Book Description
Revealing, captivating, and surprising stories of yesterday's legendary financial masterminds
From its inception, Wall Street has been home to a variety of fascinating heroes and villains who have left their mark-for better or for worse-in pursuit of their financial endeavors. In Volume Two of Wall Street People, Charles Ellis and James Vertin turn back the clock to reveal the true stories of yesterday's barons of finance. This book profiles some of the most interesting, powerful, and talked-about financial luminaries of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Readers will go behind the public image of financial personalities such as Jesse L. Livermore, Joseph P. Kennedy, Andrew Carnegie, and John D. Rockefeller. Vivid portraits of these and other financial legends offer a rare glimpse into the professional and personal world of yesterday's barons of finance.
Charles D. Ellis (Greenwich, CT) served for twenty-eight years as Managing Partner of Greenwich Associates.
James R. Vertin (Menlo Park, CA) was the founding manager and CIO of Wells Fargo Investment Advisors.
Vertin and Ellis have previously collaborated to produce three other books, including Wall Street People: True Stories of Today's Masters and Moguls (Wiley: 0-471-23809-0).
Customer Reviews:
Very Dissappointing.......2003-01-22
The authors didn't even know the difference between Jesse Livermore & Edwin Lefevre. In the bio about Edwin Lefevre, the authors simple pull segments from Reminiscences of A Stock Operator to describe Lefevre's life - They thought he was the main character in the book!! They write, "Edwin Lefevre was a self-styled Stock Operator from the early 1900s, who had been in the speculative game since he was 14".
The authors didn't even know that Lefevre was a writer (an author of more than 1/2 a dozen books) & that Reminiscences was about Jesse Livermore.
The above gives you an idea about how well this book was researched!
Save your money!
Average customer rating:
|
Scooter: The Phil Rizzuto Story
Gene Schoor
Manufacturer: Scribner Book Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: School & Library Binding
 General
| Biographies & Memoirs
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Biographies
| Sports
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Baseball
| Sports
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Sports
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0684176351 |
Book Description
Pépé le Moko (1937), directed by Julien Duvivier from the novel by Roger Ashelle and starring Jean Gabin, is the epitome of 1930's French cinema. It tells the story of the glamorous gangster Pepe, trapped in the Casbah in Algiers. This highly romantic and atmospheric thriller was crucial to the development of French film noir and inspired a number of remakes and many imitations. Vincendeau's meticulous analysis, written in a lively and accessible style, places Pépé le Moko in its aesthetic, generic and cultural contexts.
Book Description
This digital document is an article from Cineaste, published by Cineaste Publishers, Inc. on September 22, 2003. The length of the article is 1478 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details
Title: Pepe le Moko.(Homevideo)(Video Recording Review)
Author: John Calhoun
Publication:
Cineaste (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2003
Publisher: Cineaste Publishers, Inc.
Volume: 28
Issue: 4
Page: 59(3)
Article Type: Video Recording Review
Distributed by Thomson Gale
Customer Reviews:
Beautiful Pictures for the American Time Traveler.......2004-09-29
As a reader I could tell that the author loves the subject. He includes pictures most of the great tourist attractions and many of the not so great ones. This is a fun book to read. Not a heavy piece of reading - but very informative - from several angles - historical, business, and travel. I have read other books by the author and am impressed with all of them. The layout and art direction of the book serves the subject well. I can see this book going into more editions. The size of the book is swell - big enuf for big pictures - small enuf to handle in "tight spots."
a fun read.......2001-01-03
John Margolies is a man with a passion for popular culture. Not only has he written this book but he's also written books on the American travel brochure, the roadmap, gas stations, motels, roadsigns and miniature golf. His books are a worthy addition to any library. Not only is he a photographer but he is also an excellent writer, with warmth and affection for his subject.
True to its name.......2000-08-18
Anyone who enjoys the road and its culture--past and present--will enjoy reading Fun Along the Road. It evokes great memories of those road trips of yesteryear. I own a lot of books on roadside Americana and have a few others by John Margolies. He is an excellent author and photographer. I highly recommend this book.
