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16 extraordinary American entrepreneurs

2008
Presents biographical profiles of sixteen entrepreneurs from throughout American history including Frederic Tudor, Henry Ford, and Oprah Winfrey, and includes review questions and activity suggestions on each.

No such thing as over-exposure

inside the life and celebrity of Donald Trump
2005
A comprehensive biography of billionaire businessman Donald Trump that describes how he went from an unknown real-estate developer to a global magnate.

Business builders in computers

2000
Profiles eight founders of the computer industry, including Thomas Watson, Jr. of IBM, An Wang of Wang Laboratories, Seymour Cray of Cray Research, Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore of Intel, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Steve Jobs of Apple Computers, and Steve Case of America Online.

Ted Turner

cable television tycoon
1998
A biography of the multimillionaire media pioneer, creator of the Cable News Network, champion yachtsman, and founder of environmental and humanitarian organizations.

The off season

a Victorian sequel
1995
The cursed town of Point Vestal is inhabited by residents from the past and present who are witness to the struggle between an evil business man, returned from the dead, and a defrocked Episcopalian priest.

Fine things

1987
While opening a new Wolff's department store in San Francisco, Bernie Fine meets and marries the woman of his dreams, but his hopes are shattered by illness.

Sam Walton

1993
Traces the life of Samuel Walton, the businessman who became wealthy by creating Wal-Mart, the most successful chain of retail stores in America.

1,000 dollars and an idea

entrepreneur to billionaire
2008

Business leaders who built financial empires

1995
Presents two-page profiles of 21 successful businessmen and women who have become familiar to most of us by name or by their products or services, and by the changes they have effected in our daily lives. Illustrated with period photographs.

George Bush

business executive and U.S. president
2000
A career biography of George Bush, focusing on his accomplishments as a business executive and as President of the United States.

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