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  • From The Gold Coast To Electirc Avenue
    Ashia Florence Cobblah
    Ashia Cobblah a Ghanaian pensioner, now in her 80’s who originally wanted to be a nun an idea that was refused by her mother. She eventually leaves Ghana for the UK where she ended up creating a legacy for herself in the famous Brixton’s Electric Avenue.In 1976, she started The Ashia Hair Design Salon which fast became a hub for meshing the relationship between Africans and the...
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    51,14 €

  • The Man Who Created Merseyside Football
    David Kennedy
    A fascinating and insightful look into the formative years of professional football in England. This biography of John Holding, founding father of both Everton and Liverpool football clubs, examines his legacy in the game and breaks new ground by addressing the important role of club ownership in the early days of professional football. ...
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    17,72 €

  • The Making of Mr Irresistible
    Larry J Gould
    In this memoir, Larry J Gould takes you on a journey with him from one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Leeds, England to one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in the Hamptons, New York. You will laugh and you will cry.From starting his career as a 15-year-old school dropout to creating two multi-million pound businesses, he experiences many bumps in the road in his personal...
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    12,43 €

  • The Making of Mr Irresistible
    Larry J Gould
    In this memoir, Larry J Gould takes you on a journey with him from one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Leeds, England to one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in the Hamptons, New York. You will laugh and you will cry.From starting his career as a 15-year-old school dropout to creating two multi-million pound businesses, he experiences many bumps in the road in his personal...
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    28,13 €

  • Steve Hannagan
    Michael Townsley
    Steve Hannagan was a highly-successful pioneer of public relations who built ground-breaking publicity campaigns for the Indianapolis 500, Miami Beach, Sun Valley, Las Vegas, the 1940 Presidential Campaign, and Coca Cola. He developed, tested, and refined many of the press and publicity principles commonly used today.Along the way, Steve Hannagan knew or worked with most major ...
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    24,40 €

  • Million Dollar Bronze Star
    F. Bruce Lauer
    In his first book, Lauer details his time as a U.S. Army soldier overseeing the club system’s finances with the Americal Division in the Republic of South Vietnam. He witnessed scandals and schemes from minor theft to large-scale embezzlement by club managers. Lauer bravely revealed what was happening, ultimately winning the Bronze Star for saving the U.S. Army today’s equivale...
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    13,33 €

  • The Kid From The South Bronx Who Never Gave Up
    John Giordano
    There is one thing in this world, one special lesson, one constant that has guided me through the turbulent waters of life, this infinite rule which most people know but ignore or who simply do not follow their life lessons. That is, no matter what, no matter the circumstances, the obstacles, the people that get in our way or things that slow us down, follow this one simple rul...
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    21,57 €

  • Memoirs of a Bag Boy (F*** This Job)
    J.G. Shigeo / J.GShigeo
    These are the stories in the retail business you never get to hear. A lot happens 7 days a week, from open to close and beyond. Like, customers who believe that they should be treated like royalty, superiors who power trip, and coworkers that think they’re untouchable. In this business, you meet a hodgepodge of characters, from the strange, obnoxious, uptight and the privileged...
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    13,20 €

  • Character is Destiny
    Pehr Gyllenhammar
    In Character is Destiny, Pehr Gyllenhammar shares recollections of his 24-year tenure as CEO of Sweden’s Volvo Group as well as his experiences in the international business community, as a Track II diplomat, and in the highest circle of global industrialists, politicians, and power brokers. He offers a compelling assessment of the characteristics necessary for a business or a ...
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    22,66 €

  • Rex Law’s Redline
    Glenn A Law
    There is scant formal recognition of Rex Law’s immense contribution to the Australian long distance road passenger transit and touring industry. Nothing other than an abbreviated record of just 300 words on the “Shell Rimula Wall of Fame” at the National Road Transport Hall of Fame in Alice Springs. This book considerably expands on that.The book describes the industry’s burgeo...
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    53,67 €

  • Segredos De Walt Disney
    Jim Korkis
    Conheça os bastidores não oficiais da história da Disney! Você vai descobrir o que Walt realmente pensava sobre religião, seu desentendimento com o FBI, o incidente do primeiro-ministro soviético Khrushchev envolvendo a Disneylândia, a história por trás do Carrossel Dourado da Cinderela, os planos originais de Walt Disney para filmes como Alice no País das Maravilhas e Aristoga...
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    30,80 €

  • All In
    Robert Bruce Shaw
    What makes great leaders like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk extraordinary? All In shows leaders and aspiring leaders how obsession can fuel the most incredible success, but also take a toll on a leader, his or her family and work colleagues. ...
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    22,17 €

  • Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man
    Steve Alpert
    An American’s unique behind-the-scenes look at Japanese business and how the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki were introduced to the world. ...
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    38,79 €

  • Grassroots to Green Shoots
    Naomi Johnson
    This book is perfect for the small business entrepreneur who is starting to realise the entrepreneur revolution may not be quite the easy ride its been billed to be. If you’re starting a business, especially as a solo-entrepreneur, selling your expertise, this book is a must-read. In 2008 after a catalog of mistakes, Naomi Johnson had to walk away from her coaching business hav...
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    32,86 €

  • I Sell Aircraft - No ’Plane’ Business
    David Dixon
    'Are you a young man with the ability to sell aircraft?' So read the advert in Flight International in 1972.Three months later David joined Britten-Norman, selling aircraft ever since navigating around wars, coups, aircraft accidents, bankruptcies, medical scares and economic collapse in Africa and Asia. When joining Bombardier he started selling the Challenger, Regional Jet an...
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    20,18 €

