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Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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"New York Times reporter and "Corner Office" columnist David Gelles reveals legendary GE CEO Jack Welch to be the root of all that's wrong with capitalism today and offers advice on how we might right those wrongs"--
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English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz--one of only four who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world--and to warn the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them at the end of the railway line. Against all odds, he and his fellow escapee, Fred Wetzler, climbed mountains, crossed rivers and narrowly missed German bullets until they had smuggled out the...
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Publisher:
Harlequin
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
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The rake's revenge? They had worked together before, but then it was Justin who had taken Tina's love, casually tossed it aside and moved on to his next conquest. Now she was back in his employ, and Justin was treating her as if she were guilty of betraying him! He was also intent on revenge. Yet she was the injured party! Something just didn't add up. Tina was determined to find out what, and maybe, in the process, win the love of the man she had...
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Publisher:
The History Press
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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The Incredible true story of the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo. Charles Deville Wells has two loves in his life: a beautiful French mistress named Jeannette and his sumptuous yacht, the Palais Royal. At the risk of losing them both, Wells stakes everything he owns at the roulette tables in Monte Carlo's world-famous casino - and in the space of a few days he breaks the bank, not once but ten times, winning the equivalent of millions in today's...
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Publisher:
HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2010
Language:
English
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History books report-and rightly so-that it was the strategic and intelligence-gathering brilliance of the Duke of Wellington (who began his military career as Arthur Wellesley) that culminated in Britain's defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo in 1815. Nearly two hundred years later, many of General Wellesley's subordinates are still remembered for their crucial roles in these historic campaigns. But Lt. Col. George Scovell is not among them....
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Series:
Man Who Broke the Moon volume 1
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
Captain Jason Eriksson saved the planet. Now he's the most hated man on Earth. After ending the Luna-Terra war by destroying the rogue colony Lunar 1, Captain Jason has retired to the U.S. Virgin Islands intent on self-destruction. If the booze doesn't kill him first, the Colombian drug cartel surely will. But before he has a chance to properly pickle his liver, and before a jealous drug lord has a chance to take him out, the Admiral of Space Fleet...
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Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date:
[2011]
Language:
English
Description:
A narrative on politics throughout the final decades of the nineteenth century focuses on the career of Speaker of the House Thomas Reed while offering insight into the influence of corruption, industrial growth, and populist protests.
9. Lawn boy
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Lexile measure:
710L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Things get out of hand when a stockbroker neighbor convinces a twelve-year-old boy to expand his summer lawn mowing business.
10. The third man
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Language:
English
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Rollo Martins, invited to Vienna by his schoolmate and hero Harry Lime, arrives just in time to attend Lime's funeral, but when he learns his friend was the subject of a criminal investigation, Martins embarks on a quest to clear Lime's name.
12. Seeing Red
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Series:
Ambassador volume 1
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English
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A political murder, a dangerous alien dictator, a young, inexperienced diplomat. This volume marks the start of the Ambassador series, a growing series of standalone adventures of diplomat Cory Wilson. Cory is the first person from Earth appointed observer at Gamra, the alien organisation that monitors the FTL travel network. He's had years of training in alien customs and languages. All wiped out the instant President Sirkonen is murdered by an alien...
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Language:
English
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"With penetrating insights for today, this history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s presents unforgettable portraits of the four men whose personal and professional actions as heads of their respective central banks changed the course of the twentieth century." "In Lords of Finance, we meet the neurotic and enigmatic Montagu Norman of the Bank of England; the xenophobic and suspicious Emile Moreau of the Banque de France; the arrogant...
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Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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"Mayor Richard M. Daley dropped the bomb at a routine news conference at City Hall on Tuesday. With no prelude or fanfare, Mr. Daley announced that he would not seek re-election when his term expires next year. 'Simply put, it's time,' he said." New York Times, September 7, 2010 With those four words, an era ended. After twenty-two years, the longest-serving and most powerful mayor in the history of Chicago, and, arguably, America-stepped down, leaving...
16. Reign of Terror
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Publisher:
Skyhorse
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Description:
The memoirs of a man who saved thousands from the Nazi death camps. Although not as well-known as Raoul Wallenberg, Valdemar Langlet was the savior of thousands of Jews in Budapest in the last two years of World War II. Entirely without the permission or the financial support of the Swedish Red Cross, he issued so-called "Letters of Protection," which were passport-like documents with official-looking stamps that frequently saved Hungarian Jews from...
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Publisher:
HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
In this compelling story of lies, greed and tarnished idealism, two Wall Street Journal reporters investigate a man who Bill Gates and Western governments entrusted with billions of dollars to make profits and end poverty but masterminded one of the biggest, most brazen frauds ever. Arif Naqvi was charismatic, inspiring, and self-made-all the qualities of a successful business leader. The founder of Abraaj, a Dubai-based private-equity firm, Naqvi...
18. The Fling
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Publisher:
Harlequin
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
From USA TODAY bestselling author Stefanie London comes the second book in her scorching-hot miniseries Close Quarters! Drew Richardson discovers she's been having a racy affair with the best man at her sister's wedding… Will their irresistible chemistry turn into something deeper? I swore off romance after my ex broke my heart, so I'm not thrilled to be back home performing maid-of-honor duties for my twin sister. Her bridesmaids want everything...
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Publisher:
Open Road Media
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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From one of the twentieth century's most innovative authors, a gritty, cinematic tale about a young thief whose grasp on reality is starting to get away from him At the park where the outcasts of Washington, DC, gather, everyone calls him Yogi. Although only a boy, he steals like a man, taking jewelry and money from wherever and whomever he can. When he's flush, Yogi spends like a prince, eating beef stew and wasting whole afternoons at the cinema....
20. The Key Man
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Publisher:
HarperAudio
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
In this compelling story of lies, greed and tarnished idealism, two Wall Street Journal reporters investigate a man who Bill Gates, Western governments, and other investors entrusted with billions of dollars to make profits and end poverty, but who now stands accused of masterminding one of the biggest, most brazen financial frauds ever. Arif Naqvi was charismatic, inspiring, and self-made-all the qualities of a successful business leader. The founder...