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The Anchor Hocking Glass Company, once the world's largest maker of glass tableware, was the base on which Lancaster's society was built. As Glass House unfolds, bankruptcy looms. With access to the company and its leaders, and Lancaster's citizens, Alexander shows how financial engineering took hold in the 1980s, accelerated in the 21st century, and wrecked the company.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What really happened to the American Dream?
- De Bill en 05-10-17
De: Brian Alexander
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The Unwinding
- An Inner History of the New America
- De: George Packer
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 18 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 931
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 798
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 804
In The Unwinding, George Packer, author of The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq, tells the story of the United States over the past three decades in an utterly original way, with his characteristically sharp eye for detail and gift for weaving together complex narratives. The Unwinding portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can't understand the low ratings!
- De Janet Pittman Henley en 05-27-13
De: George Packer
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How Money Became Dangerous
- The Inside Story of Our Turbulent Relationship with Modern Finance
- De: Christopher Varelas, Dan Stone
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
From a veteran of the trade, a provocative and entertaining voyage into the turbulent heart of modern money that sheds new light on the rise of our threatening and complicated financial system, how money became our adversary, and why finding a new course is crucial to a healthy society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read
- De Craig M. Stratton en 02-08-20
De: Christopher Varelas, y otros
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Iceland's Secret
- The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Con
- De: Jared Bibler
- Narrado por: Jared Bibler
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Born in Massachusetts, Jared Bibler relocated to Iceland in 2004 only to find himself in the middle of an unprecedented financial crisis a handful of years later. Personally wiped out and seeking to uncover the truth about a collapse that brought the pastoral country to its knees, he became the lead investigator into some of the largest financial crimes in the world. This work helped Iceland to famously become the only country to jail its bank CEOs in the wake of the 2008 crisis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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BIG Story on a Small Island
- De Charles en 01-25-24
De: Jared Bibler
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Chronicles of a Fashion Buyer
- The Mostly True Adventures of an International Fashion Buyer
- De: Mercedes Gonzalez
- Narrado por: Mercedes Gonzalez
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 20
Fashion is a business of smoke and mirrors, notorious for crushing the souls of most who dare to be part of the industry. Go on a global expedition with New York City-based fashion buyer, strategist, and consultant, Mercedes Gonzalez, as she learns that there is no glamour in fashion and that only cutthroat corporate espionage prevails. From politicking with blood diamond dealers and Russian kingpins to living in indigenous villages, she has relied on her street smarts and fear of her uncle in order to outwit the industry tyrants at their own game.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Enagaging
- De Rainbow en 07-31-23
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The Invisible Heart
- An Economic Romance
- De: Russell D. Roberts
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 6 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 85
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 71
The Invisible Heart takes a provocative look at business, economics, and regulation through the eyes of Sam Gordon and Laura Silver, teachers at the exclusive Edwards School in Washington, D.C. Sam lives and breathes capitalism. He thinks that most government regulation is unnecessary or even harmful. He believes that success in business is a virtue. He believes that our humanity flourishes under economic freedom. Laura prefers Wordsworth to the Wall Street Journal.
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2 out of 5 stars
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One of Susie Bright's Misses
- De Anne in State College en 10-27-15
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The Money Culture
- De: Michael Lewis
- Narrado por: Alexander Cendese
- Duración: 6 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 299
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 231
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 233
The 1980s was the most outrageous and turbulent era in the financial market since the crash of ’29, not only on Wall Street but around the world. Michael Lewis, as a trainee at Salomon Brothers in New York and as an investment banker and later financial journalist, was uniquely positioned to chronicle the ambition and folly that fueled the decade. In these trenchant, often hilarious true tales we meet the colorful movers and shakers who commanded the headlines and rewrote the rules.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not the normal great Michael Lewis
- De Me en 05-12-12
De: Michael Lewis
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Faces of the Gone
- Carter Ross, Book 1
- De: Brad Parks
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 363
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 316
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 317
Four bodies, each with a single bullet wound in the back of the head, stacked like cordwood in a weed-choked vacant lot: That's the front-page news facing Carter Ross, investigative reporter with the Newark Eagle-Examiner. Immediately dispatched to the scene, Carter learns that the four victims - an exotic dancer, a drug dealer, a hustler, and a mama's boy - came from different parts of the city and didn't seem to know one another.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wish Brad Parks were more prolific!!!!
