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The founder of the McDonald's hamburger chain tells of his early business ventures and his success in developing a single restaurant in Illinois into an international operation

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9780809282593 | Contemporary Books, May 1, 1977, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: The founder of the McDonald's hamburger chain tells of his early business ventures and his success in developing a single restaurant in Illinois into an international operation

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9780312929879 | Reissue edition (St Martins Pr, July 1, 1990), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: The founder of the McDonald's hamburger chain tells of his early business ventures and his success in developing a single restaurant in Illinois into an international operation
9780809253456 | Contemporary Books, May 1, 1985, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: The founder of the McDonald's hamburger chain tells of his early business ventures and his success in developing a single restaurant in Illinois into an international operation

Profiles the prodigiously successful businessman and expert sportsman who founded the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain Benihana and whose sports pursuits include wrestling at world-class level, power-boat racing, ballooning, and undersea exploration

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9780396085607 | Dodd Mead, August 1, 1985, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: Profiles the prodigiously successful businessman and expert sportsman who founded the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain Benihana and whose sports pursuits include wrestling at world-class level, power-boat racing, ballooning, and undersea exploration

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The founder of Domino's Pizza explains how he expanded his business into the largest pizza delivery company in the world, discussing how ingenuity and strict personal ethics have made the American Dream come true

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9780394553597 | Random House Inc, November 1, 1986, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The founder of Domino's Pizza explains how he expanded his business into the largest pizza delivery company in the world, discussing how ingenuity and strict personal ethics have made the American Dream come true

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Product Description: Book by Kushi, Aveline, Jack, Alex

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9780870406935 | Japan Pubns, July 1, 1988, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Book by Kushi, Aveline, Jack, Alex

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Product Description: Book by Hayton-Keeva, Sally

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9780962629594 | Sagn Books, September 1, 1990, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Book by Hayton-Keeva, Sally

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The founder of Wendy's International uses anecdotes to reveal the secrets behind his success, offering his marketing and management principles and discussing the connection between family values and business strength. Reprint.

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9780399136788 | Putnam Pub Group, September 1, 1991, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The founder of Wendy's, the three-billion-dollar franchise, shares the story of his success with anecdotes from his career, emphasizing the importance of traditional values and respect for employees

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9780425135013 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, October 1, 1992), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: The founder of Wendy's International uses anecdotes to reveal the secrets behind his success, offering his marketing and management principles and discussing the connection between family values and business strength.

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9781565302129 | Summit Group, May 1, 1996, cover price $24.95

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9781930819207 | 2 edition (Tapestry Pr, June 1, 2002), cover price $14.99
9781565303010 | Summit Group, June 1, 1999, cover price $14.99

By Jim Lark, Mary Lark and Doug Parrish (illustrator)

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9781879094499 | Momentum Books Llc, November 1, 1996, cover price $27.95

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Product Description: The Horatio Alger story of the life of the founder of Stuckey s chain of stores. Stuckey was born in 1909 near Eastman, GA. He borrowed $35 from his grandmother & built a roadside shack to sell pecans &, later, candy. Thus was the inauspicious beginning of a multi-million dollar chain of 350 stores...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780865545694 | Mercer Univ Pr, September 1, 1997, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: The Horatio Alger story of the life of the founder of Stuckey s chain of stores.

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Tells McLamore's story of how he launched his enterprise, the struggles he has had to succeed in the face of stiff competition from McDonald's, and his personal relationship with McDonald's CEO (view table of contents)

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9780070452558 | McGraw-Hill, October 1, 1997, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Tells McLamore's story of how he launched his enterprise, the struggles he has had to succeed in the face of stiff competition from McDonald's, and his personal relationship with McDonald's CEO

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Product Description: "Both moving and entertaining, George Lang's absorbing autobiography draws the reader into an extraordinarily rich life filled with talent, wonder, and passion: an example of how torment can be transformed into beauty."—Elie Wiesel "A heartfelt, funny, moving story of survival...read more

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9780595821730 | Authors Choice Pr, December 31, 2005, cover price $35.95 | About this edition: "Both moving and entertaining, George Lang's absorbing autobiography draws the reader into an extraordinarily rich life filled with talent, wonder, and passion: an example of how torment can be transformed into beauty.
9780679450948 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, March 1, 1998, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The author recounts his imprisonment in a Hungarian forced labor camp during World War II, during which his Jewish parents disappeared, and his new life in New York City as a chef to the rich and famous

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9780595377435 | Iuniverse Inc, December 30, 2005, cover price $25.95

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Product Description: After being shut away for several years of his young life because of illness, Tom Harken made a promise to God, that he would never quit moving if He'd just set him free again. His prayers were answered then, and now he carries out that promise each and every day by never slowing down...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780785277279, titled "The Millionaire's Secret" | Thomas Nelson Inc, November 1, 1998, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: After being shut away for several years of his young life because of illness, Tom Harken made a promise to God, that he would never quit moving if He'd just set him free again.

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Product Description: Presents the story of Taco Bell founder Glen Bell and his rise from poverty, expanding Taco Bell worldwide then selling it for $130 million. DLC: Bell, Glen William, 1923 (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9781565302990 | Summit Group, January 1, 1999, cover price $22.99 | About this edition: Presents the story of Taco Bell founder Glen Bell and his rise from poverty, expanding Taco Bell worldwide then selling it for $130 million.

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Product Description: In her thought provoking autobiography, Mrs. Curatolo delightfully blends her recipes for success with satisfying delicious, homemade recipes of some of the most popular dishes in her restarants. Also, Mrs. Curatolo demonstrates through her life and through her actions that in order to succeed in life a person must never give up on making their dream a reality...read more

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9780966009231 | Puget Sound Pr, June 1, 1999, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: In her thought provoking autobiography, Mrs.

