Biographies & Memoirs
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(Out)Law: From Teenage Mum to Legal Trailblazer
(Out)Law is a journey of survival and resourcefulness, exploring the remarkable life of Alice Stephenson, who defied adversity to become a beacon of change in the legal world. At just 18, Alice faced the challenges of teenage motherhood and homelessness, yet refused to be defined by her circumstances. Determined and focused, she embarked on a path of education, navigating the complexities of university while juggling her responsibilities as a young mother.
Having qualified as a solicitor, Alice had proven that barriers could be broken down thanks to grit and passion, but her story doesn’t stop there. In 2017, she set out to disrupt the legal industry by founding her own law firm – Stephenson Law.
(Out)Law shines a light on the author’s defiance of societal expectations when coupled with drive and ambition. It explores the struggles and challenges that women and those whose faces don’t fit the mould encounter, as Alice stands against the norms of a male-dominated, elitist legal profession.
Taking aim at archaic traditions, outdated perspectives, and an industry rife with discrimination, (Out)Law explores how innovation, inclusivity and the humanisation of lawyers are the key to delivering change within one of the world’s oldest professions.
And, oh yes, how tattoos won’t bring the skies crashing onto people’s heads, either.
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A Big Life In Advertising
The first woman president of an advertising agency and the first woman CEO of a company on the New York Stock Exchange tells her “riveting story: How she shattered every glass ceiling and became a Madison Avenue legend.”*
From her role as fledgling copywriter at Doyle Dane Bernbach — the agency that made big-car-obsessed America fall in love with the funny little Volkswagen — to her brilliant campaign for Braniff Airways that had the flying public scrambling for seats on wild-colored planes to founding the fastest-growing ad agency in history, Mary Wells Lawrence’s life in advertising couldn’t be any bigger. As The New York Observer put it, her agency, Wells Rich Greene, created ads that “etched indelible phrases into the public imaginations: ‘Flick your Bic’ and ‘I Love New York!’ and ‘Plop plop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is.'”
For those thinking about a life in advertising for themselves and for anyone who enjoys being transported by a great storyteller’s art, Mary Wells Lawrence is the most energetic, passionate guide to the world of American advertising in all its brilliance, excitement, fun and crazinesRead more
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Charlie Munger Wisdom: Wealth Almanack: Tao of the Intelligent Investor, A Biography of Poor Charlie’s Talks, Quotes, Success and Mental Models for Modern Investing & Life Lessons
“Unlock the Secrets of Success with Charlie Munger’s Wisdom: A Must-Read for Modern Investors!”
Embark on a journey through the life and insights of Charlie Munger, a titan of the investment world. This book is not just a biography; it’s a guide to the mental models that have shaped Munger’s successful career. If you’ve ever wondered how to think, decide, and grow like a legendary investor, this is your chance to learn from the best.
“Charlie Munger’s approach to investment is a blend of psychology, economics, and strategy.” – Journal of Financial Economics, 2018
“Munger’s principles of ‘elementary, worldly wisdom’ are more relevant today than ever.” – American Business Review, 2019
“Adopting Munger’s mental models can significantly impact decision-making processes in investing.” – Journal of Behavioral Finance, 2020???? Inside, ???? Discover:
- Munger’s Life Journey: From humble beginnings to becoming Warren Buffett’s right-hand man.
- Core Mental Models: Tools for smarter thinking and decision-making.
- Investment Strategies: Proven methods for long-term success in the financial market.
- Psychological Insights: Understanding biases and behavior in investing.
- Blueprint for Growth: Applying Munger’s wisdom to your personal and professional life.
“But I’m new to investing…” This book breaks down complex concepts into accessible insights, making it perfect for beginners and seasoned investors alike. Munger’s timeless wisdom is presented in a way that anyone can understand and apply.
Why This Book? Why Now? In today’s fast-paced and volatile financial world, Munger’s strategies offer a beacon of clarity and stability. Learn to invest not just with your money, but with your mind.
Think of the Money Spent on Short-Lived Trends. For less than the cost of a few transient pleasures, this book offers enduring wisdom and the potential for real financial growth. Isn’t your future worth more than a fleeting distraction?
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Don’t wait for success to come to you.
