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"The story of the Astors is an extraordinary but true tale of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention -- and of cunning, determination, hard work, hubris, infighting, and greed. One of the wealthiest men to have ever lived, John Jacob Astor first arrived in New York in 1783 and built a fortune through a ruthless expansion of his beaver trapping business, which he grew into an empire through real estate that enriched him at the expense of...
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2016.
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First edition.
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English
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In Fortune Falls, where superstitions are real, and all children must pass regular "luck tests" to see if they are worthy, ill-fortuned Sadie has always been deemed as unlucky, and shunted aside for her luckier younger brother--but when she finds an unusually intelligent black cat named Jinx, her fortunes begin to change for the better.
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Phenomenal reviews and sales greeted the hardcover publication of The Big Rich, New York Times bestselling author Bryan Burrough's spellbinding chronicle of Texas oil. Weaving together the multigenerational sagas of the industry's four wealthiest families, Burrough brings to life the men known in their day as the Big Four: Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson, all swaggering Texas oil tycoons who owned sprawling ranches and...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Harlequin Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Harlequin Special Edition bundle includes Falling for Fortune by Nancy Robards Thompson, Healed with a Kiss by Gina Wilkins and The Bachelor Doctor's Bride by Caro Carson. Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin Special Edition!
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"Harlequinʼ Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: HER SWEETEST FORTUNE The Fortunes of Texas: The Secret Fortunes by Stella Bagwell Sophie Fortune Robinson is certain the office heartthrob is her one true love, but when he turns out to be a dud, her friend Mason Montgomery is there to cheer her up....
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1989.
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English
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Vanderbilt: the very name signifies wealth. The family patriarch, "the Commodore," built up a fortune that made him the world's richest man by 1877. Yet, less than fifty years after the Commodore's death, one of his direct descendants died penniless, and no Vanderbilt was counted among the world's richest people. Fortune's Children tells the dramatic story of all the amazingly colorful spenders who dissipated such a vast inheritance.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: MADDIE FORTUNE'S PERFECT MAN The Fortunes of Texas: The Rulebreakers by Nancy Robards Thompson When Maddie Fortunado's father announces that she and Zach McCarter-Maddie's secret office crush-are competing to be his successor, Maddie's furious. But as...
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