Download or read book Exposure to a Billionaire written by Ann Menke and published by Morgan James Fiction. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Exposure to a Billionaire, a tragic event opens the door for Anna St. James to realize her lifelong dream. With one step onto the luxurious private airplane of the world's second richest man, Mr. Stuart Manning, Anna is swept up into a world of power, unlimited wealth, and yes, greed. Offered a salary beyond her wildest imagination, she becomes Mr. Manning's personal flight attendant and dives headlong into this new life--magnificent yachts, exotic trips from Phuket to Paris, movie premieres with wardrobes and gifts to match. How could Anna ever go back to the life she once knew? Will Cade, her first love, understand her commitment to dropping everything whenever her billionaire boss calls? Why has Anna been chosen for this position out of hundreds who would have died for her job? Trust in this world is a rare commodity. When Mr. Manning asks her for a promise, Anna wonders if he wants more than she is willing to give. In the midst of all this, a mysterious Jean Michel Durand steps foot into Anna's new existence. Thus begins a turbulent, adrenaline-charged adventure spanning the world as Anna discovers a convoluted evil plot while experiencing loss and aching sorrow for her one true love. Even in heartache, she fights to keep an important promise in a world where all that glitters isn't gold. Can she stay true to herself against a backdrop of vast power and wealth? Find out in Exposure to a Billionaire.
Download or read book No Such Thing as Over exposure written by Robert Slater and published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2005 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most revealing Donald Trump biography ever written captures all of the man behind the money: the executive dealmaker, strategist, survivor, celebrity, and master media manipulator.
Download or read book Exposure written by Robert Bilott and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “For Erin Brockovich fans, a David vs. Goliath tale with a twist” (The New York Times Book Review)—the incredible true story of the lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont for its use of the hazardous chemical PFOA, uncovering the worst case of environmental contamination in history—affecting virtually every person on the planet—and the conspiracy that kept it a secret for sixty years. The story that inspired Dark Waters, the major motion picture from Focus Features starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway, directed by Todd Haynes. 1998: Rob Bilott is a young lawyer specializing in helping big corporations stay on the right side of environmental laws and regulations. Then he gets a phone call from a West Virginia farmer named Earl Tennant, who is convinced the creek on his property is being poisoned by runoff from a neighboring DuPont landfill, causing his cattle and the surrounding wildlife to die in hideous ways. Earl hasn’t even been able to get a water sample tested by any state or federal regulatory agency or find a local lawyer willing to take the case. As soon as they hear the name DuPont—the area’s largest employer—they shut him down. Once Rob sees the thick, foamy water that bubbles into the creek, the gruesome effects it seems to have on livestock, and the disturbing frequency of cancer and other health problems in the area, he’s persuaded to fight against the type of corporation his firm routinely represents. After intense legal wrangling, Rob ultimately gains access to hundreds of thousands of pages of DuPont documents, some of them fifty years old, that reveal the company has been holding onto decades of studies proving the harmful effects of a chemical called PFOA, used in making Teflon. PFOA is often called a “forever chemical,” because once in the environment, it does not break down or degrade for millions of years, contaminating the planet forever. The case of one farmer soon spawns a class action suit on behalf of seventy thousand residents—and the shocking realization that virtually every person on the planet has been exposed to PFOA and carries the chemical in his or her blood. What emerges is a riveting legal drama “in the grand tradition of Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action” (Booklist, starred review) about malice and manipulation, the failings of environmental regulation; and one lawyer’s twenty-year struggle to expose the truth about this previously unknown—and still unregulated—chemical that we all have inside us.