  • Only One
    Monica M Brown
    Monica M. Brown’s, Only One is the no-nonsense guide women need right now to help them climb the corporate ladder from recruit to senior executive positions within major industries around the world.Bringing more than twenty years of experience in corporate America, with positions at instantly recognizable Fortune 500 companies, Monica details her journey from her journalism asp...
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    17,80 €

  • If My Walls Could Talk
    Clay Clark
    Over the years I have passionately pursued the practical knowledge and real success strategies, systems and processes that they seem to be unable to teach at college. Thus, in order to acquire this knowledge I have read, dog-eared, outlined and taken copious notes while reading autobiographies, biographies, case studies, and business books written about the world’s most success...
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    40,34 €

  • Terrible Advice
    Maxim Frolov
    Executing with Excellence in a World of Terrible Ideas'Dream big' . . . 'Stop talking and start doing' . . . 'Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life' . . . 'Fake it till you make it.' When was the last time you heard success tips like these? Yesterday? Twenty minutes ago? Motivational gurus pelt us with this advice, but rarely does it lead us to tangible res...
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    14,98 €

  • Men, Money & Gypsy Blood
    Sharron Ann Sibley
    DESERTED BY HER PERFECT HUSBAND. Divorced twice. Widowed twice. Declared bankruptcy. Single mother of two young boys. No college education, savings, or job. Sound like the recipe for financial success?Men, Money & Gypsy Blood is a coming-of-age story expressed as only a West Texas girl can tell it. A 1960s teen, Sharron Ann Sibley wanted nothing more than to find a gorgeous hus...
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    19,14 €

  • Bloodied for the Cause
    William Bisbing
    The book reveals the inner workings of a large union taken from newspaper and union officials accounts.The story involves several union officers, how they related to each other in their rise in union power, and how they shared and honed their respective skills over the years to the rank and file, which they all had represented in their early days. Only to find after years of el...
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    13,44 €

  • Bloodied for the Cause
    William Bisbing
    The book reveals the inner workings of a large union taken from newspaper and union officials accounts.The story involves several union officers, how they related to each other in their rise in union power, and how they shared and honed their respective skills over the years to the rank and file, which they all had represented in their early days. Only to find after years of el...
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    20,96 €

  • MEDDLING
    Stuart Burchell
    A VSO volunteer is posted to Tajikistan to work for a local agricultural extension organisation as an economic adviser.  This memoir is the story of his encounters with the people of this remote and little known Central Asian republic - his own Sentimental Journey to a place that once formed part of the Soviet Union. ...
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    24,22 €

  • Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
    Edwin Lefevre
    These are no ordinary reminiscences a Wall Street broker--these are, according to many readers, the personal tales of legendary trader Jesse Livermore, the man often blamed for the stock market crash of 1929.Written by American journalist, writer, and diplomat EDWIN LEFÈVRE (1871-1943), Livermore recounts his rise from quotation-board boy to master of the market. He tells of sp...
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    36,45 €

  • Interviews With Beekeepers
    Steve Donohoe
    Beekeeping is many things to many people. Maybe it's a hobby, a vocation, a commercial enterprise or your field of study. It will almost certainly become an obsession.For author Steve Donohoe, beekeeping was a form of therapy - an escape from the stresses of corporate life to something natural and healing. Steve decided to write the book that he wanted to read but couldn...
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    33,36 €

  • Interviews With Beekeepers
    Steve Donohoe
    Beekeeping is many things to many people. Maybe it's a hobby, a vocation, a commercial enterprise or your field of study. It will almost certainly become an obsession.For author Steve Donohoe, beekeeping was a form of therapy - an escape from the stresses of corporate life to something natural and healing. Steve decided to write the book that he wanted to read but couldn...
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    43,99 €

  • Born In Huronia
    Robert Popple
    On September 28, 1941, the same day that Robert Popple was born in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Ted Williams ended his baseball season with a .406 batting average, a MLB record that still stands today. Patterned after Mark Twain’s recently published autobiography, this memoir describes Popple’s life growing up in 1950s Huronia and later, making his way in the world. With public co...
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    47,72 €

  • Born In Huronia
    Robert Popple
    On September 28, 1941, the same day that Robert Popple was born in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Ted Williams ended his baseball season with a .406 batting average, a MLB record that still stands today. Patterned after Mark Twain’s recently published autobiography, this memoir describes Popple’s life growing up in 1950s Huronia and later, making his way in the world. With public co...
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    68,27 €

  • In the Arena
    Beau Robinson
    Success isn’t a linear path. There are unplanned twists and turns, soaring highs and devastating lows. But through it all, there are certain traits that set the successful apart from the rest of the pack…In his first book, former professional rugby player turned business leadership coach, Beau Robinson, delivers a fresh perspective on what it takes to find success - in business...
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    20,23 €

  • Worth It
    Dan Price
    Dan Price gained worldwide attention in 2015 when he announced that he was instituting a $70,000 minimum wage at his company, Gravity Payments, and would slash his $1 million salary in order to pay for it. While many praised the decision as a bold step toward combating income inequality in the United States, others vilified Price as a radical socialist whose 'experiment' was do...
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    17,19 €

  • Worth It
    Dan Price / TBD
    Dan Price gained worldwide attention in 2015 when he announced that he was instituting a $70,000 minimum wage at his company, Gravity Payments, and would slash his $1 million salary in order to pay for it. While many praised the decision as a bold step toward combating income inequality in the United States, others vilified Price as a radical socialist whose 'experiment' was do...
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    12,47 €