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|  | Black Diamonds! Black Gold! by Don Woodard
In a West Texas town called Thurber the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company grew rich digging coal, drilling oil and making bricks from the clay soil. The Texas Pacific Company as it was known at its beginning, was born in 1888 just seventy-five miles west of Fort Worth. Employing mostly immigrant workers in the coal mines, the company prospered and created a town eventually called Thurber. The company added a brick works in 1894. For several years Thurber rivaled Fort Worth as the largest population and cultural center for the region. The discovery of the famous Ranger oil fields in 1917 by the company`s general manager, W. K. Gordon, began not only a whole new chapter in the development and expansion of the company, but also in the growth of Texas. The company survived by both anticipating and adapting to the changing economy until its eventual sale in 1963. The latter part of the book offers an insider`s look into the post-World War II development of Fort Worth, including the political maneuverings of the last chairman of the company, H. B. Fuqua. Through photographs, newspaper articles, company archives, and oral recollections, the reader catches a glimpse of the life and times of the people and events that shaped the socioeconomic growth of the region from its beginnings, through wars, the Depression, and post-war booms. AUTHOR: Don Woodard
PUBLISHER: Texas Tech University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business 
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 | Siberia Bound by Alexander Blakely
Fresh out of college with a degree in economics, young Alexander Blakely is drawn to frozen, desolate Siberia by the promise of love and the idealistic urge to bring capitalism to the former Soviet Union. What he finds in the middle of a small town on the vast tundra of Siberia is an unexpected romance, an opportunistic Russian business partner and a new free-market system manipulated by the same people who drove the crumbling communist system into the ground. Blakely and his partner finagle their way into a fledgling distribution business and build a successful company, ultimately dealing in everything from condoms to cocoa beans. In his four years in Siberia, Blakely comes to adore the people and the place. But as success changes those around him, the lure of capitalism changes the Siberia he loved. Materialism and comfort--the very things he rejects at home but promotes abroad--arrive in Siberia, with profound and disturbing costs. Blakely?s story is one of coming of age, but it also dramatizes a clash of cultures and paints a haunting portrait of a fascinating and very specific time and place-Siberia just after the fall of communism. AUTHOR: Alexander Blakely
PUBLISHER: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Business Owner's Guide to Accounting & Bookkeeping by Bruce Welge, Don Oliver, Placencia, Oliver & Welge Staff
This primer takes the mystery and intimidation out of business accounting and bookkeeping. It shows a business owner how to understand, use and interpret financial statements; set up or restructure the business` books; use the One-Write System; quickly detect and correct errors; monitor the accounting tasks you delegate to others; understand how outsiders, such as banks, analyze your company; and determine when and how to switch to computerized accounting. Includes dozens of sample financial statements and rule-of-thumb formulas to help non-accountants easily comprehend and use: the balance sheet, the income statement, ratio analysis, budgeting, journals, the general ledger, payroll schedules, depreciation, bank reconciliation, internal controls, and accounting systems. By reviewing the financials of hypothetical small firms, readers will learn how to spot and correct potential problems before they become crises. AUTHOR: Bruce Welge, Don Oliver, Placencia, Oliver & Welge Staff
PUBLISHER: Entrepreneur Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | ASVAB
Description not available.A guide to the admission and placement test for the military reviews ten subjects and includes practice exams.
PUBLISHER: Peterson's
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Protect Your Estate by Renno L. Peterson, Robert A. Esperti
Description not available.Provides legal and tax advice on the newest changes in the tax laws, and offers techniques for keeping one's estate intact AUTHOR: Renno L. Peterson, Robert A. Esperti
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | The New Money Book of Personal Finance by Sheryl H. Tucker, Money Magazine Editors
Description not available.In an informative, easy-to-understand, and timely handbook, the world's leading personal finance magazine offers practical advice on a wide range of topics, such as selecting investments, planning for retirement, buying a home, saving for college, dealing with debt and credit, and more. Reprint. 18,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Sheryl H. Tucker, Money Magazine Editors
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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