Download or read book Davos Man written by Peter S. Goodman and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller The New York Times’s Global Economics Correspondent masterfully reveals how billionaires’ systematic plunder of the world—brazenly accelerated during the pandemic—has transformed 21st-century life and dangerously destabilized democracy. “Davos Man will be read a hundred years from now as a warning.” —Evan Osnos “Excellent. A powerful, fiery book, and it could well be an essential one.” —NPR.org The history of the last half century in America, Europe, and other major economies is in large part the story of wealth flowing upward. The most affluent people emerged from capitalism’s triumph in the Cold War to loot the peace, depriving governments of the resources needed to serve their people, and leaving them tragically unprepared for the worst pandemic in a century. Drawing on decades of experience covering the global economy, award-winning journalist Peter S. Goodman profiles five representative “Davos Men”—members of the billionaire class—chronicling how their shocking exploitation of the global pandemic has hastened a fifty-year trend of wealth centralization. Alongside this reporting, Goodman delivers textured portraits of those caught in Davos Man’s wake, including a former steelworker in the American Midwest, a Bangladeshi migrant in Qatar, a Seattle doctor on the front lines of the fight against COVID, blue-collar workers in the tenements of Buenos Aires, an African immigrant in Sweden, a textile manufacturer in Italy, an Amazon warehouse employee in New York City, and more. Goodman’s revelatory exposé of the global billionaire class reveals their hidden impact on nearly every aspect of modern society: widening wealth inequality, the rise of anti-democratic nationalism, the shrinking opportunity to earn a livable wage, the vulnerabilities of our health-care systems, access to affordable housing, unequal taxation, and even the quality of the shirt on your back. Meticulously reported yet compulsively readable, Davos Man is an essential read for anyone concerned about economic justice, the capacity of societies to grapple with their greatest challenges, and the sanctity of representative government.
Download or read book Pity the Billionaire written by Thomas Frank and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at why the worst economy since the 1930s has brought about the revival of conservatism.
Download or read book How to Bang a Billionaire written by Alexis J. Hall and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rules are made to be broken ... 'f England had yearbooks, I'd probably be "Arden St. Ives: Man Least Likely to Set the World on Fire." So far, I haven't. I've no idea what I'm doing at Oxford, no idea what I'm going to do next and, until a week ago, I had no idea who Caspian Hart was. Turns out, he's brilliant, beautiful ... 'h yeah, and a billionaire. It's impossible not to be captivated by someone like that. But Caspian Hart makes his own rules. And he has a lot of them. About when I can be with him. What I can do with him. And when he'll be through with me. I'm good at doing what I'm told in the bedroom. The rest of the time, not so much. And now that Caspian's shown me glimpses of the man behind the billionaire I know it's him I want. Not his wealth, not his status. Him. Except that might be the one thing he doesn't have the power to give me.
Download or read book Barefoot to Billionaire written by Jon Huntsman and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring autobiography by “one of the finest human beings, industrial leaders, and philanthropists on the planet” (Stephen R. Covey). The company Jon Huntsman founded in 1970, the Huntsman Corporation, is now one of the largest petrochemical manufacturers in the world, employing more than 12,000 people and generating over $10 billion in revenue each year. Success in business, though, was always a means to an end for him—never an end in itself. In Barefoot to Billionaire, Huntsman revisits the key moments in his life that shaped his view of faith, family, service, and the responsibility that comes with wealth. He writes candidly about his brief tenure in the Nixon administration, which preceded the Watergate scandal but still left a deep impression on him about the abuse of power and the significance of personal respect and integrity. He also opens up about his faith and prominent membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But most importantly, Huntsman reveals the rationale behind his commitment to give away his entire fortune before his death. In 1995, Huntsman and his wife, Karen, founded the Huntsman Cancer Institute and eventually dedicated more than a billion dollars of their personal funds to the fight for a cure. In this increasingly materialistic world, Barefoot to Billionaire is a refreshing reminder of the enduring power of traditional values.
Download or read book Billionaire s Paradise written by Peter Antonucci and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billionaire's Paradise: Ecstasy at Sea chronicles the adventures of Eva Lampedusa, a high-powered and highly successful attorney, who dreams of creating a community of wealthy jetsetters and captains of industry sailing around the world aboard a super yacht.