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Clive Myrie : The Biography
Clive Myrie is a British journalist and news presenter who is known for his work Clive Myrie the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). As of my last knowledge update in September 2021, Clive Myrie was a prominent figure in BBC News. He has covered a wide range of national and international news stories and has reported from various parts of the world, including conflict zones and disaster-stricken areas.Read more
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Crazy, as Usual: Master Your Mental Monkeys & Set Your Brilliance FREE
If you think you’re crazy, you may be right. You’re not alone.“I’m not insane,” Donna Carlson writes, “I’m fully aware I’m crazy. It’s time we talk about the realities of depression and burnout in the workplace. Then we can admit that we’re crazy, as usual, and set our brilliance free.”
Donna has a recurring record of success and self-sabotage in the workplace and in close relationships. Every crash has been linked to the crazymaking voices in her head she calls “the monkeys.” Those cheeky, sarcastic, wily monkeys in your mind can make you crazy with their constant chatter: You’ll never be good enough. You’re alone. What’s wrong with you? Why can’t you think/be like other people?
The monkeys can be your greatest source of wisdom and they can be a thief, trying to kill your opportunities, steal your confidence and destroy your dreams. “I used to think if I could cage the monkeys, they’d lose control over me. Then a friend showed me an even better way,” Donna says. “I’ve learned to pay attention to what the monkeys are telling, then let them know I’ve got it from here.”
Through candid conversations between two close friends in different stages of life—one a mom in her early forties locked in a high-pressured career, the other a retired CEO—Donna:
- Explains how monkeys can undermine workplace success and damage relationships.
- Demonstrates how monkey messages are often rooted in childhood trauma.
- Provides language to discuss the monkeys and their impact on mental health.
- Presents a tested prescription for neurological well-being called the NeuroRx.
- Underscores the ineffaceable value of community and friendship, Fridays at Five.
Join this journey. Make a new friend. Together let’s create more humanity in the workplace.
About the Author
Donna Carlson helps companies create happy customers, from the inside out. She started out as a journalist, then a long career in high-tech PR, where she realized that customer loyalty was less about marketing and more about experience. Instrumental to customer experience is a thriving, happy workforce, which led her to study for a Master of Arts in Global Leadership to cultivate a whole-life leadership program. Her training included three years as a Strategic Business Partner for the Center for Creative Leadership in Colorado Springs, before launching 360 Life Strategies in 2018. Her pandemic shift in 2020, when all her programs had to shut down, was a chief executive role starting a new Chamber of Commerce in Estes Park, leveraging that customer relationship strategy to triple membership in two years. For an encore she led member development in Colorado Springs in 2022 before creating a consulting program that provides customer relationship strategy from the inside out, connecting wellness service providers to catalyze thriving organizations.She lives in Colorado Springs with her husband Jeff and their only son—Riley, the eternal puppy—just looking forward to the next time their three brilliant adult daughters can visit. Find Donna @crazyasusual67 on Instagram or DonnaCarlson360 on LinkedIn. Visit www.crazyasusual.com to learn more about speaking opportunities and working women connecting on Fridays at Five in your city.
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Gordon Ramsay’s Playing with Fire
The bestselling follow-up to Humble Pie, now in paperback. When he was struggling to get his first restaurant in the black, Gordon Ramsay never imagined he’d be famous for a TV show about how to run profitable eateries, or that he’d be head of a business empire. But he is and he did. Here’s how.
“In the beginning there was nothing.
Not a sausage – penniless, broke, fucking nothing – and although, at a certain age, that didn’t matter hugely, there came a time when hand-me-downs, cast-offs and football boots of odd sizes all pointed to a problem that seemed to have afflicted me, my mum, my sisters, Ronnie and the whole lot of us. It was as though we had been dealt the ‘all-time dysfunctional’ poker hand.
I wish I could say that, from this point on, the penny dropped and I decided to do something about it, but it wasn’t like that. It would take years before the lessons of life, business and money began to click into place – before, as they say, I had a pot to piss in.
This is the story of how those lessons were learned.”
This is Gordon Ramsay at his raw, rugged best. PLAYING WITH FIRE is the amazing story of Gordon’s journey from sous-chef to superstar. In his no-holds-barred style, Gordon shares his passion for risk and adventure and his hard-won success secrets.
