Author: Molly O'Keefe
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781726485227
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The cruel and beautiful man who ruined my life has everything he wants-everything except me. Five years ago, Clayton Rorick loved me. Or so I thought. Turned out he only wanted to get his hands on my daddy's company. Heartbroken, I ran away with nothing but the clothes on my back. Like a twisted Cinderella. When my father dies, leaving my sisters in a desperate situation, it's up to me to help them. I'll have to beg the man who broke my heart to save us. But Clayton hasn't forgotten me and what he wants in exchange for his help is...my body, my heart and my soul.
The Tycoon
Author: Molly O'Keefe
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781726485227
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The cruel and beautiful man who ruined my life has everything he wants-everything except me. Five years ago, Clayton Rorick loved me. Or so I thought. Turned out he only wanted to get his hands on my daddy's company. Heartbroken, I ran away with nothing but the clothes on my back. Like a twisted Cinderella. When my father dies, leaving my sisters in a desperate situation, it's up to me to help them. I'll have to beg the man who broke my heart to save us. But Clayton hasn't forgotten me and what he wants in exchange for his help is...my body, my heart and my soul.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781726485227
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The cruel and beautiful man who ruined my life has everything he wants-everything except me. Five years ago, Clayton Rorick loved me. Or so I thought. Turned out he only wanted to get his hands on my daddy's company. Heartbroken, I ran away with nothing but the clothes on my back. Like a twisted Cinderella. When my father dies, leaving my sisters in a desperate situation, it's up to me to help them. I'll have to beg the man who broke my heart to save us. But Clayton hasn't forgotten me and what he wants in exchange for his help is...my body, my heart and my soul.
The First Tycoon
Author: T.J. Stiles
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400031745
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, the combative man and American icon who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to create modern capitalism. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, The First Tycoon describes an improbable life, from Vanderbilt’s humble birth during the presidency of George Washington to his death as one of the richest men in American history. In between we see how the Commodore helped to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation. Epic in its scope and success, the life of Vanderbilt is also the story of the rise of America itself.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400031745
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, the combative man and American icon who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to create modern capitalism. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, The First Tycoon describes an improbable life, from Vanderbilt’s humble birth during the presidency of George Washington to his death as one of the richest men in American history. In between we see how the Commodore helped to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation. Epic in its scope and success, the life of Vanderbilt is also the story of the rise of America itself.
The Last Tycoons
Author: William D. Cohan
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385521774
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A tale of vaulting ambitions, explosive feuds, worldly mistresses, fabulous art collections, and enormous wealth—a story of high drama in the world of high finance. • "Rips the roof off of one of Wall Street's most storied investment banks." —Vanity Fair Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the most powerful firms, Lazard Frères & Co. stood apart. Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were its weapons of choice. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the "Great Men" who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built. William D. Cohan, himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes the reader into the mysterious and secretive world of Lazard and presents a compelling portrait of Wall Street through the tumultuous history of this exalted and fascinating company. Cohan deconstructs the explosive feuds between Felix Rohatyn and Steve Rattner, superstar investment bankers and pillars of New York society, and between the man who controlled Lazard, the inscrutable French billionaire Michel David-Weill, and his chosen successor, Bruce Wasserstein. Cohan follows Felix, the consummate adviser, as he reshapes corporate America in the 1970s and 1980s, saves New York City from bankruptcy, and positions himself in New York society and in Washington. Felix’s dreams are dashed after the arrival of Steve, a formidable and ambitious former newspaper reporter. By the mid-1990s, as Lazard neared its 150th anniversary, Steve and Felix were feuding openly. The internal strife caused by their arguments could not be solved by the imperious Michel, whose manipulative tendencies served only to exacerbate the trouble within the firm. Increasingly desperate, Michel took the unprecedented step of relinquishing operational control of Lazard to one of the few Great Men still around, Bruce Wasserstein, then fresh from selling his own M&A boutique, for $1.4 billion. Bruce’s take: more than $600 million. But it turned out Great Man Bruce had snookered Great Man Michel when the Frenchman was at his most vulnerable. The Last Tycoons is a tale of vaulting ambitions, whispered advice, worldly mistresses, fabulous art collections, and enormous wealth—a story of high drama in the world of high finance.