Best Rags To Riches Stories - April 2024

Good, Better, Best: The Rags-to-Riches Story of the Upscale Resale Queen

From the star of the Style Network’s Resale Royalty comes Good, Better, Best—the incredible rags-to-riches story of Sue McCarthy, the founder and owner of the Vault Luxury Resale, one of the country’s finest upscale resale boutiques. From her humble beginnings as a hungry, homeless child, Sue persevered to become one of Saint Louis’s most successful business people—the founder of a multimillion-dollar resale empire known around the world for its abundance of Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Prada, and other designer items. Good, Better, Best takes you behind-the-scenes of the world of l... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0692977759
• ASIN: 0692977759
• ISBN: 0692977759
• Manufacturer: Vault, The

An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

A Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestseller.Two-time Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel names An American Princess as one of her favorite books of the year: “light and gracefully written, it dances through a century of history…” (The Guardian)Born to a pioneering family in Upstate New York in the late 1800s, Allene Tew was beautiful, impetuous, and frustrated by the confines of her small hometown. At eighteen, she met Tod Hostetter at a local dance, having no idea that the mercurial charmer she would impulsively wed was heir to one of the wealthiest families in America. But whe... [Read More]

• ASIN: B073XJL13C
• ASIN: B073XJL13C
• Manufacturer: Amazon Crossing

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

The updated edition of the book that has changed millions of lives with its insights into the growth mindset. After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a g... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345472322
• ASIN: 0345472322
• ISBN: 9780345472328
• Brand: Ballantine Books
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

From Rag to Riches & Ruin: My Times at The Salt Lake Tribune, 1972-1998 & Beyond

For 150 years, The Salt Lake Tribune reported the news independently of the Mormon Church that dominates Utah politics and culture. O.N. Malmquist recorded the first part of that uneasy relationship in The First 100 Years: A History of The Salt Lake Tribune, 1871-1971. With a more relaxed approach, The Tribune’s first female education editor and editorial writer, Diane Cole, covers much of the next half century in From Rag to Riches & Ruin, My Times at The Salt Lake Tribune, 1972-1998 and Beyond. Cole’s critical, mischievous eye captures irreverent, often hard-drinking characters in the th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1728710308
• ASIN: 1728710308
• ISBN: 1728710308
• Manufacturer: Independently published

Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart   Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke. Today he is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University, of which the Dalai Lama is a founding benefactor. But back then his life was at a dead end until at twelve he wandered into a magic shop looking for a plastic thumb. Instead h... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00YBBKMHA
• ASIN: B00YBBKMHA
• Manufacturer: Avery

Transformed: A Navy SEAL's Unlikely Journey from the Throne of Africa, to the Streets of the Bronx, to Defying All Odds

What are the odds? Statistics tell us that African American males who grow up in a single-parent household are nine times more likely to drop out of high school and twenty times more likely to end up in prison than any other demographic. But what would it take for one young man not only to rise above those statistics but also become a Navy SEAL, actor, entrepreneur, writer, and successful husband and father?In Transformed, Remi Adeleke takes you back to stories from his childhood, from living as Nigerian royalty to losing his father early in life and being stripped financially of everything b... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0785219765
• ASIN: 0785219765
• ISBN: 0785219765
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

The Mindset: My Journey from Janitor to Silicon Valley Millionaire in Five Years

At the age of 22, Bowers was thrown the biggest curveball of his life. He was forced to choose which path he was going to take: continue the cycle of family poverty or break it. The Mindset is an inspirational memoir of Ace Bowers’ personal transformation from janitor to millionaire. Bowers began his journey uneducated, overweight, addicted to cigarettes, in debt, and depressed. Revealing the skeletons in his closet for the first time set the scene for how he got to the point of cleaning a motel for $6 an hour. Bowers’ detailed accounts of his turbulent and traumatizing childhood illustrat... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1732948100
• ASIN: 1732948100
• ISBN: 1732948100
• Manufacturer: Asa Bowers

Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life

New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Broke and "Shark" on ABC's hit show Shark Tank explores how grit, persistence, and good old-fashioned hard work are the backbone of every successful business and individual, and inspires readers to Rise & Grind their way the top.Daymond John knows what it means to push yourself hard--and he also knows how spectacularly a killer work ethic can pay off. As a young man, he founded a modest line of clothing on a $40 budget by hand-sewing hats between his shifts at Red Lobster. Today, his brand FUBU has over $6 billion in sales. Convenient though it... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0727T8WYZ
• ASIN: B0727T8WYZ
• Manufacturer: Currency

The Will to Win: Leading, Competing, Succeeding

In his bestselling business book Driven: How to Succeed in Business and in Life, Robert Herjavec, the former co-star of CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den and current co-star of TV’s Shark Tank, urged his readers to take risks, take control of their lives, and stay true to their own visions. Now, in this inspirational follow-up, Herjavec wants to push his readers even further towards greatness. Whether you are seeking to build the next big company in communications technology, to become the most respected teacher in your educational system, or to make a lasting impact as an artist in your field, the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1443409871
• ASIN: 1443409871
• ISBN: 1443409871
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers

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• ASIN: B01EN8WYBC
• ASIN: B01EN8WYBC

Expect to Win

Listen up! To those who succeed, success is no surprise. They plan to succeed. They expect to win! In the engaging style of a master teacher and storyteller, Monte Holm shares powerful and practical life lessons with his insightful and entertaining stories and anecdotes. Written from the perspective of a proven leader and financial expert, Expect to Win explains why you should never leave your life and future to chance. Monte has accomplished the inconceivable. He knows what it takes to go from being a young boy sleeping on a concrete floor of the family farmhouse to sitting on a supersonic Co... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0985287144
• ASIN: 0985287144
• ISBN: 0985287144
• Manufacturer: Cadbury Publishing

Undisputed Truth

Be sure to check out IRON AMBITION: My Life with Cus D’Amato by Mike Tyson“Raw, powerful and disturbing—a head-spinning take on Mr. Tyson's life.”—Wall Street Journal Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon—Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during his three decades in the public eye. Bullied as a boy in the toughest, poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn, Tyson grew up to become one of the most ferocious boxers of all time—and the youngest heavyweight champion ever. But his brilliance in the ring was often compromised by reckles... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00BC254I8
• ASIN: B00BC254I8
• Manufacturer: Plume

Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life

Filled with never-before-told stories, Forever and Ever Amen tells Randy Travis's story as only he can. From a working-class background in North Carolina to a job as a cook and club singer in Nashville to his "overnight success" with his smash 1986 album Storms of Life--which launched the neotraditional movement in country music--Randy’s first three decades are a true rags-to-riches story.But in 2009, this seemingly charmed life began a downward spiral. His marriage dissolved, he discovered that his finances had unraveled, and his struggles with anger led to alcohol abuse, public embarrassm... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1400207983
• ASIN: 1400207983
• ISBN: 1400207983
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

Love in the Afternoon (Hathaways Book 5)

• ASIN: B003Q6DGC4
• ASIN: B003Q6DGC4
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

Like many entrepreneurs, Ryan Blair had no formal business education. But he had great survival instincts, tenacity, and, above all, a "nothing to lose" mindset. His middle-class childhood ended abruptly when his abusive father succumbed to drug addiction and abandoned the family. Blair and his mother moved to a rough neighborhood, and soon he was in and out of juvenile detention, joining a gang just to survive. Then his mother fell in love with a successful entrepreneur who took Ryan under his wing. With his mentor's guidance, Blair started his first company, 24/7 Tech, at age twenty-one. He ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1591845998
• ASIN: 1591845998
• ISBN: 1591845998
• Brand: Portfolio
• Manufacturer: Portfolio

William Austin, the Creator of Peter Rug : Being a Biographical Sketch of William Austin, Together with the Best of His Short Stories

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important,

• UPC: 920295192

William Austin, the Creator of Peter Rug : Being a Biographical Sketch of William Austin, Together with the Best of His Short Stories

William Austin, the Creator of Peter Rug: Being a Biographical Sketch of William Austin, Together with the Best of His Short

• UPC: 504498871