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The industrialist, businessman, and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919) established a gospel of wealth that can be neither ignored nor forgotten, and set a pace in distribution that succeeding millionaires have followed as a precedent. In the course of his career he became a nation-builder, a leader in thought, a writer, a speaker, the friend of workmen, schoolmen, and statesmen, the associate of both the lowly and the lofty. But these
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets. But the other woman with the same name has vanished, and pretending to be her just might get Clara some money to send back home. If she can keep up the ruse, that is. Serving as a lady's maid in the household of Andrew Carnegie...
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English
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Two founding fathers of American industry. One desire to dominate business at any price.
“Masterful . . . Standiford has a way of making the 1890s resonate with a twenty-first-century audience.”—USA Today
“The narrative is as absorbing as that of any good novel—and as difficult to put down.”—Miami Herald
The author of Last Train to Paradise...
“Masterful . . . Standiford has a way of making the 1890s resonate with a twenty-first-century audience.”—USA Today
“The narrative is as absorbing as that of any good novel—and as difficult to put down.”—Miami Herald
The author of Last Train to Paradise...
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Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 302 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
An updated edition of the best-selling guide features anecdotes about such modern figures as Bill Gates, Dave Thomas, and Sir John Templeton, explaining how their examples can enable modern readers to pursue wealth and overcome personal stumbling blocks.
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Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
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112 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Discusses the life of the self-made millionaire who made his fortune in the steel industry and is remembered for his generous donations that built libraries, universities, and research facilities.
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Ediciones Obelisco, Spanish Pubs Llc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
416 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
Español
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"De la obra Piense y hagase rico, de Napoleon Hill, se llevan vendidas desde su primera edicion millones de copias, y en la actualidad sigue siendo uno de los libros mas vendidos en el mercado. Ahora esta obra clasica se convierte, de la mano de Joel Fotinos y August Gold, en un manual de trabajo paraconseguir el exito y la abundancia, constituyendo una guia diaria insustituible para quienes quieran disfrutar de una mayor prosperidad en sus vidas....
12) Andrew Carnegie
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xiv, 878 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Chronicles the life of the iconic business titan from his modest upbringing in mid-1800s Scotland through his rise to one of the world's richest men, offering insight into his work as a peace advocate and his motivations for giving away most of his fortune.
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Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Chronicles the rags-to-riches tale of a Scottish immigrant who used most of the millions he earned as a steel tycoon to set up a fund for the advancement of science, education, and peace.
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Publisher
TNM
Pub. Date
©2012
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (48 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of Andrew Carnegie, who went from being a poor Scottish immigrant to a fabled man of wealth. Carnegie built a fortune by amassing stock in the growth industries of trains and steel, then started sharing it. Today libraries, concert halls, and universities across the United States have benefitted from his philanthropy.
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Distributed by Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Widescreen.
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3 DVDs (approx. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carmegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States. a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.
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