Pollack, Pam.

Summary: Examines the life and accomplishments of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2012

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET JOBS

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who Jobs

Nammar, Jacob J.

Summary: Autobiography of a boy who grew up in Palestine, endured the Nakba, and ultimately moved to Texas to start a new life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Branch Press 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NAMMAR, JACOB J. NAM

Green, Sara

Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about Mark Zuckerberg. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2015

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB ZUCKERBERG GRE

Steinmetz, Greg

Summary: "This is a spry biography of Gilded Age financier Jay Gould, who pioneered the business model of the Wall Street shark"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOULD, JAY STE

Weil, Jamie

Summary: Details the life and career of the internet businessman, discussing his youth, creation of Amazon, and his purchase of the "Washington Post."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BEZOS

Isaacson, Walter

Summary: As a kid in South Africa, Musk was regularly beaten by bullies; he once was in the hospital for a week after a beating. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist. Musk developed into a man-child, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUS

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUSK, ELON ISA
1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MUSK MUS

Brockenbrough, Martha

Summary: Describes the forty-fifth president's privileged upbringing, education at a military school, lucrative business dealings, and unlikely transformation from a reality television personality to a controversial national leader.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 TRU

Girard, Joe.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.85 GIR

D'Antonio, Michael

Summary: "In one way or another, Donald Trump has been a topic of conversation in America for almost forty years. No one in the world of business-not Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Warren Buffett-has been as famous as Trump for as long. First associated with high-profile real estate development in 1970s Manhattan, his name has since become synonymous with success defined by wealth and luxury. What does one...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2016

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 TRU

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRUMP, DONALD DAN

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B TRUMP DAN

Brennan, Chrisann.

Summary: "An intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs by the mother of his first child and a complement to Walter Isaacson's biography, providing rare insight into Jobs's formative, lesser-known years. Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their own unique creativity. Chrisann Brennan knows this...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOBS, STEVE BRE

Cohen, Rich.

Summary: The bittersweet story of an American family and its patriarch, a short-order cook named Ben Eisenstadt who, in the years after World War II, invented the sugar packet and Sweet'N Low, converting his Brooklyn cafeteria into a factory and amassing the great fortune that would destroy his family. A strange comic farce of machinations and double dealings, it is also the story of immigrants, sugar,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.2 COH

Weil, Jamie.

Summary: Mark Zuckerberg's story is an interesting one: who knew that a quiet, code-writing nerd would be the creator of what we call social media, the Chairman and CEO of Facebook Inc., and the youngest self-made billionaire.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ZUC

Mohn, Reinhard

Summary: A legendary entrepreneur and father of the global media giant Bertelsmann offers penetrating insights into his motives, beliefs, and hopes as one of the world's foremost businesspeople.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 174 MOH

Guinn, Jeff

Summary: "A brilliant portrait of two American giants, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and America entering the automobile age, told through the fascinating but little-known narrative of the summer road trips taken by Edison and Ford"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GUI

Lewis, Sinclair

Summary: Describes the life of an aggressive, prosperous realtor, reflecting an image of middle-class America.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1996

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEW

Stossel, Scott.

Summary: Chronicles the life and career of R. Sargent Shriver, including such accomplishements as creating the Peace Corps, heading the War on Poverty, becoming ambassador to France, and founding such organizations at Head Start, Job Corps, and the Special Olympics.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHR

Bryan, Ford R. (Ford Richardson)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 BRY

Cooper, Anderson

Summary: Anderson Cooper chronicles the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family--the Vanderbilts.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 COO

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 COO

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VANDERBILT COO

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Cooper

Johnston, David

Summary: Love him or hate him, Trump's influence is undeniable. A man of great media savvy, entrepreneurial spirit, and political clout, Trump's career has been plagued by legal troubles and mounting controversy. Johnston tells the full story of how a boy from a quiet section of Queens, NY would become an entirely new, and complex, breed of public figure. Drawing on decades of interviews, financial...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRUMP, DONALD JOH

Mezrich, Ben.

Summary: This book offers a gripping and shocking insight into the lives of Russia's most famous oligarchs from New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House. 'Once upon a time in Russia' is the story of modern day Russia through the eyes of some of the most powerful and wealthy people in the world: the oligarchs. The story starts in the early 1990s with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 MEZ

Salkin, Allen

Summary: Between 2000 and 2015, when Trump announced his candidacy, he was able to identify an unserved political constituency, hone a persuasive message that appealed to their needs, and deliver it effectively, despite intense media opposition. Salkin and Short provide a nonpartisan oral history which shows that Trump had carefully planned his bid for the presidency since he launched what many...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 SAL

Taraborrelli, J. Randy.

Summary: The story of the family that established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry sheds new light on its enigmatic patriarch Conrad Hilton--who struggled with emotional detachment, failed marriages, and conflicted Catholicism--and his children.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 TAR

Edwards, Paul

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.041 EDW