How They Blew It is about people who did something remarkable: they all built huge business empires worth millions, if not billions. Then they all did something unbelievable: they managed to lose it. How They Blew It tells the story of 16 business leaders who went from paramount success to abject failure, resulting in the collapse of some of the world's most famous and supposedly successful businesses. Full of surprising details and mind-blowing sums of money, it looks at the characteristics of these leaders and the fine line between hero and zero. This book isn't a turgid or forensic examination of the rights and wrongs of each case; rather, it seeks to get into the minds of the people behind the business disasters and ask, “Why on earth did they do that?” It pin-points pitfalls and highlights destructive personality traits, helping readers avoid making similar mistakes. From mega US corporate catastrophes, such as Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, WorldCom and Enron, to UK, European, Russian and Chinese business disasters, this book looks at the people, the passion and ego at the heart of entrepreneurship.

How They Blew It: The CEOs and Entrepreneurs Behind Some of the World's Most Catastrophic Business Failures

Biographies & Memoirs

Oliver, Jamie

Goodwin, Tony

Professionals & Academics

Kogan Page.

Classic Adirondack Ski Touring Sampler

Sports & Outdoors

Winter Sports

Adirondack Mountain Club

Written in 1950, this little book is the personal record of an avid climber who timed and recorded all his hikes in the beautiful High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York. Completely revised and updated with suggested routes and trail times. The only published source of estimated hiking times for these climbs. With space for notes and sketches.

Adirondack Trail Times

Science & Math

Denniston, Robert

Nature & Ecology

Ausable Press

This will be the third volume to appear in a proposed ten-volume series, which aims to present the coins and their descriptions in as simple a manner as possible and in a format which is intended to facilitate ease of use. The coins are grouped in regional or dynastic sub-sections and then arranged chronologically under mint headings.

Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean: The Pre-Reform Coinage of the Early Islamic Period (1) (Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean, Volume 1)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Ashmolean Museum

Antiques & Collectibles

Dr Tony Goodwin's autobiography should be an inspiration for anyone who believes their quest to go motor racing has been thwarted by lack of funds or opportunity. His life story proves that a combination of passion, determination, adrenaline, relentless energy and endurance, while being prepared to suffer discomfort and at times to indulge in the life of a nomad, was all it took to indulge in the seemingly impossible -- to embrace a demanding medical career with a passionately active hobby which saw him race on the proverbial shoestring 463 times in 21 countries throughout Europe, Asia, South Africa and America over six decades.His medical career took him from Guy's Hospital into general practice in the Home Counties, on to an RAF short-service commission in the Far East, back to medical partnerships in the UK and on to specialisation in aircrew testing at Gatwick Airport. But this much-travelled medic covered far more ground in his 'other life' as a prolific amateur racing driver, driven by his unquenchable passion for motorsport.Finally retired, he retains his links with motor racing as President of the Formula Junior Historic Racing Association and through his racing driver son Chris, who like his father contrives to handle two 'day jobs', as chief test and development driver for McLaren Automotive and as manager of the Brazilian F1 driver Bruno Senna, who has contributed the Foreword to this evocative book.

Doctor on the Grid: How Dr Tony Goodwin's Passion for Motor Racing Drove Him to Combine His Medical Career with 463 Race

Miscellaneous

Motor Racing Publications

Ski and Snowshoe Trails in the Adirondacks 
Covers fifty trips, throughout the Adirondacks, for skiers and snowshoers of all skill levels. Page maps, mileages, and difficulty ratings. By Tony Goodwin. 1st ed. 160 pages. Softcover. Reprinted 2012.

Ski and Snowshoe Trails in the Adirondacks

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