The First Tycoon

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Reducere. Thoughtful, Revealing, Insightful A unique narrative takes us from the sandy beaches of the Jersey Shore and post-war real estate boom to charterin...

Reducere. He had a number one hit at eighteen. He was a millionaire with his own record label at twenty-two. He was, according to Tom Wolfe, "the first tycoo...

Chance was Conrad's most popular book. It tells the story of Flora de Barral, the abandoned daughter of a bankrupt tycoon, who struggles to achieve...

Theseus, the neighbourhood tycoon is getting married, Bottom and his mates are roped into putting on a play for the wedding and there are young lov...

Reducere. Camille Di Maio's fifth novel THE FIRST EMMA is the true story of Emma Koehler, whose tycoon husband Otto was killed in a crime-of-the-century murd...

Reducere. No woman in the Gilded Age made as much money as Hetty Green, America s first female tycoon. A strong woman who forged her own path, she was worth ...

Reducere. When a Wall Street tycoon insists that his family join him for an annual backpacking trip into the Sierra, some of his children are not enthusiasti...

Reducere. DescriptionA witty, madcap, pulp-noir adventure of international intrigue, blackmail, and murder from the legendary director, actor, and writer Ors...

Reducere. Flagler County was created in 1917 from portions of southern St. Johns County and northern Volusia County. The county was named after Henry Morriso...

Reducere. Andrew Carnegie, the great steel-baron-turned-philanthropist, was an industrialist unlike any other. His famous dictum, that he who dies rich dies ...

Reducere. Against a dramatic background of desert mountains, the sparkling green fairways of the Coachella Valley have attracted world-class golf tournaments...

Reducere. From reviews of the first edition: "A succinct and informed account of Flagler's] leadership in transforming Florida's economy."--American Historic...

Reducere. A fresh look at the life and times of Victoria Woodhull and Tennie Claflin, two sisters whose radical views on sex, love, politics, and business th...

Reducere. When J. P. Morgan called a meeting of New York's financial leaders after the stock market crash of 1907, Hetty Green was the only woman in the room...

Reducere. Bestselling author Stephen Coonts took fans by surprise with the phenomenal and heart-pounding tale of Saucer. Now Rip Cantrell and Charley Pine ar...

Reducere. The century-old Toronto Argonauts, like the rest of the Canadian Football League, seemed to be in shambles in 1991. Then everything changed. The Ar...

Glamorous heiress Elsie Mackay could have lived her life in the social whirl of high society, partying with princes and dancing with dukes. Instead...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Malia Mattoch McManusHAWAI'I, 1891. As the heiress to a plantation fortune, Eliza Dawson occupies a privileged place in the...

Reducere. When Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile in 1821, he took to the grave a powerful secret. As general and emperor, he had stolen immeasurable riches fr...

DescriptionSet in the 1950s--and now in paperback--Lady Be Good sweeps readers into the world of the mischievous, status-obsessed daughter of a hot...

Reducere. From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of North and South The first in a saga about a German immigrant and his family's rise in 20th-century...

Reducere. In Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life in Power and Politics Alexandra M. Nickliss offers the first biography of one of the Gilded Age's most prominent ...

Jumpin jacksnipesDuckburg s richest tycoon is on the hunt for legendary square eggs and he s bringing Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie alongIt s our ...

Reducere. DescriptionRealtor Hannah Thornton has many talents. Unfortunately, selling houses in the town where her family name is practically poison isn't on...

Reducere. DescriptionHollywood, 1939: When Tinseltown begins to woo wunderkind Orson Welles, he stashes himself at the Chateau Marmont until he's ready to ma...

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DescriptionEx-Mob enforcer-turned-private investigator Isaiah Coleridge pits himself against a rich and powerful foe when he digs into a possible m...

Reducere. Cornelius Vanderbilt I had no illusions about his life. He didn't start out with grand plans and ungodly greed. He merely stepped in this world one...