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Cuckooland : where the rich own the truth / by Burgis, Tom,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Behind a boardroom table at one of London's most fearsome law firms sits the man who wants to own the truth. He is wealthy, influential, a friend to princes and prime ministers. There is no door in the land that doesn't open to him. But who is he really? How did he make his money? The search for the answer leads investigative reporter Tom Burgis from Putin's St Petersburg to a blood-soaked town square in Uzbekistan, from Kazakh torture chambers to a Kathmandu cabal of Maoists. Places where reality is beaten into submission. The trail does not stop there. It leads on into the democracies, where the truth is said to be sacred -- but where today it is for sale. An entire industry has taken shape to serve those who are seizing the greatest prize of all. The power to choose what they want reality to be and impose that reality on the world. They decree what stories may be told about war and money and power, what we are permitted to know -- and what we are not. 'Write your book and you'll see what happens to it', says the rich man behind the boardroom table. Perhaps Cuckooland has been pulled from the shelves, censored or pulped. If not, inside is the thrilling story of the heist of our times: the takeover of reality itself.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Amersi, Mohamed.; Conservative Party (Great Britain); Businessmen; Corruption.; Power (Social sciences); Rich people.; Trials (Libel);

Prisoner #1056 : how I survived war and found peace / by Ratnavel, Roy,1969-author.;
"An incredible rags-to-riches immigrant story from a prominent Tamil Canadian who fled torture and imprisonment, arriving in Canada with
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Ratnavel, Roy, 1969-; Businessmen; Financial executives; Refugees; Refugees; Tamil (Indic people);

A hologram for the king [videorecording] / by Bauknecht, Gero,film producer.; Black, Alexander,actor.; Choudhury, Sarita,actor.; Eggers, Dave,screenwriter.; Hanks, Tom,actor.; Tykwer, Tom,1965-film director,screenwriter,actor.; Whishaw, Ben,1980-actor.; Entertainment One (Firm: Canada); Roadside Attractions (Firm),publisher.;
Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury, Ben Whishaw.In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman named Alan Clay pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Businessmen; Fathers and daughters; Teleconferencing equipment industry; Teleconferencing;
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Chasing Cassandra / by Kleypas, Lisa,author.;
Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. Anything-- or anyone-- is his for the asking. It should be simple to find the perfect wife-- and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he's determined to have her. But the beautiful and quick-witted Cassandra is equally determined to marry for love-- the one thing he can't give. Severin is the most compelling and attractive man Cassandra has ever met, even if his heart is frozen. But she has no interest in living in the fast-paced world of a ruthless man who always plays to win. When a newfound enemy nearly destroys Cassandra's reputation, Severin seizes the opportunity he's been waiting for. As always, he gets what he wants-- or does he? There's one lesson Tom Severin has yet to learn from his new bride: Never underestimate a Ravenel. The chase for Cassandra's hand may be over. But the chase for her heart has only just begun ...
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Aristocracy (Social class); Man-woman relationships; Businessmen; Rich people;

Beyond danger / by Martin, Kat.;
Texas mogul Beau Reese is furious. His sixty-year-old father, Stewart, a former state senator no less, has impregnated a teenager. Barely able to contain his anger, Beau is in for another surprise. It appears that Stewart has moved an entirely different woman into the house... Beau assumes that stunning Cassidy Jones is his father's mistress. At least she's of age. But those concerns take a sudden backseat when he finds Stewart in a pool of blood on the floor of his study--and Cassidy walks in to find Beau with his hand on the murder weapon.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Romance fiction.; Businessmen; Women detectives; Murder; Legislators; Man-woman relationships; Family secrets; Mistresses;

The triumph of the sun : a novel of African adventure / by Smith, Wilbur(Wilbur A.),1933-;
Subjects: British; Businessmen; Diplomats; Sieges; Soldiers; Historical fiction; War stories;
© c2005., Macmillan,

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken [videorecording] / by Alfredson, Daniel,1959-film director.; Hopkins, Anthony,1937-actor.; Worthington, Sam,1976-actor.; Sturgess, Jim,actor.; Kwanten, Ryan,1976-actor.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.;
Music by Lucas Vidal ; editor, Hakan Karlsson ; director of photography, Fredrik Bäckar.Anthony Hopkins, Jim Sturgess, Sam Worthington, Ryan Kwanten.In 1983, a group of childhood friends pulled off the crime of the century: kidnapping one of the richest men in the world, the heir of the Heineken beer empire. The shocking capture, by gunpoint in broad daylight on the streets of Amsterdam, resulted in the largest ransom ever paid for a kidnapped individual. It was truly the perfect crime, until they got away with it. Based on a true story.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD; region 1; 16x9 widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Heineken, Alfred Henry, 1923-2002; Businessmen; Kidnapping; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Action and adventure films.; Feature films.;
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Wonder boy : Tony Hsieh, Zappos, and the myth of happiness in Silicon Valley / by Au-Yeung, Angel,1991-author.; Jeans, David,1992-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A riveting investigation into the turbulent life of Zappos visionary Tony Hsieh, whose radical business strategies revolutionized both the tech world and corporate culture, based on rigorous research and reporting by two seasoned journalists"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Hsieh, Tony.; Zappos.com (Firm); Businessmen; Clothing trade; Electronic commerce; Footwear industry;

The red queen / by Grimes, Martha,author.;
"A sudden murder in an English village pub sets off the twenty-sixth novel in the bestselling series starring superintendent Richard Jury, from bestselling author Martha Grimes, still "one of the most fascinating mystery writers today" (Houston Chronicle). One calm night in Twickenham, a businessman named Tom Treadnor is shot off his barstool at The Queen pub. Superintendent Richard Jury is called in to investigate, and quickly realizes that everyone in Treadnor's life-from his widow, Alice, to the staff at his manor, to his business partner had differing opinions of him. And to complicate things further, Jury has just happened upon a photo in a newspaper of a man in the United States, who is a dead ringer for Treadnor. Meanwhile, Wiggins, Jury's partner at New Scotland Yard, becomes sidetracked by an investigation of his own: His sister, missing for years and presumed dead, has just sent a postcard to their mother. When Wiggins takes off in search of his sister, the two investigations begin to converge."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Jury, Richard (Fictitious character); Businessmen; Missing persons; Murder; Police; Siblings;

Rosenfeld : a novel / by Kessler, Maya,author.; Thomas, Maya,translator.;
"A brazenly sexy and scathingly candid novel about a white-hot relationship and the two intractable characters who emerge from it transformed. Noa Simon is a thirty-six-year-old filmmaker who knows what she wants when she sees it, and when she meets Teddy Rosenfeld, an antagonistic, older CEO, she goes for the jugular. An electrifying encounter in a bathroom stall after their first meeting only serves to whet Noa's appetite, and despite Teddy's subsequent rejections, she is exhilarated by the challenge-and by her own insatiability. In her first power play, she takes a job at his office, setting up a battle of the wills that Teddy proves unable to resist. Their ravenous, volatile romance will ultimately unearth difficult secrets from both of their pasts, and finally force Noa to reckon with her deepest desires and most destructive impulses. Written with visceral intensity and voyeuristic precision, Rosenfeld is a propulsive tale of sexual abandon that titillates and interrogates in equal measure"--
Subjects: Erotic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Businessmen; Man-woman relationships; Secrecy; Women motion picture producers and directors;

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