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Ray Miles

Tom Slick was a legend among the "independents"--those who hunted for oil the way mountain men hunted for furs. Ray Miles traces the growth of Slick's career and the modern petroleum industry, including the oil conservation movement, of which Slick was an early proponent. He examines the first generation of oilmen who sought fortunes in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas and looks at Slick's unique hands-on business style of brokering on street corners and eschewing stockholders and board members. In 1929,Slick sold his Oklahoma holdings in the Prairie Oil and Gas Company--the largest sale of oil properties by an individual to that date. ". . . Miles gives us a highly readable biography of an intriguing person and a welcome addition to the history of oil's first century."-- Southwestern Historical Quarterly " . . . an informative and well-written account of the life of one of the most successful and best known independents of an earlier time. It belongs on the shelf of...

Emily Ross, Angus Holland

Inside the success of 100 Business Geniuses. Risk-loving entrepreneurs. Innovative geniuses. Self-starters and mavericks. The world's greatest businesses were built by unique people, each bringing their own style and savvy to the marketplace. 100 Great Businesses and the Minds Behind Them is a diverse and inspiring collections of great business stories. Covering a variety of success paths, brilliant strategies and engaging entrepreneurs, each profile explores the genius behind the greatest business minds: A mother's inspiration that launched Baby Einstein; Aveda's journey from hippie to hip; How Guinness overcame a centuries-old problem to conquer new markets; TiVo's long fight to explain the genius of their product; How Oprah went from person to empire; And many more. An engrossing look at what makes entrepreneurs and business geniuses tick, this book highlights the pivotal...

Rochelle Logan, Julie Halverstadt

A must-have reference and research book, this compilation of profiles and professional paths illuminates the lives of business leaders who made it to the top of the business world either as entrepreneurs or by climbing the corporate ladder. Photos, key date lists, professional advice, and resource lists for further research accompany profiles of successful business personalities such as Michael Dell, Walt Disney, Ruth Handler, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Wayne Huizenga, Katharine Graham, and many others who have either founded a business, brought a business back to life, or led a company to great success. An excellent first step for patrons starting research papers or looking to pursue business careers.

Jeffrey L. Rodengen

Coffee table sized book about Kulicke & Soffa Industries, the world?s largest supplier of semiconductor equipment, materials, and technology.

Kimberly Allen

Part memoir, part how-to, A Butler's Life -- the account of Christopher Allen’s real-life duties Behind The Silver Salver-- offers a contemporary peek into this fascinating, yet demanding profession. Those for whom the mental picture of a British butler is the impeccable Jeeves or Remains of the Day’s prim Mr. Stevens will find Christopher Allen a surprise and a delight. The engaging Englishman, while no less a paragon of service than his literary peers, is charmingly human in his ongoing endeavor to master a profession whose most perfect representative is invisible. And, for those whose homes might not be staffed with live-in servants but who would enjoy benefiting from their expertise, nearly two dozen sidebars reveal tips of the trade--everything from hints for seamless entertaining to advice on household management. Far from a relic of a past era, Christopher Allen demonstrates that being a butler -- in villas on the Cote d’Azur and in California,...

Norman E. Best, William G. Robbins

Mark Wineka

John McDonald

Published in 1964, My Years with General Motors was an immediate best-seller and today is considered one of the few classic books on management. The book is the ghostwritten memoir of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. (1875-1966), whose business and managementstrategies enabled General Motors to overtake Ford as the dominant American automobile manufacturer in the 1920s and 1930s. What has been largely unknown until now is that My Years with General Motors was almost not published. Although it was written with the permission of General Motors -- and slated for publication in October 1959 -- at the last minute General Motors tried to suppress the book out of fears that some of the material in it could become evidence in an antitrust action against the company. This book, by John McDonald, Sloan's ghostwriter, tells the behind-the-scenes story of the book's writing, its attempted suppression, and the lawsuit that eventually led to its publication. McDonald's narrative is partly the...

Daphne Phelps, Denis Mack Smith

This is the captivating memoir of a resourceful woman who started life anew in the "most beautiful house in Sicily." For fifty years, at Casa Cuseni in the small Sicilian town of Taormina, Daphne Phelps has extended her English charm and warm hospitalityto seasoned travelers and professional escapists as well as to writers and artists like Tennessee Williams, Bertrand Russell, Henry Faulkner, and Roald Dahl. This memoir tells their story, and hers. It begins in 1947 when, thirty-four years old and war-weary, a modest Englishwoman arrived in Taormina with little Italian, less money, and a plan to sell the property she had unexpectedly inherited. Instead, she fell in love, not just with the airy quarters of the golden stone house on a hillside but also with a community and its way of life. To save Casa Cuseni from certain demolition, Daphne converted her enchanting inheritance into the wondrous pensione that for nearly half a century she has run with the blessing of every Taorminan from...

Henry G. Prout

Biography of the inventor and manfucturer.

Harry C. Silcox

Lawrence S. Freundlich

Donna Hightower-Langston, Donna Langston

David Grayson Allen, Kathleen McDermott

Set firmly within the larger context of American business history, Accounting for Success traces the evolution of the century-old, distinguished accounting firm of Price Waterhouse (PW). Allen and McDermott divide Price Waterhouse's history into three distinct periods. The first (1890 to the mid- 1920s) covers the establishment of the American outpost of a British parent and the Americanization of its practice. The second (the next forty years) highlights PW's rise to unrivaled professional leadership and the important role played by the audit. The third (the 1970s on) focuses on PW's response to the challenges brought about by the globalization of the economy, heightened competition among firms, and the growth of nonaudit services. The authors also address six central themes that recur throughout PW's history: the importance of the partner; the significant role played by the law in shaping the accounting profession's rights and responsibilities; the changing nature of accounting...

Gregory J. Deckler