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American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

by Bryce G. Hoffman

THE INSIDE STORY OF THE EPIC TURNAROUND OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CEO ALAN MULALLY.

At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry...

Driven to Succeed: How Frank Hasenfratz Grew Linamar from Guelph to Global

by Rod McQueen & Susan M. Papp

Hungarian-born Frank Hasenfratz fled his native land in 1956 after the revolution to free his nation from Soviet domination failed. He eventually settled in Guelph, Ontario, where he founded Linamar, now the...

Managing Careers at Michelin

by Daniel BOULANGER & Alan DUKE

 At a time of increasing debate over the advantages of careers in big companies, here is a view from the inside of what takes place at Michelin. This legendary company, renowned throughout the world but still...

Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business

by Bob Lutz

"One of the most acute books about management and how com­panies work in practice that I have read in a long time. If anyone wants to know exactly how the U.S. auto industry got into trou­ble, here is your...

Cheating the Dealer: CLASSIFIED: Author Reveals the Top Secrets to Saving Thousands On Your Car Repair

by Steven E Shaw

Cheating the Dealer is Steven Shaw's way of informing consumers of the real dealership world.  Customers will finally be armed with the knowledge and tools to ensure a winning experience at the dealership. ...

Overhaul: An Insider's Account of the Obama Administration's Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry

by Steven Rattner

The inside story of how the Obama administration masterminded the rescue of the U.S. auto industry   

The Selling of the American Economy: How Foreign Companies Are Remaking the American Dream

by Micheline Maynard

Today, many Americans regard globalization as a significant threat to our work force, and to our very way of life. As unemployment soars, the American automotive and manufacturing industries crumble, countless...

The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century

by Steven Watts

How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but never before has Henry Ford’s outsized genius been brought to life so vividly as it is in this engaging and superbly...

Shift: Inside Nissan's Historic Revival

by Carlos Ghosn

In Shift, Carlos Ghosn, the brilliant, audacious, and widely admired CEO of Nissan, recounts how he took the reins of the nearly bankrupt Japanese automotive company and achieved one of the most remarkable turnarounds...

ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future

by Vijay Vaitheeswaran & Iain Carson

"Zoom goes zero to sixty in nothing flat. It's an exciting ride into the future of the world's favorite physical object, the automobile."

-Gregg Easterbrook, author of THE PROGRESS PARADOX

"Zoom offers a new way...