Henry Carter Hull

"This is a spry biography of Gilded Age financier Jay Gould, who pioneered the business model of the Wall Street shark"--

A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. We see Vanderbilt help to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation.

Wall Street Journal reporter Christina Binkley takes a close look at the trio of tycoons whose high-stakes gambles made Sin City soar. This is the gripping story of how billions of dollars and the unparalleled drive for power made the personal visions of three moguls--Kirk Kerkorian, Steve Wynn, and Dr. Gary Loveman--evolve from dreams to larger-than-life reality.--From publisher description.

A biography of art collector and steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick written by his great-granddaughter, drawing from family memories and archives to provide details about his private and public life, and featuring an examination of the creation of The Frick Collection.

Explains why Microsoft was unable to deal with the wide-spread popularity of the Internet in the early 1990s, how the company tried to overcome their lack of Internet experience, and why their efforts caused the Justice Department to serve them with an antitrust action.

"This no-holds-barred autobiography chronicles the remarkable life of Phil Robertson, the original Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty star, from early childhood through the founding of a family business.Life was always getting in the way of Phil Robertson's passion for duck hunting. An NFL-bound quarterback, Phil made his mark on Louisiana Tech University in the 1960s by playing football and completing his college career with a master's degree in English....

The year is 1951, and Alex Spanos, twenty-seven years old, is an unemployed father of two with no money in the bank and no prospects. His first order of business is sheer survival. Then he gets an idea. Days later he secures a meager $800 loan to start his own business. And he never looks back -- until he becomes one of the nation's top businessmen and the owner of the San Diego Chargers. Sharing the Wealth is the inspiring and exciting story of how...

"An intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs by the mother of his first child and a complement to Walter Isaacson's biography, providing rare insight into Jobs's formative, lesser-known years. Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their own unique creativity. Chrisann Brennan knows this better than anyone. She met him in high school, at a time...