Corporate & Business History - General
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The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
$29.00 Add to cartIn this tenth-anniversary edition, acclaimed investigative journalists Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind deliver the definitive account of the fall of Enron, one of the biggest scandals in corporate Ame… [more below]
- Author: McLean, Bethany
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 26 2013
- ISBN10: 1591846609
- Language: English
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No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – An explosive, deeply reported expos? of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies–from an award-winning investigative journalist… [more below]
- Author: Harris, Gardiner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 0593229878
- Language: English
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The Book of Eastbay: Two Friends and the Catalog That Changed the Sneaker Business Forever
$32.00 Add to cartSneakers are a $100 billion business and a global obsession that started in the pages of a catalog called Eastbay.
This is a startup story unlike most you’ve read, but as instructive and inspiring as a
- Author: Juedes, Art
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 9798892790697
- Language: English
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House of Fidelity: The Rise of the Johnson Dynasty and the Company That Changed American Investing
$32.50 Read moreThe gripping, definitive account of the private family behind one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world.
When Edward C. Johnson 2d founded Fidelity in 1946, investing was a pursuit- Author: Baer, Justin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1538766957
- Language: English
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The Spanx Story: What’s Underneath the Incredible Success of Sara Blakely’s Billion Dollar Empire
$14.99 Add to cartWhat can you learn from one of the most successful companies in the world? The Spanx Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practice
- Series: The Business Storybook
- Author: Wetzel, Charlie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1400232759
- Language: English
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Harvests of Joy: How the Good Life Became Great Business
$18.99 Add to cartIn this autobiography of the founder of the internationally celebrated winery in Napa Valley, Robert Mondavi shares his inspirational story.
In 1965, after a notorious family feud, Robert Mondavi–the… [more below]
- Series: Harvest Book
- Author: Mondavi, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 07 1999
- ISBN10: 0156010569
- Language: English
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Three Years in Wonderland: The Disney Brothers, C. V. Wood, and the Making of the Great American Theme Park
$35.00 Add to cartThe story of the dynamic, driven, and sometimes despised third wheel in the creation of America’s iconic theme park While the success of Disneyland is largely credited to Walt and Roy Disney, there wa… [more below]
- Author: Pierce, Todd James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1628462418
- Language: English
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Ben & Jerry’s: The Inside Scoop: How Two Real Guys Built a Business with a Social Conscience and a Sense of Humor
$25.00 Add to cart“Deftly and compassionately captures [Ben’s] genius in all its entrepreneurial splendor…This tale will keep you entertained.”–New York Times Book Review.
A former CEO of Ben & Jerry’s tells how two- Author: Lager, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 16 1995
- ISBN10: 0517883708
- Language: English
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Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World
$32.00 Add to cartA kaleidoscopic look at how eleven disruptive innovations–including the iPhone, the transistor, disposable diapers, and Julia Child’s The Art of French Cooking–reshaped industries and societies, pro
- Author: Anthony, Scott D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1647829712
- Language: English
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The Paypal Wars: Battles with Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth
$17.95 Add to cartPeter Thiel, Elon Musk, and the rest of the “PayPal Mafia” are now household names who’ve reshaped technology, automobiles, space travel, and politics. But two decades ago, they were unsung entreprene… [more below]
- Author: Jackson, Eric M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 335
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1645720837
- Language: English
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Iwar: Fortnite, Elon Musk, Spotify, Wechat, and Laying Siege to Apple’s Empire
$32.00 Add to cartThe wildly enthralling and entertaining story of Apple’s monopolistic impulses and the global business and political forces arrayed against its $3 trillion empire.
iWar is a saga of corporate intrigue,
- Author: Higgins, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0063397943
- Language: English
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Every Screen on the Planet: The War Over Tiktok
$31.99 Add to cartEvery Screen on the Planet is the first major book on one of the most dramatic business stories of our time. Touching on politics, finance, data, and technology, the struggle over TikTok has enormous
- Author: Baker-White, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1324086661
- Language: English
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The Whole Story: Adventures in Love, Life, and Capitalism
$35.00 Read moreFeatured in The Economist‘s Best Books of 2024
An Adam Grant Summer Reading Pick 2024 Whole Foods Market’s Cofounder and CEO for 44 years, John Mackey offers an intimate and provocative account of th- Author: Mackey, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1637745125
- Language: English
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The New Financial Capitalists: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Creation of Corporate Value
$54.99 Add to cartA widespread misunderstanding concerning leveraged buyouts (LBOs) is the belief that they accomplish little but the ruin of companies and the loss of employment. How else could it be? Until recently, … [more below]
- Author: Baker, George P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 13 1998
- ISBN10: 0521642604
- Language: English
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Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race
$32.00 Add to cartMusk versus Bezos.
China versus the United States.
The government versus the private sector.
Welcome to the rivalries and alliances defining the New Space Age.
At stake? Billions of dollars, national pres… [more below]- Author: Davenport, Christian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0593594118
- Language: English
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The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
$20.00 Add to cartThe unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. An instant New York Times bestseller!
When the billionaire founder
Ray Dalio does not want you to read this book.- Author: Copeland, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1250809061
- Language: English
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The Christmas Tree Shops: Don’t You Just Love a Bargain?
$24.99 Read moreThe Christmas Tree Shops, founded in 1970, became a beloved New England icon for unique bargains.
The Christmas Tree Shops was an icon of New England, with stores that offered a diverse assortment of m… [more below]
- Author: Sammarco, Anthony M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1625451628
- Language: English
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The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
$17.99 Add to cart“The Peter Principle has cosmic implications.”
—New York TimesBack in 1969, Lawrence J. Peter created a cultural phenomenon with his brilliant, outrageous, hilarious, and all-too-true treatise on busi
- Author: Peter, Laurence J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 25 2011
- ISBN10: 0062092065
- Language: English
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No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
$32.00 Add to cartAn explosive, deeply reported expos? of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies–from an award-winning investigative journalist
One day in 2004, Gardiner H- Author: Harris, Gardiner
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 059322986X
- Language: English
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Stream Big: The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen
$28.99 Add to cartTold through the diverse and fascinating careers of nine streamers, this is the definitive story of Twitch and how the livestream platform revolutionized technology, entertainment, business, and pop c… [more below]
- Author: Grayson, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1982156767
- Language: English
