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If you have already selected a subject, search URSUS for biographies using either a subject or keyword search.

  • A subject search should be entered with Last Name, First Name (e.g., Roddick, Anita).

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  • A keyword search will search for all instances of your term, anywhere in the record (author, title, subject, publisher, description, etc).  So, you may get results that only briefly mention your subject.  However, this can be a good way to expand your search.

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Following are a few selected titles.  Remember that these can be checked out, so look at URSUS first to see if they are listed as "available".

  • The accidental zillionaire: demystifying Paul Allen - HC102.5.A49 R53 2003
  • Andy Grove: the life and times of an American - HD9696.S44 T588 2006
  • aol.com: how Steve Case beat Bill Gates, nailed the netheads, and made millions in the war for the web - HE7583.U6 S85 1998

  • Bad boy Ballmer: the man who rules Microsoft - HD9696.63.U62 B355 2002

  • Beyond the Model T: the other ventures of Henry Ford - HD9710.U52 F6627 1997

  • Behind the wheel at Chrysler: the Iacocca legacy - HD9710.U54 C469 1995

  • Ben & Jerry's double-dip: lead with your values and make money, too - HD9281.U54 B463 1997

  • A big life in advertising - HF5810.L34 A3 2002

  • The billion dollar BET: Robert Johnson and the inside story of Black Entertainment Television (HE8700.8 .P85 2004)

  • A biography of the "boss": Robert Winship Woodruff - HD9349.S634 C629 1979

  • Built from scratch : how a couple of regular guys grew the Home Depot from nothing to $30 billion - HD9999.D622 M375 2000

  • Cable cowboy: John Malone and the rise of the modern cable business - HE8700.72.U6 R63 2002

  • The cell game: Sam Waksal's fast money and false promises--and the fate of ImClone's cancer drug (HD9675.A672 W35 2004)

  • Chairman of the board: a biography of Carl A. Gerstacker - HD9651.95 .B73 2003

  • Character counts: the creation and building of The Vanguard Group - HG4530 .B64 2002

  • The Charlton story: Earle Perry Charlton, 1863-1930 : one of the five founders of the F.W. Woolworth Company - HF5465.U62 C48 2001

  • Dossier: the secret history of Armand Hammer - HC102.5.H35 E67 1996

  • Everyone else must fail: the unvarnished truth about Oracle and Larry Ellison - HD9696.63.U64 O728 2003

  • An eye for winners: how I built one of America's greatest direct-mail businesses (Vernon, Lillian) - HF5466 .V367 1996 

  • Fallen giant : the amazing story of Hank Greenberg and the history of AIG - HC102.5.G717 S54 2006

  • Fools rush in: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the unmaking of AOL Time Warner (HE7583.U6 M66 2004)

  • Geeks & geezers: how era, values, and defining moments shape leaders - HD57.7 .B4578 2002

  • Giants of enterprise: seven business innovators and the empires they built - HC102.5.A2 T43 2001

  • Hard drive: Bill Gates and the making of the Microsoft empire - HD9696.C62 G3378 1992

  • Henry J. Heinz: a biography - CT275.H5 .M3 1936            

  • Her dream of dreams: the rise and triumph of Madam C.J. Walker - HD9970.5.C672 W3558 2003

  • iCon: Steve Jobs, the greatest second act in the history of business - QA76.2.J63 Y677 2005

  • In Sam we trust: the untold story of Sam Walton and how Wal-Mart is devouring America - HF5429.215.U6 O78 1998

  • Jack: straight from the gut (Jack Welch) - HD9697.A3 U582 2001

  • Joseph P. Kennedy: the mogul, the mob, the statesman, and the making of an American myth - E748.K376 S39 2003

  • Julius Rosenwald : the man who built Sears, Roebuck and advanced the cause of Black education in the American South - HC102.5.R58 A83 2006

  • The life and legend of Jay Gould - HC102.5.G68 K55 1986

  • Longaberger: an American success story - TS910 .L66 2001

  • Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way (Richard Branson) - HC252.5.B73 B73 1998

  • Lumber and politics: the career of Mark E. Reed - HD9757.W2 F52

  • Magna cum laude: how Frank Stronach became Canada's best-paid man - HC112.5.S77 L55 2006

  • Making good: the inspiring story of a serial entrepreneur, maverick and restaurateur - TX910.5 .A439 2006 

  • Making people's music: Moe Asch and Folkways records - ML429.A83 G65 1998

  • Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture - GV1469.15 .K87 2003

  • Martha Inc.: the incredible story of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia - TX140.S74 B97 2002

  • Martha Matilda Harper and the American dream: how one woman changed the face of modern business - HD9999.B253 U56 2000

  • The maverick and his machine: Thomas Watson, Sr., and the making of IBM - HD9696.2.U62 W386 2003

  • The millionaire dropout - HF5391 .E26

  • On her own ground: the life and times of Madam C.J. Walker - HD9970.5.C672 W3533 2001

  • On our own terms: portraits of women business leaders - HD6054.4.U6 E56 1995

  • The Oracle of Oracle: the story of volatile CEO Larry Ellison and the strategies behind his company's phenomenal success - HD9696.63.U62 E447 2002

  • Out of his head, the sound of Phil Spector - ML429 S64 W5

  • Palace car prince: a biography of George Mortimer Pullman - HE2754.P85 L49 1992

  • The people's tycoon: Henry Ford and the American century - HD9710.U52 F6684 2005

  • Perfect enough: Carly Fiorina and the reinvention of Hewlett-Packard (HD9696.A3 U5144 2003)

  • Pour your heart into it: how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time - HD9199.U5 .S34 1997

  • Prince of the magic kingdom: Michael Eisner and the re-making of Disney - PN1999.W27 F5 1991

  • R. E. Olds, auto industry pioneer - HD9710.U52 O435

  • Random excess: the wild ride of Michael Cowpland and Corel - HD9696.63.C22 C695 1998

  • Robber baron: the life of Charles Tyson Yerkes - HG172.Y47 F73 2006

  • Sharing the wealth: my story (Alex Spanos) - GV939.S639 A3 2002

  • Sloan rules: Alfred P. Sloan and the Triumph of General Motors (HD9710.U52 S494 2002)

  • Soros: the life and times of a Messianic billionaire - HG172.S63 K38 2002

  • A sportsman's life: how I built Orvis by mixing business and sport - HD9489.T332 P476 2002

  • Steinbrenner! - GV865.S79 S3 1982

  • Swimming across: a memoir - TK7807.G76 A3 2001

  • A very public offering: a rebel's story of business excess, success, and reckoning (Stephan Paternot) - HD9696.8.U64 T487 2001 

  • The Wal-Mart decade: how a generation of leaders turned Sam Walton's legacy into the world's #1 company - HF5465.U64 W357 2003

  • War paint: Madame Helena Rubinstein and Miss Elizabeth Arden : their lives, their times, their rivalry - HD9970.5.C672 R859 2003

  • The Watson dynasty: the fiery reign and troubled legacy of IBM's founding father and son - HD9696.2.U64 I258 2003

  • Who says elephants can't dance?: inside IBM's historic turnaround - HD9696.2.U64 I2545 2002

  • Work in progress (Michael Eisner) - PN1999.W27 E58 1998


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