Bøger af Michael Gross

A compelling call to action to focus on what connects us in nature to solve today's problems.

"You should know that You're P.A.I.D., even if your bank account doesn't agree. This is a mindset more than anything material. It is an approach to living your life every day. Once you get the mindset, then the money can come. See how Farrah Gray used that belief to become a self made millionaire by 14 - Chapter 2. You're P.A.I.D. once you realize that you already know and have what it takes to be successful and get to work doing it. You don't have to wait for an invitation or instructions to build your dreams. See how 25-year-old Jordi Muñoz developed a business now worth over $5 million in his small apartment while waiting to get his green card - Chapter 5. You have a chance to play a big part in the process of making miracles happen. Imagine a bright, successful future for yourself and your family, and then go get it. See how the dream of 9-year-old Amiya Alexander turned an old school bus into a rolling dance studio - Chapter 6. This book is for those looking to create businesses, build wealth, live their dreams, and leave a legacy. There's a world full of people younger than you proving it's possible right now. You can too."

A fascinating and comprehensive look into the life of American fashion legend Ralph Lauren, now with a new afterwordThere are at least two Ralph Laurens.To the public he's a gentle and modest, yet secure and purposeful man. Inside the walls of Polo Ralph Lauren, though, he was long seen by some as a narcissist, an insecure ditherer, and, at times, a rampaging tyrant.Michael Gross, author of the bestsellers Model, 740 Park, and House of Outrageous Fortune, lays bare the truths of this fashion emperor's rise, and reveals not only the secrets of his meteoric success in marketing our shared fantasies, but also the unknown personality behind the designer's chic façade.

“Michael Gross’s new book…packs [in] almost as many stories as there are apartments in the building. The Jackie Collins of real estate likes to map expressions of power, money and ego… Even more crammed with billionaires and their exploits than 740 Park” (Penelope Green, The New York Times).With two concierge-staffed lobbies, a walnut-lined library, a lavish screening room, a private sixty-seat restaurant offering residents room service, a health club complete with a seventy-foot swimming pool, penthouses that cost almost $100 million, and a tenant roster that’s a roll call of business page heroes and villains, Fifteen Central Park West is the most outrageously successful, insanely expensive, titanically tycoon-stuffed real estate development of the twenty-first century. In this “stunning” (CNN) and “deliciously detailed” (Booklist, starred review) New York Times bestseller, journalist Michael Gross turns his gimlet eye on the new-money wonderland that’s sprung up on the southwest rim of Central Park. Mixing an absorbing business epic with hilarious social comedy, Gross “takes another gossip-laden bite out of the upper crust” (Sam Roberts, The New York Times), which includes Denzel Washington, Sting, Norman Lear, top executives, and Russian and Chinese oligarchs, to name a few. And he recounts the legendary building’s inspired genesis, costly construction, and the flashy international lifestyle it has brought to a once benighted and socially déclassé Manhattan neighborhood. More than just an apartment building, 15CPW represents a massive paradigm shift in the lifestyle of New York’s rich and famous—and is a bellwether of the city’s changing social and financial landscape.

The definitive story of the international modeling business?and its evil twin, legalized flesh peddling?Model is a tale of beautiful women empowered and subjugated; of vast sums of money; of sex and drugs, obsession and tragic death; and of the most unholy combination in commerce: stunning young women and rich, lascivious men.Investigative journalist Michael Gross takes us into the private studios and hidden villas where models play and are preyed upon, and tears down modeling's carefully constructed façade of glamour to reveal the untold truths of an ugly trade.

There are at least two Ralph Laurens. To the public he's a gentle, modest, yet secure and purposeful man. Inside the walls of Polo Ralph Lauren, though, he's seen by some as a narcissist, an insecure ditherer, and, at times, a rampaging tyrant.Michael Gross, author of the bestseller Model, lays bare the truths of this fashion emperor's rise, and reveals not only the secrets of his stunning success in marketing our shared fantasies but also a darker side that's hidden behind the chic patrician façade.

A new and revealing examination of life on Earth-from the perspective of its hardiest inhabitants.

Die Gottesfrage ist sicher die wichtigste Herausforderung unserer Zeit. Sie lässt sich nicht theoretisch-spekulativ lösen, sondern erfährt eine Antwort nur durch das Erschließen ihrer praktischen Relevanz, nur durch das konkrete Tun.Dazu ermutigt diese Textsammlung. Sie regt an, wie Jakob mit dem Unfassbaren und Unbekannten zu ringen und IHN nicht loszulassen, wenn ER nicht Segen zurücklässt (vgl. Gen 32, 23-31). So wird der Weg in die Zukunft möglich, trotz neuer und beschwerlicher Herausforderungen.

Women have been the objects of scientific and ethical discussions about reproductive freedom and its control for over a century. In this book, women themselves raise critical questions about the ethics, the scientific nature, and the social context of these developments.

The new science and technology of the incredibly small-and what it means for our future.