History of specific companies / corporate history Books
Grand Central Publishing Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most
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Grand Central Publishing Dumb Money: The Gamestop Short Squeeze and the
Book SynopsisFrom the author of the book that became the iconic The Social Network movie, here is the definitive take on one of the wildest stories ever -- the David-vs.-Goliath GameStop short squeeze, a tale of fortunes won and lost overnight, marking an unforgettable event in financial history. The movie Dumb Money Bestselling author Ben Mezrich offers a gripping, beat-by-beat account of how a loosely affiliated group of private investors and internet trolls on a subreddit called WallStreetBets took down one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, firing the first shot in a revolution that threatens to upend the establishment. It’s the story of financial titans like Gabe Plotkin of hedge fund Melvin Capital, one of the most respected and staid funds on the Street, billionaires like Elon Musk, Steve Cohen, Mark Cuban, Robinhood co-CEOs Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, and Ken Griffin of Citadel Securities. Over the course of four incredible days, each in their own way must reckon with a formidable force they barely understand, let alone saw coming: everyday men and women on WallStreetBets like nurse Kim Campbell, college student Jeremy Poe, and the enigmatic Keith “RoaringKitty” Gill, whose unfiltered livestream videos captivated a new generation of stock market enthusiasts. The unlikely focus of the battle: GameStop, a flailing brick-and-mortar dinosaur catering to teenagers and outsiders that had somehow held on as the world rapidly moved online. At first, WallStreetBets was a joke—a meme-filled, freewheeling place to share shoot-the-moon investment tips, laugh about big losses, and post diamond hand emojis. Until some members noticed an opportunity in GameStop—and rode a rocket ship to tens of millions of dollars in earnings overnight. In thrilling, pulse-pounding prose, DUMB MONEY offers a fascinating, never-before-seen glimpse at the outsize personalities, dizzying swings, corporate drama, and underestimated American heroes and heroines who captivated the nation during one of the most volatile weeks in financial history. It’s the amazing story of what just happened—and where we go from here. Previously published as The Antisocial Network.
£16.99
Basic Books For Profit: A History of Corporations
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£25.60
Penguin Putnam Inc The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise
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£26.10
Arcadia Publishing Wanamaker's: Meet Me at the Eagle
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Arcadia Publishing Marshall Field's: The Store That Helped Build
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History Press (SC) Look to Lazarus The Big Store
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History Press The Missoula Mercantile The Store That Ran an
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Arcadia Publishing Harvey Houses of Arizona
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Arcadia Publishing Lost Dayton Ohio
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Arcadia Publishing John A Browns Kerrs Halliburtons Where Oklahoma
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WW Norton & Co The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to
Book SynopsisCountless books, news reports, and opinion pieces have announced the impending arrival of artificial intelligence, with most claiming that it will upend our world, revolutionizing not just work but society overall. Yet according to political philosopher and historian David Runciman, we’ve actually been living with a version of AI for 300 years because states and corporations are robots, too. In The Handover, Runciman explains our current situation through the history of these “artificial agents” we created to rescue us from our all-too-human limitations—and demonstrates what this radical new view of our recent past means for our collective future. From the United States and the United Kingdom to the East India Company, Standard Oil, Facebook, and Alibaba, states and corporations have gradually, and then much more rapidly, taken over the planet. They have helped to conquer poverty and eliminate disease, but also unleashed global wars and environmental degradation. As Runciman demonstrates, states and corporations are the ultimate decision-making machines, defined by their ability to make their own choices and, crucially, to sustain the consequences of what has been chosen. And if the rapid spread of the modern state and corporation has already transformed the conditions of human existence, new AI technology promises the same. But what happens when AI interacts with other kinds of artificial agents, the inhuman kind represented by states and corporations? Runciman argues that the twenty-first century will be defined by increasingly intense battles between state and corporate power for the fruits of the AI revolution. In the end, it is not our own, human relationship with AI that will determine our future. Rather, humanity’s fate will be shaped by the interactions among states, corporations, and thinking machines. With clarity and verve, The Handover presents a brilliantly original history of the last three centuries and a new understanding of the immense challenges we now face.Trade Review"[W]itty and refined . . . Runciman’s basic argument, which unfolds in the elegantly shaggy manner of a Peripatetic seminar, is that the alignment problem is not in fact an anomaly, and that the coming singularity might best be historicized as the Second Singularity. . . . he turns a standard argumentative form on its head. It’s not that we can look to the past to help us solve the alignment problems of the future. It’s that the alignment problems of the future help clarify our existing sense that everything is intractable and wrong. . . . Runciman’s point is that the alliance between even a democratic government and a safe-ish A.I. could derail civilization." -- Gideon Lewis-Kraus - New Yorker"Ingenious . . . a well-informed and provocative read about the essence of political power." -- John Thornhill - Financial Times"[A] searching meditation on creeping dehumanization . . . Runciman’s approach to these issues is less technological than social and psychological . . . The result is a shrewd and stimulating look at society’s drive toward an inhuman perfection." