Central Kansas Library System

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[2015]	First edition.	Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers	392 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm	English	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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2015	Sunflower eLibrary	Unabridged	HarperAudio	English	Checked Out	More Info Place Hold Sunflower eLibrary Preview Part 1 Preview Part 1

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Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, sold one of his internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius's life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits. Vance uses Musk's story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: can the...

2) Becoming Steve Jobs: the evolution of a reckless upstart into a visionary leader

Author

Schlender, Brent

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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[2015]	First edition.	Crown Business	viii, 447 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.	English	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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2015	Sunflower eLibrary	Crown	English	Available Online	More Info Check Out Sunflower eLibrary Preview From the book

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2015	Crown	English	Available Online	More Info Check Out Sunflower eLibrary Preview From the book

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"Based on the hugely popular cover story about Steve Jobs in Fast Company in May 2012, this is the behind the scenes account of how Steve Jobs arguably became the most famous and visionary CEO in history. Award-winning journalist Brent Schlender and veteran editor Rick Tetzeli have interviewed friends, industry insiders, and the people who knew Jobs best throughout his evolution as a CEO and leader. In addition Schlender, who knew Jobs personally...

3) Sons of Wichita: how the Koch brothers became America's most powerful and private dynasty

Author

Schulman, Daniel

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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2014.	First edition.	Grand Central Publishing	424 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm	English	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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2014	Sunflower eLibrary	Unabridged	Hachette Audio	English	Available Online	More Info Check Out Sunflower eLibrary Preview Part 1

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Thorndike Press large print core

"Like the Rockefellers and the Kennedys, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of the modern age, but they have never been the subject of a major biography... until now. Not long after the death of his father, Charles Koch, then in his early 30s, discovered a letter the family patriarch had written to his sons. 'You will receive what now seems to be a large sum of money,' Fred Koch cautioned. 'It may either be a blessing or a curse.'...

4) Steve Jobs

Author

Isaacson, Walter

Series

Language

English

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NYT - Paperback Business Books

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2013	1st Simon & Schuster hardback edition		xxi, 630 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold
c2011		Simon & Schuster	xxi, 630 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold
2011	Large print ed.	Thorndike Press	853 p. (large print), [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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This is the exclusive biography of Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years, as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues the author has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers,...

5) Steve Jobs: the man who thought different : a biography

Author

Blumenthal, Karen

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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2012	1st ed.	Feiwel and Friends	310 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.	English	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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Sunflower eLibrary	Unabridged	Macmillan Audio	English	Checked Out 1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.	More Info Place Hold Sunflower eLibrary Preview Part 1

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Traces the inspiring life and career of the late founder of Apple, covering topics ranging from his struggles as an adopted child and a college dropout to his Buddhist faith and friendship with Steve Wozniak, in a portrait framed around his inspirational Stanford University commencement speech.

6) Iacocca: an autobiography

Author

Iacocca, Lee A

Language

English

Publication Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Description	Availability
1986, c1984	1st Bantam paperback ed.	Bantam Books	xvii, 365 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold
c1984		Bantam Books	xv, 352 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold
1985, c1984		G.K. Hall	xv, 579 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

7) Sam Walton, made in America: my story

Author

Walton, Sam

Publisher

Doubleday

Pub. Date

1992

Language

English

Edition	Physical Description	Availability
1st ed.	xiii, 269 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold
Large type ed.	524 p. : illus.	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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NYT - Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction
NYT - Hardcover Business Books

The author relates his story sharing a perspective on the elements of his success revealing the inspiration, heart and optimism that propelled him.

8) The Duck Commander family: how faith, family, and ducks created a dynasty

Author

Robertson, Willie

Publisher

Howard Books

Pub. Date

2012

Language

English

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2012	1st Howard books hardcover ed.	Howard Books	261 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm	English	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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Presents a behind-the-scenes look at the Robertson family, documenting the teenage romance and marriage of Willie and Korie Robertson, their success as a multi-million dollar hunting equipment business, and their rise to stardom on reality television.

9) Sam Walton: the inside story of America's richest man

Author

Trimble, Vance H

Publisher

Penguin

Pub. Date

c1990

Language

English

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Description

The from rags to riches life of the founder of Wal-Mart.

10) When you care enough

Author

Hall, Joyce C

Publisher

Hallmark

Language

English

Publication Date	Physical Description	Availability
c1979	xv, 269 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold
c1992	xv, 234 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

11) Hughes, the private diaries, memos and letters: the definitive biography of the first American billionaire

Author

Hack, Richard

Language

English

Publication Date	Publisher	Physical Description	Availability
2001	New Millennium Press	xii, 444 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold
2002	Thorndike Press	816 p. cm.	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

12) Living with a SEAL: 31 days training with the toughest man on the planet

Author

Itzler, Jesse

Publisher

Center Street

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

Publication Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
2015.	First edition.	Center Street	xiii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.	English	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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Entrepreneur and one-time rapper (under the name Jesse Jaymes) Jesse Itzler's life is bold and risky by design, which in turn has brought him plenty of rewards. Feeling that his life has begun to run on autopilot, Itzler hires a Navy SEAL to live with and train him for a month, and what ensues is both hilarious and inspirational.

13) The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

Author

Mezrich, Ben

Language

English

Formats

Book, CD

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20090701	Doubleday Books	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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�2009	Random House Audio	6 audio discs (7 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.	English	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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Mezrich tells the story of how Eduardo Saverine and Mark Zuckerberg--Harvard undergraduates and social misfits--created the popular social networking site Facebook. After nearly getting expelled and crashing the university's servers by trying to create a database of the university's female population Mark discovered the basis for a social networking site. Together the two friends created Facebook. But things can only be so good for so long and soon...

14) Hammer

Author

Hammer, Armand, 1897

Publisher

Putnam

Pub. Date

c1987

Language

English

Publication Date	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
c1987	Putnam	544 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.	English	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

15) Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft

Author

Allen, Paul

Publisher

Portfolio/Penguin

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

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2011	Portfolio/Penguin	viii, 358 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.	English	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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In this long-awaited memoir, Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, explains how he has solved problems, what he's learned from his many endeavors--both the triumphs and the failures--and his compelling vision for the future.

16) Mr. Selfridge Season 3

Publisher

Pbs

Pub. Date

2015

Language

English

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2015	Widescreen ed.	Pbs	3 videodiscs (approximately 450 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.	English	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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It's 1919, WWI has just ended, and Harry Selfridge is struggling with loss. After the death of his beloved Rose, he is making costly business mistakes. His empire is weakened, and he is vulnerable to his old enemy Lord Loxley.

17) George Pullman; young sleeping car builder

Author

Myers, Elisabeth P

Publisher

Bobbs-Merrill

Pub. Date

[1963]

Language

English

Publication Date	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
[1963]	Bobbs-Merrill	200 p. col. illus. 20 cm.	English	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Description

Emphasizes the boyhood of this railroad car designer, including the experience which started his thinking about better places to sleep.

18) Shoe dog: a memoir by the creator of Nike

Author

Knight, Philip H

Language

English

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NYT - Sports and Fitness

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2016.	First Scribner hardcover edition.	Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc	386 pages ; 24 cm	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold
2019.	Young readers edition.	Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers	273 pages ; 21 cm	On Shelf Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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