The Merry Baker of Riga

• Paperback - 10 March, 2004 - Stanford Oak Press
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• By: Boris Zemtzov
• ISBN: 0974711608

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One man's remarkable determination to succeed

The Merry Baker Of Riga: An American Entrepreneur Ventures Into Eastern Europe is the true story of an American expatriate who decided to establish a Western-style bakery in Latvia in 1992, just after the collapse of the Soviet Union. His run ins with language barriers, having to re-train Soviet-trained bakers, the threats of Russian mafia racketeers who menaced his business, culture shock, and much more fill the pages of this rousing travelogue and business tale filled with twists, turns, unexpected challenges and one man's remarkable determination to succeed.

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