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The California Pizza Kitchen Story: How Two Federal Prosecutors Changed the Way America Eats Pizza is a candid business memoir that traces the unlikely journey from federal courtrooms to the creation of one of the most influential brands in modern casual dining. Before co-founding California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), Rick Rosenfield built his career as a federal prosecutor and defense attorney, handling cases before the US Supreme Court, prosecuting organized crime, and representing high-profile clients.

There are stories, and then there are sagas. Some books entertain, others educate, but every so often, you come across a tale so compelling that it does both. This Life in Death Vol. II (1989-2024) is one of those books. It is not a work of fiction-though at times, you might think it is. It follows on from where Vol. I left off in this autobiographical rollercoaster ride of riches to rags to riches amid the machinations of the death industry while mixing with royalty, the rich and famous.'

My real story starts with a disaster, an unmitigated, pull-the-rug-from-under-you, clean-out-the-bank-account disaster. But had it not happened, The Police would never have risen to become the biggest rock band in the world; Jools Holland would not have ended up on TV; The Bangles, The Go-Go’s, R.E.M., and many other music stars might never have made it either. It’s strange how a fluke, a disaster, an unlikely event can lead to incredible results. But that is in essence what happened to me....

NATIONAL BESTSELLER and named a 2016 Best Book of the Year by Inc., Business Insider, Forbes, and Amazon Founder of The Boston Beer Company, brewer of Samuel Adams Boston Lager, and a key catalyst of the American craft beer revolution, Jim Koch offers his unique perspective when it comes to...

This fourth book in Bob Curry’s Losses to Profits series features Bob’s first client in 25 years, and he questioned whether or not this company could be turned around. The owners were so overwhelmed, they simply wanted to sell and walk away. In spite of all the challenges, though, Bob set another company on the road to success and helped them navigate their business from red to black.

Another gripping true story from Terry Moogan takes listeners deeper into his life of crime. It reveals fresh details about how a difficult, poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool, England, led to extraordinary armer robberies that no one had ever attempted before and spectacular escapes. His ingenious mind came up with a way to sail for free on the luxurious Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship.

Raphaëlle Bacqué et Vanessa Schneider poursuivent avec une rare liberté de ton leur exploration de ce continent inconnu : celui des grandes fortunes qui sont aussi des familles. Amour, rivalité, jalousie : plus les enjeux sont colossaux, plus leurs affaires d’héritage se transforment souvent en guerres fratricides. Avec cette saison 2 de leur best-seller Successions, les deux journalistes du Monde pénètrent à nouveau ces milieux feutrés et les secrets des familles qui dirigent l’économie française.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. From the bestselling author of The Focus Equation comes this 2-in-1 collection: a raw account of applying David Goggins' Can't Hurt Me in real life, paired with a practical 3-step system for building purpose inspired by Simon Sinek's Start With Why...

In the late 1930s, legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis gathered the most visionary scientific minds of the 20th century at his state-of-the-art laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York. He established a top-secret defense laboratory at MIT and personally bankrolled pioneering research into new, high-powered radar detection systems that helped defeat the German Air Force and U-boats. With Ernest Lawrence, he pushed Franklin Delano Roosevelt to fund research in nuclear fission, which led to the development of the atomic bomb. 

When Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin signed up for Teach for America right after college and found themselves utter failures in the classroom, they vowed to remake themselves into superior educators. They did that and more. In their early twenties, by sheer force of talent and determination never to take no for an answer, they created a wildly successful fifth-grade experience that would grow into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), which today includes 66 schools in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

Павел Дуров — создатель Telegram и «ВКонтакте», бизнесмен-­визионер и энтузиаст блокчейна, почти мифологический цифровой кочевник и один из самых ярких технопредпринимателей. В ваших руках — его подлинная история. Дуров избегает интервью, не афиширует личную жизнь и строит глобальный бизнес по собственным правилам, но оказывается на передовицах газет по всему миру. После продажи доли во «ВКонтакте» он покинул Россию и запустил мессенджер, который стал символом приватности и свободы слова для сотен миллионов пользователей по всему миру.

「同僚が次々辞めていく仕事」住宅営業マンが目撃する買い手と売り手の熾烈な攻防戦――

James Harmon has always had a passion for ambitious causes. As a banker, he successfully advised corporations, like Starbucks, and helped them to become cultural institutions. Dabbling in the movie and music industries, he found meaning in funding the art he felt would make people happy and add to the public good. His unique perspective on investment led him to the Clinton White House as head of EXIM Bank and, eventually, to Egypt, where he represented the State Department shortly after the Arab Spring. Still ​"up and doing," today he co-chairs the board of the World Resources Institute.

Ma vie et mon œuvre: De la ferme du Michigan aux usines de Detroit, suivez le parcours exceptionnel d'Henry Ford. Dans "Ma vie et mon œuvre", le fondateur de Ford Motor Company vous dévoile les secrets de son succès. Autobiographie d'Andrew Carnegie: De l'Écosse à l'Amérique, un destin hors du commun. Andrew Carnegie, le roi de l'acier, vous ouvre les portes de son univers dans cette autobiographie passionnante.

2013年刊行『ウェディングプランナーになりたいきみへ　笑いと涙の結婚式』の続編。東海地方を中心に直営店型の結婚式場を展開しているブラス。

Historien om Janni Brodersen, der blev til Spies, der blev til Spies-Kjær og så til Spies igen, har som et af virkelighedens mest fantasifulde eventyr alle de ingredienser, der fordres. Den fattige pige, "skønheden", med de reelle forældre og den sunde opvækst, der møder "uhyret", der om ikke er prins, så i alle tilfælde den konge, der fører hende ind i de glatbonede haller, hvor penge er en selvfølge, og hvor også de fremtidige mænds status gav hende adgangskortet til jetsettet og de finere kredse.

Over the span of McGann's thirty years in the bicycle trade, he watched European and American factories shuttered as the business of bicycle manufacturing moved from the west to Asia. It was a tragedy that could have been avoided if the western bicycle makers had responded to the needs of their customers, as the Asian makers did.

Set in the vibrant Industrial Age and filigreed with family drama and epic ambition, Crosley chronicles one of the great untold tales of the 20th century. Born in the late 1800s into a humble world of dirt roads and telegraphs, Powel and Lewis Crosley were opposites in many ways, but shared drive, talent, and an unerring knack for knowing what Americans wanted. Rich with detailed reminiscences from surviving family members, Crosley is both a powerful saga of a heady time in American history and an intimate tale of two brilliant brothers navigating triumph and tragedy.

Audiobook, który widzisz przed sobą to druga część z serii zawierającej łącznie pięćdziesiąt krótkich biografii nieprzeciętnych ludzi – przedsiębiorców samouków, którzy często wbrew ciężkim warunkom, biedzie i brakowi szkolnej edukacji odnieśli w życiu wielkie sukcesy, w sposób zasadniczy wpływając na świat, jaki znamy.

Ma vie et mon œuvre: De la ligne de montage à la route du succès: l'épopée d'Henry Ford. Les principes de l'organisation scientifique du travail: Un classique intemporel pour mieux comprendre le monde du travail d'aujourd'hui.