During the second half of the 19th century, thousands of Chinese men arrived on the west coast of North America, seeking to escape poverty and make their fortunes in the goldfields or working on the railroads. Among them was 36-year-old...
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Auteur:Kane, AndreaSommaire:When Sally Montgomery accompanies her handsome boss Frederick Pierson on a quiet country weekend, she enjoys the first evening. But when she discovers his battered body the next morning, she runs for her life. Now it's up to Pete, her...
- Auteur:Thomas, JoanSommaire:
A CBC Books and Winnipeg Free Press Best Book of the Year. From the Governor General's Award-winning author of Five Wives, a thrilling contemporary novel about how the past never lets us go. Isla and Jake are a couple drifting apart....
- Auteur:Thomas, JoanSommaire:
A CBC Books and Winnipeg Free Press Best Book of the Year From the Governor General's Award-winning author of Five Wives, a thrilling contemporary novel about how the past never lets us go Isla and Jake are a couple drifting apart. She...
- Auteur:Pollack, Pam., Belviso, MegSommaire:
Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. In this Who Was…? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and technology at an early age led him to co...
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Auteur:Boyle, T. CoraghessanSommaire:A National Park Service biologist on California's Channel Islands believes invasive species must be eliminated because they are putting endangered native creatures at risk. But is it right to kill one species to save another?
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Following a steamy European encounter, Tiffany Matthews is now working as a sous chef at wealthy businessman Dominick Rollins' prestigious L.A. restaurant. Tiffany tries to keep her new boss at arm's length, but soon she surrenders to...
- Auteur:Purkayastha, IanSommaire:
Ian Purkayastha is New York City's leading truffle importer and boasts a devoted clientele of top chefs nationwide, including Jean-Georges Vongerichten, David Chang, Sean Brock, and David Bouley. But before he was purveying the...
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Auteur:Faldbakken, MatiasSommaire:In the tradition of modern classics The Dinner and A Gentleman in Moscow comes The Waiter, in which the finely-tuned balance of a grand European restaurant (that has seen better days) is irrevocably upset by an unexpected guest. In a...
- Auteur:Dhamija, VishSommaire:
Prem Bedi is the "Mogul", the third-richest man in the country. He commands both fear and respect, and at fifty-three, he still looks handsome and aristocratic. But Bedi's smoothly run empire comes to a screeching halt...
- Auteur:Ward, MaxSommaire:
This is a story of a bush pilot who challenged the international airlines; it is both a compelling flying story and a dramatic business story told by the man who made it all happen.
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Auteur:Johnston, David CaySommaire:Drawing on decades of interviews, financial records, court documents, and public statements, David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump more closely than any other journalist working today, gives us the most in-depth look yet at the man...
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Auteur:Pitts, GordonSommaire:From a small-town law office in Nova Scotia to the pressure-cooker boardrooms of London, England, where he was Margaret Thatcher's "privatization ace," lawyer and businessman Sir Graham Day has earned an international reputation as a...
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Auteur:Ternier Gordon, IreneSommaire:High finance, wilderness adventures, violence, and questionable legal tactics all played important roles in the history of the North West Company. William McGillivray, head of the company from 1804 until 1821, was arguably the most...
- Auteur:Forden, Sara GaySommaire:
Named one of the best books of the year by the Economist, House Of Gucci tells the remarkable story of the power of the Gucci Dynasty and their famed luxury goods house. While the business was achieving unprecedented success, the family...
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Auteur:Grey, AndrewSommaire:Jerry Lincoln has a problem: his Sioux Falls IT consulting business has more work than one man can handle. Luckily, that means he can hire some help. Jerry just hopes his new employee, John Black Raven, ends up being more helpful than...
- Auteur:Grey, AndrewSommaire:
Jerry Lincoln has a problem: his Sioux Falls IT consulting business has more work than one man can handle. Luckily, that means he can hire some help. Jerry just hopes his new employee, John Black Raven, ends up being more helpful than...
- Auteur:Bester, AlfredSommaire:
In a world policed by telepaths, Ben Reich plans to commit a crime that hasn't been heard of in seventy years: murder.
- Auteur:Brown, EliotSommaire:
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER - "The riveting, definitive account of WeWork, one of the wildest business stories of our time."-Matt Levine, Money Stuff columnist, Bloomberg Opinion The inside story of WeWork, its audacious...
- Auteur:Carpenter, TeresaSommaire:
If it isn't bad enough that Savannah Jones has succumbed to the old cliché of falling for her boss, now she's expecting his baby! Everyone knows that gorgeous, dynamic Rick Sullivan is a confirmed bachelor, wedded firmly to his work. So...
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