The Story Of Microsoft
Describes the history of Bill Gates's Microsoft Corporation and its impact on the computer industry.
338.7
year: 2004
copies: 3
call number/section: 338.7
lexile:
subjects: gates, bill, jobs, steven, ballmer, steven anthony, computer software industry, businessmen [X], businesspeople
Andrew Grove And The Intel Corporation
Describes the life of Andrew Grove, the head of the world's leading producer of microprocessors, which provide the "brains" for the computers in cell phones, cars, coffeepots, and cameras, as well as personal computers.
920
year: 1999
copies: 1
call number/section: 920
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Ben & Jerry's
How two real guys built a business with a social conscience and a sendse of humor.
338.7
year: 1994
copies: 2
call number/section: 338.7
lexile:
subjects: social responsibility of business, ice cream industry, ben & jerry's (firm), businessmen [X], cohen, ben (ben r.)
Magic Johnson
Chronicles the life of Magic Johnson, describing his accomplishments as a professional basketball player and as an entrepreneur, and discussing his influence on basketball and society.
920
year: 2011
copies: 6
call number/section: 920
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Bill Gates
A brief biography of Bill Gates, best known for his development of Microsoft Windows.
920
year: 2004
copies: 4
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: gates, bill, businessmen [X], computer software industry, windows (computer programs), businesspeople
Bill Gates
Profiles the life and achievements of Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, discussing how he became such a success and his philanthropic activities.
920
year: 2009
copies: 20
call number/section: 920
lexile: 1130
A Signer For Independence
Examines the life of John Hancock, discussing his childhood in Massachusetts, work as a businessman and governor, and role in the Revolutionary War.
920
year: 2009
copies: 4
call number/section: 920
lexile: 920
Bill Gates
A biography of the man whose vision of the computer industry changed the way people live and work, and who now plans to improve the world with the billions he has earned from Microsoft.
920
year: 2002
copies: 2
call number/section: 920
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Henry Ford And The Model T
In graphic novel format, tells the story of Henry Ford and his popular Model T automobile.
338.7
year: 2007
copies: 7
call number/section: 338.7
lexile: 630
Time 100
Presents profiles and photographs of twenty individuals named to "Time" magazine's list of the one hundred most influential people of the twentieth century, covering heroes and icons; and includes essays on Person of the Century, Albert Einstein, as well as runners-up Franklin D.
920
year: 2000
copies: 5
call number/section: 920
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Giants Of Enterprise
Profiles the professional and personal lives of seven nineteenth- and twentieth-century business titans, focusing on how they built their empires and influences the history of business in America.
920
year: 2001
copies: 4
call number/section: 920
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Neverwhere
Richard Mayhew, a young businessman living in London, helps an injured girl and finds his life changed when he leaves reality and enters the city's underground world of sewers and abandoned subway stations--a world in which the girl he helped is someone of power and nobility.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: underground homeless persons, underground areas, businessmen [X], subways, london (england), fantasy fiction
The Tycoons
Presents an analysis of how Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.
338.09
year: 2006
copies: 3
call number/section: 338.09
lexile:
subjects: rockefeller, john d, carnegie, andrew, gould, jay, morgan, j. pierpont, industrial management, industrialists, management, business enterprises, businessmen [X], united states
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
A graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel in which Richard Mayhew, a young businessman living in London, helps an injured girl and finds his life changed when he leaves reality and enters the city's underground world of sewers and abandoned subway stations--a world in which the girl he helped is someone of power and nobility.
741.5
year: 2007
copies: 3
call number/section: 741.5
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When The Killing's Done
Traces an incrementally violent confrontation between a National Park Service biologist who would eradicate invasive wildlife on the Channel Islands and two locals who are fiercely opposed to the killing of any creatures.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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