Academic Career

Written and read by the man whose resumé boasts "Inventor of the World Wide Web," Weaving the Web is the not-to-be-missed story of how the Internet came to be and where its creator thinks it's going.

Dalla povertà delle case popolari all’orfanotrofio, da una bottega in periferia a una fabbrica nelle Dolomiti, fino a diventare il numero uno. Con un’idea fissa in testa: "essere il più bravo". Dopo aver per primo setacciato fonti e documenti, incluso il fascicolo presso il collegio Martinitt, parlato con estimatori e detrattori, collaboratori e concorrenti e aver, infine, incontrato lo schivo imprenditore, Tommaso Ebhardt racconta, in questa esclusiva e non ufficiale biografia, il patron di Luxottica.

Whether you are building a small business from the ground up or managing a multinational company, you can learn the seven key traits for leadership success from one of the greatest business innovators and creative thinkers of the 20th century: Walt Disney. Whether you know him as the first to produce cartoons in Technicolor, the mastermind behind the theme park Disneyland, or the founder of the largest entertainment conglomerate, Walt's story of creativity, perseverance in spite of obstacles, and achieving goals resonates and inspires as much today as it ever has.

The global movement that ignited a revolution is now an audiobook! In Show Her the Money, award-winning producer Catherine Gray takes you behind the scenes of the groundbreaking documentary that exposed the staggering funding gap women face-and the unstoppable trailblazers closing it. With honesty and passion, Gray shares her personal journey of bringing this film to life, alongside the powerful personal stories of over 30 extraordinary individuals who made it possible.

In 2009, at the peak of the financial crisis, AIG - the American insurance behemoth - was sinking fast. It was the peg upon which the nation hung its ire and resentment during the financial crisis: the pinnacle of Wall Street arrogance and greed. When Bob Benmosche climbed aboard as CEO, it was widely assumed that he would go down with his ship. In mere months, he turned things around, pulling AIG from the brink of financial collapse and restoring its profitability.

Joe Ferreira specializes in spectacular turnarounds. However, none of Joe’s hard-won personal or professional successes prepared him for becoming the CEO of an organization the same week it was threatened with imminent dissolution by the United States government. Faced with a toxic legacy culture and the worst performance metrics in his industry, Joe drew upon his most momentous personal and professional life experiences. A management memoir, the story of Uncomfortable Inclusion will intrigue, infuriate, and inspire leaders who are eager to turn their organizations into world leaders.

This book explores current attitudes towards failure in academia. Tara Brabazon argues that success and failures are rarely linked and instead failure can be harnessed as both a diagnostic and a literacy to improve research integrity, authenticity, accountability and consciousness.

Risk and Return is the story of one man’s return to Africa - a journey that begins with a search for self-fulfillment, which then evolves into an entrepreneurial adventure filled with tribulations, triumphs, and many life lessons that will keep listeners engaged from start to finish. In a casual conversational voice, the author, Yomi Jemibewon, gives an honest, often hilarious and sometimes sobering account of what it feels like to chase a dream under highly uncertain circumstances.

Thirty-five years ago, Wayne Huizenga rose before the sun to run his garbage collection route. Today, the sun never sets on the international Blockbuster Video empire he created, and he has emerged from the spoils of the Paramount/Viacom merger one of the most powerful and wealthy figures in the entertainment and sports businesses.

Twenty years before the publication of his magnum opus Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill was an instructor, philosopher, and writer at the George Washington Institute in Chicago, where he taught courses in advertising and sales. These rare, never-before-seen lectures were thought to be lost to history. Until now. Given exclusive access to the archives of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, Jeffrey Gitomer has unearthed Hill’s original course notes containing the fundamental beliefs in hard work and personal development that established Hill as a global leader of success and positive attitude.

