Lives & Lessons
Autobiographies and biographies of builders, and what their lives teach.
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
The Nike founder's memoir of the early, nearly broke years.
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Sam Walton: Made in America
Sam Walton with John Huey
How Walmart's founder built it, in his own words.
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Walter Isaacson
A printer, scientist and statesman who never stopped improving himself.
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A Man for All Markets
Edward O. Thorp
The math professor who beat blackjack, then Wall Street.
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Creativity, Inc.
Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace
How Pixar's co-founder built a culture that keeps creativity alive.
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From Third World to First
Lee Kuan Yew
How Singapore's founding prime minister built a nation in one generation.
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