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Requiem for Torchy: The Life of a Gambler
ISBN: 9780595264483 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Joe Torchy Torchia, the last of Sacramento s legendary great gamblers, died in a hail of bullets in 1970, an era died with him. In his day, The Torch was many things to many people.
When Joe Torchy Torchia, the last of Sacramento s legendary great gamblers, died in a hail of bullets in 1970, an era died with him. In his day, The T...
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The Gilded Leaf: Triumph, Tragedy, and Tobacco: Three Generations of the R. J. Reynolds Family and Fortune
ISBN: 9780595366583 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Gilded Leaf" is the riveting, dramatic saga of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco family, one of America's richest and most intensely private clans. R.J. was the original founder of the company that became part of RJR Nabisco, which in 1988 was involved in the largest business takeover in history. Spanning three generations, the Reynolds's story moves from the triumphs of founder and corporate genius R. J. to the dissipation, scandal, and tragedy that plagued his children and grandchildren. There is a redemptive close, with grandson Patrick Reynolds founding Smokefree America and becoming a...
"The Gilded Leaf" is the riveting, dramatic saga of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco family, one of America's richest and most intensely private clans. R.J....
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The Gilded Leaf: Triumph, Tragedy, and Tobacco: Three Generations of the R. J. Reynolds Family and Fortune
ISBN: 9780595838318 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Gilded Leaf" is the riveting, dramatic saga of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco family, one of America's richest and most intensely private clans. R.J. was the original founder of the company that became part of RJR Nabisco, which in 1988 was involved in the largest business takeover in history. Spanning three generations, the Reynolds's story moves from the triumphs of founder and corporate genius R. J. to the dissipation, scandal, and tragedy that plagued his children and grandchildren. There is a redemptive close, with grandson Patrick Reynolds founding Smokefree America and becoming a...
"The Gilded Leaf" is the riveting, dramatic saga of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco family, one of America's richest and most intensely private clans. R.J....
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130,83 |
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Ross Perot: The Man Behind the Myth
ISBN: 9780679744177 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A portrait of the outsider presidential candidate who captured the American imagination, based on exclusive interviews with Ross Perot, his family, and his business associates
He's a brilliant entrepreneur, a robust patriot, a working-class boy who rose to be a business tycoon. But who is the real Ross Perot? In this definitive biography that everyone who cares about America will want to read, Ken Gross brings to life the man behind the news stories and the sound bites, offering insights into Perot's gifts for leadership. Here are the experiences that forged... A portrait of the outsider presidential candidate who captured the American imagination, based on exclusive interviews with Ross Perot, his family,...
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73,22 |
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What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love
ISBN: 9780743277181 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A stunning, tragic memoir about John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bissett, and his cousin Anthony Radziwill, by Radziwill's widow, now a star of The Real Housewives of New York. What Remains is a vivid and haunting memoir about a girl from a working-class town who becomes an award-winning television producer and marries a prince, Anthony Radziwill. Carole grew up in a small suburb with a large, eccentric cast of characters. At nineteen, she struck out for New York City to find a different life. Her career at ABC News led her to the refugee camps of Cambodia, to a...
A stunning, tragic memoir about John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bissett, and his cousin Anthony Radziwill, by Radziwill's widow, now a star of <...
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73,17 |
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Memoirs of an Unfit Mother
ISBN: 9780743448987 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anne Robinson learned early on that success in the male-dominated journalism industry came at a price -- and her daring, single-minded foray into that world wreaked havoc in her troubled marriage, a desperate struggle with alcohol abuse, and a sensational, highly publicized custody battle. Now, Britain's highest-paid female broadcaster, an outspoken, celebrated, and often controversial survivor -- best known to Americans as the notorious host of the television quiz show The Weakest Link -- opens up about her past, motherhood, feminist ideals, real life, and her miraculous,...
Anne Robinson learned early on that success in the male-dominated journalism industry came at a price -- and her daring, single-minded foray into that...
