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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (A Marketplace Book)
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (A Marketplace Book)
Author: Edwin Lefèvre, William J. ONeil | Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Unknown to most modern-day investors and traders who cherish "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" as one of the most important investment books ever written, the material first appeared in the 1920s as a series of articles and illustrations in the Saturday Evening Post. Now, for the first time ever, this beloved classic is being made available in its original, illustrated format. You'll track the exploits of Jesse Livermore as he won and lost tens of millions of dollars playing the stock and commodities markets during the early 1900s. At one poi
Added: 26.10.2007ISBN: 0471678767Pages: 272Price: £ 19,99Lang.: English 
Restaurateur
Restaurateur
Author: Noel Stein | Publisher: BARRICADE BOOKS
In a story embracing America's obsession with food and restaurants, Noel Stein recounts his days in the industry, beginning with his dishwashing stint at Brooklyn's legendary Garfield's Cafeteria. His charming, hilarious anecdotes include building Playboy Clubs worldwide and turning Manhattan's Bice into a multi-million dollar restaurant. Stein gives readers cogent, captivating insights into the restaurant world, offering tips and tales that will charm both passionate chefs and average diners alike.
Added: 30.12.2008ISBN: 1569803544Pages: 224Price: £ 9,23Lang.: English 
Robber Baron: Lord Black of the Crossharbour
Robber Baron: Lord Black of the Crossharbour
Author: George Tombs | Publisher: ECW PRESS
Based on rigorous research, hard-hitting interviews, and original documents, this biography stands out as the most complete examination of Conrad Black, builder of the world's third-largest media empire, the Telegraph Group. Author George Tombs not only worked in Black's empire, but maintained steady communication with him over the years as a journalist, giving him exclusive access and insight into Black's opinions, ideas, values, and personality. Including 100 pages of annotated transcripts from Black's most recent fraud trial in Chicago,
Added: 09.07.2008ISBN: 1550228064Pages: 350Price: £ 11,21Lang.: English 
Sam Walton: Made in America
Sam Walton: Made in America
Author: Sam Walton, John Huey | Publisher: Bantam USA
Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world.  The undisputed merchant king of the late twentieth century, Sam never lost the common touch.  Here, finally, inimitable words.  Genuinely modest, but always sure if his ambitions and achievements.  Sam shares his thinking in a candid, straight-from-the-shoulder style. In a story rich with anecdotes and the 'rules of the road' of
Added: 29.10.2007ISBN: 0553562835Pages: 368Price: £ 6,99Lang.: EnglishRecommended
Schumpeter's Market: Enterprise and Evolution
Schumpeter's Market: Enterprise and Evolution
Author: David Reisman | Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Schumpeter was an interdisciplinary political economist who made institutional transformation the centerpiece of his theory of supply and demand. This comprehensive monograph reconstructs and assesses Schumpeter's contribution to the restless economics of entrepreneurship, disequilibrium and search. Examining the evidence from all of Schumpeter's published work, the book fills a significant gap in the literature of economic thought. Partly because Schumpeter was so prolific, partly because he touched on so many inter-related topics, there have
Added: 29.10.2007ISBN: 1843761645Pages: 294Price: £ 75,00Lang.: English 
Screw it, Let's Do it: Lessons in Life (Quick Reads)
Screw it, Let's Do it: Lessons in Life (Quick Reads)
Author: Sir Richard Branson | Publisher: Virgin Books
Global entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has built a business empire and made billions, yet is renowned for his approachability, ability to challenge and succeed against the odds. Screw It, Let's Do It reveals the lessons from life that have helped him through his business and personal life - such as, believe it can be done and that, if others disagree with you, try and try again until you achieve your goal; or that you must love what you do. These and other lessons, with examples of how he learned them and how he's used them, are included in th
Added: 29.10.2007ISBN: 0753510995Pages: 128Price: £ 2,59Lang.: English 
Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
Author: Matthew Symonds, Larry Ellison | Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
A history of the computer company Oracle identifies the events and sometimes controversial choices that contributed to its rise to one of the industry's most powerful and profitable companies, noting its penchant for reinventing itself in pursuit of new goals, and complemented by additional notes by the company's co-founder and chief executive.
Added: 26.10.2007ISBN: 0743225058Pages: 528Price: £ 11,99Lang.: EnglishRecommended
Soros: The Life, Ideas, and Impact of the World's Most Influential Investor
Soros: The Life, Ideas, and Impact of the World's Most Influential Investor
Author: Robert Slater | Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
The bestselling biography of a legend�now fully revised with exclusive insights on Soros�s political and economic influence. This completely updated edition of Robert Slater�s 1996 biography features an array of new material, addressing the ever-widening circle of Soros�s influence. It includes exclusive new interviews with Soros and his closest advisors detailing their investing strategies in the coming years of liquidity and instability in the credit markets. It also examines and reports his thinking on his role in the 2004 U.S. elec
Added: 30.12.2008ISBN: 0071608443Pages: 336Price: £ 17,09Lang.: English 
The Art of Trade: What I Learned (and Lost) Trading the Chicago Futures Markets
The Art of Trade: What I Learned (and Lost) Trading the Chicago Futures Markets
Author: Jason Alan Jankovsky | Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
The Art of the Trade is a searing portrait of the futures and options industry as seen through the eyes of someone who has participated in this arena for more than twenty years. On one level, its a brutally honest, no-punches-pulled look at the individuals and institutions that comprise this unique community. On another level, The Art of the Trade is a personal story of the challenges author Alan Jankovsky faced as he battled the markets, the brokerage industry, and his own early penchant for self-destruction.
Added: 30.12.2008ISBN: 0470138998Pages: 208Price: £ 13,49Lang.: EnglishRecommended
The Crunch: The Scandal of Northern Rock and the Escalating Credit Crisis
The Crunch: The Scandal of Northern Rock and the Escalating Credit Crisis
Author: Alex Brummer | Publisher: Random House Business Books
Alex Brummer traces the course of the recent financial crisis from its origins in the U.S. subprime market to its explosion onto the international scene, and reveals the potentially disastrous path down which we’re all being led.
Added: 29.05.2008ISBN: 1847940080Pages: 320Price: £ 7,19Lang.: EnglishRecommended
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