A book about the company
590967
As another reviewer pointed out, this book is about the factory and key management. There is very little information on the cars, unless it is to further the story of the company. For example they would list some improvements and performance figures to describe managements attempt to boost sales.

I noticed errors as well. One chapter ends with the company being bought for 33 milion. The next chapter starts mentioning the purchase at 25 million. 2 pages appart. I had heard many of the stories told in this book told differently in other books. Why some cars came and went is still a mystery to me.

The book does tell the story of the company well. I enjoyed reading it and found the story really interesting. Not sure if was all accurate and complete, but I did really enjoy reading it. The company has had major ups and downs, and survived against all odds, which makes for good reading.

If you want to learn about the company Lamborghini, this book is for you. If you want to learn about the cars and look at beautiful pictures of all things Lamborghini, look elsewhere.
4760287
I bought this book not knowing anything about Steve Schwartzman or Blackstone, and this book did a great job filling me in on the company history and different aspects as they grew.  I like business books and company biographies, and this was one of my favorites recently.  Very well written and informative.
1220703
As I am interested in the Weyerhaeuser Co.'s early years, this book was just what I was looking for. I cannot imagine that there are more than a handful of people interested in family companies. But if you are one, Twining provides a good picture of the family operation.  He is closely connected with the company so some things may be left out, but what was left in was very useful in understanding a family company.  .
768403
I am interested in reading about the company with whom I am investing some money. I like the concept of peer to peer lending.
2451631
Edwin Grover who later was Professor of Books at Rollins College, was a salesman, then editor for the Ginn-Athenaeum Textbook Publishing Company. I was interested in finding out more about Ginn. The book is a good summary of a company that provided textbooks for America for the first half of the 20ieth Century.
2600767
I wanted to find some history on the Aprilia brand.  This is apparently one of the only books in English that cover the company.  It's dated now, but worth it if you can get at a reasonable price.
1454004
Very good book and easy to read. The story is a little far fetched if you ask me, but probable on some levels. For most people that start a new job, they do research about the company they're potentially working for, which meant that she should have known who the CEO was and what he looked like. Other than that, it was really good. I'm stuck on the story, so I'll be reading the remaining books soon.
2206906
Some great stuff in this book. It's funny to think that at one point, Facebook was the underdog. Mike's chronicling of Facebook's bounceback from it's failure of an IPO has a lot of great stories, from how they took on Google Plus ( remember when that was a thing?) to how they retain their employees. If you're someone whose interested in the behind the scenes of one of the biggest companies in the world, or are looking for ideas for your own business problems, you should definitely check it out. It's a breezy, insightful read.
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The book is organized in a chronological fashion.  But at the same time, certain chapters were focused on key players in Enron:
- The story about Kenneth Lay.
- a story before enron became enron.  Mostly, about acquisition.
- Story about Jeff Skilling and how he started off in McKinsey and how he entered Enron and eventually rose to be the top guy on the helm.
- It tells a story about Skilling's other lieutenants like Pai, Baxter, Rice, et.c
- It tells a story about how Fastow rose up the ranks (by the way, he was not originally one of the people in Skilling's inner circle).
- And much more...
Some interesting things you will learn in this book are:
- How Skilling was able to transform Enron's Busines Model from an "old Economy" Company into a "New Economy" Company similar to Tech-companies like eBay, Cisco, Microsoft, etc.
- Understand how Skilling's team transformed the way they handle their accounting.  Concepts like Mark-to-Market accounting and Off-balance Sheets.  (Something I never knew before I read the book).
- Learn about how they manage acquisitions and how they use acquisitions as a means for them to hide the true financial situation of the company.
- Learn about how Fastow has maneuvered himself in the inner circle of the Skilling Team and how he had made himself as the Czar of Finance and Accounting from the eyes of Investment and banking institutions like CitiGroup, Chase Manhattan, etc.
- Know about the working environment and culture in enron which Skilling has transformed into a "Make Creative Ideas... Nevermind the cost.." and a "Get the deals... we deal with delivering our commitments later." kind of culture.
- Learn about the personalities of the key players.  What type of social life do they have from Bike Safaris in Mexico to exotic bars.
I find this book quite interesting (considering I have never ever had any interest in reading books cover-to-cover.  Though most of the books I read are technical and IT-related, I find this book very good to read.
The book is well written and proof-read (no grammatical or spelling errors).
In terms of reading time and efforts to read this books (here I go again with my technical statistics)...
- I find it good to read on flights.  It allows you to pause for sometime to actually let you reflect.
- Total Reading time for slow readers like me is around 15 hours.  For a long-haul flight from Los Angeles to Manila, you'll probably finish the book by the time you arrive to your destination.
Summary, you will like this book.
Good Day!
4699780
This book was purchase to go in our company Library.  I haven't read, but many of our staff is currently reading.
2571331
It is always interesting to read a book from Jack Welch.
It is a special one, since it tries to give a summary about how to do business ( a team sport like software development), in this brave new world.
4317945
The product description above will give an idea of what the book is about and I can add to it by saying these pages are a visual treat about everyone's favorite card company.  The ten chapters cover the history and as it's privately owned by the Hall family they obviously feature strongly throughout the pages, sort of like a family photo album at times.

