|
|
- Call Me Ted
|
List Price: $34.98
Our Price: $25.54
Your Save: $ 9.44 ( 27% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Hachette Audio
|
Average Customer Rating:  
|
|
Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 384.555092
EAN: 9781600244209
Format: Abridged
ISBN: 1600244203
Label: Hachette Audio
Manufacturer: Hachette Audio
Number Of Items: 7
Publication Date: 2008-11-10
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Release Date: 2008-11-10
Studio: Hachette Audio
|
|
|
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
A shrewd businessman, an outspoken maverick, and a generous philanthropist, Ted Turner's story is the stuff of legend. But what drives him? Where did he get such a powerful will to succeed? What has he learned over his illustrious life? Never before has the controversial businessman shared his personal story. Here, for the first time, he will.
From his difficult and troubling childhood to his hard-partying college life, from his vision of CNN to the drama and turmoil of the AOL / Time Warner deal, and from his ownership of the Braves to his news-making philanthropy, Turner spares no details of his extraordinary career and provides fascinating businesses insights along the way - many of which are sure to surprise.
Turner will also reveal the never-before-told details of his personal life. He frankly discusses a childhood of loneliness (he was sent to boarding school at the tender age of 4), the impact of devastating loss (his sister died at 17 and his hard-charging father committed suicide when Ted was in his early 20s). Turner also goes into great detail about his marriages, including his marriage to Jane Fonda, the "love of my life."
It's been a helluva life. Ted Turner truly is the great American maverick of our time. His story will educate, enlighten, entertain, and inspire - for the first time, Turner will tell the public how he went from being a young billboard salesman in the South to being the largest private landowner in the country. The release of this long-awaited memoir will be a major media event, and Ted's captivating story promises to deliver on the hype.
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Quality of the content
Comment: The book was pretty good so far as listing his deeds and transactions
during his life. Other than that, it was really not very entertaining.
Considering his resorces to provide a good book, I was disapointed.
The good stuff was very brief and the details of a lot of his business
transactions where over done and very boring. However, with basically
only a high school education starting outl, it was a remarkable story
of overcoming this. He educated himself by hiring whatever expert he
needed in any deal he had and educated himself using them. In the end
he was able to compete with any of the Wall Street experts except at
the end. Then the street and sharp CEO's stole his thunder.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Well worth the $10
Comment: I just got the Kindle. This was the fourth book purchased. This was was a great read and well worth the money. It's not a how to get rich book or a belabored, everything about Ted book (and his family and his friends and his dogs and cats (Snowball...Buffett...TMI)). This book was short and sweet. Very readable.
I felt as if it was written in Ted's voice with his direct input. At times I laughed out loud at what a nut he was. At other times I felt sorry for him and what he went through. In all, however, you get a sense of his highs and lows. To me, that's what's you want in a biographical piece.
I highly recommend it. I don't read all that much but this book was enjoyable.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Great Book To Learn About Business
Comment: Call Me Ted
For anyone interested in business this is a good book to read. It tells how Ted struggled to get to where he is today and how you can't really gain anything if you are not willing to take big risks. A nice touch to the book are the "Ted Stories" because they give us another perspective of Ted.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Call Me Ted
Comment: I found this biography of Ted Turner interesting, but also, very informative. I learned a lot about how he started several tv channels, including CNN, TNT, TNN and Cartoon Network. I didn't previously know details of the Time-Warner merger/takeover. I have recommended this book to friends. Just so you'll now, I am not a member of the Ted Turner fan club. I'm a Republican.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Call Me Ted
Comment: I am about 2/3's through the book and find it very interesting. He is a driven man and he describes many of his decisions and why he did what he did. He is smart that he surrounds himself with intelligent and capable men. His successes are the result of hard work, picking the right men and seeing things through. A great manager and successful business man.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
