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"When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer...
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English
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"At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie was armed with only the vague notion that people were making heaps of money on something he didn't entirely understand. Lured in, McKenzie dove deep into blockchain, Bitcoin, and the various other coins and exchanges on which they are traded. But after scratching the surface, he had to ask, "Is this all a total scam?" In Easy Money, McKenzie enlists the help of journalist Jacob Silverman for an...
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The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
©2020.
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English
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"A brand-new training regimen-off-leash in 30 days!-from the pack who brought you The Art of Raising a Puppy. The Monks of New Skete, longtime breeders of German shepherds and established dog trainers of all breeds, have developed a new training technique. A decade in the making, this program represents a leap into the future, using cutting-edge technology and a game-changing tool: the remote electronic collar. The Art of Training Your Dog presents...
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Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Showcasing 25 neckpieces of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which offer insight into her legacy, this stunning portrait of the Supreme Court Justice uses each collar to highlight a defining career moment, from her earliest argument for gender equality to her support of immigration and marriage equality during her 25th year on the bench.
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Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Don't Want to Go to College - College and Career Collection Spotlight
Skilled Trades - Career Collection Spotlight
Skilled Trades - Career Collection Spotlight
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A prescriptive guide to finding success and happiness without a college degree shares step-by-step recommendations for finding and enjoying the opportunities of blue-collar, high-skill trades.
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Publisher
Course Technology, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Don't Want to Go to College - College and Career Collection Spotlight
Skilled Trades - Career Collection Spotlight
Skilled Trades - Career Collection Spotlight
Description
Provides the latest tips and strategies regarding social network sites such as LinkedIn, personal networking and interviewing to shorten your job search, advance your career and increase your income. It includes a special section of resume examples for military veterans returning to the workforce.
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Rarely does a week go by without a well-known executive being indicted for engaging in a white-collar crime. Perplexed as to what drives successful, wealthy people to risk it all, Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes took a remarkable journey deep into the minds of these white-collar criminals, spending seven years in the company of the men behind the largest corporate crimes in history-from the financial fraudsters of Enron, to the embezzlers...
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Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
As a woman, you may not be reaching the levels of leadership you desire. Despite the many efforts by organizations and managers alike, unconscious bias and assumptions are still working against you. How can you plan a career as an aspiring leader if you can't get promoted? The HBR Guide for Women at Work will help you identify and overcome the factors that are preventing you from achieving your goals. It provides practical tips and advice so you can...
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
Description
There is an elite crime spree happening in America, and the privileged perps are getting away with it. Selling loose cigarettes on a city sidewalk can lead to a choke-hold arrest, and death, if you are not among the top 1%. But if you're rich and commit mail, wire, or bank fraud, embezzle pension funds, lie in court, obstruct justice, bribe a public official, launder money, or cheat on your taxes, you're likely to get off scot-free (or even win an...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing with impunity? The problem goes beyond banks deemed "Too Big to Fail" to almost every large corporation in America--to pharmaceutical companies and auto manufacturers and beyond. The Chickenshit Club--an inside reference to prosecutors too scared of failure and too daunted by legal impediments to do their jobs--explains why. A character-driven...
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Picador
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
Description
"After two separate catastrophes, two very different families leave the country for the bright lights of Perth. The Lambs are industrious, united, and--until God seems to turn His back on their boy Fish--religious. The Pickleses are gamblers, boozers, fractious, and unlikely landlords. Change, hardship, and the war force them to swallow their dignity and share a great, breathing, shuddering house called Cloudstreet. Over the next twenty years, they...
14) Collared lizards
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[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Spend a day hiking in the Sonoran Desert, and you may spot an unusual sight: a lizard sprinting on two legs! Collared lizards reach speeds of up to 16 miles per hour while racing on their hind legs to catch prey or escape predators.
15) Comedy of power
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
The latest thriller from French New Wave veteran Claude Chabrol opens with a tongue-in-cheek claim that it does not depict real events, even though it's timely and provocative account of corporate and political corruption was inspired by a real-life scandal involving a French oil giant and several top-level politicians. The stunning and accomplished Isabelle Huppert (I heart huckabees) stars as Jeanne, a tenacious magistrate known as "the piranha"...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The lead prosecutor of the Enron investigation explores modern-day business crimes and the complex laws that govern corporations, discussing the depths of the issues involved and the art of the loophole,"--NoveList.
If "corporations are people too," why isn't anyone in jail? In the race to maximize profits, corporations can behave in ways that are morally outrageous but technically legal. In this book, Samuel W. Buell draws on the unique pairing...
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Soft Skull Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The Ice Cream Man and Other Stories is a collection about dishwashers, veterans, people who sleep outside, people who look through dumpsters, sandwich-makers, people who drive ice cream trucks, people who work in factories that manufacture pieces of metal, people who clean up after weddings, and other people who are not often the subject of books. It is very funny, tender-hearted, vivid, briefly and beautifully surreal at times"--
20) Baby it's you
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Set it 1966 New Jersey, middle-class high school senior Jill finds herself inexplicably drawn to suave, blue collar bad boy known as 'The Sheik'.
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