"Hugh Colton was a ... country lawyer, in the tradition of Clarence Darrow, Abraham Lincoln, and Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson."--Introd., p. xv.

Gentleman of the Senate : Orrin Hatch, A Portrait of Character

Roderick, Lee

Probitas Press

The first full insider’s account of Viacom's meteoric rise to become the largest entertainment conglomerate in the world, this inspiring account of the life of Ralph Baruch can be read by those seeking to overcome their own personal and professional challenges or simply by those interested by a fullfilling human-interest story. As a teenager, Ralph faced the Pyrenees Mountains separating Nazi-controlled France from Spain as his family fled Hitler’s Europe for freedom; in his adult life he faced CBS, government bureaucrats, Hollywood stars and shysters, greedy outsiders coveting Viacom, and the loss of his wife and mother of four young daughters. Intimate and uninhibited, this autobiography also provides a revealing top-to-bottom tour of the television industry with anecdotes of the stars including Bill Cosby, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Raymond Burr, Ted Turner, and Mary Tyler Moore.

Television Tightrope: How I Escaped Hitler, Survived CBS, and Fathered Viacom

Baruch, Ralph

Humor & Entertainment

Probitas Pr

Issue-oriented and revealing, this biography of the senior U. S. senator from Utah, Orrin Hatch, shines a light on the recent years of the Senate’s leading consensus builder for conservative ways to solve national problems. From his opposition to President Obama's health care bill to his repeated sponsorship of constitutional amendments to balance the federal budget, Hatch seldom leaves questions on where he stands. The political life of one of the nation’s most visible and influential senators is explored, from his toe-to-toe confrontations with both Democrats and his own Republican colleagues on issues from tax cuts and labor-law reform to terrorism and the war in Afghanistan. Engrossing and informative, with more than 100 pages of photos, this is a detailed, honest look at one of the leading conservative voices in America today attempting to renew the country for tomorrow.

Courage: Orrin Hatch, Leading the Fight for Constitutional Rights (Thank You America Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

True Wealth: The Vision and Genius of Innovator James LeVoy Sorenson

Jim Sorenson was born into poverty to teenage parents. As a small boy in California he shelled walnuts and sold things door-to-door to help put food on his family's table. Hope time by a teacher who branded him "mentally retarded." Yet he died a billionaire, having risen to rare heights as an entrepreneur. Dyslexia made reading extremely difficult, but also planted in his mind the seeds of awesome abilities. He invented many medical instruments that today are standard equipment in hospitals around the world, and pioneered entire industries while launching some forty companies. Jim was an American original - eccentric and complex, who preached teamwork but was utterly incapable of being anything but the leader; insistent on his rules but indifferent to everyone else's. After co-founding one of the nation's first biotechnology companies, he left and began Sorenson Research. Jim coveted results, not resumes. He recruited a machinist and a sewing-machine repairman. Starting almost from scratch, the three invented ingenious medical devices, selling the company fifteen years later for $100 million. Real estate was the other pillar of Jim's wealth. He was reputed to be his state's largest private landowner. His genius in acquiring land and holding, selling, or developing it offers a blue-print which others can profitably follow. Jim was a philosopher and idealist, pouring a fortune into a quest for peace. He brought antagonistic religions together in international summits, and gathered 100,000 human DNA samples from 90 percent of all countries, believing that if diverse peoples are shown they are related, they will learn to live peaceably. He was also a husband and father of eight whose family struggled to relate to him as he single-mindedly pursued his dreams.

Parenting & Relationships

For Time and All Eternity: The Sterling and Ellie Colton Story

Eleanor Ricks left her Idaho home and journeyed to Salt Lake City to enroll at the University of Utah. Entering the freshman girls' dorm, she got on the elevator from the front. At the same moment Nancy Colton entered the back of the elevator, with her brother Sterling, who carried her luggage. Both girls punched the third-floor button. When the elevator opened, Sterling dropped Nancy's suitcases and picked up Ellie's, carrying them to her room.
"I liked him right away!" said Ellie. After a five-year courtship, Sterling and Ellie were married. "Her mother sent her to the 'U' to find a husband," quipped Sterling. "I was fortunate that she was not very picky and chose the first boy she met." Ellie said, "He has been carrying my luggage ever since."
Rarely do two people complement each other so perfectly and are so completely in love.
Sterling is serious and responsible. Ellie is full of fun and occasionally irreverent. Both are excellent leaders. Their life together has unfolded over seven delightful decades. They have raised four outstanding children––three boys and a girl––traveled the globe, assisted numerous needy individuals, and spearheaded a variety of good causes.
Sterling and Ellie were born and reared in the Rocky Mountain West. They remained there as a couple and family until 1966 when J.W. Marriott, Sr. recruited Sterling to Washington, D.C. to head his company's legal team. The Coltons began an adventure-filled new life in the nation's capital.
As Marriott International's general counsel, Sterling became widely known among colleagues as the "conscience" of the company. J.W. (Bill) Marriott, Jr., who succeeded his father as company leader, called Sterling his best friend and relied on his legal judgment as Marriott grew from a relatively small enterprise into the world's largest hotel company.
In the early 1990s, a tumultuous time for financial and construction industries, Marriott came perilously close to insolvency. It was saved by splitting the company into two companies. Sterling was credited with directing the split that saved Marriott. 
At home the Coltons were a cohesive, all-American family––working side by side in their house and yard; volunteering community service; supporting their daughter's creative activities; cheering their sons' basketball and football teams. The Coltons skied; visited Disneyland; fished in Alaska; and soared over France's Loire Valley in a hot-air balloon.
Sterling bungee-jumped in New Zealand; Ellie rode a camel into the Egyptian desert withher "Sheik." Together they sailed the Mediterranean on a romantic cruise ship, Sea Cloud; safaried in southern Africa; rode elephants in Thailand; and watched for birds from Canada to Antarctica. 
The Coltons adopted as their family motto: "Choose you this day whom ye will serve...but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." (Joshua 24:15) All three sons served two-year missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and were married in an LDS temple. Sterling and Ellie presided over a variety of local Church organizations as well as a mission and a temple.
Undergirding everything is the love between Sterling and Ellie. This book is their story.

Traces the life and career of the Republican senator from Utah, discusses the workings of Congress, and surveys the senator's accomplishments

Leading the Charge; Orrin Hatch and 20 Years of America

Gold Leaf Pr

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Gentleman of the Senate : Orrin Hatch, A Portrait of Character

Television Tightrope: How I Escaped Hitler, Survived CBS, and Fathered Viacom

Courage: Orrin Hatch, Leading the Fight for Constitutional Rights (Thank You America Series)

True Wealth: The Vision and Genius of Innovator James LeVoy Sorenson

True Wealth: The Vision and Genius of Innovator James LeVoy Sorenson

For Time and All Eternity: The Sterling and Ellie Colton Story

For Time and All Eternity: The Sterling and Ellie Colton Story

Leading the Charge; Orrin Hatch and 20 Years of America