In the early '90's, dozens of elite young American graduates made their fortunes in hedge funds in the Far East, beating the Japanese at their own game, riding the crashing waves of the Asian markets and winning. This title tells the story of these people.
In the early '90's, dozens of elite young American graduates made their fortunes in hedge funds in the Far East, beating the Japanese at their own gam...
Cheating in casinos is illegal: card-counting - making a record of what cards have so far been dealt to enable the player to make some prediction of what cards remain in the deck - is not. This book tells the true story a successful scam, in which teams of young mathematicians and physicists won millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas.
Cheating in casinos is illegal: card-counting - making a record of what cards have so far been dealt to enable the player to make some prediction of w...
For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could possibly imagine.
For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But ...
This title tells the story of how two socially outcast Ivy Leaguers concocted a scheme to meet girls, and ended up changing the concept of social networking as we know it. It is the story of the emergence of Facebook.
This title tells the story of how two socially outcast Ivy Leaguers concocted a scheme to meet girls, and ended up changing the concept of social netw...
Thad Roberts, a fellow in a prestigious NASA programme had an idea - a romantic, albeit crazy, idea. He wanted to give his girlfriend the moon. Literally. Thad convinced his girlfriend and another female accomplice, both NASA interns, to break into an impenetrable laboratory at NASA's headquarters - past security checkpoints, and electronically locked door with cipher security codes and camera-lined hallways - and help him steal the most precious objects in the world: Apollo moon rocks from every moon landing in history. Was Thad Roberts - undeniably gifted, picked for one of the most...
Thad Roberts, a fellow in a prestigious NASA programme had an idea - a romantic, albeit crazy, idea. He wanted to give his girlfriend the moon. Litera...
'Rigged' is a real life, rags-to-riches story of a 26-year-old kid from the streets of Brooklyn who claws his way through Harvard to take on the world of high stakes oil.
'Rigged' is a real life, rags-to-riches story of a 26-year-old kid from the streets of Brooklyn who claws his way through Harvard to take on the world...
Whilst exploring the ruins of a Greek temple, Professor Jack Grady receives an urgent phone call: his brother, a renowned mathematician, has been murdered. His sudden death, that comes just as he was about to crack the code of a centuries-old mystery, sets in motion a global domino effect. Jack must race from Brazil and Jordan to India and Peru in order to discover the secret that links the Seven Wonders of the World, before it's too late...
Whilst exploring the ruins of a Greek temple, Professor Jack Grady receives an urgent phone call: his brother, a renowned mathematician, has been murd...
Napínavá detektivka plná historických záhad, tajných společenství a intrik, která hledá odpověď na jednu otázku: Má sedm starověkých divů světa něco společného s těmi novověkými? A existovaly skutečně Amazonky?
Když je v podzemní počítačové laboratoři jedné americké univerzity zavražděn samotářský matematik Jeremy Grady, je na jeho bratru Jackovi, aby přišel na to, proč Jeremy musel zemřít. Co znamená odštěpek starobylé slonoviny, nalezený v hrudi mrtvého? A co s tím má společného obrázek, který Jack našel na bratrově flashce...
Napínavá detektivka plná historických záhad, tajných společenství a intrik, která hledá odpověď na jednu otázku: Má sedm starověkých d...
Written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House, this title offers insight into the lives of Russia's most famous oligarchs.
Written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House, this title offers insight into the lives ...
