Biography & Autobiography, Business
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From Baghdad to Toronto
A Journey of Values by Yahya Abbas
In our increasingly globalized, interconnected, and therefore volatile world, how can we expect to find success in business? Faced with the precarity of our current economic situation, what can we fall back on in our pursuit of a meaningful and...
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Beyond the Billows
A life of an engineer who lived and acted in three countries by Yutaka (Jeff) Adachi
Born in 1933 in Fukuoka, Japan, Yutaka was a just a boy when WWII began. National turmoil was joined by personal turmoil when he and his brothers lost their parents, and along with them, their home. So began the first of Yutaka’s many moves,...
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Beyond Elon
The Next Great EV and Living Past 200 by Jerry Kroll
Can you imagine having your great-great grandparents over for lunch after enjoying a morning run together, sharing sandwiches and tea while gleaning the wisdom of their lived centuries? Or perhaps throwing a ball around with your children’s...
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Bob Collymore
A Short Impactful Life (?) by Washington M. Osiro
This book is as much about Robert William Collymore, the man many Kenyans fell in love with, as it is about a Kenyan society that seemingly saw only what was good about him. “Bob Collymore: A Short Impactful Life(?)” is the dichotomy between the...
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Retired/Rewired! Not Expired!
by Joel Cadesky
Joel Cadesky knew he was expected to live by the strong work ethics of integrity and service that were modelled for him by his family and community. He brought these strengths with him when he left his secure teaching position of nine years to...
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My Part Time Life
How My Long List of Jobs Helped Me Grow A Six Figure Business in 365 Days by Erica Marchand
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE to shift your own narrative and start that business you’ve always dreamed about! Take it from Erica Marchand – she took the long road to entrepreneurship, working at over twenty jobs before starting Bear+Fox Apparel, a...
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Firstborn
The Life of Luis Fred Kennedy 1908-1982 by Fred W. Kennedy
Firstborn, which celebrates the legacy of Luis Fred Kennedy, his family and business, is a narrative that takes on a character of its own, larger than life. At the age of twenty one, after the sudden death of his father in 1930, Luis Fred became...
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Go With Me on This
by Troy 'Stevens' Schaab
Growing up in rural Saskatchewan, Troy Schaab’s life focused on hockey and the farm—though his true love was music. Spending the last two years of high school in North Battleford to play hockey, he soon realized that his dream of becoming a heavy...
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After 60 and On the Edge Like Indiana Jones
Amazing Experiences Through Volunteering and Travel by David Thomas Smith
The Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO-SACO) is a volunteer organization that utilizes Canadian business professionals to help developing nations in capacities related to their domestic business expertise. After more than three decades...
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Wash Behind Your Ears, Billy
The Greatest Story Ever Told About Me by Me by Charles W. (Bill) Cox
Have you ever fantasized about pursuing a new career? Do you feel that a career change would be impossible given your personal responsibilities? Author Bill Cox has done it numerous times. Wash Behind Your Ears, Billy: The Greatest Story Ever...