Download or read book Soros written by Michael T. Kaufman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A penniless émigré who made a fortune and became one of the great philanthropists of the twentieth century, George Soros has led a remarkable life. This biography brings forth his story in unprecedented depth, from his childhood as a Jew in occupied Budapest during World War II to his conquests on Wall Street and the establishment of his philanthropic Open Society foundations. Soros offers exclusive glimpses at an often misunderstood man, revealing a shy character whose own struggle to escape the Nazis left him with the adamant belief that people of the world are entitled to live without the fear of oppression. Enigmatic, contradictory, and inspiring, George Soros is one of the most intriguing and globally influential men of our time. In this accomplished biography, written with Soros’s cooperation, Michael T. Kaufman fully illuminates the man, his motivations, and his legacy.
Download or read book Richistan written by Robert Frank and published by Currency. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER RICH-I-STAN n. 1. a new country located in the heart of America, populated entirely by millionaires, most of whom acquired their wealth during the new Gilded Age of the past twenty years. 2. a country with a population larger than Belgium and Denmark; typical citizens include “spud king” J. R. Simplot; hair stylist Sydell Miller, the new star of Palm Beach; and assorted oddball entrepreneurs. 3. A country that with a little luck and pluck, you, too, could be a citizen of. The rich have always been different from you and me, but Robert Frank’s revealing and funny journey through “Richistan” entertainingly shows that they are truly another breed.
Download or read book Billionaire s Virgin written by Claire Adams and published by Ownit Publishing LLC. This book was released on with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He knows he shouldn't make a move on his daughter's hot nanny...but he can't help himself... Running a business is hard. Being a single parent is harder. Reed is trying his best to keep his head above water and to keep his daughter happy and safe. But he can’t help feeling that sometimes, even his best isn’t good enough. Which is why he decides to hire a full-time nanny. Taylor is beautiful and interesting and Reed is instantly attracted to her, but he knows that getting involved with his daughter’s nanny is a bad idea. He has enough on his plate, with work and fatherhood and a past that keeps coming back to haunt his present in the form of his wealthy socialite ex, Sofia. Reed must decide what kind of future he wants for himself and his daughter and if that future includes Taylor.
Download or read book The Reluctant Billionaire written by Tom Quinn and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Gerald Grosvenor, sixth Duke of Westminster, died in August 2016 he was one of the world's richest men, his fortune estimated at just under £10 billion. Yet he hated his wealth and spent long periods suffering from severe depression, much of it brought on by a feeling that his whole life had been a failure and that his money had destroyed any chance of happiness. At the same time, he could be ruthless in running the business while often feeling he was only a mascot. Gerald Grosvenor came into the line of succession by mere chance – or 'rotten bad luck' as he put it. The third Duke was childless and the title passed to a cousin, who became fourth Duke in 1963 and then, when he died four years later, to his younger brother, Gerald's father, Robert Grosvenor, who lived on an island in Lough Erne where Gerald grew up. Tom Quinn interviewed the sixth Duke on a number of occasions as well as people who knew the duke socially or had at various times worked with or for him. He discovered a complex man tortured by what he saw as his failures. He was a man who longed to return to his idyllic rural childhood yet was only really happy as an adult in the company of call girls. The book looks at the long and often eccentric history of the Grosvenor family and its wealth and the complex means by which that wealth has been shielded from the taxman, as well as the bizarre life of a man who was that strangest of things: The Reluctant Billionaire.