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385521774
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A tale of vaulting ambitions, explosive feuds, worldly mistresses, fabulous art collections, and enormous wealth—a story of high drama in the world of high finance. • "Rips the roof off of one of Wall Street's most storied investment banks." —Vanity Fair Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the most powerful firms, Lazard Frères & Co. stood apart. Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were its weapons of choice. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the "Great Men" who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built. William D. Cohan, himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes the reader into the mysterious and secretive world of Lazard and presents a compelling portrait of Wall Street through the tumultuous history of this exalted and fascinating company. Cohan deconstructs the explosive feuds between Felix Rohatyn and Steve Rattner, superstar investment bankers and pillars of New York society, and between the man who controlled Lazard, the inscrutable French billionaire Michel David-Weill, and his chosen successor, Bruce Wasserstein. Cohan follows Felix, the consummate adviser, as he reshapes corporate America in the 1970s and 1980s, saves New York City from bankruptcy, and positions himself in New York society and in Washington. Felix’s dreams are dashed after the arrival of Steve, a formidable and ambitious former newspaper reporter. By the mid-1990s, as Lazard neared its 150th anniversary, Steve and Felix were feuding openly. The internal strife caused by their arguments could not be solved by the imperious Michel, whose manipulative tendencies served only to exacerbate the trouble within the firm. Increasingly desperate, Michel took the unprecedented step of relinquishing operational control of Lazard to one of the few Great Men still around, Bruce Wasserstein, then fresh from selling his own M&A boutique, for $1.4 billion. Bruce’s take: more than $600 million. But it turned out Great Man Bruce had snookered Great Man Michel when the Frenchman was at his most vulnerable. The Last Tycoons is a tale of vaulting ambitions, whispered advice, worldly mistresses, fabulous art collections, and enormous wealth—a story of high drama in the world of high finance.
The Inventor and the Tycoon
Author: Edward Ball
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0767929403
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book of the Year Nearly 140 years ago, in frontier California, photographer Eadweard Muybridge captured time with his camera and played it back on a flickering screen, inventing the breakthrough technology of moving pictures. Yet the visionary inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial became a national sensation. Despite Muybridge’s crime, the artist’s patron, railroad tycoon Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University, hired the photographer to answer the question of whether the four hooves of a running horse ever left the ground all at once—and together these two unlikely men launched the age of visual media. Written with style and passion by National Book Award-winner Edward Ball, this riveting true-crime tale of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who built the railroads puts on display the virtues and vices of the great American West.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0767929403
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book of the Year Nearly 140 years ago, in frontier California, photographer Eadweard Muybridge captured time with his camera and played it back on a flickering screen, inventing the breakthrough technology of moving pictures. Yet the visionary inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial became a national sensation. Despite Muybridge’s crime, the artist’s patron, railroad tycoon Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University, hired the photographer to answer the question of whether the four hooves of a running horse ever left the ground all at once—and together these two unlikely men launched the age of visual media. Written with style and passion by National Book Award-winner Edward Ball, this riveting true-crime tale of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who built the railroads puts on display the virtues and vices of the great American West.
