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Burt Rutan
Awsrd-winning author Daniel Alef tells the remarkable story of Burt Rutan, an American legend and treasure. With an introduction by Michael D. Griffin, former NASA Administrator, Burt Rutan's extraordinary success in aviation and space comes alive. Burt's biography begins with his early childhood years and continues to the first non-stop around-the-world flight with the Voyager aircraft, and to the first privately funded and produced suborbital space flights in SpaceShipOne which now sits next to the Spirit of St. Louis at the Smithsonian. Sir Richard Branson called Burt "one of the world's true geniuses . . . an Einstein of aerodynamics."
Pale Truth
Editorial ReviewsFrom Publishers WeeklyCalifornia joined the Union in 1850; just in time for the state's sesquicentennial comes this big, ambitious and well-researched debut, the first in a planned historical trilogy from Santa Ynez valley lawyer Alef. in 1829, a light-skinned daughter is born to a young slave on a Georgia plantation. Rejected by her real mother, baby Mary Ellen is taken into the big house under the tutelage of the plantation owner's childless wife; before dying of cancer, sheen trusts the 13-year-old's future to a friend, Americus Price, leaving her a substantial inheritance and granting her freedom at age18. After years passing for white in a New Orleans convent school,Mar...
Sold! How America's Greatest Sales and Marketing Titans Pulled it Off
Robert Louis Stevenson said, "Everyone lives by selling something." It is the principal force driving all commercial transactions and activities, from the executive suite of suits and ties to the trenches of open collar and rolled-up sleeves. Given the relative importance of selling in our quest for achievement and success, it is critical to develop selling skills, to hone and perfect them to the best of our abilities. Lots of books have been written about this subject, giving us tips, rules, comments, anecdotes and suggestions, and many more will be written in the future. After all, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics there are more than 14 million people employed in sales and relat...
Gender and Women's Leadership
These volumes provide an authoritative reference resource on leadership issues specific to women and gender, with a focus on positive aspects and opportunities for leadership in various domains.
The Making of "Mammy Pleasant"
"Pleasant's legacy is steeped in scandal and lore. Was she a voodoo queen who traded in sexual secrets? A madam? A murderer? In The Making of "Mammy Pleasant," Lynn M. Hudson examines the folklore of this remarkable woman's real and imagined powers.
A Road Well Traveled
Award-winning author, Daniel Alef, tells the stories of America's great automotive pioneers, innovators and visionaries who changed America's landscape, introduced a new national culture, developed the largest industry in the nation, employed millions, and gave an enormous boost to American commerce. The great American automobile pioneers played a major role in creating the nation we have today and Daniel Alef's book brings to life their stories, achievements, successes and, at times, failures. Some were mechanical geniuses; others great businessmen who could sell their dreams and make them come true. Anyone passionate about cars, vintage, antique or classic, and there are millions of us, will find a mother lode of information in this well written book.
I Am John Galt
Inspired by Ayn Rand's characters in Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, penetrating profiles of both the innovators who move our world forward and those who seek to destroy the achievement of others John Galt, the fictional character from Ayn Rand's bestselling novel, Atlas Shrugged, has come to embody the individualist capitalist who acts in his own enlightened self interest, and in doing so lifts the world around him. Some of today's most successful CEOs, journalists, sports figures, actors, and thinkers have led their lives according to Galt's (i.e., Rand's) philosophy. Now, in I Am John Galt, these inspiring stories are gathered with the keen insight and analysis of well-known market c...
