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Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Blackstone chairman, CEO, and co-founder Stephen A. Schwarzman, a long-awaited book that uses impactful episodes from Schwarzman''s life to show readers how to build, transform, and lead thriving organizations. Whether you are a student, entrepreneur, philanthropist, executive, or simply someone looking for ways to maximize your potential, the same lessons apply.People know who Stephen Schwarzman is—at least they think they do. He’s the man who took $400,000 and co-founded Blackstone, the investment firm that manages over $500 billion (as of January 2019). He’s the CEO whose views are sought by heads of state. He’s the billionaire philanthropist who founded Schwarzman Scholars, this century’s version of the Rhodes Scholarship, in China. But behind these achievements is a man who has spent his life learning and reflecting on what it takes to achieve excellence, make an impact, and live a li

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Book SynopsisAs president of the World Bank for a decade, James Wolfensohn tackled world poverty with a passion and energy that made him a uniquely important figure in a fundamental arena of change. Using a lifetime of experience in the banking sector, he carved a distinct path in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe for the institution that serves as the major lender to the world's poor. In A Global Life , Wolfensohn tells his astonishing life story in his own words. A man of surpassing imagination and drive, he became an Olympic fencer and a prominent banker in London and New York. An Australian, he navigated Wall Street with uncommon skill. Chairman of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy centre for many years, he is also an amateur cellist. But it was his tenure at the World Bank that made him an international force. While at the helm of this controversial institution, Wolfensohn motivated, schemed, charmed, and bullied all the constituencies at his command to broaden the distribution of the world's wealth. Now he bluntly assesses his successes and failures, reflecting on the causes of continuing poverty. Much more than a business story, this is a deeply reflective account of a fascinating career and personality.Trade ReviewKirkus, August 15, 2010 "The author's candor ... is refreshing, as is his frank assessment of his own strengths and shortcomings... An often engaging memoir that is especially strong in its insights into global poverty." Kofi A. Annan "A Global Life is an eloquent and moving memoir of one man's journey to make a difference in the world. In his typically candid and refreshing style, Jim Wolfensohn describes the milestones in his life which led him to believe that unless we tackle the core issues of development and poverty, we will not create a peaceful world for our children. This is a book that will inspire all those who see the need for change in this world, and wish to make a contribution." Michael Beschloss"Jim Wolfensohn is not only a hero to the world's poor, but a preeminent global leader in politics, philanthropy, business and finance, the arts, international security, and even sports. He is a force of nature; there is no one else like him; and this elegant and absorbing book gives us the inside story of how he did it all. Anyone who seeks to understand the global history of the last half-century should be sure to read it." Vartan Gregorian

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Book SynopsisIn A LIFE WORTH LIVING, Michael Smurfit tells his own life story and that of the company he built. He documents the Smurfit Group's seemingly inexorable growth from humble beginnings, the challenges faced and overcome, and the many deals that continually doubled the size of the business every three or four years. He shows his 'logical opportunismTrade ReviewTHE AUTOBIOGRAPHYA Life Worth Living A Life Worth Living A LIFE WORTH LIVING is a page-turner - a fascinating story, just the present for one's favourite entrepreneur. The Market, Enterprise Ireland, Summer 2014 He is undoubtedly one of the greatest business leaders in Irish history, a superb deal-maker who has improved the lives of millions. - Smurfit provides chapter and verse on how he built up Ireland's first-ever multinational corporation. Andrew Lynch, The Sunday Business Post, 4 May 2014 - it should be required reading for any aspiring young business man or woman in Ireland. Sean Farrell, Irish Independent, 5 April 2014 The book gives many insights into the growth of the Smurfit Group's empire over the years, its roots, its key move into the US, where it was taken private, and the subsequent float as Smurfit Kappa. Ex Post Facto, The Sunday Business Post, 6 April 2014 In the book, he shows his 'logical opportunism' in action and explains how the Smurfit culture and systems provided a world-beating competitive advantage. Social & Personal, May 2014 Was Michael Smurfit Ireland's greatest businessman of the last century? There are certainly very few like him, or even close. Tom Lyons, The Irish Times, 3 April 2014