The New Tycoons
Author: Jason Kelly
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118205464
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Inside the Trillion Dollar Industry That Owns Everything What do Dunkin' Donuts, J. Crew, Toys "R" Us, and Burger King have in common? They are all currently or just recently were owned, operated, and controlled by private equity firms. The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything takes the reader behind the scenes of these firms: their famous billionaire founders, the overlapping stories of their creation and evolution, and the outsized ambitions that led a group of clever bankers from small shops operating in a corner of Wall Street into powerhouse titans of capital. This is the story of the money and the men who handle it. Go inside the private worlds of founders Henry Kravis, Steve Schwarzman, David Bonderman, and more in The New Tycoons, and discover how these men have transformed the industry and built the some of the most powerful and most secretive houses of money in the world. With numerous private equity firms going public for the first time, learn how these firms operate, where their money comes from and where it goes, and how every day millions of customers, employees, and retirees play a role in that complex tangle of money Author Jason Kelly tells the story of how thirty some years ago a group of colleagues with $120,000 of their own savings founded what would become one of the largest private equity shops in the world, completing the biggest buyout the world has ever seen, and making them all billionaires in the process Presents a never-before-seen look inside a secretive and powerful world on the verge of complete transformation as the industry and its leaders gain public profiles, scrutiny, and political positions Analyzing the founders and the firms at a crucial moment, when they've elevated themselves beyond their already lofty ambitions into the world of public opinion and valuation, New Tycoons looks at one of the most important, yet least examined, trillion-dollar corners of the global economy and what it portends for these new tycoons.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118205464
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Inside the Trillion Dollar Industry That Owns Everything What do Dunkin' Donuts, J. Crew, Toys "R" Us, and Burger King have in common? They are all currently or just recently were owned, operated, and controlled by private equity firms. The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything takes the reader behind the scenes of these firms: their famous billionaire founders, the overlapping stories of their creation and evolution, and the outsized ambitions that led a group of clever bankers from small shops operating in a corner of Wall Street into powerhouse titans of capital. This is the story of the money and the men who handle it. Go inside the private worlds of founders Henry Kravis, Steve Schwarzman, David Bonderman, and more in The New Tycoons, and discover how these men have transformed the industry and built the some of the most powerful and most secretive houses of money in the world. With numerous private equity firms going public for the first time, learn how these firms operate, where their money comes from and where it goes, and how every day millions of customers, employees, and retirees play a role in that complex tangle of money Author Jason Kelly tells the story of how thirty some years ago a group of colleagues with $120,000 of their own savings founded what would become one of the largest private equity shops in the world, completing the biggest buyout the world has ever seen, and making them all billionaires in the process Presents a never-before-seen look inside a secretive and powerful world on the verge of complete transformation as the industry and its leaders gain public profiles, scrutiny, and political positions Analyzing the founders and the firms at a crucial moment, when they've elevated themselves beyond their already lofty ambitions into the world of public opinion and valuation, New Tycoons looks at one of the most important, yet least examined, trillion-dollar corners of the global economy and what it portends for these new tycoons.
Pregnant by the Greek Tycoon
Author: Kim Lawrence
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426859139
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
A Greek tycoon tries to win back his wife and child in this classic contemporary romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. After a whirlwind marriage to Greek billionaire Angolos Constantine, Georgie was pregnant—and was sure Angolos would be delighted. Instead, he told her to “go away and never come back.” So that was exactly what she did. Angolos has never seen his son—until now! In fact, Angolos Constantine didn’t think he could have children, and now he’s not prepared to let this miracle go. Even though Georgie seems to hate him, he’ll have what’s rightfully his . . . by whatever means possible!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426859139
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
A Greek tycoon tries to win back his wife and child in this classic contemporary romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. After a whirlwind marriage to Greek billionaire Angolos Constantine, Georgie was pregnant—and was sure Angolos would be delighted. Instead, he told her to “go away and never come back.” So that was exactly what she did. Angolos has never seen his son—until now! In fact, Angolos Constantine didn’t think he could have children, and now he’s not prepared to let this miracle go. Even though Georgie seems to hate him, he’ll have what’s rightfully his . . . by whatever means possible!
The Tycoon's Revenge
Author: Melody Anne
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781468187953
Category : Man-woman relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Derek Titan is a cutthroat business man that reached his way to the top without looking back once. He left his poor roots behind, and now is seeking revenge for the girl that not only got away, but took the last of his trust with her. Jasmine Freeman had loved Derek with a teenager's naivet� and because her father lied to her, she spent ten years thinking he had left her, and she has a secret that he is about to find out. When Derek takes over Jasmine's father's company, they will be together for the first time in ten years and their passion will rekindle. Derek is determined to have Jasmine, and she is determined to fight him, but in the end there is not much that can extinguish the blaze of passion between them. Take the journey with Derek and Jasmine, and Derek's cousins who bring humor, love, and character to the story. You will fall in love with Derek and then want to read about his cousin's Drew and Ryan.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781468187953
Category : Man-woman relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Derek Titan is a cutthroat business man that reached his way to the top without looking back once. He left his poor roots behind, and now is seeking revenge for the girl that not only got away, but took the last of his trust with her. Jasmine Freeman had loved Derek with a teenager's naivet� and because her father lied to her, she spent ten years thinking he had left her, and she has a secret that he is about to find out. When Derek takes over Jasmine's father's company, they will be together for the first time in ten years and their passion will rekindle. Derek is determined to have Jasmine, and she is determined to fight him, but in the end there is not much that can extinguish the blaze of passion between them. Take the journey with Derek and Jasmine, and Derek's cousins who bring humor, love, and character to the story. You will fall in love with Derek and then want to read about his cousin's Drew and Ryan.
