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The Rise and Falls of Whitaker Wright
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Henry Macrory
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Whitaker Wright led a truly extraordinary life. From his humble beginnings as an impoverished preacher, he crossed the Atlantic to prospect for gold, surviving a Native American massacre and making his fortune. When the bubble burst, he returned to England and soon became one of the world’s richest men, entertaining the Kaiser and the Prince of Wales on his steam yacht. But his downfall was as dramatic as his ascent.
When his financial empire - built on fraud - went belly up, the trail of furious investors stretched all the way to the prime minister. He was sentenced to jail - only to spring a last dreadful surprise....
Drawing on family papers and archives from around the world, this compelling account of Wright’s life offers startling insight into the mind of the ultimate gambler and con man.
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Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller’s exceptionally rich trove of papers. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book indelibly alters our image of this most enigmatic capitalist. Born the son of a flamboyant, bigamous snake-oil salesman and a pious, straitlaced mother, Rockefeller rose from rustic origins to become the world’s richest man by creating America’s most powerful and feared monopoly, Standard Oil. Branded "the Octopus" by legions of muckrakers, the trust refined and marketed nearly 90 percent of the oil produced in America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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He makes Bill Gates look like a Pauper!
- De Rick en 11-04-13
De: Ron Chernow
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Meet You in Hell
- Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America
- De: Les Standiford
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 10 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 211
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Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry, Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, and the bloody steelworkers' strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Les Standiford begins at the bitter end, when the dying Carnegie proposes a final meeting after two decades of separation. Frick's reply: "Tell him that I'll meet him in hell."
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3 out of 5 stars
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an extended journalistic tour
- De D. Littman en 06-08-05
De: Les Standiford
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The Mark Inside
- A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con
- De: Amy Reading
- Narrado por: Richard McGonagle
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 77
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In 1919, Texas rancher J. Frank Norfleet lost everything he had in a stock market swindle. He did what many other marks did - he went home, borrowed more money from his family, and returned for another round of swindling. Only after he lost that second fortune did he reclaim control of his story. Instead of crawling back home in shame, he vowed to hunt down the five men who had conned him. Through Norfleet's ingenious reverse-swindle, Amy Reading reveals the mechanics behind the scenes of the big con.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Confusing Premise Makes for A Tough Read
- De Grumpy S. Monkey en 06-19-12
De: Amy Reading
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Prince of Darkness
- The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire
- De: Shane White
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 12 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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In Prince of Darkness, a groundbreaking and vivid account, eminent historian Shane White reveals the larger-than-life story of a man who defied every convention of his time. He wheeled and dealed in the lily-white business world, he married a White woman, he bought a mansion in rural New Jersey, he owned railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride, and generally he set his White contemporaries' teeth on edge when he wasn't just plain outsmarting them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not A Nice Man, But A Smart One!
- De AlTonya en 07-28-17
De: Shane White
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Mark Twain: Man in White
- The Grand Adventure of His Final Years
- De: Michael Shelden
- Narrado por: Andrew Garman
- Duración: 17 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Pulitzer Prize finalist Michael Shelden illuminates Mark Twain’s twilight years in this brilliant account of the legendary author’s life. Drawing heavily on Twain’s own letters and journals, Mark Twain: Man in White recounts both Twain’s private family experiences and his larger-than-life public image.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic book
- De Tad Davis en 08-23-10
De: Michael Shelden
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Once in Golconda
- A True Drama of Wall Street 1920-1928
- De: John Brooks
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Once in Golconda is a dramatic chronicle of the breathtaking rise, devastating fall, and painstaking rebirth of Wall Street in the years between the wars. Focusing on the lives and fortunes of some of the era's most memorable traders, bankers, boosters, and frauds, John Brooks brings to vivid life all the ruthlessness, greed, and reckless euphoria of the '20s bull market, the desperation of the days leading up to the crash of '29, and the bitterness of the years that followed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for investors
- De Brad Gillespie en 06-07-15
De: John Brooks
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Dreamers and Deceivers
- True and Untold Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America
- De: Glenn Beck
- Narrado por: Jeremy Lowell
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 896
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 797
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 800
The new nonfiction from number-one best-selling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Astounding History stories gather life
- De Gil en 11-13-14
De: Glenn Beck
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The Financier
- De: Theodore Dreiser
- Narrado por: David McCallion
- Duración: 18 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Set in 18th century Philadelphia, the book follows Frank as he amasses a large fortune through stock speculation and purchases of shares in the growing street railway industry. He marries an older woman and has two children and uses his new found wealth to become socially prominent. Things however take a turn for the worst when he has an affair with Aileen Butler, the daughter of a politically prominent Irish industrialist.
