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Iwoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon
ISBN: 9780393330434 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before slim laptops that fit into briefcases, computers looked like strange, alien vending machines. But in "the most staggering burst of technical invention by a single person in high-tech history" (BusinessWeek) Steve Wozniak invented the first true personal computer. Wozniak teamed up with Steve Jobs, and Apple Computer was born, igniting the computer revolution and transforming the world. In iWoz the mischievous genius with the low profile treats readers to a rollicking, no-holds-barred account of his life--for once, in the voice of the wizard himself. Before slim laptops that fit into briefcases, computers looked like strange, alien vending machines. But in "the most staggering burst of technical... |
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70,93 zł |
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The Banker's Life
ISBN: 9780393331516 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Moore's story is a peculiarly American one: humble beginnings in Hannibal, Missouri; a scholarship at Yale; and a spectacular rise through troubled times in the banking world to the pinnacle of success as chairman of First National City Corporation (now Citibank). It is a story full of anecdotes, unorthodox wisdom, and surprises.
George Moore's story is a peculiarly American one: humble beginnings in Hannibal, Missouri; a scholarship at Yale; and a spectacular rise through trou...
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108,41 zł |
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Maynard Keynes : An Economist's Biography
ISBN: 9780415127110 / Angielski / Miękka / 992 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Maynard Keynes, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, made an important contribution to public affairs and to Britain's cultural life. D.E. Moggridge takes a look at the man and his achievements. He traces Keynes' career on all levels, from academic Cambridge, to artistic Bloomsbury, to official Whitehall and to the City. Particular attention is paid to the role of Lydia Lopokova, the Russian ballerina, whom Keynes married in 1925. She provided Keynes with the stability that took him from being a successful academic economist to creating two pioneer works of...
John Maynard Keynes, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, made an important contribution to public affairs and to Britain's cul...
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414,91 zł |
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Piero Sraffa: His Life, Thought and Cultural Heritage
ISBN: 9780415234801 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a lively, intellectual biography of a leading protagonist of 20th century culture and his relations with other protagonists, such as Gramsci, Keynes and Wittgenstein. The book includes an authoritative interpretation of his main work Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, a survey of the debates which followed its publication, and hence of the subsequent research strategies undertaken by different 'Sraffian schools'
This is a lively, intellectual biography of a leading protagonist of 20th century culture and his relations with other protagonists, such as Gramsci, ...
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700,25 zł |
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Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of Hyundai
ISBN: 9780415920506 / Angielski / Twarda / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American business folklore is awash with the adventures of successful entrepreneurs. Still, most of these stories are about Americans, neglecting important and courageous entrepreneurs from other countries. Made in Korea recounts the story of how Chung Ju Yung rose from poverty to build one of the world's largest and most successful building empires - Hyundai - through a combination of creative thinking, tenacity, timing, political skills, and a business strategy that few competitors ever understood. Chung entered the shipbuilding business with no experience and went on to create the world's...
American business folklore is awash with the adventures of successful entrepreneurs. Still, most of these stories are about Americans, neglecting impo...
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752,12 zł |
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In the Kingdom of Coal: An American Family and the Rock That Changed the World
ISBN: 9780415935227 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It was a time of poverty and enterprise, when poor men slaved in the mines, rich men became barons and America grew from a backward agricultural colony to the industrial force of the modern world. The driving power behind this transformation was coal, the black gold that even today illuminates our cities and runs our personal computers. of two families - one the magnates, one the miners - over three generations while locked together, for better or worse, in a common quest.
It was a time of poverty and enterprise, when poor men slaved in the mines, rich men became barons and America grew from a backward agricultural colon...
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217,80 zł |
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Jack: Straight from the Gut
ISBN: 9780446690683 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his #1 bestseller, Welch surveys his brilliant career at General Electric, reveals his personal business philosophy, and discusses his life post-retirement in a new Afterword. 16-page insert.
In his #1 bestseller, Welch surveys his brilliant career at General Electric, reveals his personal business philosophy, and discusses his life post-re...
