Описание: Lucy Holcombe Pickens was not content to live the life of a 19th-century Southern belle. Wife of Francis Wilkinson Pickens, the governor of South Carolina on the eve of Civil war, Lucy was determined to make her mark on the world. This work offers an initmate portrait of the great lady.
Описание: It's Never Too Late to Top Your Personal Best. Both a riveting account of a life spent pulling off improbable triumphs and a report back from the front of the global-energy and natural-resource wars, The First Billion Is the Hardest tells the story of the remarkable late-life comeback that brought the famed oilman and maverick back from bankruptcy and clinical depression. Along the way, the man often called the "Oracle of Oil" shares the insights that have made him a legend-and describes the billion-dollar bets he is now making in hopes of securing America's energy independence. "Sassy...breezes along...salted with earthy aphorisms."--Bloomberg.com "Boone's analysis of America's energy situation is 100 percent on the money....The country should listen to him-now " --Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway "Self-deprecating and audacious...overall, it's decidedly informative about the machinations of business." -Dallas Morning News "A fascinating, eye-opening book by one of America's greatest iconoclasts and entrepreneurs. Boone Pickens' sense of daring and innovation has never been sharper."-Steve Forbes, president and CEO, Forbes Inc., and editor in chief of Forbes magazine
Автор: Castaneda Chrysta, Steffy Loren C. Название: The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens ISBN: 1734082208 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781734082203 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4821.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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T. Boone Pickens, legendary Texas oilman and infamous corporate raider from the 1980s, climbed the steps of the Reeves County courthouse in Pecos, Texas in early November 2016. He entered the solitary courtroom and settled into the witness stand for two days of testimony in what would be the final trial of his life.
Pickens, who was 88 by then, had made and lost billions over his long career, but he'd come to Pecos seeking justice from several other oil companies. He claimed they cut him out of what became the biggest oil play he'd ever invested in--in an oil-rich section of far West Texas that was primed for an unprecedented boom. After years of dealing with the media, shareholders and politicians, Pickens would need to win over a dozen West Texas jurors in one last battle.
To lead his legal fight, he chose an unlikely advocate--Chrysta Casta eda, a Dallas solo practitioner who had only recently returned to the practice of law after a hiatus borne of disillusionment with big firms. Pickens was a hardline Republican, while Casta eda had run for public office as a Democrat. But they shared an unwavering determination to win and formed a friendship that spanned their differences in age, politics, and gender.
In a town where frontier justice was once meted out by Judge Roy Bean--"The Law West of the Pecos"--Pickens would gird for one final courtroom showdown. Sitting through trial every day, he was determined to prevail, even at the cost of his health.
The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens is a high-stakes courtroom drama told through the eyes of Casta eda. It's the story of an American business legend still fighting in the twilight of his long career, and the lawyer determined to help him make one final stand for justice.
Автор: Pickens Название: Dr. John winglock Ng`s Southern Golden Snake Style ISBN: 1505891477 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781505891478 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3449.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
A thrilling account of a hundred years of sensational and sinister deeds that marked and shaped one southern town.
Crimes that captivated attention in the Charlotte area over the years run the gamut from missing people to the wrongly accused. This collection of headline stories features violent motorcycle gangs, crusading mothers, a fraudster who claimed a president was poisoned by his wife, a serial killer who broke all the rules and even a man who made Bigfoot. With a mystery novelist's ear for a good tale, Cathy Pickens presents more than a century of sensational sinister deeds that marked this diverse and dynamic city.
Автор: Theri Alyce Pickens Название: Black Madness :: Mad Blackness ISBN: 147800374X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781478003748 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 11907.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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In Black Madness :: Mad Blackness Therí Alyce Pickens rethinks the relationship between Blackness and disability, unsettling the common theorization that they are mutually constitutive. Pickens shows how Black speculative and science fiction authors such as Octavia Butler, Nalo Hopkinson, and Tananarive Due craft new worlds that reimagine the intersection of Blackness and madness. These creative writer-theorists formulate new parameters for thinking through Blackness and madness. Pickens considers Butler's Fledgling as an archive of Black madness that demonstrates how race and ability shape subjectivity while constructing the building blocks for antiracist and anti-ableist futures. She examines how Hopkinson's Midnight Robber theorizes mad Blackness and how Due's African Immortals series contests dominant definitions of the human. The theorizations of race and disability that emerge from these works, Pickens demonstrates, challenge the paradigms of subjectivity that white supremacy and ableism enforce, thereby pointing to the potential for new forms of radical politics.
Автор: Karen Pickens Betty Gossell and Название: Future Flights ISBN: 1643673963 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643673967 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2113.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Woodard Debbie Название: Between the Hills: Pickens Hollow ISBN: 1733552146 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781733552141 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4118.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Deborah Ledford Woodard's, Between the Hills, Pickens Hollow consist of vignettes of lives interwoven on a large working farm in Middle Tennessee. The journey unfolds between The Great Depression and Post World War II. Historical and geographical background and aspects are included. Heritage recipes are a bonus The beckoning Ledford home, as seen on the cover, circa 1800's, still exist. The stories, within these pages, relate many tales of life on the farm as seen through the eyes of the five Ledford daughters who grew up between those hills. Sit back and enjoy the adventure
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