Pour Your Heart Into It：How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time

图书标准信息

• 作者 Howard、Dori jones Yang 著
• 出版社 Hyperion
• 出版时间 1999-01
• ISBN 9780786883561
• 定价 121.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 368页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

FromtheauthorofTheChildren'sBlizzardcomesanepicstoryofthesacrificeandserviceofanimmigrantgeneration.WhentheUnitedStatesenteredWorldWarIin1917,one-thirdofthenation'spopulationhadbeenbornoverseasorhadaparentwhowasanimmigrant.AtthepeakofU.S.involvementinthewar,nearlyoneinfiveAmericansoldierswasforeign-born.Manyoftheseimmigrantsoldiers—mostofwhomhadbeendrafted—knewlittleofAmericaoutsideoftight-knitghettosandbackbreakinglabor.YetWorldWarIwouldchangetheirlivesandultimatelyreshapethenationitself.Italians,Jews,Poles,Norwegians,Slovaks,Russians,andIrishmenenteredthearmyasaliensandreturnedasAmericans,oftenasheroes.InTheLongWayHome,award-winningwriterDavidLaskintracesthelivesofadozenmen,elevenofwhomlefttheirchildhoodhomesinEurope,journeyedthroughEllisIsland,andstartedoverinastrangeland.Afterdetailingthedailyrealitiesofimmigrantlifeinthefactories,farms,mines,andcitiesofarapidlygrowingnation,Laskintellstheheartbreakingstoriesofhowthesemen—bothconscriptsandvolunteers—joinedthearmy,weresweptintotheordealofbootcamp,andenduredthemonthofhellthatendedthewarattheArgonne,wheretheytrulybecameAmericans.Thosewhosurvivedwereprofoundlyaltered—andtheirexperienceswouldshapethelivesoftheirfamiliesaswell.Epic,inspiring,andmasterfullywritten,TheLongWayHomeistheunforgettabletruestoryoftheGreatWar,theworlditremade,andthemenwhofoughtforacountrynotoftheirbirth,butwhichheldthehopeandopportunityofabetterwayoflife.

【作者简介】

HarperCollinsPublishersisoneoftheworld'sleadingEnglish-languagepublisherswithheadquartersinNewYork.ThecompanyispartofNewsAmericaPublishingGroup,adivisionofNewsCorporation.ThehouseofMarkTwain,theBronteSisters,Thackeray,Dickens,JohnF.Kennedy,MartinLutherKing,Jr.andMauriceSendak,HarperCollinswasfoundedinNewYorkCityin1817bythebrothersJamesandJohnHarper.Theworldwidebookgroup,whichwasformedfollowingNewsCorporation'sacquisitionoftheBritishpublisherWilliamCollinsinJanuary1990,hassignificantpublishinginterestsintheU.S.,Canada,theU.K.andAustralia.