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86,69 zł |
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Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot
ISBN: 9780465015368 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Play Money explores the remarkable new phenomenon of MMORPGs, or Massively MultiPlayer Online Role-Playing Games, in which hundreds of thousands of players operate fantasy characters in virtual environments. With city-sized populations, these games generate their own cultures, governments, and social systems and, inevitably, their own economies, which spill over into the real world. The desire for virtual goods-magic swords, enchanted breastplates, and special, hard-to-get elixirs-has spawned a cottage industry of "virtual loot farmers" people who play the games just to obtain fantasy...
Play Money explores the remarkable new phenomenon of MMORPGs, or Massively MultiPlayer Online Role-Playing Games, in which hundreds of thousand...
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139,81 zł |
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Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons
ISBN: 9780465068869 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though reviled for more than a century as Wall Street's greatest villain, Jay Gould was in fact its most original creative genius. Gould was the robber baron's robber baron, the most astute financial and business strategist of his time and also the most widely hated. In Dark Genius of Wall Street, acclaimed biographer Edward J. Renehan, Jr., combines lively anecdotes with the rich social tapestry of the Gilded Age to paint the portrait of the most talented financial buccaneer of his generation-- and one of the inventors of modern business.
Though reviled for more than a century as Wall Street's greatest villain, Jay Gould was in fact its most original creative genius. Gould was the robbe...
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86,51 zł |
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My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
ISBN: 9780470192733 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high-energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Street. Page by page, Derman details his adventures in this field--analyzing the incompatible personas of traders and quants, and discussing the dissimilar nature of knowledge in physics and finance. Throughout this tale, he also reflects on the appropriate way to apply the refined methods of physics to the hurly-burly world of markets.
In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high-energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Stre...
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86,15 zł |
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Jesse Livermore: World's Greatest Stock Trader
ISBN: 9780471023265 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "An excellent read."
--Ace Greenberg, Chairman, Bear Stearns Richard Smitten's Jesse Livermore is the first full biography of the legendary trader profiled in the bestselling Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley: 0-471-05970-6). Although he died more than half a century ago, Livermore is considered by today's top traders as the greatest trader who ever lived. An enigmatic loner, misanthrope, and notorious miser, Livermore revolutionized the profession with his innovative timing techniques, money management strategies, and high-momentum approach to trading stocks. Smitten... "An excellent read."
--Ace Greenberg, Chairman, Bear Stearns Richard Smitten's Jesse Livermore is the first full biography of the legendary t... |
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121,62 zł |
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Bernard M. Baruch: The Adventures of a Wall Street Legend
ISBN: 9780471170754 / Angielski / Twarda / 365 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This biography of Bernard Baruch considered to be renowned as the definitive story about the notorious financial wizard and presidential advisor. Baruch's political policies are discussed briefly, and James Grant includes a detailed account of Baruch's trading and investment gains and losses.
This biography of Bernard Baruch considered to be renowned as the definitive story about the notorious financial wizard and presidential advisor. Baru...
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273,00 zł |
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So Far So Good the First 94 Years
ISBN: 9780471171867 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Roy Neuberger is renowned on Wall Street as a life-long value investor who's made a profitable art of shorting the market. He started trading only seven months before the crash of 1929 when he took advantage of RCA stock. Institutional Investor described him as cool as a cucumber during the 1987 crash. He also started one of the oldest and most respected money management firms, and one of the first no-load mutual funds. This book tells his story.
Roy Neuberger is renowned on Wall Street as a life-long value investor who's made a profitable art of shorting the market. He started trading only sev...
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207,43 zł |
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A Traitor to His Class: Robert A.G. Monks and the Battle to Change Corporate America
ISBN: 9780471174486 / Angielski / Twarda / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert A.G. Monks was born into privilege and fortune, He chose to use his wealth and status to wage a guerrilla war on big business to bite the hand that fed him. A razor-sharp businessman and concerned citizen, Monks embarked on a series of battles against the biggest corporations in the US including Sears, Kodak, and Honeywell. Monks created and nurtured the shareholder activist movement, now an integral part of modern investing and corporate governance
Robert A.G. Monks was born into privilege and fortune, He chose to use his wealth and status to wage a guerrilla war on big business to bite the hand ...
