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Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition black-and-white photographic softcover wraps. Includes Praise for My Father's Business; Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Index and About the Authors. Illustrated with a section of both black-and-white and color photographic plates. "This classic story told through the eyes of my friend Cal Jr. is instructive in almost every area of life. I simply could not put it down. Must-read!" - Dave Ramsey, author and radio show host. "Longtime Dollar General CEO Cal Turner, Jr., shares his extraordinary life as heir to the company founded by his father, Cal Turner, Sr., and his grandfather, a dirt farmer turned Depression-era entrepreneur. Cal's narrative is at its heart a father-son story, from his childhood in Scottsville, Kentucky, where business and family were one, to the triumph of reaching the Fortune 300 - at the cost of risking that very father-son relationship. Chronicling three generations of a successful family with very different leadership styles, Cal Jr. shows how his grandfather turned a third-grade education into an asset for success, how his driven father hatched the game-changing dollar price point strategy and why it worked, and how he found his own leadership style when he took his place at the helm. Cal's story provides a riveting look at the family love and drama behind Dollar General's spectacular rise, pays homage to the working-class people whose no-frills needs helped determine its rock-bottom prices, and shares the life and lessons of one of America's most compelling business leaders." - from the rear outer cover. Crawford, Edward A. (cover design); Durham, Robert (author photograph) (illustrator).…

Zustand: Brand New. 624 pages. 5.08x1.61x7.80 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition dark gray boards, black spine, and orange spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by John Feinstein; Author Dedication; Introduction; Epilogue; Acknowledgments and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "What he did for golf in the monumental bestseller A Good Walk Spoiled and for Indiana college basketball in A Season on the Brink, John Feinstein now does for basketball in the NCAA's most fiercely competitive conference - the ACC. The Atlantic Coast Conference has always produced champions. Spectacular players including Michael Jordan, Grant Hill, Christian Laettner, David Thompson, and Kenny Anderson got their start there; the conference is home to legendary coaches like North Carolina's Dean Smith and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski; and at least one ACC team has competed in the Final Four in fourteen of the last seventeen years. The league has won a total of seven national titles. In A March to Madness, John Feinstein follows all nine ACC teams through the unforgettable 1996-97 season and illuminates the almost inconceivable pressures on coaches and players in the conference. It was a year in which Dean Smith broke Adolph Rupp's all-time record for coaching victories, superstar Tim Duncan and coach Dave Odom attempted to lead Wake Forest to its first Final Four in thirty-five years, Mike Krzyzewski tried to fall in love with coaching again, and Carolina fought its way into another Final Four after a dismal start. Behind those stories, A March to Madness brings to light the hidden world of college basketball - the bitter rivalries between coaches, the toll of competition on marriages and careers, the difficulties coaches have in dealing with NBA-bound players, and much more. With unparalleled access to the ACC's coaches and players, John Feinstein takes us onto the courts, into the locker rooms, even into the coaches' homes, and paints a living portrait of how college basketball is coached and played at the highest level. This is an unforgettable and moving book, full of the unerring knowledge of what drives great coaches that makes John Feinstein the most popular sportswriter at work today." - from the inner front jacket flap. "Feinstein is a masterly storyteller." - Washington Post. "What Feinstein does better than anyone else is to make you understand the complex mix of psychology, group dynamics, and political pressures that make athletes tick." - Kircus Reviews. Fulbrook, III, John (jacket design); Baptist, Bill (jacket photograph); Crawford, Robert (author photograph) (illustrator). …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 848 pages. 7.80x5.08x1.73 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing of the stated first U. S. edition, author's second novel. Signed by Peter Carey directly on the title-page. Binding slightly shook and light signs of wear else book in fine condition; dust jacket with soft creasing to spine ends, faint wear to corners, and light toning to flaps, else fine. Thomas Victor (Author photo); William Graef (Jacket design); Robert Crawford (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 240 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 234 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 198 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 9.29x6.50x0.83 inches. In Stock.

See the two men's entries in the Oxford DNB. Lurid claims of three-in-a-bed adulteries put a paid to Dilke's political ambitions (he had been touted as a future prime minister), and rendered him the butt of musical hall jokes. 16mo, 2pp. On bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged and folded once. 'Dear Bourke / If you are in the House at 2 o'clock to-day I propose to ask you when the Greek Papers which were promised yesterday in the House of Lords are likely to be distributed to members of the House of Commons / Yrs. very truly, / Charles W. Dilke / If you are not there I will ask Northcote' [i.e. Sir Stafford Northcote (1818-1887)]. …