Great pictures and contemporary history.......1999-08-03
Margolies is a photographer, but he provides not just books of photographs but well-written contemporary history to go with them.
This book is about roadside attractions, some long gone, some still hanging on, and some thriving. It inspired me to spend two weeks driving all over Florida trying to catch some of these places before they vanish forever.
Miniature golf, a favorite subject of the author, gets special coverage.
This book and his previous Home Away From Home are inspirational if you travel and still fascinating if you don't.
Book Description
Whether you are a subject matter expert who occasionally takes on a training role or a trainer or subject matter expert who wants to build on already solid facilitation skills, Facilitation Basics will show you how to how to guide learners and meeting participants in a safe and supportive atmosphere. With its dozens of practical examples, worksheets, checklists, and other tools, this book focuses squarely on learners and participants and how to be an efficient and effective facilitator of well-designed meetings and other learning events.
Product Description
Do you ever find yourself in meetings that feel unproductive and never-ending? Are your regularly scheduled meetings a waste of time to you or anyone else in your organization? Running effective meetings can mean the difference between success and failure. Renaissance 5003 will show you how to bring quality and purpose to your meetings. It will help you to adopt a positive structure for meetings that inspires good ideas and innovation, while maintaining a businesslike tone and a tight schedule.
Renaissance 5003 will eliminate wasted time at meetings. By creating a better meeting environment, you will improve employee participation so that the best ideas can be heard and implemented. ++++++++++
Major topics: The Basics of Meetings ***** Running Meetings ***** Communicating Effectively in Meetings ***** Solving Problems within Meetings ++++++++++
Product Description
Have you ever been in a meeting in which no one really knew why they were there? Would you be willing to try facilitators to improve your meetings' quality and productivity? Renaissance 5004 will introduce you to the functions of facilitators, provide you with the multiple step-by-step processes successful facilitators use - from pre-meeting planning to post-meeting follow-up - and help you to make the most of your time. The course covers strategies for ensuring maximum group participation, resolving conflict, generating new ideas, moving the group toward decisions, and many other topics. You can also apply the strategies presented to enhance non-facilitated meetings.
Renaissance 5004 will teach you the skills to facilitate meetings and to create the most productive meeting environment possible. It will encourage participation, decrease boredom, and eliminate non-productive conflict.
Product Description
Do you ever find yourself in meetings that feel unproductive and never-ending? Are your regularly scheduled meetings a waste of time to you or anyone else in your organization? Running effective meetings can mean the difference between success and failure. Renaissance 5003 will show you how to bring quality and purpose to your meetings. It will help you to adopt a positive structure for meetings that inspires good ideas and innovation, while maintaining a businesslike tone and a tight schedule.
Renaissance 5003 will eliminate wasted time at meetings. By creating a better meeting environment, you will improve employee participation so that the best ideas can be heard and implemented.
Product Description
Have you ever been in a meeting in which no one really knew why they were there? Would you be willing to try facilitators to improve your meetings' quality and productivity? Renaissance 5004 will introduce you to the functions of facilitators, provide you with the multiple step-by-step processes successful facilitators use - from pre-meeting planning to post-meeting follow-up - and help you to make the most of your time. The course covers strategies for ensuring maximum group participation, resolving conflict, generating new ideas, moving the group toward decisions, and many other topics. You can also apply the strategies presented to enhance non-facilitated meetings.
Renaissance 5004 will teach you the skills to facilitate meetings and to create the most productive meeting environment possible. It will encourage participation, decrease boredom, and eliminate non-productive conflict. ++++++++++
Major topics: Meeting Facilitation Basics ***** Meeting Facilitation Processes ***** Stepping Up to Meeting Facilitation ***** Overcoming Obstacles ***** Inspiring Groups to Creativity ++++++++++
Learning activity titles: Key Components ***** Establishing Trust ***** Addressing Obstacles ***** Groupthink Game ***** Brainstorming Barriers ++++++++++
Prepared discussion topic: The Facilitator's Function ++++++++++
Customer Reviews:
How To Build The Future: Build People.......2007-06-12
Author Truett Cathy believes in building businesses by building people. He practices what he preaches --- his Chick-Fil-A stores are places where employees are treated like family and offered many chances to succeed. Cathy, who not only believes in mentoring but has spent a lifetime practicing it, writes an inspiring book about how to improve yourself by helping others.