De: Theodore Dreiser
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The Bettencourt Affair
- The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris
- De: Tom Sancton
- Narrado por: Amanda Carlin
- Duración: 13 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 362
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 326
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 327
Heiress to the nearly 40-billion-dollar L’Oréal fortune, Liliane Bettencourt was the world’s richest woman and the 14th wealthiest person. But her gilded life took a dark yet fascinating turn in the past decade. At 94, she was embroiled in what has been called the Bettencourt Affair, a scandal that dominated the headlines in France. Why? It’s a tangled web of hidden secrets, divided loyalties, frayed relationships, and fractured families, set in the most romantic city - and involving the most glamorous industry - in the world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Juicy Chronicle
- De Jean en 10-24-17
De: Tom Sancton
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The Path Between the Seas
- The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 31 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,470
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,171
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,172
The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures. McCullough expertly weaves the many strands of this momentous event into a captivating tale.
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4 out of 5 stars
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No Stone Unturned
- De Tim en 06-25-13
De: David McCullough
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Only Yesterday
- An Informal History of the 1920s
- De: Frederick Lewis Allen
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 372
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 299
In this span between armistice and depression, Americans were kicking up their heels, but they were also bringing about major changes in the social and political structure of their country. Only Yesterday is a fond, witty, penetrating biography of this restless decade, a delightful reminiscence for those who can remember and a fascinating firsthand look for those who've only heard.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this book
- De Matthew M. Kayes en 06-11-07
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The Arms of Krupp
- 1587-1968
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 48 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 268
The Arms of Krupp brings to life Europe's wealthiest, most powerful family, a 400-year German dynasty that developed the world's most technologically advanced weapons, from cannons to submarines to antiaircraft guns; provided arms to generations of German leaders, including the Kaiser and Hitler; operated private concentration camps during the Nazi era; survived conviction at Nuremberg; and wielded enormous influence on the course of world events.
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1 out of 5 stars
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BIG CHUNK MISSING
- De Ian en 06-12-17
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The Warburgs
- The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Jonathan Reese
- Duración: 35 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 487
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 430
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Bankers, philanthropists, scholars, socialites, artists, and politicians, the Warburgs stood at the pinnacle of German (and, later, German American) Jewry. They forged economic dynasties, built mansions and estates, assembled libraries, endowed charities, and advised a German kaiser and two American presidents. But their very success made the Warburgs lightning rods for anti-Semitism, and their sense of patriotism became increasingly dangerous in a Germany that had declared Jews the enemy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Warburg's Dynamic Family History
- De Darwin8u en 10-22-18
De: Ron Chernow
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The Teapot Dome Scandal
- How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House
- De: Laton McCartney
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 90
The Teapot Dome scandal of the early 1920s was all about oil - hundreds of millions of dollars� worth of petroleum. When the scandal finally broke, the consequences were tremendous. President Harding's legacy was forever tarnished, while �Oil Cabinet� member Albert Fall was forced to resign and was imprisoned for a year. Others implicated in the affair suffered prison terms, commitment to mental hospitals, suicide, and even murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Harding's return to normalcy: corruption
- De Paul en 03-05-08
De: Laton McCartney
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Thunderstruck
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Bob Balaban
- Duración: 11 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,459
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,873
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,871
In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men: Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication. Their lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Reader cannot read
- De Bob en 12-08-07
De: Erik Larson
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The Devil in the White City
- Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- De: Erik Larson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 14 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30,566
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25,250
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25,239
Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Rich Read!
- De D en 09-18-03
De: Erik Larson
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American Lightning
- Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
- De: Howard Blum
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 194
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 118
It was an explosion that reverberated across the country—and into the very heart of early-twentieth-century America. On the morning of October 1, 1910, the walls of the Los Angeles Times Building buckled as a thunderous detonation sent men, machinery, and mortar rocketing into the night air. When at last the wreckage had been sifted and the hospital triage units consulted, twenty-one people were declared dead and dozens more injured. But as it turned out, this was just a prelude to the devastation that was to come.
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4 out of 5 stars
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very interesting popular history
- De D. Littman en 11-28-08
De: Howard Blum
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Chief Engineer
- Washington Roebling, the Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge
- De: Erica Wagner
- Narrado por: Jo Anna Perrin
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
His father conceived of the Brooklyn Bridge, but after John Roebling's sudden death, Washington Roebling built what has become one of American's most iconic structures - as much a part of New York as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. Yet, as recognizable as the bridge is, its builder is too often forgotten - and his life is of interest far beyond his chosen field. It is the story of immigrants, of the frontier, of the greatest crisis in American history, and of the making of the modern world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Monumental
- De charles mueller en 07-09-19
De: Erica Wagner