The Snowball

Author: Alice Schroeder
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408807327
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 833

Book Description
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Prize 2008 The Snowball is the first and will be the only biography of the world's richest man, Warren Buffett, written with his full cooperation and collaboration. Combining a unique blend of "The Sage of Omaha's" business savvy, life story and philosophy, The Snowball is essential reading for anyone wishing to discover and replicate the secrets of his business and life success. Warren Buffett is arguably the world's greatest investor. Even as a child he was fascinated by the concept of risk and probability, setting up his first business at the age of six. In 1964 he bought struggling Massachusetts textile firm Berkshire Hathaway and grew it to be the 12th largest corporation in the US purely through the exercise of sound investing principles - a feat never equalled in the annals of business. Despite an estimated net worth of around US$62 billion, Buffett leads an intriguingly frugal life taking home a salary of only £50,000 a year. His only indulgence is a private jet, an extravagance he wryly acknowledges by calling it "The Indefensible". In 2006, he made the largest charitable donation on record, with most of it going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Snowball provides a comprehensive, richly detailed insight one of the world's most extraordinary and much loved public figures.

The Snow Ball

Author: Brigid Brophy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Snowball Fight!

Author: Jimmy Fallon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698165381
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Snow day! School’s closed! And somewhere out there, a snowball fight is waiting to happen! Comedian and future Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon brings the high action and high comedy of winter’s most riotous kid rite of passage to life in brisk, uproarious verse. Snow bunnies and Fallon fans of all ages will recognize the runny noses, snowball assaults, toboggan shields, and hand-me-down snowsuits that are essential ingredients of cold-weather fun.

The Snowball System

Author: Mo Bunnell
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610399595
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
Mo Bunnell's comprehensive system will help you win more clients, build stronger relationships, and bring in more business. If you're good at doing something, and you need to connect with paying clients in order to keep doing it, this book is for you. There are more of us out there than you might think -- from professionals like lawyers and consultants to big company account managers and freelancers of all stripes. And this book will teach you how to sell yourself without selling your soul. In The Snowball System, Mo Bunnell offers powerful and proven tools for business development. Whether you are gregarious or introverted, whether you are a part of a small startup or a massive multinational, Bunnell's science-based system is effective and efficient, and easily adapted into your day-to-day work. With The Snowball System, you will not only succeed at growing your business, you'll learn to enjoy doing the activities that drive that growth. You'll be happier, and so will your clients.

The Snowball Effect

Author: Deb Loughead
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554695368
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124

Book Description
Dylan and his friends snowball cars for entertainment on the weekend. When they don't get enough reaction from passing cars, they put rocks in the middle of their snowballs. Their first attack with the loaded snowballs causes a car crash. His friends flee, but Dylan goes to the scene of the accident to make sure the driver is okay. He runs off when he knows help is on the way. Dylan is sighted, and rather than being punished, he is lauded as a hero. As his lies pile up, so does the hype about his heroics, and along with it, Dylan's guilt. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

The Luckiest Snowball

Author: Elliot Kreloff
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823441059
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
"Help! I'm melting!" A boy rescues a snowball again and again in this funny story about a snowball that gets to see all four seasons. A boy makes a snowball and is about to throw it when he hears "Stop! . . . Let's do something else." So the boy and the snowball make a snow angel, build a snow fort, and make a snowman instead. The boy decides to take the snowball home. When the snowball starts to melt, the boy rescues it by putting it in the freezer, where the snowball meets some very nice frozen foods and a tray of ice cubes too. The snowball meets flowers and butterflies in spring, sea and sand in summer, and apples and colorful leaves in fall. With a bright, glittery cover and bold illustrations, The Luckiest Snowball is a great read-aloud to share. Children will enjoy shouting along with the snowball's refrain-- "Help! I'm melting!" There is back matter about the seasons and the three states of water. An ILA-CBC Children's Choice!

The Snowball

Author: Jennifer Armstrong
Publisher: Paw Prints
ISBN: 9781442015661
Category : Rhyme
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
With big, bold illustrations and large type, children will delight in this easy-to-read book about a giant snowball tumbling down a hill, picking up everything and everybody in its path. Simultaneous.

The Snow Ball

Author: Albert Ramsdell Gurney
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 9780822213185
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
THE STORY: Cooper Jones is a middle-aged realtor whose failing marriage and uninspiring job have left him prey to feelings of nostalgia. Over the objections of his wife, Liz, a pragmatic, no-nonsense advocate for the homeless, he is persuaded by hi

Snowball

Author: Sue Hendra
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593095936
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A curious little snowball makes a clumsy move on his walk down the hill and into town. What happens next? Just roll with it! Grab your winter gear and join Snowball on his journey into town. Just be careful you're not in his way when he starts to roll down the hill, or like an unsuspecting sheep, a string of sausages, and even an electric eel, you too will get picked up and packed into the giant snowball! This hilariously fun board book will have even the littlest readers bouncing along to an upbeat rhyme as Snowball bounces and rolls from page to page. Perfect for stay-at-home silly snow days or anytime a laugh is needed to get through the chilly winter season.

Snowball in a Blizzard

Author: Steven Hatch
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465098576
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 313

Book Description
There's a running joke among radiologists: finding a tumor in a mammogram is akin to finding a snowball in a blizzard. A bit of medical gallows humor, this simile illustrates the difficulties of finding signals (the snowball) against a background of noise (the blizzard). Doctors are faced with similar difficulties every day when sifting through piles of data from blood tests to X-rays to endless lists of patient symptoms. Diagnoses are often just educated guesses, and prognoses less certain still. There is a significant amount of uncertainty in the daily practice of medicine, resulting in confusion and potentially deadly complications. Dr. Steven Hatch argues that instead of ignoring this uncertainty, we should embrace it. By digging deeply into a number of rancorous controversies, from breast cancer screening to blood pressure management, Hatch shows us how medicine can fail-sometimes spectacularly-when patients and doctors alike place too much faith in modern medical technology. The key to good health might lie in the ability to recognize the hype created by so many medical reports, sense when to push a physician for more testing, or resist a physician's enthusiasm when unnecessary tests or treatments are being offered. Both humbling and empowering, Snowball in a Blizzard lays bare the inescapable murkiness that permeates the theory and practice of modern medicine. Essential reading for physicians and patients alike, this book shows how, by recognizing rather than denying that uncertainty, we can all make better health decisions.