Andrew Carnegie

In this vivifying omnibus, historian and popular voice of esoteric spirituality Mitch Horowitz abridges and introduces more than twenty world classics of inspiration, motivation, and successful living.

Andrew Carnegie, an immigrant from Dunfermline, Scotland with only a grammar-school education, amassed a fortune in the steel industry the 1800’s to become the richest American in history....

Andrew Carnegie was an immigrant, a poor boy who worked in a cotton mill, a man who amassed a great fortune as a steel baron and then became one of the most generous and influential philanthropists the world has ever known....

His good friend Mark Twain dubbed him "St. Andrew." British Prime Minister William Gladstone called him an "example" for the wealthy....

A leading industrialist of the 19th and 20th centuries, Andrew Carnegie was one of America's most successful and generous businessmen. The autobiography tells of his rise to power, from humble beginnings in Scotland to controlling the biggest steel empire in the history of the US....

Andrew Carnegie was one of the richest men in the country. Known to be generous, he spent a great deal of his fortune investing in organizations that advanced social progress....

This autobiography combo features the lives, achievements, and reflections on life from two of the wealthiest men of all time, John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie, all in their own words....

Self-help books serve as a vast storehouse of inspiration, motivation, and how to use common sense to achieve one’s goals. Many of these are written by life coaches, psychologists, ministers, or other successful people who wish to share their recipe for success....

Round the world offers not only a glimpse into the cultures throughout the world, but a step back in time to 1878. A time when gold was money, national debts were small, governments were small, many governments were aristocratic, and war had left America looking for world peace.

What is the proper mode of administering great wealth? It is to address this question that steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie's famous essay "Wealth", or...

A controversial figure in his time, Andrew Carnegie was seen as a self-made man who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the wealthiest individuals of his era. However, others viewed him as an exploitative figure....

First published in 1889, in Wealth, commonly known as The Gospel of Wealth, Scottish American business magnate, industrialist, and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie discusses the responsibilities and obligation all people of wealth have, particularly in terms of philanthropy....

Along with historical narration, hear rare recordings of some of the most iconic people in history....

Andrew Carnegie n'était pas uniquement un homme d'affaires ingénieux. Il était aussi un milliardaire philanthrope, et comme si cela ne suffisait pas...

"Kein stolzer, sich selbst achtender Mann kann jemals glücklich oder auch nur zufrieden sein, wenn er für seine notdürftigen Bedürfnisse von anderen...

"Wenn die Leute also mehr Geld für den Wertumlauf verlangen – das will sagen: eine größere Menge des Artikels, den sie für den Austausch aller anderen...

"Strebe nach dem Höchsten; betritt niemals einen öffentlichen Ausschank; trinke keine Spirituosen oder höchstens bloß zu den Mahlzeiten; spekuliere...

"Auf Grund einer nicht unbeträchtlichen Erfahrung stelle ich hier fest: der Kapitalist kennt die Rechte und Ansprüche des Arbeiters nicht, und der Arbeiter...

"Der Mann, der in Reichtum stirbt, stirbt in Schande!" In der Tat, das sagte Andrew Carnegie (1835 – 1919), seinerzeit drittreichster Amerikaner nach...

Andrew Carnegie, à la fois, l’un des plus grands entrepreneurs de l’histoire et l’un des plus grands philanthropes, nous partage ici ses meilleures leçons de vie, dans tous de multiples domaines, à la fois personnels et sur le monde des affaires....