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Oleg Tinkov is a legend of Russian business and a bright, charismatic leader. He built five successful companies in various industries, and therefore knows how to start a business from scratch. Can you do it the same way and become as successful? You can, with the help of this book.

Driven, reserved businesswoman Mackenzie Watson has one goal—take over her family company and secure her little sister's future. The only wrinkle is her late grandmother's decree that her company's CEO must be married. Adding marriage into Mack's well-ordered life is a recipe for disaster. Her oh-so-logical solution? She'll just hire a woman to be her wife for a year. Besides, maybe a little chaos is exactly what she needs . . .

Legacy Forged in Loyalty. A Dynasty Built on Redemption. Tony Marshall was never meant to lead a crime family. A clean-cut financial broker with a sharp mind and a quiet past, he’s pulled into the Moretti’s empire by loyalty, love, and a debt that can’t be paid in dollars. When Sal Moretti, the aging mob boss, recognizes in Tony the future his own sons could never build, the empire begins to shift — from blood-soaked streets to boardroom deals. But loyalty has a price.

"The Business Man" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe about a businessman boasting of his accomplishments. It was published in February 1840 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. The story questions the concept of a self-made man. The narrator of the story is Peter Proffit, a "methodical" businessman by his own admission. He says a nurse swung him around when he was a young boy, and he bumped his head against a bedpost.

Boxer to Businessman tells the real-life story of a former professional boxer who turned his life upside down to find success. This inspiring story combines the teachings of dedication, determination, and discipline so that if you ever hit a bump in the business, it can be the light at the end of the tunnel.

"Ideas are the greatest and most crucially practical power on earth," wrote Ayn Rand. In the title essay of this collection, Leonard Peikoff applies this principle to the world of business. He shows that certain philosophic ideas, such as reason, egoism, and individualism, are needed to defend and protect the freedom of businessmen, while the opposite ideas, such as mysticism, altruism, and collectivism (which dominate our universities), destroy that freedom.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Vi Keeland comes a sexy new stand-alone novel. The first time I met Chase Parker, I didn't exactly make a good impression. I was hiding in the bathroom hallway of a restaurant, leaving a message for my best friend to save me from my awful date. He...

In the wake of one of the most tumultuous conventions in Republican history, the party of Lincoln nominated in 1940 a prominent businessman and Wall Street attorney for president. Though Wendell Willkie would lose to FDR, David Levering Lewis reveals in this news-making reclamation that the story of this Hoosier-born corporate chairman's life is the story of an America that could have been. Popular for his down-home Midwestern charm and unaffected candor, Willkie possessed a supple intellect and a concealed disdain for political opportunism that, had he not died prematurely, would have revolutionized American politics with its advocacy of bipartisanship and social responsibility.

With the quirk of an eyebrow, Gabriel Cabrera can get anything he wants! That is until he meets PA Alice Morgan and realises three things: He’s jealous, he’s in pursuit and she’s immune to his charms. So he’ll draw her to him — his every word an innuendo promising pleasure, his every...

Entrepreneur extraordinaire, Nunzio Tumino’s drive to succeed was singular. He literally breathed the qualities that definitively separate the successful from the mega-successful. And now Tumino has released a new book called A Pocketful of Dreams. The stories of how Nunzio got from there to here define the success he garnered for both himself and his family, underpinned always by the supportive and ongoing partnership with his wife, Maria. And at every juncture, his word was the contract.

When Milton Hershey's famous Hershey Bars debuted in 1905, few people knew of the hard work, dedication, and sacrifice preceding the triumph. Debt, lack of support, and fatigue had been constant companions for the famous chocolatier and philanthropist—a man with a fourth-grade education. Despite comparisons to his wandering father, Milton never gave up. Learning from his mistakes, he spent a lifetime creating sweet things to eat—first caramel, then chocolate.

In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc.-shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. From his youth as the son...

Originally published in 1916, this simple story is over a hundred years old, but its message on the value of applying common sense in our career is just as relevant today as it was 110 years ago. Advertising legend David Ogilvy claimed Obvious Adams changed his life. He was so passionate about its message that he made his employees read it every year! It is less a book about advertising (or even Adams himself), and more accurately: a book about the power of a sharp mindset.

What is success? We all have associations with the word, but the true definition is hard to pinpoint because it’s relative. The meaning isn’t universal—but the formula to get there is. You Can Be the Best teaches you that formula. John Ply shares a blend of lessons from his life as a successful entrepreneur and amateur golfer and the life of his father Ziggy, a Polish WWII POW who immigrated to the US and built a fulfilling life for a family of five kids on a butcher’s salary.

Dans ce livre révolutionnaire et inédit, Aliko Dangote le « noble fils de Kano », nous dévoile la réponse à toutes les questions sur l’argent, la richesse, et la réussite au travers de son parcours légendaire. Vous découvrirez les principes, les méthodes et les stratégies fondamentales qu’il a utilisées afin de parvenir à la prospérité et à la réalisation de son incroyable rêve d’homme d’Affaires noir le plus riche du Monde.

On a January afternoon in 1893, men hunkered down behind sandbagged emplacements in the streets of Honolulu, with rifles, machine guns, and cannon ready to open fire. Troops and police loyal to the queen of the sovereign nation of Hawaii faced off against a small number of rebel Honolulu businessmen - American, British, German, and Australian. In between them stood hundreds of heavily armed United States sailors and marines. Just after 2:00 p.m., the first shot was fired, and a military coup began.

Few people have had such an impact on the political and business world as Donald J. Trump. But beyond the presidency, his entire family has an incredible and intriguing story to tell. Now, inside this biography, you’ll discover the incredible life and achievements of the Trump family. From their arrival to America and the businesses they founded, to Donald J. Trump’s successful ascent to the White House and his long-standing career beforehand. Few people have had such an impact on America and the world - even long before his presidential bid - than Trump.

They were a picture-perfect family - until a bitter divorce drove Darren Mack over the edge. A Reno millionaire, Mack was ordered by the court to pay his wife $10,000 a month in alimony. Instead, he stabbed her in the garage while their daughter watched TV upstairs. The only person Mack hated more than his wife was the family court judge who presided over their divorce. So, after killing his wife, he loaded his gun and went after the judge...and headed for Mexico with a stash of concealed weapons. 

Twice unlucky in love, natural hair vlogger Angela Strickland has settled into a life centered around avoiding men and relationships like the plague. Unwilling to risk another broken heart, she resigns herself to being a perpetually single woman. Corporate man and self-professed womanizer Ryan Boye doesn't believe in relationships or love and thinks anyone who does is a fool. But there's just something about Angela Strickland he can't shake.

Is it possible, in today's cutthroat business climate, to live an integrated life based on the core values found in Scripture, and still be a dynamic leader in a Fortune 500 company, or any business? As Ken Blanchard, author of The One-Minute Manager, discovers from Tom Muccio, President, Global Consumer Teams for Procter & Gamble, it is not only possible, it is imperative if a business and its employees are to grow, and grow well.