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Next to heaven / by Frey, James,1969-author.;
"New Bethlehem, Connecticut. Picture-perfect lawns, manicured hedges, multi-million dollar homes. But beneath the designer yoga gear and country club memberships lies a darker reality. In this world of excess, Devon and Belle have it all -- beauty, money, status. But they want something more. Something dangerous. Something that makes them feel alive. Their solution? A party -- a meticulously curated gathering of New Bethlehem's elite, from a desperate ex-NFL quarterback to a hockey coach with a penchant for married women, and a ruthless Wall Street "closer" who wields his wealth like a weapon. One night. Multiple betrayals. And a murder that will shatter New Bethlehem's carefully constructed facade."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; American Dream; Betrayal; Murder; Parties; Rich people; Secrecy;
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Traces: S2. by Foggin, Chris,film director.; Spence, Jennifer,actor.; Fraser, Laura,actor.; Compston, Martin,actor.; Nardone, Michael,actor.; Windsor, Molly,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jennifer Spence, Laura Fraser, Martin Compston, Michael Nardone, Molly WindsorOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2022.Passions run high in an explosive return of this critically acclaimed crime series. Based on an idea by best-selling novelist Val McDermid.Lab assistant Emma Hedges is now training to be a forensic chemist, and on the cusp of seeing her mother’s murder case finally resolved. Daniel is to give evidence against his father. Will Emma and Daniel’s relationship withstand the pressure? Will justice be served?Meanwhile, professors Sarah Gordon and Kathy Torrance are investigating a deadly bombing campaign. Homemade devices are going off around Dundee, with critical clues hidden inside the bombs. Will the team track down the bomber before their identity goes up in smoke?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.;
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Traces: S1. by Spence, Jennifer,actor.; Fraser, Laura,actor.; Compston, Martin,actor.; Windsor, Molly,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jennifer Spence, Laura Fraser, Martin Compston, Molly WindsorOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2019.UKTV continues its push into original drama with Traces, a crime drama driven by a personal tragedy. From the makers of Happy Valley, based on an original idea by best-selling crime author Val McDermid.A body buried in Dundee 18 years ago. A daughter left behind. A murder unsolved. Until now – because Emma Hedges needs to find out what happened to her mum. With help from colleagues at the Scottish Institute of Forensic Science and Anatomy, she follows the trail of evidence. It leads her to new love, old friends, and plunges her into a police investigation. This is a world of danger and deceit. Will Emma have the nerve to follow the evidence no matter where it takes her?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.;
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Ellavut Cimirtuq. by Cleveland, Jacqueline,film director.; Hedges, Mischa,film director.; Luokkala, Sonia,film director.; New Day Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2023.(Yupik Pronounciation: Chla-vut jee-mik-tuk)As the village of Quinhagak works to save save its cultural artifacts from washing into the Bering Sea, a local filmmaker explores her community’s relationship with its language, and ways of life in Southwest Alaska.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Environmental sciences.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Indigenous peoples.; Ethnicity.; History.; Short films.; Motion pictures.; Indians of North America.; Climatic changes.; Alaska.;
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Traces. by Spence, Jennifer,actor.; Fraser, Laura,actor.; Compston, Martin,actor.; Windsor, Molly,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jennifer Spence, Laura Fraser, Martin Compston, Molly WindsorOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2019.UKTV continues its push into original drama with Traces, a crime drama driven by a personal tragedy. From the makers of Happy Valley, based on an original idea by best-selling crime author Val McDermid.A body buried in Dundee 18 years ago. A daughter left behind. A murder unsolved. Until now – because Emma Hedges needs to find out what happened to her mum. With help from colleagues at the Scottish Institute of Forensic Science and Anatomy, she follows the trail of evidence. It leads her to new love, old friends, and plunges her into a police investigation. This is a world of danger and deceit. Will Emma have the nerve to follow the evidence no matter where it takes her?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.; Crime.; Detective and mystery films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Television series--Great Britain.;
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Capitalism [videorecording (DVD)] : a love story / by Gibbs, Jeff.; Moore, Anne.; Moore, Michael,1954 Apr. 23-; Alliance vivafilm (Firm); Dog Eat Dog Films.; Overture Films.; Paramount Vantage.; Weinstein Company.;
Directors of photography, Daniel Marracino, Jayme Roy ; editors, Jessica Brunetto, Alex Meillier, Tanya Meillier, Pablo Proenza, T. Woody Richman, John W. Walter, Conor O'Neill ; music, Jeff Gibbs.Michael Moore.From Middle America, to the halls of power in Washington, to the global financial epicenter in Manhattan, Moore will once again go into uncharted territory. With both humor and outrage this explores a taboo question: What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism? Years ago, that love seemed so innocent. Today, however, the American dream is looking more like a nightmare as families pay the price with their jobs, their homes and their savings. Visit the homes of ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down; go looking for explanations in Washington, DC and elsewhere. What he finds are the all-too-familiar symptoms of a love affair gone astray: lies, abuse, betrayal - not to mention the 14,000 jobs being lost every day. A look into what a more hopeful future could look like.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Capitalism; Capitalism; Capitalism; Capitalists and financiers; Documentary films.; Unemployed; Unemployment;
© c2010., Overture Films : Distributed by Alliance vivafilm,
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Pig Town party / by Cho, Lian.;
When a mysterious invite addressed to "Cutie" arrives in the mail, a young girl follows the mailman through the hedges and discovers a dazzling, secret world of... pigs. Pigs on bikes. Pigs in bakeries. Pigs on their way to a mansion. Cutie goes to the address on her invite and is welcomed into an epic party of pigs dressed in every costume imaginable. And they love her human costume the most. Cutie realizes their mistake, and she is definitely going to set the record straight. After all, lying is wrong. But being flattered is also loads of fun. And maybe a little distracting. So when they call Cutie's name to award her for best costume, she doesn't realize another pig is storming up to the stage... and this pig looks angry. Author-illustrator Lian Cho delivers a hilarious tale filled with chase scenes and cake heists in a wildly imagined world.Ages 4-8.
