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Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discover how entrepreneur Bill Gates created Microsoft and amassed a fortune as a leader in the computer industry and then partnered with his wife Melinda Gates to found the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Readers will learn about their lives and their mission is to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty around the world.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1110L
Physical Desc
310 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the inspiring life and career of the late founder of Apple, covering topics ranging from his struggles as an adopted child and a college dropout to his Buddhist faith and friendship with Steve Wozniak, in a portrait framed around his inspirational Stanford University commencement speech.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xxiv, 868 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Celebrated historian David Nasaw brings to life the story of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, in this, the first and only biography based on unrestricted and exclusive access to the Joseph P. Kennedy papers."--
15) Milton Hershey
Author
Series
Publisher
CapstonePress, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
560L
Physical Desc
24 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and photographs present the life of Milton Hershey, founder of the Hershey Company"--
Author
Publisher
John Wiley
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xii, 228 pages)
Language
English
Description
An intimate look at what motivates people to become high achievers. How They Achieved draws from personal interviews with thirty of the most highly successful leaders and achievers in business today - from both the corporate and non-profit worlds.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
©1997
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xliv, 370 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Architects of the Web presents the history of the Web's creation and evolution - as well as its emergence as a dynamic business tool - through revealing profiles of its architects, the brilliant minds who have helped thrust the Web onto desktops and corporate agendas around the world. On the cutting edge of the online revolution, these visionaries have all made vital contributions to the advancement and enhancement of the Web that will define the...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 336 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
An insider's view of the investment banking world from someone who is actually shaping it: Powerful, controversial and determined, Thomas Weisel is known for his unwavering focus on winning the race, whether he is competing in a national cycling championship, sponsoring Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong or negotiating with business competitors. For twenty-seven years he ran one of the major investment banks on the West Coast, bringing public companies...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
960L
Physical Desc
xii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Mikaila Ulmer was four, she was stung by a bee--twice in one week. She was terrified of going outside, so her parents encouraged her to learn more about bees so she wouldn't be afraid. It worked. Mikaila didn't just learn what an important role bees play in our ecosystem, but she also learned bees are endangered, and set out to save them. She started by selling cups of lemonade in front of her house and donating the small proceeds to organizations...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
1130L
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Bill Gates was born in 1955, no one owned a personal computer. Gates envisioned what a computerized society could be and he set out to lead the way, building the Microsoft empire with single-minded drive. Today, the man who made his fortune by putting the whole world in touch now hopes to improve lives around the planet.
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