Man with No Name; Turn Lemons into Lemonade
Lower Lake, CA: Aslan Publishing, 1994. First Edition [stated], Second Printing. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. 154, [6] pages. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Aloha Gary, "Be Positive!" W Amos 11-2-00. Thank You. Introduction. There are no Facts on the Future; No Matter Where You've Come From, You're Always Going Somewhere; Only Those Who See the Invisible Can do the Impossible; The Grass is Greenest Right Where You Are, If You Keep on Thinking What You've Always Thought, You'll Keep on Getting What You've Always Got; Failure is Someone Else's Opinion of the Outcome of a Situation; You Always Get as Many Second Chances as You Want; I Reached for the Sky But I Missed, So I Grabbed a Few Stars; Obstacles Are What You See When You Take Your Eyes Off Your Goal; The Truth Is Closer to the Gut Than to the Lips; You Can Call It Anything If You Think It Needs a Name; A Diamond Is Just a Piece of Coal Which Stuck to Its Cause; Power Is in Being, Not in Doing; If You Believe It, You Will Have It--Doubt Is Just Another Experience on the Path to Faith; Keep Your Eyes on Your Dreams; and The Proof of the Cookie Is All In the Eating. Includes Epilogue, as well as Uncle Nonames Hawaiian Lemonade Recipe. Wally Amos really knows how to turn lemons into lemonade, and can help you do the same. Things don't always work out exactly the way we want in life. Man with No Name is a must read if those occurrences ever happen in your life. Wallace "Wally" Amos, Jr. (born July 1, 1936) is an American TV personality, entrepreneur, and author from Tallahassee, Florida. He is the founder of the Famous Amos chocolate-chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della’s Cookies gourmet cookie brands, and he was the host of the adult reading program, Learn to Read. He showed his interest in cooking at a young age. It was from his aunt Della Bryant, who would bake cookies for him, that Amos later developed his chocolate chip cookie recipe. Amos improved on his aunt Della's recipe, which was already uncommon because it included several ingredients not generally associated with chocolate chip cookies. He got a job with the William Morris Agency. Eventually, he became the agency's first African American talent agent. He signed Simon & Garfunkel and headed the agency's rock 'n' roll department. Amos attracted clients by sending them chocolate chip cookies along with an invitation to visit him. He represented musicians such as Diana Ross & the Supremes, Sam Cooke, and Marvin Gaye.
In 1975, a friend suggested to Amos that he set up a store to sell his cookies, and in March of that year, the first Famous Amos cookie store opened in Los Angeles, California. He started the business with the help of a $25,000 loan from Marvin Gaye and Helen Reddy. The company began to expand, and eventually, Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies could be found on supermarket shelves across the United States. He became such a known figure culturally that he appeared as himself in the Taxi episode "Latka's Cookies", in 1981. Thanks in part to the success of his cookie company, he was hired to deliver speeches. He has written 10 books, many of which have a self-help theme, including The Cookie Never Crumbles and The Power in You. Due to financial troubles, Amos was forced to sell the Famous Amos Company, and because the name "Famous Amos" was trademarked by his former company, he had to use The Uncle Noname's Cookie Company as his new company's name. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Business, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Famous Amos, Trademark, Entrepreneur, Uncle Noname Cookie, Self-Help, Self-Improvement
ISBN: 0944031579
[Book #82454]
Price: $45.00