Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist: The A-List Kingpin and the Poker Ring that Brought Down Tinseltown (Front Page Detectives)
By: Houston Curtis
3.67
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made
By: Walter Isaacson , Evan Thomas
4.09
Format: 864 pages, Paperback
A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original be… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
2. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
By: Roger Lowenstein , Edwin Lefèvre
4.18
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
First published in 1923, "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" is the most widely read, highly recomm… read more
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- nonfiction
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"If a man didn't make mistakes he'd own the world in a month. But if he didn't profit by his mistakes he wouldn't own a blessed thing"-Roger Lowenstein, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
"No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play."-Roger Lowenstein, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
"Old Baron Rothschild’s recipe for wealth winning applies with greater force than ever to speculation. Somebody asked him if making money in the Bourse was not a very difficult matter and he replied t…"-Roger Lowenstein, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
3. The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History
By: David Enrich
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In 2006, an oddball group of bankers, traders and brokers from some of the largest financial instit… read more
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- nonfiction
- crime
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- true crime
4. Straight to Hell: True Tales of Deviance, Debauchery, and Billion-Dollar Deals
By: John LeFevre
3.72
Format: 78 pages,
"Some chick asked me what I would do with 10 million bucks. I told her I'd wonder where the rest of… read more
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- nonfiction
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5. Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
By: Beck Weathers , Stephen G. Michaud
4.82
Format: 174 pages, Paperback
As featured in the upcoming motion picture Everest,starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes,… read more
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- nonfiction
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6. Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker
By: Molly Bloom
0.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Molly Bloom was a little girl growing up in a small Colorado town, she watched her brothers wi… read more
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7. Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami
By: Roben Farzad
4.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The wild, true story of the Mutiny, the hotel and club that embodied the decadence of Miami's cocai… read more
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8. Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961
By: Fred Sanders , None
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Audiobook
A former CIA officer and curator of the CIA Museum unveils the shocking, untold story of Nobel Priz… read more
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9. Den of Thieves
By: James B. Stewart
3.49
Format: None pages, Paperback
A #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thievestells the full story of the insider-trading scan… read more
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10. I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
By: Charles Brandt
4.12
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint hou… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
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11. The War on the West
By: Douglas Murray
4.28
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim… read more
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- nonfiction
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"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now b…"-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
"Like all societies in history, all Western nations have racism in their histories. But that is not the only history of our countries. Racism is not the sole lens through which our societies can be un…"-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
"Historical criticism and rethinking are never a bad idea. However, the hunt for visible, tangible problems shouldn't become a hunt for invisible, intangible problems. Especially not if they are carri…"-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
12. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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- nonfiction
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"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
13. Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
By: Tom Wright
4.07
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An epic true-tale of hubris and greed from two Pulitzer-finalist Wall Street Journal reporters, Bil… read more
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- nonfiction
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14. Taking Berlin: The Bloody Race to Defeat the Third Reich
By: Martin Dugard
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series, comes… read more
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15. I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir
By: Val Kilmer
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Legendary actor Val Kilmer shares the stories behind his most beloved roles, reminisces about his s… read more
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16. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
By: Billy Walters
3.84
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “An insightful read…Walters is a larger-than-life character.” — Sports … read more
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17. You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together
By: Kat Timpf
3.80
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
What happens when we can’t joke about some of the most important stuff in life? In a 2019 study, 4… read more
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"The Bottom Line: When you say that words are violence, you inherently are saying that violence is an acceptable response to words, because violence is universally considered an acceptable response to…"-Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together
"A better standard would be intention. If someone says something that offends us - but their intentions was humor - than we should respond far differently to that than we would if the person intended …"-Kat Timpf, You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together
18. LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media
By: P.W. Singer
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter an… read more
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19. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
By: Julie Satow
4.06
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more
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20. Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist: The A-List Kingpin and the Poker Ring that Brought Down Tinseltown (Front Page Detectives)
By: Houston Curtis
3.67
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
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