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88,44 |
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Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children
ISBN: 9780767909044 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An elegantly designed, beautifully composed volume of personal letters from famous American men and women that celebrates the American Experience and illuminates the rich history of some of America s most storied families.
Posterity is at once an epistolary chronicle of America and a fascinating glimpse into the hearts and minds of some of history s most admired figures and storied families. Spanning more than three centuries, these letters contain enduring lessons in life, love, character and compassion that will surprise and enlighten. Included here are letters... An elegantly designed, beautifully composed volume of personal letters from famous American men and women that celebrates the American Experience a...
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Down to Earth: The Territorial Bond in South China
ISBN: 9780804724340 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing local history to bear on major questions in Chinese social history and anthropology, this volume comprises a series of historical and ethnographic studies of the Pearl River Delta from late imperial times through the 1940's. The delta is a rich and socially complex area of south China, and the contributors - scholars from the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and the United States - have long-standing ties to the region. The contributors argue that local society in the Delta was integrated into the Chinese state through a series of changes that involved...
Bringing local history to bear on major questions in Chinese social history and anthropology, this volume comprises a series of historical and ethnogr...
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Champagne...and Real Pain: A Paris Memoir - Celebrities in Paris in the Fifties
ISBN: 9780889626652 / Angielski / Miękka / 335 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than 50 years after arriving in Paris, Maggi Nolan, former society columnist for the legendary Herald Tribune, has written a moving account of life in Paris in the fifties. She left America in 1946, and soon took on a new existence at the heart of high-end bohemia, rubbing elbows with the rich, the famous and the wonderfully original at Maxim's, the Ritz, and La Tour D'Argent. People like Maurice Chevalier, Olivia de Havilland, J. Paul Getty, Cary Grant, Bing Crosby, Princess Grace of Monaco, Aly Khan, Ari Onassis, and many more They were all there, and Maggi reveals them with...
More than 50 years after arriving in Paris, Maggi Nolan, former society columnist for the legendary Herald Tribune, has written a moving account of li...
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80,81 |
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The Rothschilds: The Financial Rulers of Nations
ISBN: 9781410210883 / Angielski / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "What's in a name?" asks Shakespeare. The answer, when the name is Rothschild, is not difficult. There is a volume of meaning in its mere sound. It is a name which conjures up in the imagination visions of untold wealth and unrivaled power, which appear so startling and amazing as to be more appropriate to romance than real life. It has become a household word synonymous with unbounded riches, and is as familiar to the ears of the struggling artisan as to those of the banker or trader.
"What's in a name?" asks Shakespeare. The answer, when the name is Rothschild, is not difficult. There is a volume of meaning in its mere sound. It is...
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129,27 |
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Justice for Selena: The State Vs Yolanda Saldivar
ISBN: 9781412065252 / Angielski / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The district attorney who prosecuted the case against Yolanda Saldivar offers a firsthand account of the trial involving the death of Selena Quintanilla Perez, the Tejano music superstar whose murder sent shockwaves throughout the music world.
The district attorney who prosecuted the case against Yolanda Saldivar offers a firsthand account of the trial involving the death of Selena Quintanil...
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153,62 |
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Celebrity Secrets: Official Government Files on the Rich and Famous
ISBN: 9781416528661 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. SEXUAL DEVIANTS, NAZI SPIES, DANGEROUS LONERS, COMMUNISTS, DRUG ADDICTS, TRAITORS, AND MOBSTERS. THIS IS HOLLYWOOD. DECLASSIFIED. It's tough being rich and famous -- stalked, photographed, hounded, and dissected. But obsessive celebrity watching has a lurid history that began long before tabloid shutterbugs took their first shot. Here for the first time are the recently declassified celebrity files of the FBI, the CIA, and the military, giving the private dirt on the most "suspect, dangerous and immoral" public figures in the world -- from George Burns to Andy Warhol. ...
SEXUAL DEVIANTS, NAZI SPIES, DANGEROUS LONERS, COMMUNISTS, DRUG ADDICTS, TRAITORS, AND MOBSTERS. THIS IS HOLLYWOOD. DECLASSIFIED. It'...
