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1	Skyscraper more books like this by Zane add to wishlist Most corporations hand out bonus checks for the holidays. Automobile manufacturer Wolfe Industries, on the other hand, passes out drama - and plenty of it. Zane's latest sizzler follows the sexual adventures of lust-struck employees through a carnival of corporate carnality. Anastasia spends her nights in the secret penthouse maintained by company ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.14! \| SVS
2	Redemption Song more books like this by Bertice Berry add to wishlist Two bookstore customers--Josephina and Ross--want to buy the same book, the store's only copy, and to solve the dilemma, the wise old proprietor, Miss Cozy, suggests that they take turns reading it aloud to each other. The book is the journal of a slave named Iona, and in the process of reading it aloud they discover not only its relevance to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	What You Owe Me more books like this by Bebe Moore Campbell add to wishlist In the late 1940s, two cleaning women at an L.A. hotel--one a black Texan, one a Holocaust survivor--become friends and devise a magic formula that turns black skin white. The saga of the product, their friendship, and what happens to both includes a new generation and stretches into the second half of the 20th century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Sexual Healing more books like this by Jill Nelson add to wishlist Two inventive African-American women devise a scheme for opening a brothel for women, where they can have involvement-free sex of any style with the studly men of their dreams. The "full-service spa" they eventually open (in Nevada, of course) is a huge success--mostly.... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Race and Entrepreneurial Success: Black-, Asian-, and White-Owned Businesses in the United States more books like this by Robert W Fairlie, Alicia M Robb add to wishlist Thirteen million people in the United States - roughly one in ten workers - own a business. And, yet, rates of business ownership among African Americans are much lower and have been so throughout the twentieth century. In addition, and perhaps more importantly, businesses owned by African Americans tend to have lower sales, fewer employees and ... see all copies from $10.33! new only from $27.21! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Black Enterprise Lessons from the Top: Success Strategies from America's Leading Black Ceos more books like this by Derek T Dingle add to wishlist This work presents compelling profiles of the men and women behind today's most successful black businesses. Every year, "Black Enterprise" magazine announces the B.E.100, its exclusive list of the nation's 100 top-grossing, black-owned businesses. Representing more than $14 billion in annual revenue, these companies represent a vibrant and often ... see all copies from $5.49! new only from $5.49! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Black Entrepreneurs in America: Stories of Struggle and Success more books like this by Michael D Woodard add to wishlist Beginning with a summary of 200 years of entrepreneurship among African Americans, then moving to in-depth interviews with contemporary entrepreneurs, Michael Woodard provides a personal and general record of entrepreneurial vitality in a market that is often hostile and exclusive. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.61! \| first editions
8	Confronting the Odds: African American Entrepreneurship in Cleveland, Ohio more books like this by Bessie House Soremekun, Bessie House Soremekun add to wishlist An interest in the history of African American entrepreneurship has produced a number of studies of economic development on the national level, but very few have examined this growth at the local level. Against All Odds was written to bridge that gap. Bessie House Soremekun provides a historical analysis of black entrepreneurship in Cleveland, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00!
9	Lynched by Corporate America: The Gripping True Story of How One African American Survived Doing Business with a Fortune 500 Giant more books like this by Herman Malone, Robert Schwab add to wishlist "Lynched by Corporate America" is a gripping true story of how one African American survived doing business with a Fortune 500 giant. This book illustrates what happens when one of the world's largest companies rules the courtroom with impunity while a judge in black robes sits on the bench giving his stamp of approval to what the justice system ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.47! \| signed copies
10	Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary more books like this by Michael E Lomax add to wishlist An account of the birth of black baseball and its dramatic passage from grass-roots venture to commercial enterprise. It assesses the impact of urbanization and migration, and applauds those innovators who forged black baseball into a parallel club that also appealed to whites. see all copies from $16.00! new only from $26.31!
11 view cover	Soul Food: Fifty-Two Principles for Black Entrepreneurial Success more books like this by Robert L Wallace add to wishlist Empowering and definitive advice for the growing legion of African American entrepreneurs. Based on fifty-two uplifting true stories told by black and minority business owners, Soul Food shares real-life accounts and lessons and offers principles and strategies that are invaluable for both emerging and experienced entrepreneurs. Packed with humor, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Understanding Organization Through Culture and Structure: Relational and Other Lessons from the African American Organization more books like this by Anne Maydan Nicotera, Marcia J Clinkscales, Felicia R Walker add to wishlist Understanding Organizations Through Culture and Structure offers a new view of organizations and the communication processes within them. Presenting original research conducted by the authors, this volume examines problems related to task and relational orientations as they relate to organizational structure and function within predominantly ... see all copies from $40.00! new only from $77.49!
