{"product_id":"ringside-stories-9781118898727","title":"Ringside Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollow the life of a celebrated guru, from hardscrabble boy to self-made man   In Ringside Stories, real estate guru Dick Corbett reveals the secrets to his success in business and in life, tracking the rough-and-ready life of a man who won't accept failure as an outcome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Robert Kennedy is Buried in My Clothes 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 My Father Was a Bona Fide Hero 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 My Mom Was an Alcoholic, and I Struggled to Hide It 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 I Almost Ate a Boy Once 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 I Found a Mentor—and a Kindred Spirit 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 I Love Punching a Man in the Face 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 I Am a Workaholic 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 I Became a Part of History 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 One of My Saddest Days: When JFK Was Inaugurated 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 I Was Once One of the Most-Hated Men in the Kennedy Empire 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Mentored by an Invalid 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 It Takes Guts to Write Checks for Money You Don’t Have 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Life Partnering 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Only an Idiot Would Purchase a Lease on Land Owned by a Federal Airport 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 I Will Be Forever Grateful That I Injured My Back and Ribs 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Before I Could Be a Joe Kennedy, I Had to Be a Daniel Boone 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Getting Down to the Business of Making a Dream 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 Who Shops at Malls, Anyway? 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19 A Day in the Limelight Becomes a Day of Darkness 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20 I Built Myself into Our Home 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21 Not Dead Yet, Just Getting a Third Wind 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22 Life Comes Full Circle 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23 Never Take Your Eye Off the Ball 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue More of What’s Important, Not More of the Same 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 207\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406942380375,"sku":"9781118898727","price":19.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118898727.jpg?v=1730497636","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ringside-stories-9781118898727","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}