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Biography: business & industry
Paperback. Zola called Selfridges a 'great cathedral of shopping', and its high priest was Harry Gordon Selfridge, father of modern retailing, philanderer, gamble dandy and the greatest showman the consumer world has ever known. The charismatic Selfridge had created nothing less than a lavish 'theatre of retail'. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BGB; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- TV tie-in
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781250587
- ISBN
- 9781781250587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Young Mary Newton, born into a large Irish family in a small Watford semi, was always getting into trouble. When she wasn't choking back fits of giggles at Holy Communion or eating Chappie dog food for a bet, she was accidentally setting fire to the local school. Mary was a trouble magnet. And, unlike her brothers, somehow she always got caught.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGBA; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784160319
- ISBN
- 9781784160319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. At the age of 15, with only a hand-held camera and a Wi-Fi connection, the author started to build his media empire. This book shares his own story and some of the things he has learned, in order to inspire other young people to get some self-belief and turn their dreams and ideas into reality. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753555392
- ISBN
- 9780753555392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Hardcover. A biography of Sebastian Walker (1942-91), who founded the internationally acclaimed publishing house Walker Books. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Walker Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780744544237
- ISBN
- 9780744544237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
paperback. Reveals the lessons that have helped global entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson, through his business and personal life, like believing it can be done and that, if others disagree with you, try and try again until you achieve your goal; or that you must love what you do. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753510995
- ISBN
- 9780753510995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.30
€ 8.30
Hardcover. Vodafone is on of the largest mobile telecommunications network group in the world. Its phenomenal growth can be attributed largely to one person, chief executive Sir Christopher Gent. This book examines the dramatic rise of Gent and Vodafone and assesses the underlying forces driving the man and the company. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KJ; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Capstone
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841124315
- ISBN
- 9781841124315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.30
€ 25.99
€ 21.30
Paperback. Twenty years ago - before Lehman Brothers; before PPI; before a global recession and crises with the Euro - before all that, there was Nick Leeson, the original rogue trader. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BGBA; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751563399
- ISBN
- 9780751563399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333631089
- ISBN
- 9780333631089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.83
€ 68.83
Paperback. Tells a rags-to-riches story of David Russo, an Italian-American upstart from the streets of Brooklyn who claws his way into the wild, frenetic world of the testosterone-laced warrens of the Merc Exchange, and the asylum-like oil trading center located in lower Manhattan where billions of dollars trade hands every week. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254. Good, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KSG0006565
- ISBN
- 9780747596356
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGB; JKSN1; KNTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd Australia
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742169606
- ISBN
- 9781742169606
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.31
€ 24.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- LID Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911498292
- ISBN
- 9781911498292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. Chronicles the experiences of an American stock-market trader from his first job as a quotation boy in a Boston brokerage firm to his influential position on Wall Street in the 1920s. The author provides his observations about the markets and the minds and motivations of a typical trader. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGBA; KFFM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471059684
- ISBN
- 9780471059684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.23€ 146.50
€ 178.23
€ 146.50
Paperback. "Although Reminiscences. was first published some seventy years ago, its take on crowd psychology and market timing is a s timely as last summer's frenzy on the foreign exchange markets. Series: Wiley Investment Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471770886
- ISBN
- 9780471770886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.15
€ 29.99
€ 23.15
Hardcover. A rare insight into the corridors of the world's leading management consultancy firm - and how one man rose to the top. Num Pages: 288 pages, Black & White images. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Lid Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910649657
- ISBN
- 9781910649657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.67
€ 26.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. Drawing on Joseph A Schumpeter's writings, including many intimate diaries and letters, this biography paints the portrait of this magnetic figure who aspired to become one of the world's greatest economist, lover, and horseman - and admitted to failure only with the horses. Num Pages: 736 pages, 68 halftones. BIC Classification: BGB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034815
- ISBN
- 9780674034815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.11
€ 34.99
€ 30.11
Paperback. The amazing and forgotten story of Wall Street's first black millionaire in pre-Civil War New York. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; BGB; HBJK; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 286 x 35. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250099815
- ISBN
- 9781250099815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.32
€ 21.99
€ 19.32
Hardback. A collection of intellectual biographies of economists, which the author has written over the last 16 years, focusing on their contributions to economics as well as their background and personal characteristics. The author has also written "On Political Economists and Modern Political Economy". Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333569559
- ISBN
- 9780333569559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.37
€ 127.37
Paperback. Presents an overview of Peter Drucker's contributions to management. Num Pages: 464 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BGB; KJC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 189 x 28. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787960667
- ISBN
- 9780787960667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.72
€ 43.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Paul Volcker may be the most important figure of our time on the US economic scene. This book captures the man, his time, and his influence. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471735861
- ISBN
- 9780471735861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.17
€ 30.99
€ 24.17
Hardback. Originally published in 2006 by Xlibris with the subtitle: Paul Cabot and the Boston mutual fund. Series: Columbia Business School Publishing. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGB; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167468
- ISBN
- 9780231167468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; 3JMC; BGB; TVF; TVG; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781603585309
- ISBN
- 9781603585309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.07
€ 26.99
€ 18.07
Hardcover. The 1920s and 1930s constituted an unforgettable epoch in Wall Street history. The creation and destruction of wealth is mirrored in the life of Richard Whitney, the president of the New York Stock Exchange. The book also examines the drama, ruthlessness, greed, and fantasy of the era. Series: Wiley Investment Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGB; KCZ; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471357537
- ISBN
- 9780471357537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.50€ 43.78
€ 50.50
€ 43.78
Paperback. Once in Golconda "In this book, John Brooks-who was one of the most elegant of all business writers-perfectly catches the flavor of one of history's best-known financial dramas: the 1929 crash and its aftershocks. It's packed with parallels and parables for the modern reader. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGB; KCZ; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471357520
- ISBN
- 9780471357520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.95
€ 36.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. Like many entrepreneurs, the author had no formal business education. But he had great survival instincts, tenacity, and, above all, a nothing to lose mindset. His middle-class childhood ended abruptly when his abusive father succumbed to drug addiction and abandoned the family. This title offers stories and a road map for entrepreneurial success. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591845997
- ISBN
- 9781591845997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.52
€ 17.99
€ 15.52