Biography & History

In fiction there was Bonfire of the Vanities; in reality, there is Liar's Poker--the fascinating insider's account of what really happens on Wall Street. This irreverent and hilarious birds-eye view of Wall Street's heyday will appeal to anyone intrigued by the allure of million dollar deals. Now in... More

In his"New York Times" bestseller, National Magazine Award-winning journalist Eric Schlosser charts the fast food industry's enormous impact on our health, landscape, economy, politics and culture as he transforms the way America thinks about what it eats.Fast food has hastened the malling of our la... More

‘Fast Food Nation has lifted the polystyrene lid on the global fast food industry...it could even change the way we eat.’ —Observer Eric Schlosser has visited the state of the art labs where scientists recreate the flavours and smells of everything from cooked chicken to... More

'This is the eye-popping truth about greed on a JCB scale. Mouthwatering stuff'Griff Rhys Jones, The Top Ten Best Non-Fiction Books for Men, The Independent, October 2003 This is the story of the largest corporate take-over in American history. With a stake of $25 billion, the battle for the control... More

Wal-Mart is the biggest company on earth, ever. Each year 7.2 billion people shop there - that's more than one visit for every person on the planet. It's expanding across the globe from Brazil to Eastern Europe to the UK in the form of Asda. Everyone loves its low prices. But what's the real cost of... More

An award-winning journalist breaks through the wall of secrecy to reveal how the world's most powerful company really works and how it is transforming the American economy.An award-winning journalist breaks through the wall of secrecy to reveal the many astonishing ways Wal-Mart's power affects our ... More

‘Fishman has great new material and presents it brilliantly.’- Management Today‘Fishman is clearly troubled by Wal-Mart, but he exercises an open mind.’- New Statesman Wal-Mart is the biggest company on earth, ever. Around 7.2 billion people shop there in a year – more... More

The rise of Google is one of the most amazing stories of our time. Jumping into the search industry long after Yahoo!, AltaVista, Lycos, and other competitors, Google offered a radical new approach to search, redefined the idea of viral marketing, and in just seven years became the largest IPO in th... More

Asias high growth rates, growing industries, huge foreign investment, and seemingly endless new opportunities are providing a potentially, rich environment for entrepreneurs to flourish - a situation that is increasingly grabbing the attention of business people and student of business worldwide. "... More

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From Mali to Peru, from China to Norway: all the colors of the world captured in over 200 glowing photographs. How do colors become imbued with meaning? Why do some colors attract us while others repel? How have phrases such as "green with envy" or "the blues" arisen? Here are hundreds of photograph... More

This powerhouse of a concept contends that the corporation is created by law to function like a psychopathic personality, whose destructive behavior, if unchecked, leads to scandal and ruin.Over the last 150 years the corporation has risen from relative obscurity to become the world's dominant econo... More

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with frontline Southwest employees, managers, and senior executives ­­ this book explains how Southwest's relationship-based performance principles can be adopted by managers in any industry, with dramatic results. ... More

Shows how corporate responsibility can lead to new markets and solutions to long-standing business problems.... More

Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry--Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick--and the bloody steelworkers' strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Les Standiford begins at the bitter end, when t... More

In this engaging chronicle of one of the most stunning success stories in American business history, Cohen takes readers inside eBay the corporation, revealing the many surprising ways in which eBay's "virtual marketplace" has changed the face of American business and the American cultural landscape... More