by Judi Fennell (2014)
When three sexy brothers lose a bet to their enterprising sister, they are hired and sent out for her housecleaning venture, and first up is entrepreneur Sean Manley, who must deal with a client who happens to be feisty young woman who has inherited a historic mansion.
John Sculley with John A. Byrne
Part drama, part business blueprint, Odyssey is above all the story of how a person who had the opportunity to experience both worlds-old and new, East and West Coast, formal and multidimensional-has so dramatically changed in the process.
Patrick J. McGinnis
"What if there was a way to combine the stability of a day job with the excitement of a startup? All of the benefits of entrepreneurship with none of the pitfalls? In the 10% Entrepreneur, Patrick McGinnis show you how, by investing just 10% of your time and resources, you can become an entrepreneur without losing a steady paycheck." ¿Quién no quiere perseguir sus sueños, ser su propio jefe, hacer lo que ama y contar con todos los beneficios de la iniciativa empresarial sin ninguno de los riesgos? Emprendedor 10% te demuestra cómo al invertir 10% de tu tiempo y recursos puedes conseguir tu objetivo sin perder tu sueldo fijo. ¿Qué pasaría si existiera una forma de tener la estabilidad de un trabajo convencional con la emoción del emprendimiento? Convertirse en un emprendedor de tiempo completo puede parecer glamoroso desde afuera. Pero la verdad es que el emprendimiento requiere tiempo, esfuerzo y sacrificio, los primeros pasos de la apuesta están marcados por la inversión, la aventura y la incertidumbre económica. Patrick McGinnis, un emprendedor exitoso con más de una década de experiencia en Wall Street, te explica los múltiples caminos que puedes seguir para invertir tu dinero, tiempo y experiencia en una startup. No tienes que tener millones de pesos disponibles para ser un Emprendedor 10%. Cuando aplicas los principios de acción de McGinnis, de inmediato comienzas a acumular pequeñas victorias que se convertirán en las piezas clave para construir una carrera profesional exitosa y altamente efectiva.
James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
Twins Bick and Beck Kidd and their family of professional treasure hunters race against mercenaries, rival treasure hunters, and a lumber baron through the jungles and mountains of Peru in search of Paititi, the legendary lost Inca city of gold, in hope of conserving the archaeological treasure and preventing deforestation of the rain forest.
Charles Dickens
Dombey and Son is both a firm and a family and the ambiguous connection between public and private life lies at the heart of Dickens' novel. Paul Dombey is a man who runs his domestic affairs as he runs his business: calculatingly, callously, coldly and commercially. Through his dysfunctional relationships with his son, his two wives, and his neglected daughter Florence, Dickens paints a vivid picture of the limitations of a society dominated by commercial values and the drive for profit andexplores the possibility of moral and emotional redemption through familial love.