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The fund : Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the unraveling of a Wall Street legend / by Copeland, Rob,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio does not want you to read this book. Late last year, when the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund on the planet, announced that he was stepping down from the company he started out of his apartment nearly 50 years ago, the news made headlines around the world. Dalio cultivated an aura of international admiration and fame thanks to his company's eye-popping success, coupled with a mystique he encouraged with frequent media appearances, celebrity hobnobbing, and his bestselling book, Principles. In The Fund, award-winning New York Times journalist Rob Copeland punctures this carefully-constructed narrative of the benevolent business titan, exposing his much-promoted "principles" as one of the great feats of hubris in modern memory--in practice, they encouraged a toxic culture of paranoia and backstabbing. The Fund is a page-turning, stranger-than-fiction journey into a rarefied world of wealth and power. It offers an unflinching look at the pain so often caused by the "radical transparency" Dalio has described as a core tenet of his recipe for business success and a meaningful life. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with those inside and around the firm, Copeland takes readers into the room as former FBI director Jim Comey kisses Dalio's ring, recent Pennsylvania Senate candidate David McCormick drinks the Kool-Aid, and a rotating cast of memorable characters grapple with their personal psychological and moral limits--all under the watchful eye of their charismatic leader. This is a cautionary tale for anyone convinced that the ability to make lots of money has anything at all to do with unlocking the principles of human nature"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Dalio, Ray, 1949-; Bridgewater Associates; Bridgewater Associates; Bridgewater Associates;

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Never Too Late A Novel [electronic resource] : by Steel, Danielle.aut; cloudLibrary;

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a stirring novel about a woman striking out on her own after loss as her adult daughters try to find their own independent paths in life. Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco.  Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband’s venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also freed from her responsibility as a board member of the company. Bringing with her only a few personal treasures, she is excited to move into the blank slate of a beautiful midtown penthouse, in the city that she has always loved. It is also where her two adult daughters now live. As Kezia settles into her new apartment, she meets her movie-star next-door neighbor, Sam Stewart, whose terrace borders hers. Just a couple of weeks after she arrives, however, a devastating crisis strikes New York City. Kezia and Sam find themselves connecting over their strong impulse to help those in need. As they share a life-changing experience of volunteering, a bond is sparked and a friendship is formed. Kezia’s daughters, Kate and Felicity, are taken aback by their mother’s new friendship, both more focused on their own love lives than hers. But Kezia is learning that the changes she’s making are just what she needs to open new horizons. In this powerful and moving new novel, Danielle Steel illuminates the importance of human connection and embracing brave change, proving it’s never too late for a brand-new start.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Contemporary; Family Life; Contemporary Women;

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The giver of stars [sound recording] / by Moyes, Jojo,1969-author.; Whelan, Julia,1984-narrator.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;

Read by Julia Whelan."Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt's new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who's never asked a man's permission for anything. They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Horseback Librarians of Kentucky. What happens to them--and to the men they love--becomes a classic drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion. Though they face all kinds of dangers, they're committed to their job--bringing books to people who have never had any, sharing the gift of learning that will change their lives. Based on a true story rooted in America's past, The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope. At times funny, at others heartbreaking, this is a richly rewarding novel of women's friendship, of true love, and of what happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond"--

Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Women librarians; Female friendship;

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Spinning man [videorecording] / by Aldrich, Matthew(Screenwriter),screenwriter.; Arnold, Keith(Film producer),film producer.; Brosnan, Pierce,actor.; Driver, Minnie,actor.; Gregg, Clark,1962-actor.; Kaijser, Simon,film director.; Kennedy, Jamie,1970-actor.; Morgan, Polly,director of photography.; Pearce, Guy,1967-actor.; Rush, Odeya,1997-actor.; Shipp, Alexandra,actor.; Wall, Jean-Paul,composer.; Wander, Ellen,film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Harrar, George,1949-Spinning man.; Film Bridge International,production company.; Grindstone Entertainment Group,production company.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.; VX119 (Firm),production company.;

Music by Jean-Paul Wall; director of photography, Polly Morgan.Guy Pearce, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, Alexandra Shipp, Odeya Rush, Jamie Kennedy, Clark Gregg.When a female college student goes missing, a popular professor is the prime suspect. Suddenly, the questions he faces aren't merely academic, they're a matter of life and death.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for some language including sexual references.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Detective and mystery films.; Feature films.; College teachers; Criminal investigation; Missing persons; Teacher-student relationships;

For private home use only.

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Thank you for your service [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Hall, Jason,1972-film director,screenwriter.; Kilik, Jon,film producer.; Bennett, Haley,1989-actor.; Castle-Hughes, Keisha,1990-actor.; Teller, Miles,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Finkel, David,1955-Thank you for your service.; Dreamworks Pictures,presenter.; Reliance Entertainment,presenter.; Universal Pictures (Firm),publisher.;

Music, Thomas Newman ; editor, Jay Cassidy ; director of photography, Roman Vasyanov.Haley Bennett, Miles Teller, Keisha Castle-Hughes.A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggles to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, 2.0 DVS, DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1, Dolby digital 2.0.

Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Finkel, David, 1955-; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Veterans; Iraq War, 2003-2011;

For private home use only.

