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"The twelve central characters of this multi-voiced novel lead vastly different lives: Amma is a newly acclaimed playwright whose work often explores her black lesbian identity; her old friend Shirley is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London's funding-deprived schools; Carole, one of Shirley's former students, works hard to earn a degree from Oxford and becomes an investment banker; Carole's mother Bummi works as a cleaner and worries about...
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Stone Barrington novels volume 48
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English
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"When an old acquaintance reaches out to Stone Barrington requesting assistance, the job seems easy enough. She needs an expert in an esoteric field, someone with both the knowledge and careful dexterity to solve a puzzle. But the solution to one small problem blows the lid open on a bigger scandal going back decades, and involving numerous prominent New Yorkers who would prefer the past stay buried. With this explosive information in-hand, Stone...
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Honeymoon thrillers volume 1
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English
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When a number of rich men come to a mysterious end, and a young investment banker dies of a supposed heart attack, FBI agent John O'Hara believes it is the work of a cold-blooded killer. Turning his eye to the only witness - the young banker's beautiful and secretive widow - O'Hara thinks he's closing in, but he's not sure whether he's pursuing justice or his own fatal obsession.
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FBI/US Attorney novels volume 5
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2014.
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English
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"After a humiliating end to her engagement, investment banker Sidney Sinclair is done with commitment-phobic men. But when her sister winds up engaged after a whirlwind courtship, Sidney is thrown into close contact with exactly the kind of sexy playboy she wants to avoid--the gorgeous best man"--P. [4] of cover.
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[2016]
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English
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Risk analyst Esther Larsen has uncovered a conspiracy with the potential to devastate the world's financial markets. But when she sounds the alarm, she wonders who will believe her. As public support grows for her ideas, so does the desperation of those whose greed she seeks to expose.
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[2002]
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English
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"Jim Leighton is young, fit, and hungry for excitement-and his dream of adventure is coming true, now that he's been hired as a deckhand and personal trainer to a wealthy investment banker and setting sail for Rio de Janeiro aboard the luxury yacht Hustle."--Jacket.
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[2016]
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"Over the past three years, the notorious @GSElevator Twitter feed has offered a hilarious, shamelessly voyeuristic look into the real world of international finance. Hundreds of thousands followed the account, Goldman Sachs launched an internal investigation, and when the true identity of the man behind it all was revealed, it created a national media sensation--but that's only part of the story. Where @GSElevator captured the essence of the banking...
8) Codex
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[2004]
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English
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An investment banker is sent by his firm to organize a collection of rare books for a mysterious client and realizes that there may be a medieval codex hidden among the volumes that parallels a computer game's addictive virtual reality world.
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[2010]
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English
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Michael Centella, a rising star at Wall Street investment bank Saxton Silvers, has everything going according to plan until the love of his life, Ivy Layton, vanishes on their honeymoon in the Bahamas; seven years later, Michael's got undercover FBI agents afoot with the signs pointing to Ivy.
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[2021]
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English
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"Tips from the Trolley Boy is a book for anyone, from any walk of life, at any stage of life. It contains some of the most straightforward and applicable advice you've ever heard. Simple principles to apply to life are given in an accessible and friendly voice. Ying Tan's approachable, caring personality infuses this book with warmth. He is as likeable in print as he is in life (as readers will learn from the outstanding testimonials given by the...
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2013.
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English
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Can you blame a publicist for blurring the lines between what's real and what's a dream, when her client is a gorgeous actor? Alison Sweeney's novel is an entertaining, backstage glimpse at those who organize the lives of the Hollywood elite. It's great fun for any reader who secretly sneaks peeks at People magazine in the checkout line at the grocery store, and wonders, What if . . . ?"
13) The successor
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Christian Gillette thrillers volume 4
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2007.
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English
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Christian Gillette, chairman of New York's most renowned private equity firm, gets the chance to seal a deal unlike any other--one that will leave its mark on history.
14) The power broker
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Christian Gillette thrillers volume 3
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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Christian Gillette is approached by a shadowy group representing vast wealth and vague motive. They're a politically conservative alliance interested in a partnership with Gillette's company, Everest Capital. Then he's contacted by a charismatic liberal politician named Jesse Wood, who is about to announce his candidacy for president; Wood and his advisors want Gillette to run for vice president. Skeptical of both offers, Gillette tries to discern...
15) Shadow account
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2004.
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English
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Investment banker Conner Ashby is doing all right for himself in the firm Phenix Capital until a wayward e-mail crosses Conner's computer and plunges his near-perfect world into a terrifying downward spiral.
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2014.
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English
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Becoming a Wall Street banker is like pledging the world's most lucrative and soul-crushing fraternity. Every year, thousands of eager college graduates are hired by the world's financial giants, where they're taught the secrets of making obscene amounts of money--as well as how to dress, talk, date, drink, and schmooze like real financiers. This is the inside story of this well-guarded world. Kevin Roose, New York magazine business writer, spent...
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[2016]
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English
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A twisted, noir-drenched drive through the dark streets and back alleys of Los Angeles. Having just returned home from Iraq, war vet Sam Taylor is a cab driver sent on a late night run. He picks up a wealthy, shady investment banker named Frank Devore, but unbeknownst to Sam, Frank's on the run.
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