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232,05 zł |
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An Autobiography
ISBN: 9780471180029 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A unique personality . . . "Ogilvy, the creative force of modern advertising." --The New York Times "Ogilvy's sharp, iconoclastic personality has illuminated the industry like no other ad man's." --Adweek. . an acclaimed author. Praise for Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy "A writing style that snaps, crackles, and pops on every page." --The Wall Street Journal. "An entertaining and literate book that can serve as a valuable primer on advertising for any businessman or investor." --Forbes. A unique personality . . .
"Ogilvy, the creative force of modern advertising." --The New York Times "Ogilvy's sharp, iconocl... |
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207,43 zł |
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The Accidental Zillionaire: Demystifying Paul Allen
ISBN: 9780471234913 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first in-depth look at one of the world's richest-and most secretive-businessmen
Though his wealth is certainly no secret, the world's fourth richest man remains an enigma. Paul Allen made his fortune as Bill Gates's partner in Microsoft, supplemented it with questionable, though often profitable, venture capital schemes, and has since invested his wealth in a widely divergent list of interests. He owns the NBA's Portland Trailblazers and the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. Among hundreds of smaller ventures, he is a primary stakeholder in the film production company DreamWorks SKG and... The first in-depth look at one of the world's richest-and most secretive-businessmen
Though his wealth is certainly no secret, the world's f... |
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207,43 zł |
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The Rediscovered Benjamin Graham: Selected Writings of the Wall Street Legend
ISBN: 9780471244721 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Benjamin Graham is one of Wall Street's greatest legends. Time has served to enhance his reputation and his influence is widespread, with his philosophies of investing gaining popularity at a remarkable rate.
Benjamin Graham is one of Wall Street's greatest legends. Time has served to enhance his reputation and his influence is widespread, with his philosop...
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232,05 zł |
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Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger
ISBN: 9780471244738 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Praise for Damn Right
From the author of the bestselling WARREN BUFFETT SPEAKS. . . "Charlie Munger, whose reputation is deep and wide, based on an extraordinary record of brilliantly successful business strategies, sees things that others don't. There is a method to his mastery and, through this book, we get a chance to learn about this rare individual." -MICHAEL EISNER, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company "Janet Lowe uncovers the iconoclastic genius and subtle charm behind Charlie Munger's curmudgeonly facade in this richly woven portrait of our era's heir to Ben... Praise for Damn Right
From the author of the bestselling WARREN BUFFETT SPEAKS. . . "Charlie Munger, whose reputation is deep and wide, b... |
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283,92 zł |
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Adventures of a Bystander
ISBN: 9780471247395 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the author's autobiographical collection of stories and vignettes representing a social portrait of his life and times. He reflects and refracts the realities of interwar Europe, the New Deal years and America after the War. He paints a picture of his life and memoirs from his childhood in Vienna. He tells of his meetings with Sigmund Freud, Henry Luce, Alfred Sloan, John Lewis, Marshall McMuhan and the other famous and unknown people who influenced him.
This is the author's autobiographical collection of stories and vignettes representing a social portrait of his life and times. He reflects and refrac...
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300,30 zł |
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Financier: The Biography of Andre Meyer: A Story of Money, Power, and the Reshaping of American Business
ISBN: 9780471247418 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A first-rate biography of an extraordinary man." --Andrew Tobias.
David Rockefeller once deemed Andre Meyer "the most creative financial genius of our time in the investment banking world." Andre Meyer was also known as "The Picasso of Banking" and "The Incomparable Investor," but probably his most notable achievement was his ability to completely and single-handedly revitalize American business after World War II. Cary Reich presents an illuminating portrait of this ferociously energetic, charming, and ruthless businessman who was a trusted advisor of the Kennedys and an intimate of... "A first-rate biography of an extraordinary man." --Andrew Tobias.
David Rockefeller once deemed Andre Meyer "the most creative financial genius... |
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192,53 zł |
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