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The Remarkable Life of Dr. Armand Hammer

Author : Bob Considine
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Remarkable Life of Dr. Armand Hammer written by Bob Considine and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Considine's writing style goes onto any subject like a piece of contact paper on furniture, and with about as profound an effect. His biography of the Occidental Petroleum (""Oxy"") sultan--a self-made millionaire who engineered grain deals with Lenin, sold the Hearst art collection to the great unwashed in Gimbels, collected the finest herd of Black Angus Aberdeens in America, and finally turned his attention to oil at the age of fifty-nine--prudently masks all individuality with a thin film of unconvincing hagiography. Dr. Hammer (no relation to the baking-soda company) got waylaid by other interests on the way to a medical career; he was starting pencil factories in the USSR and collecting icons long before America recognized the Red government (or the Soviets recognized the value of their art heritage). He cornered the market on barrel staves just in time for the end of Prohibition, made forays into the grain alcohol, potato alcohol, and both bonded and blended bourbon markets, and found time for public-spirited gestures like buying Campobello to donate it to the U.S. and Canadian governments. Much is made here of Hammer's multimillion-dollar art collection and of his hobnobbings with the great. Not the slightest mention is made of a 1974 disagreement with the IRS about alleged overvaluation of art works Hammer used as charitable donations for tax purposes, or those other nasty allegations about channeling illegal contributions to Nixon's 1972 campaign through Governor Tim Babcock of Montana. The few legal squabbles Considine does mention are of course all due to the greed, malice, or underhandedness of others, and the disastrous slump in Oxy's stock since 1972 is blandly attributed to a tactless remark by the Secretary of Commerce pooh-poohing the huge fertilizer deal being negotiated between Oxy and the Russians. An instructive exercise in bowdlerization." --AbeBooks.com.

Larger Than Life

Author : Bob Considine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Larger Than Life written by Bob Considine and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dossier

Author : Edward Jay Epstein
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780786706778
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Dossier written by Edward Jay Epstein and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the late entrepreneur's dealings with the Soviet Union and his role in the BCCI scandal

Surviving My Birthright

Author : Casey Hammer
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781517534363
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Surviving My Birthright written by Casey Hammer and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revealing and inspirational memoir by Casey Hammer, sole granddaughter of the American billionaire, industrialist, art collector and philanthropist Armand Hammer. SURVIVING MY BIRTHRIGHT is a story of hope, love, and the reclamation of empowerment. Casey's is a journey of discovery - recounting many years of blocked memories, violence, nightmares, hazardous behavior, guilt and feeling unworthy of joy or happiness. By taking responsibility for her life, no longer being prepared to accept the role of victim and by facing the truth, Casey began to heal. Hopefully, her story will inspire many others to do the same.

Dreams and Promises

Author : Theodore D. Lockwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781632931467
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Dreams and Promises written by Theodore D. Lockwood and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Armand Hammer United World College in Las Vegas, New Mexico

Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in Your Life

Author : Linda Martinez-Lewi
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781585426249
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in Your Life written by Linda Martinez-Lewi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining clinical analysis with psychological profiles of famous narcissists, here is an indispensable guide to recognizing, coping with, and ultimately overcoming the destructive behavior of narcissists. Everybody needs some healthy narcissism. But in a society obsessed with appearance, wealth, and status, it's easy for problematic narcissists to thrive. Many people who seem to "have it all" are suffering from one of the most common-and overlooked-personality disorders today: high level narcissism. Typified by an obsession with perfection, a desperate need for admiration, and a willingness to use and exploit others for personal gain, high level narcissism can spell devastation for anyone who crosses the narcissist's path. In Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in Your Life, psychotherapist Linda Martinez-Lewi presents an in-depth and supportive plan for identifying, understanding, and dealing with high level narcissistic behavior in those close to you. Martinez-Lewi helps you to liberate yourself from draining personal relationships with narcissists, and shows how to regain a sense of peace, balance, and well-being. Drawing on detailed profiles of famous narcissists, including Pablo Picasso, Frank Lloyd Wright, Armand Hammer, and Ayn Rand, as well as expertly rendered case studies from her private practice as a psychotherapist, Martinez-Lewi shows how to: - understand where narcissistic behavior comes from; u learn to spot narcissistic traits, even in the early stages of relationships; - realize why attempting to change a narcissist is fruitless; and - protect yourself from the narcissist's opportunism, manipulative behavior, and lack of empathy.

The Art of Perception

Author : Robert Leaf
Publisher : Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 0857899597
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Perception written by Robert Leaf and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Leaf is the father of modern international public relations and this is the memoir of a man who has been at the forefront of the PR industry for almost 50 years The Art of Perception is the memoir of Robert Leaf, the man who is considered to be the all-time leader in the field of international public relations. As the international CEO of Burson-Marsteller, which became the world's largest PR firm during his tenure, he was the first executive to bring PR to the Soviet Union during the Cold War and established the first official Chinese government PR firm. He started the first international PR firm in the Middle East and opened offices throughout the world. He has advised governments, major corporations, and leading individuals, and has been involved in some of the biggest news stories of the time. Now, in a changing world of 24-hour news cycles in which global disasters are shared on the most personal levels and events make it from smartphone to headline news in seconds, the need to manage perceptions has never been more essential for corporations and individuals. In a memoir that is as entertaining as it is informative, Leaf shares his unique experiences in a book that is essential reading for communicators, business professionals, and anyone who would like to improve their skills in the art of managing perceptions.

