The Deal Maker
How William C. Durant Made General Motors
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Nelson Runger
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Axel Madsen
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A charismatic salesman in the late 19th century, William Durant started a cart-building business after accepting an especially comfortable ride one day. By the time he turned 40, he was a millionaire wondering what to do with the rest of his life. When he was approached by retired plumber David Buick and a group of friends from his hometown of Flint, Michigan, Durant had only ridden in an automobile twice. His ensuing creation of General Motors essentially invented modern-day corporate America, gaining and losing him three fortunes in the process.
Durant's story highlights the uneasy relationship between inventors and those who control the capital to exploit those inventions. Nelson Runger's narration takes listeners to a time when men like Durant, Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan, and Pierre du Pont were making decisions that would shape America's future.
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On April 30, 1975, the Communist capture of the city of Saigon brought an end to more than 20 years of war in Vietnam. The end of the war reunified a divided nation—and changed the course of global politics, military strategy, and international relations for decades to come. In the six lectures of The Fall of Saigon: The Vietnam War 50 Years in Review, historian Edward G. Lengel takes you back to the final years of the long and complex conflict that ravaged the small Southeast Asian nation of Vietnam and bled disastrously into surrounding countries, altering the region forever.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Whitewashing at its finest
- De steve finkelstein en 05-16-25
De: Edward Lengel, y otros
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The People's Tycoon
- Henry Ford and the American Century
- De: Steven Watts
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 29 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 300
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 242
How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but never before has Henry Ford's outsized genius been brought to life so vividly as it is in this engaging and superbly researched biography. The real Henry Ford was a tangle of contradictions. He set off the consumer revolution by producing a car affordable to the masses, all the while lamenting the moral toll exacted by consumerism.
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3 out of 5 stars
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50% Longer than it needed to be.
- De Chris en 04-06-13
De: Steven Watts
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My Years with General Motors
- De: Alfred P. Sloan Jr.
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 21 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
My Years with General Motors became an instant best seller when it was first published in 1963. It has since been used as a manual for managers, offering personal glimpses into the practice of the "discipline of management" by the man who perfected it. This is the story no other businessman could tell - a distillation of half a century of intimate leadership experience with a giant industry and an inside look at dramatic events and creative business management.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting read
- De Ziggy en 04-21-19
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The Idea Factory
- Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
- De: Jon Gertner
- Narrado por: Chris Sorensen
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,053
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 884
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 885
In The Idea Factory, New York Times Magazine writer Jon Gertner reveals how Bell Labs served as an incubator for scientific innovation from the 1920s through the1980s. In its heyday, Bell Labs boasted nearly 15,000 employees, 1200 of whom held PhDs and 13 of whom won Nobel Prizes. Thriving in a work environment that embraced new ideas, Bell Labs scientists introduced concepts that still propel many of today’s most exciting technologies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story -- horrible pauses
- De Rodney en 01-29-13
De: Jon Gertner
I recommend this to anyone who is interested in the history of the automobile industry as well as those interested in business.
An interesting life captured
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Historically accurate and skillfully written
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