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Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller
Steve Weinberg
W. W. Norton
W. W. Norton
How a female investigative journalist brought down the world's greatest tycoon and broke up the Standard Oil monopoly. Long before the rise of mega-corporations like Wal-Mart and Microsoft, Standard Oil controlled the oil industry with a...
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Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Tom DeMarco
Broadway
Broadway
Another entry in the small but growing management library that suggests purposely slowing down and smelling the roses could actually boost productivity in today's 24/7 world, Tom DeMarco's Slack stands out because it is aimed at "the infernal...
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Managing the Dragon: How I'm Building a Billion-Dollar Business in China
Jack Perkowski
Crown Business
Crown Business
The first book by a westerner who built a company in China from scratch The emergence of China as a world economic power is one of the biggest stories of our time. Every business that intends to be an important part of the fast-changing global...
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Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park
Jeff Kurtti
Disney Editions
Disney Editions
Fifty years ago, Walt Disney utterly transformed the concept of outdoor entertainment venues from tawdry carnivals and seedy amusement piers called "amusement parks," to an entirely new destination that would come into common vernacular as the...
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Mr. China: A Memoir
Tim Clissold
Collins Business
Collins Business
Mr. China tells the rollicking story of a young man who goes to China with the misguided notion that he will help bring the Chinese into the modern world, only to be schooled by the most resourceful and creative operators he would ever meet. Part...
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On the Edge: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore
Brian Bagnall
Variant Press
Variant Press
Between 1976 and 1994, Commodore had astounding success in the nascent personal computer business. Amid the chaos and infighting, Commodore was able to achieve some remarkable industry firsts. They were the first major company to show a personal...
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Beer School: Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery
Steve Hindy, Tom Potter
Wiley
Wiley
What do you get when you cross a journalist and a banker? A brewery, of course. "A great city should have great beer. New York finally has, thanks to Brooklyn. Steve Hindy and Tom Potter provided it. Beer School explains how they did it:...
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Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company
Owen Linzmayer, Owen W. Linzmayer
No Starch Press
No Starch Press
Owen Linzmayer's Apple Confidential is subtitled The Real Story of Apple Computer, Inc. , and while nobody will ever know the complete, "real" story about Apple, Linzmayer's is probably as close as they come. Having covered Apple news since 1980,...
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McIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire
Jeffrey Rothfeder
Collins Business
Collins Business
The story of the powerful McIlhennys of Louisiana, who turned hot peppers into a Tabasco fortune After the Civil War ended, Edmund McIlhenny, an ambitious and tenacious Louisiana businessman, found himself with few prospects. The South's...
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