One of the nice things about the book are the spreads devoted to various artists who created all those wonderful cards, like: Saul Steinberg; Mary Hamilton; Betsy Clark; Charles Schultz; Gail Flores; Alice Ann Biggerstaff; Majolein Bastin, John Wagner (the Maxine man) and especially Vivian Trillow Smith (she was the first artist to add a signature to her work).  The names might not be familiar to you but when you look at their artwork you'll maybe remember receiving or sending a card of theirs.

Each chapter starts with a delightful collage spread then a page or two with some background to the times (the Thirties has a page about the Dust Bowl and Kansas City jazz) followed by plenty of cards, other products and how the Hall family ran the company.  Everywhere there are sidebars about specific themes like printing techniques, Hallmark International Art Awards, Shoebox cards, Hallmark Keepsake ornaments and more.

Chapter seven looks at the Hall of Fame radio and television output, which was very successful over the years and eventually inspired the family oriented cable channel and TV movies.  When I got the book I was surprised to find a DVD inside the back cover with 'The magic of ordinary days', a typical Hallmark production from 2005 (the movie lasts just over ninety-seven minutes) and also on the disc two Hallmark commercials from 1982 and 1995.

The company seems a conspicuous American success story which the USPS thought worth celebrating this year by issuing a 44 cent stamp in their Love series and showing  part of Hallmark's biggest seller: the Mother's Day pansy basket, painted by Dorothy Maienschein in 1939.  So far an amazing thirty million sold.

Like their cards the book is handsome production, but there really should have been an index.  Plenty of cards are shown but if you want a more thorough coverage have a look at Ellen Stern's excellent&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Very-Best-from-Hallmark-Greeting-Cards-Through-the-Years/dp/0810917459/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Very Best from Hallmark: Greeting Cards Through the Years</a>, with 750 shown in color in a lovely looking book.

***SEE SOME INSIDE PAGES by clicking 'customer images' under the cover.
271401
I ordered this book for my son who is the process of starting a new company. He reports that the book has been very interesting and helpful.
2880729
Good book that is very informative about the brand and the model. It's a good read if your considering this vehicle.
98589
This Book is the only APL(American President Lines LTD) Book Out there, it only covers up until 1984 as the name implies(around the time it was published) The book is pretty good and offers the read background on this once mighty American Company(Now sadly part of A Singapore Owned Co.-Human Rights Violator) and like Sea-Land A Giant that once was bigger than the foreign guys. From the time of The American Mail lines, to the governments ownership stake at one point in history to the Ships named each one "President". Good Book.
4106727
OK- so the book is about the garment industry.  The players in the book work long hours for meager pay- few days off and dismal living conditions. But the workers accept these conditions, even though they barely support themselves let alone a family in China.  All left for the big money only to find it was not what they expected.
4587255
This is a fairly simple book outlining many of the problems with Wal-Mart and the practices that they've created or improved on (many started by Sears) which have gutted America's downtown and factories.

This book isn't very deep, and doesn't have as much reference material as I'd like. I recommend The Case Against Wal-Mart by Al Norman if you're looking for more about Wal-Mart's practices.

I think Bill Quinn is very passionate about his subject, which makes him seem less reliable. Nevertheless, if he was libeling Wal-Mart, rest-assured, this book would be out of print. Wal-Mart is very litigious, and I'm sure they would not hesitate to sue the publisher.

This is a great book if you're wondering why everyone is so upset about Wal-Mart. It isn't about just cheaper prices or lower wages. Wal-Mart is a revolutionary company that has completely changed the American landscape in the last ten years.

If you haven't read this book, I recommend it.