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“To say Charles Schwab is an entrepreneur is actually an understatement. He really is a revolutionary.”—Phil Knight, co-founder of Nike, author of Shoe Dog The founder of The Charles Schwab Corporation recounts his ups and downs as he made stock investing, once the expensive and clubby...

Dan Lyons was Technology Editor at Newsweek for years, a magazine writer at the top of his profession. One Friday morning he received a phone call: his job no longer existed. Fifty years old, and with a wife and two young kids, Dan was unemployed and facing financial oblivion. Then an idea hit. Dan had long reported on Silicon Valley and the tech explosion. Why not join it? What could possibly go wrong?

Collected together for the very first time, this is the complete Series 1 and 2 of Life Stories, written and presented by Sir David Attenborough. One of the nation's most popular presenters, Sir David examines 40 marvels of the natural world from his extraordinary and pioneering experiences...

Mukesh Ambani: A Complete Biography by A.K. Gandhi provides an exhaustive account of the life and career of Mukesh Ambani, the billionaire businessman behind Reliance Industries. It delves into his journey from a young entrepreneur to the head of India's most valuable company, offering insights into his leadership, business strategies, and the expansion of Reliance into telecommunications, petrochemicals, and retail.

The rise and stall—and rise again—of corporate Canada’s least well-known spectacular success Even those who have heard of Prem Watsa and Fairfax Financial probably don’t understand them. The company sprawls across more than 100 countries and is known for its complex finances—so complex...

Lorsque l'on évoque René Descartes, viennent spontanément à l'esprit l'adjectif « cartésien » et la formule « Je pense, donc je suis ». Réduite à une exaltation de la seule raison, sa pensée est pourtant souvent simplifiée à l'excès. Cet ouvrage propose de dépasser ces lectures convenues en restituant la richesse et la complexité de son œuvre, où la méthode s'articule étroitement avec l'intuition et l'expérience du doute.

Dans ce récit plein d'humour mené à 100 à l'heure, Simon Hayot nous relate une aventure passionnante : celle de son parcours professionnel hors normes aux commandes de ses avions, du DC3 mythique au jet d'affaires, dans les Antilles des années 70-80. Ce livre est un témoignage rare écrit par le fondateur d'Air Caraïbes et d'Air Calypso.

There are things you learn about people when you take care of them at their most vulnerable.Not the version they show the world.The version that emerges when fear, pain, and uncertainty strip everything else away.What Nurses See When No One Else Is Looking is a reflective, deeply human...

A practicing attorney’s unflinching account of what fifty years of representing vulnerable people actually costs. In 1956, a six-year-old boy in a Sacramento Catholic school classroom scooted over in his desk—physically moved his small body to the right—to make room for his guardian angel...

I was born into a name that was never just a name. It was a legacy—weighted with duty, burnished by reputation, and bound by silence. I was taught to guard it at any cost. Yet behind those carefully tended walls, kindness was scarce, and protection was nowhere to be found.This book is my...

A wife's fight against leukemia. A war that closed the skies. A faith that held.In the spring of 1990, Shahid Malik and his wife, Kaukab, were living a full life in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. They were raising two young daughters in the close-knit expatriate community of Saudi Aramco. Then...

Sie war Krankenschwester. In Deutschland nannten sie sie nur die Putzpolin. Als Ana mit einundvierzig in den Bus nach Westen steigt, hat sie einen Vertrag in der Tasche, ein Wörterbuch, das sie nicht brauchen wird, und eine Zahl im Kopf: wie viel sie schicken muss, damit das Dach hält, der...

The first modern biography of Aristotle―student of Plato, tutor to Alexander, and architect of ideas still studied around the world Aristotle stands among the most brilliant and influential figures in history, the inventor of almost every subject studied in universities today, from biology to...

Sir Edward Marshall Hall (1858–1927), known as ‘The Great Defender’, was arguably the last of the great celebrity ‘orator advocates’ to serve at the British bar, and “had the gift of throwing the whole of his personality into the case.” In a sometimes turbulent career, he was famed...

From Ada Lovelace to Florence Nightingale, Rosalind Franklin to Tu Youyou—discover the women who changed science forever Imagine a scientist. White lab coat and goggles . . . check! A passing resemblance to Albert Einstein . . . yes, that too. So, most likely it's a man. However, from...

Read by the author. Chasing Hollywood is not just a marketing book. It is a memoir wrapped in the cultural phenomenon of films that have shaped our lives. "One of the most vivid memoirs that I ever read." - Book Club Chat Learn timeless lessons about the remarkable hard work and genius artistry...

Thomas Calhoun Walker was many things, including a slave, teacher, lawyer, government official, humanitarian, civil rights leader, and adviser to presidents...

Nearly a hundred years after its publication, Kurt Gödel's famous proof that every mathematical system must contain propositions that are true - yet never provable - continues to unsettle mathematics, philosophy, and computer science. Yet unlike Einstein, with whom he formed a warm and abiding friendship, Gödel has long escaped all but the most casual scrutiny of his life. 

Peter Seibel interviews 15 of the most interesting computer programmers alive today in Coders at Work, offering a companion volume to Apress’ highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston. As the words “at work” suggest, Peter Seibel focuses on how his interviewees tackle the day-to-day work of programming, while revealing much more, like how they became great programmers, how they recognize programming talent in others, and what kinds of problems they find most interesting.

The name of Ford was synonymous with cars for a long time in America. This audiobook presents a fascinating account of the life and times of this extraordinary individual.