Here's a biographical profile of Henry J. Kaiser, a great industrialist and philanthropist who had a profound impact on America's ability to prevail in World War II. People tend to regard the great American titans of the past as robber barons, men who made their fortunes off the backs of the oppressed, flaunting laws and living like nabobs while others had to scratch for a living.

In this powerful volume, 17 high-achieving women from Phoenix share their personal journeys to earning six figures and beyond while redefining success on their own terms. These are stories of resilience, reinvention, and rising above doubt to create thriving careers and businesses. Six-Figure Chicks is more than a book—it’s a movement. Each chapter is a blend of truth-telling and practical advice, offering real strategies to help you build your own six-figure path with purpose, balance, and confidence.

Fulfilling the Dream: My Path to Leadership and Finding Purpose in Serving Others is an honest, eye-opening, and inspiring book about setting aside personal ego and ignoring racial and political bias to bless and benefit others. Wayman Britt's story is a tale of believing one's dreams, realizing them, and then dedicating his life to helping others imagine and achieve better lives.

Mad Women is a tell-all account of life in the New York advertising world of the 1960s and '70s from Jane Maas, a female copywriter who succeeded in the primarily male environment portrayed by the hit TV show Mad Men. Fans of the show are dying to know how accurate it is: did people really have that much sex in the office? Were there really three-martini lunches? Were women really second-class citizens? Jane Maas says the answer to all three questions is unequivocally yes....

Elon Musk, Da Vinci de notre siècle ! Dans le monde contemporain, on parle partout d'un vrai star des technologies avancées, Elon Musk. Il invente de nouveaux moyens de paiements, construit la voiture électrique Tesla, rêve des voyages dans l'espace à l'aide du programme ambitieux Space X... Beaucoup d'auteurs comme Ashlee Vance avec son best-seller "Elon Musk. Tesla, PayPal, SpaceX - l'entrepreneur qui va changer le monde", tentent de trouver la clé du succès.

"This book is in part a detective story. After 9/11 I knew, if I needed further reinforcement, that we are living in a new world - the world of a global capitalist economy that is vastly more flexible, resilient, open, self-correcting, and fast-changing than it was even a quarter century earlier. It's a world that presents us with enormous new possibilities but also enormous new challenges. The Age of Turbulence is my attempt to understand the nature of this new world." (Alan Greenspan)

Für Menschen, die anders lieben, ist ein Outing im Job nach wie vor ein großes Wagnis. Im schlimmsten Fall kann es das Ende der Karriere bedeuten. Matthias Herzberg ist schwul - und hat einen langen Kampf um Anerkennung hinter sich. Er wurde aufgrund von Intrigen gefeuert, von Kollegen diffamiert und zwangsgeoutet. Heute führt er glücklich und erfolgreich sein eigenes Trainingsunternehmen. Hier erzählt er seine persönliche Geschichte und viele weitere, die von der homophoben Führungs- und Arbeitskultur in Deutschland zeugen.

Tom Bulleit stood on a stage before a thousand people inside a tent the size of a big-top. It was both his 30th wedding anniversary and his birthday. But there was another thing to celebrate: the dedication of the new Bulleit Distillery in Shelbyville, Kentucky. His great-great-grandfather, Augustus, created his first batch of Bulleit Bourbon around 1830. A century and a half later, Tom fulfilled his lifelong dream, revived the old family bourbon recipe, and started Bulleit Distilling Company.

It's no secret; starting a company is hard. So many decisions are interdependent on factors outside of our control. Some founders follow a business plan; others operate by the seat of their pants. But all entrepreneurs need a personal framework to follow. With hard-won insight, humor, and an insider's knowledge of the entrepreneurial space, Chop Dawg founder/CEO Joshua H. Davidson dispels the myths and false promises that entrepreneurs are often too keen to believe in when starting out, and lays out a practical framework for lasting success.

This audiobook follows the saga of more than 100 influential men and women who together wove the story of early Western frontier America. The engaging account of their lives forms a unique tapestry of human experience.