Download or read book The Billionaire s Cinderella Seduction Collection written by Julia James and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 1110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They’re about to become part of a world they’ve only dared dream of! Glamor and seduction are guaranteed in these Cinderella romances from USA Today bestselling authors Julia James, Dani Collins, Sharon Kendrick and Heidi Rice. A Cinderella for the Greek by USA Today bestselling author Julia James A fairy-tale for just one night! When powerful tycoon Max wants to buy her beloved late father’s glorious English country estate, Ellen can no longer hide in its shadows… And his invitation to a glamorous charity event transforms her into the belle of the ball. Where Ellen can no longer resist the devastating glint in Max’s eye…seduction! Cinderella’s Royal Seduction by USA Today bestselling author Dani Collins His until midnight… Will she choose to wear his crown? Sopi gives herself just one chance to feel like a princess in the arms of Prince Rhys. She knows it can’t go further — until the Prince stuns her with his convenient proposal! Now that Sopi has seen the man behind the royal mask, does she believe he wants her for more than desire? Cinderella in the Sicilian’s World by USA Today bestselling author Sharon Kendrick Transformed by his tantalizing touch… Finding freedom in his arms. It defies every rule billionaire Salvatore has set himself, but he just can’t resist captivatingly innocent Lina. Until he finds their impulsive encounter has cost her everything… He might never trust a woman, but he will offer her escape?in his bed! Contracted as His Cinderella Bride by USA Today bestselling author Heidi Rice From penniless delivery girl…to billionaire’s bride? The perfect summer Ally spent with gorgeous French billionaire Dominic was unforgettable. Now, Ally’s a struggling courier — and she’s stunned when her latest delivery brings her to Dominic’s door. Yet, what’s even more shocking, is his marriage proposal! From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.
Download or read book Billionaire s Sweet Love written by Qian ShuiDeXiaoYao and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-17 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living a new life again, Xia Chuyi continued, "Take mine and return it back to me. Eat mine and give it back to me and spit it out twice!" She had acknowledged a master teacher, opened a resort, and made herself a rich man. All her life, she had led a carefree life, and even she had sought for debts. Yet, she had unknowingly provoked a big tail wolf...
Download or read book The Billionaire Who Wasn t written by Conor O'Clery and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astonishing life of the modest New Jersey businessman who anonymously gave away 10 billion dollars and inspired the "giving while living" movement. In this bestselling book, Conor O'Clery reveals the inspiring life story of Chuck Feeney, known as the "James Bond of philanthropy." Feeney was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to a blue-collar Irish-American family during the Depression. After service in the Korean War, he made a fortune as founder of Duty Free Shoppers, the world's largest duty-free retail chain. By 1988, he was hailed by Forbes Magazine as the twenty-fourth richest American alive. But secretly Feeney had already transferred all his wealth to his foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies. Only in 1997 when he sold his duty free interests, was he "outed" as one of the greatest and most mysterious American philanthropists in modern times, who had anonymously funded hospitals and universities from San Francisco to Limerick to New York to Brisbane. His example convinced Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to give away their fortunes during their lifetime, known as the giving pledge.
Download or read book This Billionaire s Fake Marriage written by Rachel Foster and published by DM Publishing. This book was released on with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mia is a small-town girl with small town pride. She is smart and resourceful with just the right amount of curves. Jason wants out of the small town. After his parents die, he decides he’s going to move to NYC. He is rugged with a muscular frame. Inherits his grandpa’s billions and never knew him. But Jason needs a bride, even if it’s fake. That’s where Mia comes in. But how will it end?
Download or read book The Billionaire s Sincerity written by April Murdock and published by Sweet River Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tanner Lewis had wanted his amazing friendship with the girl next door to become something more. She wasn't interested in being his girlfriend, though. So they'd gone to different universities and he'd never heard from her again. He still thought about her. He hadn't met a woman who could take her place. Stephanie Davis is newly single and vacationing with her sister instead of the man who she'd thought she would spend the rest of her life with. Now she's determined to have fun and shed the memories of Connor forever. When she runs into Tanner, she almost didn't recognize him after thirteen years. He'd lost his baby fat and he was downright handsome. Suddenly she missed their long talks and the laughter. Is there a chance Stephanie would answer differently today if Tanner asked her out? Does he have the nerve to try?
