Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her - Rilegato

Gerber, Robin

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ISBN 10: 0061341312 ISBN 13: 9780061341311

Casa editrice: Harperbusiness, 2009

Riassunto

Draws on previously unavailable material to trace the parallel lives of the Barbie doll and its creator, Ruth Handler, discussing the latter's origins as a tenth child of Polish-Jewish immigrants and a competitive business pioneer who drew on the lessons of her fight with breast cancer to become a respected humanitarian and entrepreneur. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“This stirring biography is a fine study of success and resilience.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Gerber’s smoothly-written biography paints a fearless business woman as a devoted wife, a too-busy mother and a rock-‘em-sock-‘em executive.” (New York Post)

“Barbie and her creator, the sharp-elbowed gal who built the biggest toy company, have a story to tell.” (Time magazine)

L'autore:

Robin Gerber is the author of several books, she is also a lawyer and senior faculty for the Gallup Organization, and a senior fellow in Executive Education at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park. As a national commentator on women, leadership and politics, her opinion pieces appear frequently in national newspapers, and she writes one of the most popular columns for Reader's Digest, "You Be the Judge." She is a captivating keynote speaker on leadership development, using stories from the lives of Eleanor Roosevelt, Katharine Graham and other great leaders to illustrate leadership lessons. Her clients include Bank of America, IBM, Marriott, JP Morgan/Chase, the AARP, and many universities, girls' schools, nonprofits, and government agencies.

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• Editore: Harperbusiness
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061341312
• ISBN 13: 9780061341311
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 278