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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
Michael Lewis
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Penguin (Non-Classics)
In fiction there was Bonfire of the Vanities; in reality, there is Liar's Poker--the fascinating insider's account of what really happens on Wall Street. This irreverent and hilarious birds-eye view of Wall Street's heyday will appeal to anyone...
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Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945
Carlo D'este
Harper
Harper
Carlo D'Este's brilliant new biography examines Winston Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord: a descendant of Marlborough who, despite never having risen above the rank of lieutenant colonel, came...
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The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It
Tilar J. Mazzeo
Collins Business
Collins Business
The story of the visionary young widow who built a champagne empire, showed the world how to live with style, and emerged a legend Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamour, style, and luxury. But who was this young widow—the Veuve...
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If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need
Colonel Jack Jacobs (retired), Douglas Century
Berkley Hardcover
Berkley Hardcover
A Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own service—and ahead to America’s future. Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came under devastating attack. Severely wounded, 1st Lt. Jacobs took command...
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Audition: A Memoir
Barbara Walters
Knopf
Knopf
Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: “I want to be you.” My stock reply is always: “Then you have to take the whole package.” And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that...
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins
Plume
Plume
From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man , comes an exposé of international corruption— and an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generations With a presidential election around the...
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The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
Helene Cooper
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Helene Cooper is "Congo," a descendant of two Liberian dynasties -- traced back to the first ship of freemen that set sail from New York in 1820 to found Monrovia. Helene grew up at Sugar Beach, a twenty-two-room mansion by the sea. Her childhood...
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Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
Roger Lowenstein
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Since its hardcover publication in August of 1995, Buffett has appeared on the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Newsday and Business Week bestseller lists. The incredible landmark...
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The Good War: An Oral History of World War II
Studs Terkel
New Press
New Press
A writer, reporter, and above all, a good listener, Studs Turkel has spent a career posing provocative questions and actively listening to the answers. In "The Good War" , Terkel talks to Americans, both famous and obscure, about their contrasting,...
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