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Presents profiles of well-known chefs, including Bobby Flay, Edna Lewis, and Rick Bayless, who share recipes and business tips

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9780140281583 | Penguin USA, October 1, 1999, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Presents profiles of well-known chefs, including Bobby Flay, Edna Lewis, and Rick Bayless, who share recipes and business tips

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Product Description: Book by Cronin, Robert P.

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9781578600779 | Clerisy Pr, August 1, 2000, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Book by Cronin, Robert P.

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Product Description: Marilyn Lewis has been feeding and clothing the glitterati in Hollywood, Washington, D.C., and across the country for decades. First gaining fame as the glamorous helmstress (with husband Harry) of the legendary actors-serve-actors Hamburger Hamlet, Marilyn went on to become one of the first woman CEOs of a multi-million dollar company; designer of her own successful couture clothing line (Cardinali, dressing Marlo Thomas, Dionne Warwick, and Eydie Gorme among others); and most recently, producer of feature films on cultural icons Andy Warhol and Ayn Rand...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9781580082969 | Ten Speed Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Marilyn Lewis has been feeding and clothing the glitterati in Hollywood, Washington, D.

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Presents the life of Sirio Maccioni, the owner of a series of famous French restaurants patronized by politicians, well-known entertainers, and the wealthy.

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9780471204565 | Houghton Mifflin, May 1, 2004, cover price $34.99 | About this edition: Presents the life of Sirio Maccioni, the owner of a series of famous French restaurants patronized by politicians, well-known entertainers, and the wealthy.

The owner of Uncle Jack's Steakhouse describes his blue-collar childhood in Queens, lack of educational opportunities, prison term for credit card fraud, determination to live an honest and profitable life, rise to a successful businessman, and professional philosophies.

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9780060511913 | Regan Books, July 9, 2016, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The owner of Uncle Jack's Steakhouse describes his blue-collar childhood in Queens, lack of educational opportunities, prison term for credit card fraud, determination to live an honest and profitable life, rise to a successful businessman, and professional philosophies.

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Product Description: The first authorized biography of "the mother of American cooking" (The New York Times) This adventurous book charts the origins of the local "market cooking" culture that we all savor today. When Francophile Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1971, few Americans were familiar with goat cheese, cappuccino, or mesclun...read more

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9781594201158 | Penguin Pr, March 22, 2007, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: The authorized biography of Alice Waters and the San Francisco 1970s counterculture food revolution that invented 'American cuisine.

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9780143113089 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, February 26, 2008), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: The first authorized biography of "the mother of American cooking" (The New York Times) This adventurous book charts the origins of the local "market cooking" culture that we all savor today.

Product Description: McDonald's: it is the world's premier entrepreneurial success story, a company whose growth worldwide continues to be astonishing. In tough financial times, McDonald's proved that ingenuity, trial and error, and gut instinct were the keys to building a service business the entire world has come to admire...read more

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9780553051278, titled "McDonald's: Behind the Arches" | Rev rei edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1, 1989), cover price $24.50 | About this edition: Discusses the people, the strategies, and the innovations that turned a hamburger stand into a multi-billion dollar corporation that revolutionized an industry and influenced the culture of America

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9780553347593, titled "McDonald's: Behind the Arches" | Rev sub edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, August 1, 1995), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Discusses the people, the strategies, and the innovations that turned a hamburger stand into a multi-billion-dollar corporation that revolutionized an industry and influenced the culture of America.

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9781439508442, titled "Mcdonald's: Behind the Arches" | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 26, 2008), cover price $27.00 | About this edition: McDonald's: it is the world's premier entrepreneurial success story, a company whose growth worldwide continues to be astonishing.
9780785786870, titled "McDonald's: Behind the Arches" | Revised edition (Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999), cover price $24.15 | About this edition: McDonald's: it is the world's premier entrepreneurial success story, a company whose growth worldwide continues to be astonishing.

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Product Description: In a story embracing America's obsession with food and restaurants, Noel Stein recounts his days in the industry, beginning with his dishwashing stint at Brooklyn's legendary Garfield's Cafeteria. His charming, hilarious anecdotes include building Playboy Clubs worldwide and turning Manhattan's Bice into a multi-million dollar restaurant...read more

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9781569803547 | Barricade Books Inc, December 31, 2009, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: In a story embracing America's obsession with food and restaurants, Noel Stein recounts his days in the industry, beginning with his dishwashing stint at Brooklyn's legendary Garfield's Cafeteria.
9781569803196 | Barricade Books Inc, February 15, 2008, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This documentation of success in the restaurant industry details how restaurants work, from the moment customers enter to when the food is served.

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Product Description: David Novak—one of today’s most engaging, unconventional, and successful business leaders—lived in thirty-two trailer parks in twenty-three states by the time he reached the seventh grade. He sold encyclopedias door to door, worked as a hotel night clerk, and took a job as a $7,200-a-year advertising copywriter with the hopes of maybe one day becoming a creative director...read more

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9780307393692 | 1 edition (Crown Pub, October 2, 2007), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Chronicling the path from a trailer park childhood to success in the corporate world, the CEO of Yum!

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9780307451798 | Crown Pub, April 28, 2009, cover price $16.00 | also contains The Education of an Accidental Ceo: Lessons Learned from the Trailer Park to the Corner Office | About this edition: David Novak—one of today’s most engaging, unconventional, and successful business leaders—lived in thirty-two trailer parks in twenty-three states by the time he reached the seventh grade.

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