Great gift book for co-workers or clients. Great Father's Day gift.
Buy an extra copy for yourself!
Dr. David Frisbie
The Center for Marriage & Family Studies
Author of Raising Great Kids on Your Own: A Guide and Companion for Every Single Parent
"Can't miss" business plan?.......2006-11-13
Why is S. Truett Cathy so successful? The answers are in this book. It's not rocket science. Work hard. Make people a priority. Live your values. Nail the fundamentals and most other things tend to fall into place. For Chick-Fil-A, the fundamentals are Customers, Cleanliness, and Quality. No surprises there. But the difference is in the execution of these values. How does he do it better than the rest? He hires the right people. People who care a lot. People who have character that match the character of Truett. After he hires them, he inspires and motivates them. The result is a fast food chain that is among the best.
Truett makes no secret that his values come from being a Christian. His faith isn't a private thing. It encompasses every part of his life and is deeply integrated into the business. He actually believes that applying biblical teachings brings success. He gives numerous examples of this throughout his life. The official statement of corporate purpose says that they exist "to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us and to have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A." Is that any way to run a fast food chain? Apparently it is; they now have well over 1200 restaurants and more than $2,000,000,000.00 in annual revenues. Truett has achieved this success steadily over many years. He never went public (IPO), like most larger restaurant chains do. His method makes me think of a few Proverbs:
"The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty."
"Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense."
"Do you see those who are skilled in their work? They will serve before kings."
This book should be required reading for managers in the fast food industry. As one of Truett's top managers says; the method followed is "can't miss." Normally that kind of comment would fire up my skepticism, but after reading this book, I know just what he means.
Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People.......2006-07-13
This book was very good. It encouraged people to respect each person as an individual and help them build ownership and self respect in their work ethics. It also shared the rewarding value of performing service and giving credit where credit is due.
Very Motivational.......2006-02-21
Great reading and very inspirational. God is a wonderful business partner. My husband serves on our city council and recieved this book as a gift from the mayor of our town. My husband, after reading it and enjoying it so much, ordered this book for all our store managers(we are self employed). All our managers have found it to be great reading and inspirational as well.
Good story for good people.......2006-01-05
This was a fun read and a nice story about a guy and his family who kept working and stuck to their principles and succeeded. I dont know if there are a lot of lessons on business here other than work hard, do good and treat people right which of course is enough in most cases. But enjoyed the book and its nice when nice people make it and not the bums at the top of most of Americas so called 'top companies'. Worth the price and your time.
Customer Reviews:
The Sacred Pipe.......2007-01-10
Black Elk is and was sacred Elder. Through his life we are given this knowledge. He has helped many to understand the way of the Lakota; following the natural law. While not all Lakota follow the traditional ways as closely as they did before the arrival of the white man, they are still connected to these rites and inhierently understand these teachings. It's only to outside world that these things become suprising moments of clarity. Joseph Epes Brown took time before it was too late, to record these teachings, which is a blessing and a gift of knowledge to all who would read, understand and heed these words. If you wish to learn what dwells is in the hearts of Native American people, you would do well to open this book and your minds.
Profound and deeply rewarding. .......2006-07-27
I haven't actually finished this book yet but I'm looking forward to doing so. This spirituality is deeply sophisticated and elevated. I think the whole world is greatly indebted to the American Indian Nation. Furthermore, thank you for wonderful service.
Gain an understanding of the Sioux way of thinking.......2004-04-01
A beautiful book. You can learn about Siuox religious practie and beliefs. The reader will come away with a sense of how similar religios faiths can be. The Sioux it turns out are not so different from Christians, Hindus or any other group that uses faith to guide people through what is both difficult and beautiful in life.