- De shelley en 02-16-18
De: Brad Parks
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The Substitution Order
- De: Martin Clark
- Narrado por: David Aaron Baker
- Duración: 13 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,082
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,512
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,499
From Martin Clark - praised by Entertainment Weekly as "our best legal-thriller writer" - comes a wickedly clever, tenderhearted, and intricately plotted novel about a hard-luck lawyer's refusal to concede defeat, even as fate, the court system, and a gang of untouchable con artists conspire against him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Poor Poor (Brilliant!) Kevin
- De Meg en 07-10-19
De: Martin Clark
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The Asylum
- The Renegades Who Hijacked the World's Oil Market
- De: Leah McGrath Goodman
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 16 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
They were a band of outsiders unable to get jobs with New York's gilded financial establishment. They would go on to corner the world's multitrillion-dollar oil market, reaping unimaginable riches while bringing the economy to its knees. Meet the self-anointed kings of the New York Mercantile Exchange. In some ways, they are everything you would expect them to be: a secretive, members-only club of men and women who live lavish lifestyles; cavort with politicians, strippers, and celebrities; and blissfully jacked up oil prices to nearly $150 a barrel while profiting off the misery of the working class.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A far better book than its come-on implies
- De Philo en 01-05-14
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A Matter of Will
- A Novel
- De: Adam Mitzner
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 8 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,463
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,226
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,216
Will Matthews came to Wall Street with hopes and dreams of hitting it big, but is on the verge of being fired. Then he meets the fabulously wealthy Sam Abaddon. Winning Sam’s business answers Will’s prayers, catapulting the young stockbroker into the privileged world of money and luxury. Not only that, but Will also has met his dream girl. But when Will witnesses a shocking act of violence, his charmed new existence is revealed to be a waking nightmare as the truth about his benefactor - and his own complicity in criminal conduct - becomes devastatingly clear.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If it walks like a duck...
- De shelley en 06-26-19
De: Adam Mitzner
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Tower of Lies
- What My Eighteen Years of Working with Donald Trump Reveals About Him
- De: Barbara A. Res
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 8 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 500
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 427
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 426
Barbara A. Res worked directly with Donald Trump for 18 years on some of his biggest projects and had nearly unlimited access to him. Trump selected Res to be in charge of construction of Trump Tower, his greatest success as a developer. In this insider’s look at how the ambitious real estate developer became the most divisive president in recent US history, Res takes us into closed-door meetings, boardrooms, limo rides, and helicopter flights to really understand what makes him tick and show us why his claim to be a great dealmaker and savvy businessman is just a mirage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extraordinary insight
- De Debbie Hupp en 10-27-20
De: Barbara A. Res
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The Zeroes
- My Misadventures in the Decade Wall Street Went Insane
- De: Randall Lane
- Narrado por: Randall Lane
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 52
Magazine entrepreneur Randall Lane had a prime seat at Wall Street's biggest greed fest. The Zeroes is a memoir about the excesses and bad behavior of an outsider who got pulled into a crazy, self-contained world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very entertaining tale
- De andy en 11-03-13
De: Randall Lane
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The Lizard King
- The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers
- De: Bryan Christy
- Narrado por: Tony Ward
- Duración: 7 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
When Bryan Christy began to investigate the world of reptile smuggling, he had no idea what he would be in for. In the course of his research, he was bitten between the eyes by a blood python, chased by a mother alligator, and sprayed by a bird-eating tarantula. But perhaps more dangerous was coming face to face with Michael J. Van Nostrand, owner of Strictly Reptiles, a thriving family business in Hollywood, Florida.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Snakes on a plane!!!
- De Kim en 02-13-14
De: Bryan Christy
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Mob Rules
- What the Mafia Can Teach the Legitimate Businessman
- De: Louis Ferrante
- Narrado por: Louis Ferrante
- Duración: 5 h y 47 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 81
As an associate of the Gambino family, Ferrante relied on his instincts to pull off some of the biggest heists in US history. By the age of 21, he had netted millions of dollars for his employers. His natural talent for management led Mafia bosses to rely on him. After being arrested and serving an eight-and-a-half-year prison sentence, Ferrante went straight. He realized that the Mob's most valuable business lessons would allow him to survive and thrive in the real world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Business Without Order Is A Business Doomed To Fail
- De Fabrice76718 en 05-15-24
De: Louis Ferrante
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Pesos
- The Rise and Fall of a Border Family
- De: Pietro La Greca Jr., Rebecca Paley - contributor
- Narrado por: Tony Dalton
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Pietro La Greca Sr. was an intimidating Napolitano con man dubbed “Mexico’s real-life Don Corleone”. He ran Mexico’s biggest money-laundering scheme during the worst economic period in the country’s history. His was a world of fast cars, mansions on the water, and VIP treatment at Las Vegas casinos. His exploitation of Mexico’s financial free fall made him a wealthy man. But while he was running his criminal empire, his son, Pietro Jr., a.k.a. Picho, was learning his father’s tricks—if only to bring the man down.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must Read Story
- De April Wells en 11-04-22
De: Pietro La Greca Jr., y otros
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Vegas and the Mob
- De: Al W. Moe
- Narrado por: Jason Sullivan
- Duración: 5 h y 52 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 91
Las Vegas was the Mob's greatest venture and most spectacular success, and through 40 years of frenzy, murder, deceit, scams, and skimming, the FBI listened on phone taps and did virtually nothing to stop the fun. This is the truth about the Mob's control of the casinos in Vegas like you've never heard it before, from start to finish.
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3 out of 5 stars
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From Bugsy to Binion
- De Patrick King en 08-20-14
De: Al W. Moe