THE GREEK TYCOON'S CONVENIENT WIFE
Author: Sharon Kendrick
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
ISBN: 4596248818
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
【A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!】Alice was waiting for a guest, an old boyfriend, Kyros. He suddenly disappeared ten years ago after telling Alice that he was returning to his homeland, Greece, to get married. So why did he call out of the blue to say he was stopping by? Alice wore a bold, black satin dress. She wanted to impress him so that he would regret ever having left her…but the moment Alice greeted him, her heart was immediately shaken. It didn’t matter how much time had passed… His light tan, his rough, pirate-like features and strong body?he was all too irresistible!
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
ISBN: 4596248818
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
【A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!】Alice was waiting for a guest, an old boyfriend, Kyros. He suddenly disappeared ten years ago after telling Alice that he was returning to his homeland, Greece, to get married. So why did he call out of the blue to say he was stopping by? Alice wore a bold, black satin dress. She wanted to impress him so that he would regret ever having left her…but the moment Alice greeted him, her heart was immediately shaken. It didn’t matter how much time had passed… His light tan, his rough, pirate-like features and strong body?he was all too irresistible!
The Tycoon's Wager
Author: Olivia Logan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440590419
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
To boost ratings and save her radio show, agony aunt CJ Stratt has no choice but to agree to a publicity proposition from London's renowned playboy Jack Harper. They'll go on eight dates, which she'll tweet about to prove he's not the unreliable wastrel he's been painted as in the press. Jack's desperate to squelch his irresponsible image to insure that the business deal that could make or break his career goes smoothly. He's willing to do anything, including dating this quirky DJ with pastel-colored hair and a sassy mouth. Jack knows seduction, but he has no idea how to love. Love is CJ's business, yet she has never been seduced. Somehow, this business just got personal . . . Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440590419
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
To boost ratings and save her radio show, agony aunt CJ Stratt has no choice but to agree to a publicity proposition from London's renowned playboy Jack Harper. They'll go on eight dates, which she'll tweet about to prove he's not the unreliable wastrel he's been painted as in the press. Jack's desperate to squelch his irresponsible image to insure that the business deal that could make or break his career goes smoothly. He's willing to do anything, including dating this quirky DJ with pastel-colored hair and a sassy mouth. Jack knows seduction, but he has no idea how to love. Love is CJ's business, yet she has never been seduced. Somehow, this business just got personal . . . Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Sold to the Sheikh
Author: Chloe Cox
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781480153448
Category : Erotic stories
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Stella Spencer is grateful for any job she can get after her divorce, even if it's at an exclusive BDSM sex club. And Club Volare proves the perfect place to hide while she mends a shattered heart-until she interrupts an auction scene, and the powerful Sheikh Bashir al Aziz bin Said decides that Stella is the woman that he wants. At Club Volare for one last wild weekend before his family requires him to settle down, Sheikh Bashir doesn't expect to find a woman who challenges him. But Stella Spencer is a challenge, all right: both vulnerable and guarded, beautiful and insecure, and a closet submissive. And she's hiding something. Stella is afraid to open her heart to love again after the way she's been hurt, but Sheikh Bashir wants to be the Dom to show her who she truly is-and Sheikh Bashir always gets what he wants.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781480153448
Category : Erotic stories
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Stella Spencer is grateful for any job she can get after her divorce, even if it's at an exclusive BDSM sex club. And Club Volare proves the perfect place to hide while she mends a shattered heart-until she interrupts an auction scene, and the powerful Sheikh Bashir al Aziz bin Said decides that Stella is the woman that he wants. At Club Volare for one last wild weekend before his family requires him to settle down, Sheikh Bashir doesn't expect to find a woman who challenges him. But Stella Spencer is a challenge, all right: both vulnerable and guarded, beautiful and insecure, and a closet submissive. And she's hiding something. Stella is afraid to open her heart to love again after the way she's been hurt, but Sheikh Bashir wants to be the Dom to show her who she truly is-and Sheikh Bashir always gets what he wants.