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‘If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around?’
Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken footballs on the streets of East London in the shadow of Canary Wharf’s skyscrapers, Gary wanted something better. Something a whole lot bigger.
Then he won a competition run by a bank: ‘The Trading Game’. The prize: a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader in the whole city. A place where you could make more money than you’d ever imagined. Where your colleagues are dysfunctional maths geniuses, overfed public schoolboys and borderline psychopaths, yet they start to feel like family. Where soon you’re the bank’s most profitable trader, dealing in nearly a trillion dollars. A day. Where you dream of numbers in your sleep – and then stop sleeping at all.
But what happens when winning starts to feel like losing? When the easiest way to make money is to bet on millions becoming poorer and poorer – and, as the economy starts slipping off a precipice, your own sanity starts slipping with it? You want to stop, but you can’t. Because nobody ever leaves.
Would you stick, or quit? Even if it meant risking everything?
This is an outrageous, unvarnished, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world – from someone who survived the game and then blew it all wide open.
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My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising (Advertising Age Classics Library): Two Works (MARKETING/SALES/ADV & PROMO)
Gain a lifetime of experience from the inventor of test marketing and coupon sampling — Claude C. Hopkins. Here, you’ll get two landmark works in one, and discover his fixed principles and basic fundamentals that still prevail today.Read more
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Next Stop Please!: My Journey in Public Transport
He had never planned to work in Public Transport, yet over thirty years Later, Alan Scriven MBE is still working ‘on the buses’. In that time, he has been a driver, a manager, an inspector… and worked at numerous depots across the Midlands, making firm friends and occasionally clashing heads with fellow drivers, and even the odd passenger or two! As with so many industries, the public transport system has been subject to major, rigorous change over the decades. Alan has seen if not all, then quite a lot – and has many colourful stories as a result.
Next Stop Please is a great read for anyone who has worked in this industry, or been a passenger on a bus. There is certainly a lot going on behind the scenes!
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The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates and The Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
‘The most explosive, mind-blowing business book I’ve ever read’ – Bradley Hope, New York Times bestselling author of Billion Dollar Whale
‘Jaw-dropping . . . well-told, well-structured and exquisitely reported’ – Financial Times book review
Discover the unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio.
When Ray Dalio, billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, announced in October 2022 that he was stepping down from the company he founded forty-seven years ago, the news made headlines around the world. Dalio achieved worldwide fame thanks to a mystique of success cultivated in frequent media appearances, celebrity hobnobbing, and his bestselling book, Principles. In The Fund, Rob Copeland draws on hundreds of interviews with those inside and around the firm to reveal what really goes on with Dalio and his cohorts behind closed doors.
Tracing more than fifty years of Dalio’s leadership, The Fund peels back the curtain to reveal a rarefied world of wealth and power, where former FBI director Jim Comey kisses Dalio’s ring, recent Pennsylvania Senate candidate David McCormick sells out, and countless Bridgewater acolytes describe what it’s like to work at this fascinating firm.
Dalio has stepped down from Bridgewater before; will the legacy of his Principles continue to chart the course of the firm? The Fund provides unique insight into the story of Dalio and Bridgewater, past, present and future.
‘A taut, nonfiction thriller’ – Bryan Burrough, bestselling author of Barbarians at the Gate
‘Manages to both shock and entertain at the same time’ – Philipp Meyer, bestselling author of American Rust and The Son
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The Missing Reel: The Untold Story of the Lost Inventor of Moving Pictures
In September 1890, on his way to Washington, DC, to file a patent on the first moving picture camera and projector, French inventor Augustin Le Prince vanished. No trace of him has ever been found. Shortly after Le Prince’s disappearance, Thomas Alva Edison was granted the patent for the same instruments that would revolutionize the motion picture industry. This is an account of Rawlence’s quest to discover what happened to Le Prince and why. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.Read more
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, The Snowball is the most fascinating financial success story of our time. Warren Buffett, the legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but finally has given Alice Schroeder unprecedented access to him and all those closest to his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies and wisdom. The result is this personally revealing and complete biography of ‘The Oracle of Omaha’, indispensable reading for those who wish to know the man behind the outstanding achievements.Read more
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