Rituals Described in Great Detail.......2004-03-08
I recommend reading this book if you are interested in the rituals and culture of the Lakota. It provides clear and interesting discussions of major rituals that form important components of their way of life. The material is drawn largely from interviews with Black Elk, and the writing really explains significance of important details in the various practices. The book also provides a good basis for understanding how the cultural practices fit into Lakota history. This book is also a fine one to read in relation to "Black Elk Speaks," "The 6th Grandfather," and "When the Tree Flowered."
If you want peace, read this book.......2004-01-31
Joseph Epes Brown was fortunate in meeting men who possessed great human and spiritual qualities, especially Black Elk who had a unique quality of power, kindliness and sense of mission. Born in 1862, Black Elk grew up when his people had the freedom of the plains, hunted bison; he fought at Little Bighorn and at Wounded Knee Creek and knew Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, and American Horse. He traveled with Buffalo Bill to Italy, France and England. During his youth Black Elk was instructed in the sacred love of his people by Whirlwind Chaser, Black Road and Elk Head from whom he learned the history and deep meanings of his people's spiritual heritage. Through prayer, fasting and deep understanding of his heritage, Black Elk became a wise man, receiving visions and acquiring special powers to be used for the good of his nation. Because of his sense of mission Black Elk wanted this book to be written so that the reader could gain a better understanding of the truths of the Indian traditions.
In his foreword Black Elk tells us: "There is much talk of peace among the Christians, yet this is just talk. Perhaps it may be, and this is my prayer, through our sacred pipe, and through this book in which I shall explain what our pipe really is, peace may come to those people who can understand, an understanding which must be of the heart and not of the head alone. Then they will realize that we Indians know the One true God, and that we pray to Him continually. I have wished to make this book through no other desire than to help my people in understanding the greatness and truth of our own tradition, and also to help in bringing peace upon the earth, not only among men, but within men and between the whole of creation."
The wisdom of the Indians is based on such concepts as "The Earth is your Grandmother and Mother, and She is sacred. Every step that is taken upon her should be as a prayer" and "Every dawn as it comes is a holy event, every day is holy." The Indians developed their own religion based on the gift of the sacred pipe given by a very beautiful woman who approached two Lakota Indians out hunting. One of them had bad intentions and he and the mysterious woman were wrapped in a cloud. When the cloud lifted the sacred woman was standing there and at her feet was the man who was nothing but bones and terrible snakes were eating him. Black Elk interpreted this as an eternal truth: "Any man who is attached to the senses and to the things of this world, is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by snakes which represent his own passions." The mysterious woman presented the tribe with a pipe and stone, explaining the significance of the gift. On her departure she said to the Standing Hollow Horn: "Behold this pipe! Always remember how sacred it is, and treat it as such, for it will take you to the end. Remember, in me there are four ages. I am leaving now, but I shall look back upon your people in every age, and at the end I shall return." These four ages find a parallel in the Hindu tradition during which true spirituality becomes increasingly obscured until the cycle closes with catastrophe, after which the primordial spirituality is restored and the cycle begins once again.
Through the rite of the keeping of the soul, the Indians purified the souls of the dead and increased love for one another. This rite is followed by the rite of purification, known to us as the sacred lodge. The ritual of "Crying for a Vision" was used long before the coming of the sacred pipe. Crazy Horse received most of his power through "lamenting" or crying for a vision for some great event or ordeal such as going on the war path. "But perhaps the most important reason for 'lamenting' is that it helps us to realize our oneness with all things, to know that all things are our relatives; and then in behalf of all things we pray to Wakan-Tanka that He may give to us knowledge of Him who is the source of all things, yet greater than all things." Chapters are devoted to the Sun dance - one of the greatest rites; to "The making of Relatives" reflecting the relationship between man and Wakan-Tanka; preparing a girl for womanhood; and the rite of "The Throwing of the ball." Through these ceremonies we learn how the Sioux have come to terms with God, nature and their fellow man.
