During the second half of the 19th century, thousands of Chinese men arrived on the west coast of North America, seeking to escape poverty and make their fortunes in the goldfields or working on the railroads. Among them was 36-year-old...
Businessmen
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Author:Hern, FrancesSummary: - Author:Kane, AndreaSummary:
When Sally Montgomery accompanies her handsome boss Frederick Pierson on a quiet country weekend, she enjoys the first evening. But when she discovers his battered body the next morning, she runs for her life. Now it's up to Pete,...
- Author:Boyle, T. CoraghessanSummary:
A National Park Service biologist on California's Channel Islands believes invasive species must be eliminated because they are putting endangered native creatures at risk. But is it right to kill one species to save another?
- Author:Day, ZuriSummary:
Following a steamy European encounter, Tiffany Matthews is now working as a sous chef at wealthy businessman Dominick Rollins' prestigious L.A. restaurant. Tiffany tries to keep her new boss at arm's length, but soon she...
- Author:Ward, MaxSummary:
- Author:Johnston, David CaySummary:
Drawing on decades of interviews, financial records, court documents, and public statements, David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump more closely than any other journalist working today, gives us the most in-depth look yet at the man...
- Author:Ternier Gordon, IreneSummary:
High finance, wilderness adventures, violence, and questionable legal tactics all played important roles in the history of the North West Company. William McGillivray, head of the company from 1804 until 1821, was arguably the most...
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Author:Grey, AndrewSummary:Jerry Lincoln has a problem: his Sioux Falls IT consulting business has more work than one man can handle. Luckily, that means he can hire some help. Jerry just hopes his new employee, John Black Raven, ends up being more helpful than...
- Author:Grey, AndrewSummary:
Jerry Lincoln has a problem: his Sioux Falls IT consulting business has more work than one man can handle. Luckily, that means he can hire some help. Jerry just hopes his new employee, John Black Raven, ends up being more helpful than...
- Author:Carpenter, TeresaSummary:
If it isn't bad enough that Savannah Jones has succumbed to the old cliché of falling for her boss, now she's expecting his baby! Everyone knows that gorgeous, dynamic Rick Sullivan is a confirmed bachelor, wedded firmly to his work. So...
- Author:Broad, Eli.Summary:
With razor-sharp insight, Broad shows how "unreasonable thinking" can drive innovation and positive change. Too often people look at problems and explain away possible solutions with logic such as, "It's never been...
- Author:Wingate, LisaSummary:
An adventurous tomboy since childhood, big city reporter Colleen Collins admits she knows next to nothing about cooking and the intricacies of food preparation. So she's not happy when she's given an assignment writing articles about...
- Author:Knight, PhilSummary:
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,...
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Author:Sir Richard BransonSummary: - Author:Walton, SamSummary:
Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world. The undisputed merchant...
- Author:Culver, David M., Freeman, Alan, Gonthier, ChristineSummary:
David Culver, figure clé tant du milieu des affaires que du milieu culturel canadien, raconte son enfance à Montréal, ses études aux universités McGill et Harvard et son service militaire pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Il décrit...
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Author:Tombs, GeorgeSummary:Robber Baron is an unauthorized biography of Conrad Black, who built the world's third-largest media empire and is now facing criminal charges in Chicago for alleged fraud, money laundering, and racketeering. Robber Baron...
- Author:Smith, CottonSummary:
Saloon proprietor Vin Lockhart is known throughout Denver as a respectable businessman. He also has a reputation for quickness on the draw--a skill sure to come in handy when his old Oglala friends solicit his aid. It seems treacherous...
- Author:Godue, FrançoisSummary:
Le premier roman signé par cet auteur perspicace raconte, en un mélange bien dosé d’humour, de franche lucidité et de sarcasme, la phase finale de lalente mais sûre dérive de Georges, un homme étouffé par sa cravate, asphyxié par les...
- Author:Whitman, DaveSummary:
"The McNeils and Mombourquettes established a joint heritage that first began in Cape Breton, then to Spryfield and it continues in Upper Granville in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley. Stephen, our present Premier and the...
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