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Book SynopsisAfter working as a barristers' clerk, man and boy, for over thirty years Stephen Ward wrote a collection of reminiscences of his working life to date. He describes some of the characters he's met together with some of the more amusing and repeatable anecdotes from his life in the legal profession. During preparation of the manuscript he was contacted unexpectedly by Claire Long, the daughter of Frank Parsliffe who had written about his 50-year career as a barristers' clerk from before the Second World War. As a young clerk in London, Stephen had worked with Frank Parsliffe (known as Tom) and it was agreed his unfinished memoirs would be combined with Stephen's book. The result is a fascinating account of how the work of a barristers' clerk has changed over the best part of a century. Part One of the book is Stephen Ward's story of his own career from the 1980s until the present day and the technological changes that have taken place during that time. Frank Parsliffe's career spanned a very different time from the 1930s to the 1980s and his memoirs in Part Two reflect that. Frank also recounts his experiences as a young man in the wartime RAF. After four years away in the forces he returned to a very different chambers.Table of ContentsPart One - Tales from the Temple 1; Chapter One Starting out 3; Chapter Two Who's who in the law? 24; Chapter Three How it works 39; Chapter Four Life in chambers 45; Chapter Five You have to laugh 67 Part Two - Propping up the bar 95; Chapter One It all started with Adam 97; Chapter Two Tom, Dick or Harry 109; Chapter Three The balloon goes up 124; Chapter Four Clerks room capers 133; Chapter Five I become a minder 139; Chapter Six Tom goes to war 149; Chapter Seven They also serve who only stand and wait 158; Chapter Eight A rude awakening 169; Chapter Nine Now you see it - Now you don't 177

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Book SynopsisINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Financial Times Best Book of the Year The “compulsively readable narrative of beauty, business, privilege, and mogul-dom” (The New York Times) that reveals—for the first time—exactly wat happened at Glossier, one of America’s hottest and most consequential startups, and dives deep into the enigmatic, visionary woman responsible for it all.Called “one of the most disruptive brands in beauty” by Forbes, Glossier revolutionized the beauty industry with its sophisticated branding and unique approach to influencer marketing, almost instantly making the company a juggernaut with rabid fans. It also taught a generation of business leaders how to talk to Millennial and Gen Z customers and build a cult following online. At the center of the story lies Emily Weiss, the elusive former Teen Vogue “superintern

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Book SynopsisThe story of a high-stakes careerClaude Littner is best known as the mercilessly tough interviewer on the BBC''s award-winning The Apprentice. His abrupt style and zero-tolerance policy on nonsense have become the highlights of every series. But what is he like in real business?SINGLE-MINDED reveals the story of Claude''s varied career and the turbulent years that shaped him. From being told at school he would never amount to anything to his current status as a boardroom heavyweight both on-screen and off it, success has never come easy. Claude''s complex, fascinating work has taken him into many different industries and countries, encompassing:- retail start-ups- knife-edge company rescue missions- the bruising rough-and-tumble of Premier League football- facing down French trade unions- taking on Texan oil barons in multi-million-dollar deals- and, in the private sphere, conquering life-threatening illnessAs Lord SuTrade ReviewIt is intriguing to discover the man behind the inscrutable expression on the cover of his autobiography . . . Littner proves engaging, straight-talking and motivational company. -- Emma Newlands * Scotsman *Claude Littner's Single-Minded is one of the best [autobiographies] I've read in a long time -- Baroness Karren Brady CBE

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Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio By day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could. From the binge that sank a 170-foot motor yacht and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife and kids waiting at home and the fast-talking, hard-partying young stockbrokers who called him king, here, in Jordan Belfort’s own words, is the story of the ill-fated genius they called the Wolf of Wall Street. In the 1990s, Belfort became one of the most infamous kingpins in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper who led his merry mob on a wild ride out of Wall Street and into a massive office on Long Island. It’s an extraordinary story of greed, power, and excess that no one could invent: the tale of an ordinary guy who went from hustling Italian ices to making hundreds of millions—until it all came crashing down.  Praise for The Wolf of Wall Street“Raw and frequently hilarious.”—The New York Times   “A rollicking tale of [Jordan Belfort’s] rise to riches as head of the infamous boiler room Stratton Oakmont . . . proof that there are indeed second acts in American lives.”—Forbes   “A cross between Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities and Scorsese’s GoodFellas . . . Belfort has the Midas touch.”—The Sunday Times (London)   “Entertaining as pulp fiction, real as a federal indictment . . . a hell of a read.”—Kirkus Reviews

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