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Where the crawdads sing [videorecording] / by Dickinson, Harris,1996-actor.; Edgar-Jones, Daisy,1998-actor.; Ladin, Eric,1978-actor.; Newman, Olivia,1975-film director.; O'Reilly, Ahna,1985-actor.; Smith, Taylor John,1995-actor.; Alibar, Lucy,screenwriter.; Strathairn, David,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Owens, Delia.Where the crawdads sing.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Harris Dickinson, Taylor John Smith, David Strathairn, Eric Ladin, Ahna O'Reilly.For years, rumors of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So, in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life, until the unthinkable happens.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Abandoned children; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Solitude; Women hermits; Young women;

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Prisoners of the castle [text (large print)] : an epic story of survival and escape from Colditz, the Nazis' fortress prison / by Macintyre, Ben,1963-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."From the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor, a definitive and surprising new narrative of one of history's most famous prisons--and the remarkable cast of POWs who tried to relentlessly escape their Nazi captors. The myth of Colditz, the most infamous prison in history, has stood unchallenged for 70 years: prisoners of war, mustaches firmly set on stiff upper lips, defying the Nazis by tunnelling out of a grim Gothic castle on a German hilltop. Like all legends, that story contains only part of the truth. In Ben Macintyre's brilliant, cliche-smashing new history, he offers a vision of Colditz previously unimagined, a story of much more than an escape, just as the prison's inmates were far more complicated than the cardboard saints depicted in post-war pop culture. Colditz was a miniature replica of office-class society at the time, only far stranger: a lethal, high stakes boarding school surrounded by barbed wire, initially containing prisoners of all Allied nations, including Canada, but eventually only Britons and Americans, a heavily guarded cage with its own culture, eccentricities, and internal tensions. In intimate and compelling detail, Macintyre explores what happens to people when they are locked up without committing a crime and with no idea when or if they might be liberated. Colditz, then, is a tale of the indomitable human spirit, but also one of snobbery, class conflict, hidden sexuality, bullying, espionage, boredom, insanity, and farce. With access to declassified archives, private papers, and never-before-seen photos, the author reveals a remarkable cast of characters, previously hidden from history: Indian doctor Birendranath Mazymdar, the only non-white prisoner, whose ill-treatment, hunger-strike and eventual escape reads like fiction; Florimond Duke, America's oldest paratrooper and least successful secret agent; Christoper Clayton Hutton, the brilliant inventor employed by British intelligence to manufacture escape aids for POWs, from maps hidden in playing cards to a compass secreted inside a walnut; and many others. Bringing together the wartime intrigue of his acclaimed Operation Mincemeat and keen psychological portraits of his bestselling true-life spy stories, Macintyre has breathed stunning new life into one of the greatest war stories ever told."--

Subjects: Large type books.; Schloss Colditz (Colditz, Germany); Prisoner-of-war escapes; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;

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Bloodshot [videorecording] / by Diesel, Vin,actor,film producer.; González, Eiza,1990-actor.; Heisserer, Eric,screenwriter.; Heughan, Sam,1980-actor.; Jablonsky, Steve,composer.; Jaffe, Toby,film producer.; Jouffret, Jacques,director of photography.; Kebbell, Toby,actor.; May, Jim(Film editor),editor of moving image work.; Moritz, Neal H.,film producer.; Shamdasani, Dinesh,film producer.; Wadlow, Jeff,screenwriter.; Wilson, Dave,film director.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

Music by Steve Jablonsky ; edited by Jim May ; director of photography, Jacques Jouffret.Vin Diesel, Sam Heughan, Eiza Gonzalez, Toby Kebbell, Guy Pearce, Talulah Riley, Lamorne Morris, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Siddharth Dhananjay.Based on the best selling comic book, Vin Diesel stars as Ray Garrison, a soldier recently killed in action and brought back to life as a superhero by the RST Corporation. With an army of nanotechnology in his veins, he's an unstoppable force, stronger than ever and able to heal instantly. But in controlling his body, the company has sway over his mind and memories, too. Now, Ray doesn't know what's real and what's not, but he's on a mission to find out.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of violence, some suggestive material and language.DVD, widescreen presentation (2.39:1); Dolby digital 5.1 DVS.

Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Superhero films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Bloodshot (Fictitious character); Good and evil; Heroes; Superheroes;

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Killing Eve. [videorecording] / by Atef, Emily,1973-television director.; Bodnia, Kim,1965-actor.; Comer, Jodie,1993-actor.; Corradi, Stella,television director.; Manon, Anu,television director.; Neal, Laura,screenwriter.; Oh, Sandra,1971-actor.; Shaw, Fiona,1958-actor.; television adaptation of (work) :Jennings, Luke.Codename Villanelle.; AMC Studios,publisher.; BBC America,production company.; Endeavor Content (Firm),production company.; RLJ Entertainment,distributor.; Sid Gentle Films Ltd.,production company.;

Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia.Eve is on a revenge mission while Villanelle has embraced a brand-new way of life in an attempt to prove she's not a 'monster', all while Carolyn goes to extraordinary lengths to continue to chase down the Twelve.18A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Spy television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Female assassins; Murder; Women intelligence officers;

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A carnival of snackery [sound recording] : diaries (2003-2020) / by Sedaris, David,author,narrator.; Ullman, Tracey,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;

Read by David Sedaris, Tracey Ullman.If it's navel-gazing you're after, you've come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head or gathering to watch as a man considers leap-ing to his death. There's a dirty joke shared at a book signing, then a dirtier one told at a dinner party - lots of jokes here. Plenty of laughs. These diaries remind you that you once really hated George W. Bush, and that not too long ago, Donald Trump was just a harm-less laughingstock, at least on French TV. Time marches on, and Sedaris, at his desk or on planes, in hotel dining rooms and odd Japanese inns, records it. The entries here reflect an ever-changing background - new administrations, new restrictions on speech and conduct. What you can say at the start of the book, you can't by the end. At its best, A Carnival of Snackery is a sort of sampler: the bitter and the sweet. Some entries are just what you wanted. Others you might want to spit discreetly into a napkin.

Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Autobiographies.; Diaries.; Sedaris, David; Authors, American; Humorists, American;

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