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Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, sold one of his internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius's life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits. Vance uses Musk's story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age:...
2) Call me Ted
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Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Description
The great American maverick of our time releases his long-awaited memoir, revealing his lonely childhood, the devastating loss of his father, intimate details of his marriage to Jane Fonda, and his unparalleled success as a businessman and philanthropist
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Publisher
New Millennium Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Howard Hughes (1905-1976) was a true American original: legendary lover, record-setting aviator, idiosyncratic film producer, talented inventor, ultimate eccentric - and, for much of his lifetime, the richest man in the United States. His desire for privacy was so fierce and his isolation so complete that even several decades after his death, inaccurate stories continue to circulate about him. Richard Hack explodes the illusion of Hughes' life and...
5) Sam Hill
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Publisher
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A documentary on Sam Hill's life and his involvement with Good Roads Movement in Oregon.
11) Henry Ford
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Publisher
Abdo & Daughters
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Sketches the life of the inventor and businessman who with hard work and an innovative mind changed the car industry in ways that will never be duplicated.
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Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was ...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Through the success of his now-world-famous software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates became one of the wealthiest philanthropists in history. This fascinating story of a child...
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Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"A gorgeously illustrated children's biography of Bill Gates, from his childhood through his days at Microsoft. This is the second book in Little Bigfoot's new Growing to Greatness series on notable people from the Pacific Northwest"--
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
©1993
Language
English
Description
Donald Trump really was the colossus of the 1980's. A larger-than-life symbol of success and excess whose preeminence in the world's toughest arena inspired awe, envy, and loathing. Today, the trump empire of hotels, high rises, and casinos lies mired in prepackaged bankruptcy, and Donald's private life has become as scandalous as a prime time soap.
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Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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From the start, his path was never predictable. Steve Jobs was given up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college after one semester, and at the age of twenty, created Apple in his parents' garage with his friend Steve Wozniack. Then came the core and hallmark of his genius--his exacting moderation for perfection, his counterculture life approach, and his level of taste and style that pushed all boundaries. A devoted husband, father, and Buddhist,...
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English
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"Based on the ... cover story about Steve Jobs in Fast Company in May 2012, this is the behind-the-scenes account of how Steve Jobs arguably became the most famous and visionary CEO in history ... Brent Schlender and veteran editor Rick Tetzeli have interviewed friends, industry insiders, and the people who knew Jobs best throughout his evolution as a CEO and leader. In addition, Schlender, who knew Jobs personally for 25 years, has over 100 hours...
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