13 view cover	Getting to the Next Level: A Continuing Story of Entrepreneurship: Business, Race and Our Common Goal to Be Competitive more books like this by Melvin J Gravely, II, PH.D. add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.76! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	A Piece of the Pie more books like this by Shelton P Rhodes, PhD, Peter Fretty add to wishlist In the early 1970s a special government program was created to help disadvantaged individuals succeed with their small businesses. Today the Small Business Administration's 8(a) business development program has helped many prosper in the world of small business. A Piece of the Pie profiles four success stories in the Washington, DC area and ... see all copies from $15.57! new only from $15.57! \| SVS
15 view cover	How to Be an Entrepreneur and Keep Your Sanity: The African-American Handbook & Guide to Owning, Building & Maintaining--Successfully--Your Own Small Business more books like this by Paula McCoy-Pinderhughes add to wishlist This guide is the ultimate tool for African Americans who really want to take charge of their lives. It gives step-by-step instructions on how to join the entrepreneur's winner's circle and has hundreds of resources as well as real-life biographies of some of America's leading African-American entrepreneurs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.79!
16 view cover	Leading Issues in Black Pol Eco (Ppr) more books like this by Thomas D Boston (Editor) add to wishlist This work brings together issues ranging from the employment, training and education of African Americans. It also emphasizes macro-economic concerns of business development with special emphasis on long-term trends of black-owned businesses. see all copies from $19.04! new only from $32.35!
17 view cover	The African American's Guide to Working from Home and Neighborhood more books like this by Sam King add to wishlist Entrepreneurship for ambitious African Americans has always been a survival strategy. Even racism, unemployment or discrimination from banks, couldn't hold them back. KNOWLEDGE + AMBITION = SUCCESS ! see all copies from $13.89! new only from $13.89! \| SVS
18 view cover	History of Black Business: The Coming of America's Largest Black-Owned Business more books like this by Martin K Hunt, Jacqueline E Hunt add to wishlist see all copies from $22.13! new only from $22.13!
19	Financing Black Economic Development more books like this by Timothy Mason Bates add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20	Black Entrepreneurship in America more books like this by Paul Pryde, Shelly Green add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
21 view cover	Black Enterprise Guide to Building Your Career more books like this by Cassandra Hayes add to wishlist An action plan for finding the right job and building the skills needed to do so This third guide in the Black Enterprise book series is a must--have guide for African Americans, whether they are just getting started in their careers or looking to take that critical next step on the route to success. This helpful guide features profiles of role ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.60! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Dare to Be a Successful Business Woman more books like this by Dr Alexandra (Illustrator), Florence Alexander add to wishlist see all copies from $4.35!
23 view cover	The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship: Volume 1, to 1865 more books like this by Juliet E K Walker add to wishlist Despite almost four centuries of black independent self-help enterprises, the agency of African Americans in attempting to forge their own economic liberation through business activities and entrepreneurship has remained noticeably absent from the historical record. Juliet Walker's award-winning "History of Black Business in America" is the only ... see all copies from $28.22! new only from $28.22! \| SVS
24 view cover	Encyclopedia of African American Business more books like this by Jessie Carney Smith (Editor) add to wishlist African Americans historically have played a role in shaping the economic development of their race and of the country, though only recently have they received recognition. Current representation of African Americans in some of corporate America's top positions and as owners of technology companies reflect current trends in society and is a step ... see all copies from $28.79! new only from $101.49! \| SVS
25 view cover	Knights of the Razor: Black Barbers in Slavery and Freedom more books like this by Douglas Walter Bristol add to wishlist Black barbers, reflected a freed slave who barbered in antebellum St. Louis, may have been 'the only men in their community who enjoyed, at all times, the privilege of free speech'. The reason, of course, lay in their temporary - but absolute - power over a client. With the flick of their wrist, 19th-century black barbers could have slit the ... see all copies from $28.25! new only from $28.25!

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