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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins  
Publisher Comments From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, comes an exposof international corruptionand an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generations With a presidential election around the corner...
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Out of Nowhere: The Inside Story of How Nike Marketed the Culture of Running
by Geoff Hollister Publisher Comments How does a boy from a small Oregon farm town get swept up in the politics of his chosen sport? Out of Nowhere takes the reader along on Geoff Hollister's 33 year journey at the center of Nike, the company that would change not only the world of athletic...
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty
by Muhammad Yunus
Publisher Comments Muhammad Yunus is that rare thing: a bona fide visionary. His dream is the total eradication of poverty from the world. In 1983, against the advice of banking and government officials, Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of...
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The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty
by Julia Flynn Siler Publisher Comments An epic, scandal-plagued story of the immigrant family that built — and then spectacularly lost — a global wine empire Set in California's lush Napa Valley and spanning four generations of a talented and visionary family, The House of...
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The King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire
by Mark Arax Publisher Comments J.G. Boswell is the biggest farmer in America. Over the past fifty years he has built a secret empire while thumbing his nose at nature, politicians, labor unions and every journalist who ever tried to lift the veil on the ultimate "factory in the fields....
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Tough Choices: A Memoir
by Carly Fiorina Publisher Comments The New York Times bestseller by the most talked about woman in American business. For five and a half years, Carly Fiorina led Hewlett-Packard through major internal changes, the worst technology slump in decades, and the most controversial merger in...
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Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai (P.S.)
by Ben Mezrich Publisher Comments After conquering the hallowed halls of Harvard Business School, an Italian-American kid from the streets of Brooklyn decides to take on the testosterone-fueled Merc Exchange in lower Manhattan—where billions of dollars in oil money trade hands...
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Skunk Works (94 Edition)
by Ben R. Rich Publisher Comments Skunk Works is the true story, told for the first time, of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the story of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a high...
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Wall Street: America's Dream Palace (American Icons)
by Steve Fraser Publisher Comments Wall Street: no other place on earth is so singularly identified with money and the power of money. And no other American institution has inspired such deep moral, cultural, and political ambivalence. Is the Street an unbreachable bulwark defending...
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
by Ruth Reichl
Powells.com Staff Pick With characteristic wit and aplomb, Ruth Reichl takes us behind the scenes of life as a restaurant critic — dining on the finest cuisine in the city, juggling the politics of the newspaper, and becoming a master of disguise. As funny as Tender at...
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The Turnaround Kid: What I Learned Rescuing America's Most Troubled Companies
by Steve Miller Publisher Comments For the past thirty years, Steve Miller has done the messy, unpleasant work of salvaging America's lost companies with such success that the Wall Street Journal has dubbed him "U.S. Industry's Mr. Fix It." From his very first crisis assignment as point...
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
by Alice Schroeder Publisher Comments Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore...
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by Robert A Caro Publisher Comments One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes, The Power Broker tells the hidden story behind the shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York (city and state) and makes public what few...
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Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness
by Donald L Barlett Publisher Comments Howard Hughes has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle, and reclusiveness. This book breaks through the image to reveal the man....
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The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind Publisher Comments Just as Watergate was the defining political story of its time, so Enron is the biggest business story of our time. And just as All the President's Men was the one Watergate book that gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance, The...
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The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
by Michael Lewis Publisher Comments In the weird glow of the dying millennium, Michael Lewis sets out on a safari through Silicon Valley to find the world's most important technology entrepreneur. He finds him in Jim Clark, who is about to create his third, separate, billion-dollar company:...
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Sneaker Wars: The Enemy Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and the Family Feud That Forever Changed the Business of Sport
by Barbara Smit Publisher Comments The fascinating story of the enemy brothers behind adidas and puma, whose rivalry shaped the modern sports business Adidas and Puma are two of the biggest global brands in sports, paying stars, clubs, and competitions to show off their labels in...
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Mellon: An American Life (Vintage)
by David Cannadine Publisher Comments A "Washington Post" and "Economist" Best Book of the Year, this insightful biography chronicles the life of Andrew Mellon, one of Americas greatest financiers. in full color. photos....
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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
by Michael Lewis Publisher Comments In this shrewd and wickedly funny book, Michael Lewis describes an astonishing era and his own rake's progress through a powerful investment bank. From an unlikely beginning (art history at Princeton?) he rose in two short years from Salomon Brothers...
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The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun: A Parody
by Robert Kaplow Synopsis America's most beloved writer, Lilian Jackson Braun, author of twenty-four Cat Who... mysteries is now the subject of a mystery herself. In this spoof by one of her most ardent admirers, her beheaded body has been discovered in the men's room of a gay...
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