Subjects: Picture books.; Swine; Parties;
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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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Next To Heaven A Novel [electronic resource] : by Frey, James.aut; CloudLibrary;
"NSFW Gatsby." —Book of the Month "A sizzling beach read about the misdeeds of the rich." —Wall Street Journal "The novel on every beach towel this summer, all summer, everywhere." —Esquire Uncover the dark underbelly of the American dream America’s most perfect town, in this “lurid” and “propulsive” novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Frey (New York Times Book Review Podcast)–and discover a world where privilege, sex, scandal, and murder lurk beneath a flawless veneer. New Bethlehem, Connecticut. Picture-perfect lawns, manicured hedges, and multi-million dollar homes present a carefully curated facade. But beneath the designer yoga gear and country club memberships lies a darker reality. In this world of excess, best friends Devon and Belle have it all—beauty, money, status. But they want something more. Something dangerous. Something that makes them feel alive. Their solution? A party—a meticulously curated gathering of New Bethlehem’s elite, from a desperate ex-NFL quarterback to a hockey coach with a penchant for married women, and a ruthless Wall Street “closer” who wields his wealth like a weapon. One night. An ultra-elite swingers party. Multiple betrayals. And a murder that will shatter New Bethlehem’s carefully constructed facade. Enter a world of troubled opulence and sharp betrayal that’s reminiscent of "The White Lotus," “Your Friends and Neighbors,” and "Big Little Lies"—a world of spectacularly badly-behaved rich people where money can buy anything. . .until it ruins everything. Behind every great fortune, lies a great crime. " —Honoré de Balzac "A Connecticut sex romp–cum–murder mystery . . . 'big nods' to Jackie Collins, Danielle Steel, and Tom Wolfe." —Vanity Fair “A satirical look at the "beautiful, wealthy and unsatisfied.'” —People Magazine "Lurid . . . Propulsive. . . appeals to one's baser instincts." —New York Times Book Review Podcast "A deliriously over-the-top portrait of decadence on the brink." —Bustle
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Family Life; Crime;
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Worth fighting for / by Sutanto, Jesse Q.,author.;
"As the right hand of her father's hedge fund company, Fa Mulan knows what it takes to succeed as a woman in a man's world: work twice as hard, be twice as smart, and burp twice as loud as any of the other finance bros she works with. So when her father unexpectedly falls ill in the middle of a critical acquisition, she is determined to see it through. There's just one hitch: the family company in question is known for its ultra masculine whiskey brand, and the brood of old-fashioned aunts, uncles, and cousins who run it-lead by the dedicated but overworked Shang-will only trust Mulan's father, Fa Zhou, with the future of their business. Rather than fail the deal and her father, Mulan pretends she's Fa Zhou. Since they've only corresponded over email, how hard could it be to keep things moving in his absence? But the email leads to a face-to-face meeting, which leads to an invitation to a week long retreat at Shang's family ranch. One meeting she can handle, but a whole week of cattle wrangling, axe-throwing, and learning proper butchering techniques, all while trying to convince Shang's dubious family that this young woman is the powerful hedge fund CEO they've been negotiating with? Not so much-especially as she finds it harder and harder to ignore the undeniable spark between her and Shang. Can she keep her head in the game and make her father proud, all while trying not to fall into a trough, or in love with Shang?"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Businesswomen; Deception; Family-owned business enterprises; Fathers and daughters; Man-woman relationships; Ranches;
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