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69,32 |
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Charlotte and Lionel
ISBN: 9781416573326 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charlotte was young and beautiful. Lionel, almost ten years older, was rich and her cousin. Theirs was an arranged betrothal joining two branches of Europe's most powerful banking firm. It seemed an unlikely love match, and even their wedding had to survive catastrophe. Yet their marriage lasted through tragedies and triumphs. Charlotte became one of the grand chatelaines of the Victorian era; Lionel, England's leading financier, persevered through years of bigotry to become the first of his faith to be seated in Parliament. In Charlotte and Lionel, acclaimed biographer Stanley...
Charlotte was young and beautiful. Lionel, almost ten years older, was rich and her cousin. Theirs was an arranged betrothal joining two branches of E...
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Hollywood Gambler: The Gus Boulis Story
ISBN: 9781418407230 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A Real-Life Docu-Drama based on Greek immigrant millionaire "Gus" Konstantinos Boulis founder of a restaurant, hotel and gambling boat empire whose involvement with corrupt politicians and the mafia led to his unsolved murder in Hollywood, Florida."
"A Real-Life Docu-Drama based on Greek immigrant millionaire "Gus" Konstantinos Boulis founder of a restaurant, hotel and gambling boat empire whose i...
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Evil in High Places: A True Story of Corruption and Cover Up
ISBN: 9781418499945 / Angielski / Twarda / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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160,50 |
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Evil in High Places: A True Story of Corruption and Cover Up
ISBN: 9781418499952 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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114,64 |
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Not Meant to Be
ISBN: 9781420804539 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's a story of an average man. Everything he tried he seemed to fail. A ball player, a trumpet player, a singer, an actor, it just never happened. Luck? Never! And you need luck, or it's "not meant to be."
It's a story of an average man. Everything he tried he seemed to fail. A ball player, a trumpet player, a singer, an actor, it just never happened. Lu...
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A Junebug Recipe: The Secret Ingredients for What's Been Ailing You... a True Story
ISBN: 9781420812220 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ...Love of horses... colon... love of a sister... cancer... beach club days... montauk beach, the end... cancer... Sylvia Browne... faith... angel ariel... cancer... regina vagina... Kitty's Chili dip... Superbowl Sundays... cancer.. .Kanamit... To Serve Man... Michael Chambers... cancer... willy Ionian... immune system... a search for the cure... cancer... friendship... the missus... marshmellows... Perfect Gentleman... penis, cancer... the kids... banana cake... the secret ingredients revealed... hold onto your hat. and your saddle!!!
...Love of horses... colon... love of a sister... cancer... beach club days... montauk beach, the end... cancer... Sylvia Browne... faith... angel ari...
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135,28 |
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A Junebug Recipe: The Secret Ingredients for What's Been Ailing You... a True Story
ISBN: 9781420812237 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ...Love of horses... colon... love of a sister... cancer... beach club days... montauk beach, the end... cancer... Sylvia Browne... faith... angel ariel... cancer... regina vagina... Kitty's Chili dip... Superbowl Sundays... cancer.. .Kanamit... To Serve Man... Michael Chambers... cancer... willy Ionian... immune system... a search for the cure... cancer... friendship... the missus... marshmellows... Perfect Gentleman... penis, cancer... the kids... banana cake... the secret ingredients revealed... hold onto your hat. and your saddle!!!
...Love of horses... colon... love of a sister... cancer... beach club days... montauk beach, the end... cancer... Sylvia Browne... faith... angel ari...
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80,25 |
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Secrets of a Jeweler
ISBN: 9781420826128 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The behind-the-scenes anecdotes in SECRETS OF A JEWELER open a window to some of the rich and famous and alas also to some of the infamous in the capital city of the Western World.
The behind-the-scenes anecdotes in SECRETS OF A JEWELER open a window to some of the rich and famous and alas also to some of the infamous in the capi...
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