If you question the superiority and validity of the goals of western society; if you are conducting a self-examination; if you are re-evaluating the premises and orientations of our society; if you are concerned about our environmental crisis; if you are concerned about the problems created by highly developed technology; if you are questioning our basic values concerning life, nature and the destiny of man; if you are open to look at the models represented by the American Indians; if you want talk about peace to become action about peace you will find something of value in this book.
Average customer rating:
- Good...
- Terrifically detailed
|
Hostile Acts: U.S. Policy in Costa Rica in the 1980s
Martha Honey
Manufacturer: University Press of Florida
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Costa Rica
| Central America
| Americas
| History
| Subjects
| Books
United States
| Americas
| History
| Subjects
| Books
| 19th Century
| 20th Century
| 21st Century
| African Americans
| Civil War
| Colonial Period
| General
| Revolution & Founding
| State & Local
General
| Politics
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
Relations
| International
| Politics
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Political Science
| Social Sciences
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
Systems Of Government
| Political Science
| Social Sciences
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
| General
| Islamic Government
| Monarchy
| Representative Government
Federal Government
| Levels of Government
| Political Science
| Social Sciences
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
Similar Items:
-
Sparrow and the Hawk: Costa Rica and the United States during the Rise of Jose Figueres
ASIN: 081301249X |
Customer Reviews:
Good..........2005-05-10
It was extremely detailed, I mean EXTREMELY detailed. It covered maybe six or seven actual events in a good 560-some pages. It had a wellspring of good information, and a wellspring of really unnecessary information. It was longer than it should have been.
Terrifically detailed.......2004-06-09
For such a scholarly book, the text is more accessible than one might think. I had to read it for a class on the CIA in college, and enjoyed the hell out of it!
Just a note, I have also traveled to Costa Rica , and one of the VERY few guidebooks to touch on this period of Costa Rica and it's impact today is "Costa Rica: The Last Country The Gods Made." Written in 1994, it sort of takes up where Honey left off.
Average customer rating:
|
U.S. Forest Service Grazing & Rangelands: A History (Environmental History Ser. Series, 8)
William D. Rowley
Manufacturer: Texas A&M University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Turn of the Century
| 19th Century
| United States
| Americas
| History
| Subjects
| Books
General
| 20th Century
| United States
| Americas
| History
| Subjects
| Books
Conservation
| Environment
| Outdoors & Nature
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Conservation
| Outdoors & Nature
| Subjects
| Books
Forests
| Conservation
| Outdoors & Nature
| Subjects
| Books
Reference
| Outdoors & Nature
| Subjects
| Books
Forests & Forestry
| Natural Resources
| Nature & Ecology
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Forestry
| Agricultural Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
| Deforestation
| Ecology
| Economics
| Fires
| Management
| Products
| Wood Science
ASIN: 1585440833 |
Books:
- WILLIAM APPLEMAN WILLIAMS: THE TRAGEDY OF EMPIRE. American Radicals Series
- William Randolph Hearst: The Early Years, 1863-1910
- Young Henry Ford A Picture History of The First Forty Years
- A Ghost's Memoir: The Making of Alfred P. Sloan's My Years with General Motors
- A Life against the Grain: The Autobiography of an Unconventional Economist
- A Money Mind at Ninety
- A. P. Giannini: Banker of America
- A. P. Giannini: Banker of America
- A Passion for Winning: Fifty Years of Promoting Legendary People and Products
- A Sportsman's Life: How I Built Orvis by Mixing Business and Sport
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- Mark Twain: A Life
- History: Fiction or Science
- La Novela de Perón
- In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War
- History: Fiction or Science
- History: Fiction or Science
- Kiwis Might Fly
- Diana, Corazon Roto/ Diana, Broken Hearted
- International Co-Operation in Tax Matters: Report of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on International Co
- The genus Phalaenopsis
Wall Street People: True Stories of Today's Masters and Moguls
Inside the House of Money: Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in the Global Markets
The Investor's Anthology: Original Ideas from the Industry's Greatest Minds
The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