A Book of Remarkable Criminals

Author : Henry Brodribb Irving
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book A Book of Remarkable Criminals written by Henry Brodribb Irving and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Life Decoded

Author : J. Craig Venter
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101202564
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book A Life Decoded written by J. Craig Venter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The triumphant memoir of the man behind one of the greatest feats in scientific history Of all the scientific achievements of the past century, perhaps none can match the deciphering of the human genetic code, both for its technical brilliance and for its implications for our future. In A Life Decoded, J. Craig Venter traces his rise from an uninspired student to one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in science today. Here, Venter relates the unparalleled drama of the quest to decode the human genome?a goal he predicted he could achieve years earlier and more cheaply than the government-sponsored Human Genome Project, and one that he fulfilled in 2001. A thrilling story of detection, A Life Decoded is also a revealing, and often troubling, look at how science is practiced today.

Sacred Monsters, Sacred Masters

Author : John Richardson
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Monsters, Sacred Masters written by John Richardson and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 2001 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insightful and opinionated, erudite and amusing, this collection by the author of "A Life of Picasso" provides a personal, close-up look at a marvelously eclectic mix of artists and writers, tastemakers and tycoons.

The Man in the Red Coat

Author : Julian Barnes
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 147357403X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book The Man in the Red Coat written by Julian Barnes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARDS 2020* 'A bravura performance, highly entertaining' Evening Standard The Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi. In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, and the third was a commoner, who four years earlier had been the subject of one of John Singer Sargent's greatest portraits. The commoner was Samuel Pozzi, society doctor, pioneer gynaecologist and free-thinker - a scientific man with a famously complicated private life. Pozzi's life played out against the backdrop of the Parisian Belle Epoque. The beautiful age of glamour and pleasure more often showed its ugly side: hysterical, narcissistic, decadent and violent, with more parallels to our own age than we might imagine. **SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2019**

Armand Hammer

Author : Steve Weinberg
Publisher : Little Brown
ISBN 13 : 9780316928397
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book Armand Hammer written by Steve Weinberg and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1989 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an unauthorized biography of the medical doctor who built the Occidental Petroleum Corporation, one of the largest oil companies in the world. It attempts to convey a factual account of Hammer's extraordinary business career from mostly secondary sources. Weinberg maintains that Hammer's own version of pivotal episodes in his life, as reported in either of two previous, authorized biographies, John Bryson's The World of Armand Hammer (Abrams, 1985) and Hammer's own Hammer , with Neil Lyndon (Putnam, 1987), is enhanced to shed favorable light on himself. While Weinberg presents evidence refuting some of Hammer's self-aggrandizing history, he cannot help but give Hammer his due as a master entrepreneur. Comprehensive, balanced, and well written, this is suitable for business collections.-- Joseph Barth, U.S. Military Acad . Lib, West Point, N.Y. -Library Journal.

Stalin's Secret Agents

Author : M. Stanton Evans
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 143914768X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Stalin's Secret Agents written by M. Stanton Evans and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A primary source examination of the infiltration of Stalin's Soviet intelligence network by members of the American government during World War II reveals the dictator's dubious partnerships with such top-level figures as Vice President Henry Wallace andchief advisor Harry Hopkins.

Freedom Betrayed

Author : George H. Nash
Publisher : Hoover Press
ISBN 13 : 0817912363
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Freedom Betrayed written by George H. Nash and published by Hoover Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbert Hoover's "magnum opus"—at last published nearly fifty years after its completion—offers a revisionist reexamination of World War II and its cold war aftermath and a sweeping indictment of the "lost statesmanship" of Franklin Roosevelt. Hoover offers his frank evaluation of Roosevelt's foreign policies before Pearl Harbor and policies during the war, as well as an examination of the war's consequences, including the expansion of the Soviet empire at war's end and the eruption of the cold war against the Communists.

Re-Understanding Entrepreneurship

Author : Weiying Zhang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009453416
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Re-Understanding Entrepreneurship written by Weiying Zhang and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do entrepreneurs make decisions in the real world? Why are entrepreneurs absent from mainstream economics? What functions do entrepreneurs play in the market? What type of institutional environment is needed for entrepreneurship to play a role? Neoclassical economics is a market theory without entrepreneurship. This misconception distorts our understanding of how the real market works, leading to a theory of market failure that forms the common foundation of various government interventions. The market is not only an allocative process but, more importantly, a discovery and creative process. To understand the real market, Weiying Zhang argues that economics must shift from a price-centric to an entrepreneur-centric paradigm. Blending theory and narrative, Zhang intersects history with the present supporting his theory with relevant case studies. He argues that once entrepreneurship in the market is correctly understood, the foundation for government intervention is undermined and the economy can sustainably flourish.

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

Author : Jeffrey Archer
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1429954078
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less written by Jeffrey Archer and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2004-05-16 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling novel that launched #1 New York Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer's career, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less. THE SWINDLE IS INGENIOUS The conned: an Oxford don, a revered society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord. They have one thing in common. Overnight, each novice investor lost his life's fortune to one man. The con: Harvey Metcalfe. A brilliant, self-made guru of deceit. A very dangerous individual. And now, a hunted man. SO IS THE REVENGE With nothing left to lose, four strangers are about to come together—each expert in their own field. Their plan: find Harvey, shadow him, trap him, and penny-for-penny, destroy him. From the luxurious casinos of Monte Carlo to the high-stakes windows at Ascot to the bustling streets of Wall Street to fashionable London galleries, their own ingenious game has begun. It's called revenge—and they were taught by a master.

Dossier

Author : Edward Jay Epstein
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780679448020
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Dossier written by Edward Jay Epstein and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1996 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lengthy front-page obituary in The New York Times lauded him as a successful businessman "who long sought peace between the United States and the Soviet Union and financed research for a cancer cure." His philanthropy was noted, along with his vast art collection and his elevated social connections.