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review"A thoughtful, learned contribution to the fevered conversation now surrounding AI." -- Kirkus Reviews"Amid a headlong international panic about a looming robot insurrection, David Runciman offers a searching history of earlier takeovers by other artificial creatures of our own making—states and corporations—and a stirring call for a new and fortified commitment to all that is human." -- Jill Lepore, author of These Truths: A History of the United States"David Runciman is always fascinating." -- Adam Tooze"One of the great modern writers of democracy." -- Anne Applebaum"Surely one of the most luminously intelligent [writers] on politics to have been published for many years." -- New Statesman (UK)
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Fonthill Media LLc Abandoned Cleveland
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Fonthill Media LLc Sunnyside Streetcars
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America Through Time The Society of the Living Dead: The Illustrated
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America Through Time Abandoned Louisiana: Under a Bayou Moon
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Fonthill Media LLc Hualyn Americas Finest Porcelain
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America Through Time Abandoned Connecticut: First World Wasted
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America Through Time Abandoned Eastern Pennsylvania: Remnants of
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Fonthill Media LLc Lowell Through Time
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Fonthill Media LLc Suffolk County Through Time
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Belt Publishing The History of the Standard Oil Company
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£17.95
WestBow Press God, Guts, and Gallantry: The Faith, Courage, and
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£26.96
Barlow Book Publishing inc. Breakdown: The Inside Story of the Rise and Fall
Book SynopsisHeenan Blaikie was one of Canada's leading law firms that boasted 1,100 employees and once had two former prime ministers on its staff -- Pierre Trudeau and Jean Chrétien. When it collapsed in February 2014, lawyers across Canada and the business community were stunned. What went wrong? Why did so many lawyers run for the exit? How did it implode? What is it that holds professional partnerships together? This is the story of the rise and fall of a great company by the ultimate insider, Norman Bacal, who served as managing partner until a year before the firm's demise. Breakdown takes readers into the boardroom offices during the heady growth of a legal empire built from the ground up over 40 years. We see how after a change of leadership tensions erupted between the Toronto and Montreal offices, and between the hard-driving lawyers themselves. It is a story about the extraordinary fragility of the legal partnership, but it's also a classic business story, a cautionary tale of the perils of ignoring a firm's culture and vision. Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USJAX-NONETrade Review"An illuminating insider's account of the collapse of one of Canada's premier law firms. Puts you in the passenger seat of a train wreck." -- Jacquie McNish , Senior Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal"Good storytelling makes for a good book. Norman Bacal's ability to render a business story accessible to all readers, not just lawyers, makes this an entertaining read." -- Robert Lantos, film producer, Chairman, Serendipity Point Films"A fascinating and important business story, whose lessons on the impact of culture and leadership apply to all organizations, regardless of size, sector or geography." -- Calin Rovinescu, President and CEO, Air Canada"Jaw dropping!" -- Drew Hasselback, Editor, Legal Post section of the National Post
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Aschendorff Verlag 99 X Stahl / 99 X Steel: Facetten Des
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£999.99
Bohlau Verlag Die medizinische Fakultät der Universität
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Bohlau Verlag Moskaus Fenster zur Welt: Die Nachrichtenagentur
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Messen Mit Mahr: Geschichte Eines
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£41.00
Campus Verlag Clariant Clareant: The Beginnings of a Specialty
Book SynopsisFrom its very beginning, the specialty chemicals group Clariant has been in a continual process of transformation. This, the first book-length study of the company, gives an insightful account of its historical foundations, starting with the successful merger between the two major corporations that would become Clariant: Sandoz and Hoechst. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and interviews, Anna Balint shows that Clariant, with bold plans for the future, draws its lessons from history.
£999.99
Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki Giovera Ricordare: Meminisse Iuvabit
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