Six Tycoons
Wyn Derbyshire
John D Rockefeller. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Andrew Carnegie. John Jacob Astor. Henry Ford. Joseph P Kennedy.Even today, long after their deaths, the names of these six men continue to be associated with wealth and power.When they were alive, they dominated their worlds as fewmen had done before, and few have done since.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781904905844
- Publication Date: Oct 2008
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Bess of Hardwick
Wyn Derbyshire
The life of Bess of Hardwick - one of the most remarkable people who lived in England in the late Tudor period. Her social ascendance from a relatively humble Midlands family to becoming the Countess of Shrewsbury. Wyn Derbyshire describes how Bess navigated the political and legal challenges for her to retain her wealth and independence in the Tudor period. Illustrated with colour pictures, the book also includes a timeline and family trees.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781910151051
- Publication Date: Aug 2022
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Hetty Green
Wyn Derbyshire
Hetty Howland Green (1834-1916), born Hetty Howland Robinson, and known in her later years as "The Witch of Wall Street", was born in the whaling town of New Bedford, Massachusetts to Quaker parents. This biography charts Hetty Green's extraordinary ascent up the pyramid of wealth to a point where, in the earliest years of the twentieth century, she was being identified as the richest woman in America. The first in a series of brief biographies of significant tycoons, this is an insight into the life and methods of one of the earliest and most influential business women in the US. It examines the source of her wealth, and her method of building upon that. It also profiles those who helped or thwarted her along the way. 130 pages. Includes a family tree, further reading, timeline and index.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781910151747
- Publication Date: Oct 2019
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Jean Paul Getty
Wyn Derbyshire
Jean Paul Getty (1892-1976) - a powerful, oil tycoon who was at one point the richest man in the world, with a private life described as 'bizarre beyond belief', but what drove him and shaped the man he was? The author looks at the difficulties Getty had in interacting with others on a personal level, and why many have portrayed Getty as living a solitary, even lonely life, despite being surrounded by guards, staff, visiting business colleagues and female companions. Instead he suggests that Getty's fortune was to serve as the central foundation of his life. His need to create, defend and expand that fortune – all of which he successfully did – is key to understanding his life.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781913507039
- Publication Date: Jan 2022
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Anonymus Cantabrigiensis
Sten Ebbesen
- Imprint: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9788773044247
- Publication Date: Aug 2019
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Greek Pioneers in Medical and Biomedical Sciences, 1821-2021
Apostolos K. Gerontas
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9789925351657
- Publication Date: Jul 2023
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Opera Lives
Linda Kitchen
WHAT MAKES AN OPERA SINGER? And where in the making of a performance is the identity of the singer themselves? Linda Kitchen goes behind the scenes with prominent voices who have valuable insight about the world of opera, discussing what it means to be a performer, how they got into the profession and how who they are affects how they perform. Illustrated with photos of the artists in places that lend meaning to their lives by renowned photographer Nobby Clark. Visit our Facebook page for more photos and information:https://www.facebook.com/operalivesbook/
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781910151709
- Publication Date: Nov 2018
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From Quanta to Gravitation
Helge Kragh
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9788773044490
- Publication Date: Jan 1970
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Mending Hearts
Mengzhen Lim
- Imprint: Dialogy
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9789675492662
- Publication Date: Jul 2022
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The Cuneiform Texts from the Danish Excavations of Ḥamā in Syria (1931-1938)
Troels P. Arbøll
- Imprint: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9788773044513
- Publication Date: Aug 2023
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Writing Homer
Minna Skafte Jensen
- Imprint: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9788773043615
- Publication Date: Apr 2011
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Marylebone Lives
Carl Upsall
Marylebone has been home to its fair share of rogues, villains and eccentrics, and their stories are told here. Over the past 10 years the Marylebone Journal has printed historical essays on the people, places, and events that have helped shape the character of the area. The essays have been grouped into themes of: history, politicians and warriors, culture and sport , love and marriage, criminals, science and medicine, buildings and places, and the mad bad and dangerous to know ‒ those whose stories don't fit a convenient box but are too good not to tell.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781910151037
- Publication Date: Jun 2015
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