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|  | It's a Long Way from Penny Apples by Bill Cullen
Bill Cullen grew up poor in Dublin in the late 1940s, but he grew up to capitalize on the native business ability that he honed while working in his mother`s street stall. His memoir is full of Irish wisdom and good sense. AUTHOR: Bill Cullen
PUBLISHER: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | An American Story by Debra J. Dickerson
Born of black sharecropper parents, Dickerson, a journalist published in the New Republic, Salon, and other prestigious publications, led a life informed by the poverty of her upbringing. Here, she tells how she pulled ahead, surviving the self-loathing of her adolescent years, and fulfilling the promise of her family. AUTHOR: Debra J. Dickerson
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Two Years Before the Mast by Elaine Kirn, Ernesto R Cruz, Gene Engene, John N. Fago, Richard Henry Dana
On August 14, 1834, Richard Henry Dana, convalescing from an illness, set off for California from his Boston home--via a sailing ship. Using the journals he kept on the voyage, Dana created a classic re-creation of his experiences, both the highs and the lows, in what has long been considered a definitive look at the seaman's life in the 19th century. AUTHOR: Elaine Kirn, Ernesto R Cruz, Gene Engene, John N. Fago, Richard Henry Dana
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Jenrette by Richard Jenrette
During his 40-year career on Wall Street, Dick Jenrette did things differently. He co-founded the upstart firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and turned it into an international investment banking and securities powerhouse. As CEO of Equitable, he spurned business as usual tactics and revitalized the venerable but floundering insurer. Now Jenrette, famed as the Great Contrarian, offers his candid account of the lessons he learned and the unorthodox approaches he took in becoming a Wall Street legend. He shows how unconventional thinking can help anyone running a department, a division, or a company to overcome adversity, find success, and have fun in the process. Jenrette advises on how to: develop a contrarian business strategy...make deep cost cuts without destroying morale...and put together a top management team using highly unconventional but effective tools. He also pinpoints the single biggest cause of corporate failures...forecasts what the next big financial product will be...and predicts the need for more Contrarian Managers for the 90s and beyond. AUTHOR: Richard Jenrette
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Sins of the Son by Carlton Stowers
Description not available.The author of the Edgar Award-winning Careless Whispers presents his personal account of how his eldest son, Anson, was found guilty of murdering his ex-wife. Reprint. AUTHOR: Carlton Stowers
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | I Will Bear Witness by Victor Klemperer
The second volume of Victor Klemperer's diaries provides an extraordinary insider's account of life in Nazi Germany at the height of World War II. Klemperer was one of a handful of Jews to survive these years and avoid the concentration camps. AUTHOR: Victor Klemperer
PUBLISHER: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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