One Giant Leap
- 512 stránok
- 18 hodin čítania
The New York Times bestselling story of the trailblazers and ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic Apollo 11 moon mission.
Charles Fishman Knihy
Charles Fishman sa vo svojej novinárskej práci zameriava na preniknutie do organizácií a odhalenie ich fungovania. Jeho skúmanie vody pre knihu The Big Thirst ho zaviedlo na neobvyklé miesta, od odpadových nádrží po pramene minerálnych vôd, a dokonca mu umožnilo zažiť život v odľahlých komunitách. Fishman je známy svojim prenikavým pohľadom na fungovanie veľkých korporácií, ako ukázal vo svojom bestselleri The Wal-Mart Effect, ktorý sa stal kľúčovým dielom pre pochopenie vplyvu tejto spoločnosti. Jeho štýl sa vyznačuje hlbokým vhľadom do tém, ktoré formujú náš svet, a dokáže čitateľa vtiahnuť do komplexných tém prostredníctvom živých opisov a investigatívneho prístupu.
"Published in 2019 by arrangement with Simon & Schuster"--Copyright page.
The Big Thirst
- 388 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
An examination of the passing of the golden age of water and the shocking facts about how water scarcity will soon be a major factor in our lives.
Wal-Mart is not just the world's largest company--it is the largest company in the history of the world. It is estimated that the company's low prices save American consumers $10 billion a year--but the #1 employer in 37 states has never let a union in the door. Though 70% of Americans now live within a 15-minute drive of a Wal-Mart, we have not even begun to understand the true power of the company. We know about the lawsuits and the labour protests, but what we don't know is how profoundly the "Wal-Mart effect" is changing our America's economy, our workforce, our communities, and our environment. Journalist Fishman takes us on a behind-the-scenes investigative expedition, interviewing 25 high-level ex-executives and a host of Wal-Mart's suppliers, and journeying to the ports and factories where Wal-Mart's power is warping the very structure of the world's market.--From publisher description
Wal-Mart is not just the world's largest company--it is the largest company in the history of the world. It is estimated that the company's low prices save American consumers $10 billion a year--but the #1 employer in 37 states has never let a union in the door. Though 70% of Americans now live within a 15-minute drive of a Wal-Mart, we have not even begun to understand the true power of the company. We know about the lawsuits and the labour protests, but what we don't know is how profoundly the "Wal-Mart effect" is changing our America's economy, our workforce, our communities, and our environment. Journalist Fishman takes us on a behind-the-scenes investigative expedition, interviewing 25 high-level ex-executives and a host of Wal-Mart's suppliers, and journeying to the ports and factories where Wal-Mart's power is warping the very structure of the world's market.--From publisher description
"Highly readable, incisive, precise, and even elegant." —San Francisco Chronicle "Insightful." —BusinessWeek Wal-Mart isn’t just the world’s biggest company, it is probably the world’s most written-about. But no book until this one has managed to penetrate its wall of silence or go beyond the usual polemics to analyze its actual effects on its customers, workers, and suppliers. Drawing on unprecedented interviews with former Wal-Mart executives and a wealth of staggering data (e.g., Americans spend $36 million an hour at Wal-Mart stores, and in 2004 its growth alone was bigger than the total revenue of 469 of the Fortune 500), The Wal-Mart Effect is an intimate look at a business that is dramatically reshaping our lives.
Brian Grazer knows the one thing that can instantly connect you with anyone: Curiosity. A Curious mind offers a brilliantly entertaining and inspiring account of how his courage and enthusiasm for talking with complete strangers have been the secret of his success as a leading Hollywood producer.
In this specially-combined edition with a new foreword, Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer and acclaimed author Charles Fishman blend their insights from the bestselling books A CURIOUS MIND and FACE TO FACE to transform the art of connecting with and through curiosity.
Wal-Mart otoczył się niedostępnym murem tajemnicy, a firmy, z kt�rymi robi interesy, zobowiązał do milczenia, więc zdumiewająco mało wiemy o tym, jak właściwie działa sp�łka i jaki ma wpływ na nasze życie. Charles Fishman, uznany dziennikarz, znawca tematyki gospodarczej, przekroczył krąg dyskrecji otaczający Wal-Mart. Dotarł do grupy byłych pracownik�w korporacji, zajmujących w niej kierownicze stanowiska, a także rozmawiał z dyrektorami wiodących w swoich branżach sp�łek, będących dostawcami Wal-Martu. Odkrył fascynującą, niespodziewaną i niebywałą historię o efekcie Wal-Martu. Zabiera nas na bezprecedensową wyprawę w głąb zakulisowego świata Wal-Martu i ujawnia opinii publicznej ukrytą naturę i nadzwyczajny zasięg potęgi sp�łki.
