1 comments about Jack Welch and the GE Way: Management Insights and Leadership Secrets of the Legendary CEO.

1. Jack Welch was a late adopter of almost every major management trend in the last 25 years, yet he got better results from using these ideas than most other companies did. His secret is revealed in this good overview of the Welch years: He spent 90% of his time communicating with people about what they must do in order to take advantage of these ideas. Most people spend almost no time on this critical area. You should think of this book as a great primer then on corporate communications.

No comments about The Man Who Challenged America: The Life and Obsession of Sir Thomas Lipton.

4 comments about Breaking Trail.

1. Hetteen was a man who never gave up threw out this book. He had plenty of hard times that many people would have gave up. Not him, he stuckwith his dream and know lok where he is. It's everythign a snowmobilier could want to read in a book.



2. This book was a very good story. It had everything a snowmobilier would want to read. I'm not one to read alot of books but, after reading this book by Hetteen, I could read alot more from him. He's just a guy who never gave up. period. Thats all anyone needs to know about him.



3. An excellent account of a true entrepeneuer's struggles to manufacture and market his dream machines. Edgar Hetteen epitomizes the "find a need and fill it" vision that has made America the cream of the crop of the industrial revolution. From the straw chopper to the "bug-o-vac" to the snowmobile the book follows the life of a man who was definitely ahead of his times and his struggle to get the rest of the world to catch up. Great reading for motorheads, snowmobilers and modern entrepenuers. I highly recommend it.



4. This story is about the experiences of Edgar Hetteen and his desire to prevail over the many obstacles confronting him, to reach the vision he had for a new outdoor activity. This story is told in the words of a man who truely experiences life, the joys and frustrations that only life can give if your willing to grap hold and hang on. If you want to be inspired read this book!

No comments about Science, Politics and Business in the Work of Sir John Lubbock (Science, Technology and Culture, 1700û1945).

No comments about The Mystery Man of Europe Sir Basil Zaharoff.

1 comments about From Cop To Ceo.

1. I enjoyed Chuck Smith's "shoot from the hip" style. What amazes me is the income this man generates and he started with no college education or business experience. Chuck Smith also wears his heart on his sleeve. The story of his background and challenges he overcame to become a success will inspire you.
   Excellent book!

1 comments about Looking Beyond Race: The Life of Otis Milton Smith (Great Lakes Books).

1. I found Mr. Smith's memoirs insightful and interesting. A true icon among those who mastered life in both the public and private sectors, Mr. Smith left a legacy of character, pragmatic behavior and reconciliation with the apparent facts surrounding race relations in our country. Had I to attempt what he did at the time it was done, I am not certain that I could have performed as admirably as he did. It is a story that many should know.

No comments about Don Julio Mario: Biografia no autorizada (Cronica Actual).

1 comments about Broken Toy: A Man's Dream, A Company's Mystery.

1. I enjoyed this book! I found it informative giving a glimpse into life and businesses in the early 1900's. Mr. Andrews does a good job of keeping the reader interested through the whole book. He presents the story factually allowing the reader to form his/her opinions about the origin of today's Mickey Mouse. This is a must read for Disney enthusiasts.

5 comments about Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade.

1. This is one of the best books ever written about drug smuggling. Double crosses are the norm with ingenious smuggling scams. Sometimes written tongue in cheek the book details many ways and means to import dugs into the country. Although these ways and means are out of date today they nonetheless capture the spirit and ingenuity of drug smugglers.



2. I dont often review...actually this is my first. True crime is my favorite genre, so I have read many. This story sounded good from the review's. I question myself, because only one other reviewer came close to what I felt from this book. The author goes on and on and on describing things to the point that i kept forgetting what he was talking about. I also must admit to you I did not finish this book. For me a book is about pleasure and passing the time, even forgetting about time. I felt as if I was struggling to read this book.



3. I just reread after 30 years and the book still holds up.



4. I heard that Robert Sabbag was a good writer so I decided to pick up Snowblind up and read it and I couldn't put it down. I thought that it gave a really close look into the drug trade and it was very detailed so you really got a feel for the life that was lead. I have started reading his books now and I can't stop. I have told many of my friends to read the book.



5. If we consider Thomas de Quincey's "The COnfessions of an English Opioum Eater", Baudelaires "The Artificial Paradises" and Ludlows "The Hasheesh Eater" the three classical pillars of the drug books, "Snowblind" sets a new way of approaching the theme.

   Sabbag manages to write a funny, entertaining and well defined book about what the beginning of the cocaine smuggling was. He has inherited the best ways of HUnter S. Thompson without loosing and inch of his own style. This book is the "bible" for all smugglers. In the last edition of Cannongate there is an introduction by Howard Marks, author of the bestseller "Mr Nice". Well, if you liked "Mr Nice" this book goes way beyond in the form and in the content. The characters shown are interesting and relevant to the story, the information delivered will not bore you. Sabbag tells what he has to (a lot) and misses what would bore you.

   Normally drug books will fall into topics like rude language and obscure characters most of the time very badly developped, now, Zachary Swan is a dandy, the language is only rude when there are direct implications for it to be so (not often) and when you finish the book you have the feeling you have gone through the adventure with the Silver Fox (name given to Swan by Canadian Jack).

   Thanks Sabbag!