men and Rubber: The Story of Business
$35.00 Add to cartThis printing of Men and Rubber: The Story of Business by Harvey S. Firestone is part of the Farnam Street Timeless Classics Series, where we continue with our goal of ‘mastering the best of what othe
- Author: Firestone, Harvey S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1778063861
- Language: English
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Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
$22.99 Add to cartThe groundbreaking bestselling expose of the shadowy mercenary army that perpetrated horrific war crimes in America’s name. On September 16, 2007, machine gun fire erupted in Baghdad’s Nisour Square, … [more below]
- Author: Scahill, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 156858394X
- Language: English
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Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
$21.00 Add to cartThis New York Times bestseller is a “masterful” (The Washington Post), “juicy tour of the company [Jeff] Bezos built” (The New York Times Book Review), revealing the most important business story of o… [more below]
- Author: Stone, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1982132620
- Language: English
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The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World’s Most Famous Perfume
$18.99 Add to cart“Who knew that such a tiny bottle housed so many secrets?” — Michael Tonello, author of Bringing Home the Birkin
“Here is the life of one of the 20th century’s most interesting and deeply complicated
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Mazzeo, Tilar J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 06 2011
- ISBN10: 61791032
- Language: English
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Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
$30.00 Add to cartFlash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post-financial crisis, the markets have become no
- Author: Lewis, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 31 2014
- ISBN10: 0393244660
- Language: English
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Merchants of Grain
$24.95 Add to cart- Author: Morgan, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: October 20 2000
- ISBN10: 0595142109
- Language: English
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Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
$30.99 Read moreIn a business where great risks, huge fortunes, and even bigger egos are common, Larry Ellison stands out as one of the most outspoken, driven, and daring leaders of the software industry. The company… [more below]
- Author: Symonds, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 04 2010
- ISBN10: 0743225058
- Language: English
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The Road to Dr Pepper, Texas: The Story of Dublin Dr Pepper
$19.95 Add to cartThe Road to Dr Pepper, Texas The Story of Dublin Dr Pepper The Road to Dr Pepper, Texas is the story of the Dublin Dr Pepper Bottling Co., a David-Goliath case study of the world’s first Dr Pepper bot… [more below]
- Author: Wright, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 04 2012
- ISBN10: 1933337044
- Language: English
