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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

JOHN CARREYROU · Knopf
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from their charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.In 2014,...
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The Full Catastrophe: Travels Among the New Greek Ruins

James Angelos · Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A transporting, good-humored, and revealing account of Greece's dire troubles, reported from the mountain villages, idyllic islands, and hardscrabble streets that define the country todayIn recent years, small Greece, often associated with ancient philosophers and marble ruins, whitewashed...
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Livestock Brands and Marks: An Unexpected Bayou Country History: 1822–1946 Pioneer Families: Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Christopher Everette Cenac · University Press of Mississippi/J.P.C.,L.L.C.
Pages: 399
Format: Hardcover

Researching the original brand registration of his great-grandfather Pierre Cenac for his book Eyes of an Eagle, Dr. Christopher Everette Cenac Sr. discovered a serendipitous trove of local history in the form of long-forgotten volumes in the Terrebonne Parish Courthouse in Houma, Louisiana....
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Michael Lewis · W.W. Norton
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestseller: a brilliant account -- character-rich and darkly humorous -- of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff. When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash,...
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Rich Is Not a Four-Letter Word: How to Survive Obamacare, Trump Wall Street, Kick-start Your Retirement, and Achieve Financial Success

Gerri Willis · Crown Forum
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

In a fiery polemic on our personal finances, Gerri Willis, anchor and personal finance correspondent for Fox Business News, reveals how liberal policy has decimated our wallets. In Rich Is Not a Four-Letter Word, veteran financial journalist and pundit Gerri Willis takes on the progressive...
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Idiot's Guides: Beginning Investing

Joe Duarte · Alpha Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Idiot's Guides: Beginning Investing helps the new investor understand all of the most common investment options, how to choose the right ones for your needs and goals, and how to increase your chances for success.This book covers: * Self-assessment tools that help readers understand...
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Locksmithing, Lock Picking & Lock Opening: Professional Training Manual

William Picket · Swordworks
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

For the beginning and intermediate locksmith, this detailed manual explains how locks work, how to open them when the keys have gone missing, and how to mount locks, make master keys and much more. There are many different lock types, and many different tools used to open and service them....
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The Death of an Heir: Adolph Coors III and the Murder That Rocked an American Brewing Dynasty

PHILIP JETT · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The Death of an Heir is Philip Jett's chilling true account of the Coors family's gilded American dream that turned into a nightmare when a meticulously plotted kidnapping went horribly wrong.In the 1950s and 60s, the Coors dynasty reigned over Golden, Colorado, seemingly invincible. When...
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Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

RACHEL HOLLIS · HarperCollins Leadership
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Rachel Hollis, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Girl, Wash Your Face and host of the top-rated Rise podcast, urges women to stop apologizing for their desires, hopes, and dreams and instead to go after them with passion and confidence.Rachel Hollis has seen it too often: women being...
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Feeding You Lies: How to Unravel the Food Industry's Playbook and Reclaim Your Health

Vani Hari · Hay House Inc.
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover

This follow-up to New York Times bestseller The Food Babe Way exposes the lies we've been told about our food--and takes readers on a journey to find healthy options.This follow-up to New York Times bestseller The Food Babe Way exposes the lies we've been told about our food--and takes...
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Graduate from College Debt-Free: Get Your Degree With Money In The Bank

Bart Astor · Humanix Pub Llc
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

SMART and SAVVY WAYS TO PAY FOR COLLEGE...WITH NO DEBT (OR as Little as Possible) With college graduates earning over a million dollars more than high school grads will earn during the course of their lifetime, getting a college degree is incredibly important. However, the cost of college...
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Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life

Lea Berman · Scribner
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A guide to personal and professional empowerment through civility and social skills, written by two White House Social Secretaries who offer an important fundamental message - everyone is important and everyone deserves to be treated well.Former White House social secretaries Lea Berman,...
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The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

Dave Ramsey · W. Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Respected financial expert Dave Ramsey offers a comprehensive plan for getting out of debt and achieving financial health. Against a playful backdrop of fitness terminology, Dave gives solid, hard-hitting advice needed to make your goals a reality. Filled with both the "hope"...
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Getting Grants: The Complete Manual of Proposal Development and Administration

Alexis Carter-Black · Self-Counsel Press
Pages: 150
Format: Print book

Nonprofit organizations, public and private K-12 schools, faith-based organizations, hospitals, government agencies, and universities and colleges all compete for grants as a key element in their fundraising. The process of getting grants presented in this book applies to all these organizations,...
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Breaking Rockefeller: The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire

Peter B Doran · Viking
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The incredible tale of how ambitious oil rivals Marcus Samuel, Jr., and Henri Deterding joined forces to topple the Standard Oil empire Marcus Samuel, Jr., is an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader. Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak...
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