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House of Cards
House of Cards
Written by William D. Cohan
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385528269
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House of Cards
A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
Written by William D. Cohan


Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $27.95

On March 5, 2008, at 10:15 A.M., a hedge fund manager in Florida wrote a post on his investing advice Web site that included a startling statement about Bear Stearns & Co., the nation’s fifth-largest investment bank: “In my book, they are insolvent.”

This seemed a bold and risky statement. Bear Stearns...

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House of Cards
House of Cards
Written by William D. Cohan
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385530460
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House of Cards
A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
Written by William D. Cohan


Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $27.95

On March 5, 2008, at 10:15 A.M., a hedge fund manager in Florida wrote a post on his investing advice Web site that included a startling statement about Bear Stearns & Co., the nation’s fifth-largest investment bank: “In my book, they are insolvent.”

This seemed a bold and risky statement. Bear Stearns... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
The Man Who Owns the News
The Man Who Owns the News
Written by Michael Wolff, Read by Michael Wolff
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780739381847
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The Man Who Owns the News
Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch
Written by Michael Wolff
Read by Michael Wolff


Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: December 2, 2008
Price: $29.95

If Rupert Murdoch isn’t making headlines, he’s busy buying the media outlets that generate the headlines. His News Corp. holdings—from the New York Post, Fox News, and most recently The Wall Street Journal, to name just a few—are vast, and his power is unrivaled. So what makes a man like this... Read more >
The Man Who Owns the News
The Man Who Owns the News
Written by Michael Wolff, Read by Michael Wolff
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739381854
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The Man Who Owns the News
Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch
Written by Michael Wolff
Read by Michael Wolff


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 2, 2008
Price: $15.00

If Rupert Murdoch isn’t making headlines, he’s busy buying the media outlets that generate the headlines. His News Corp. holdings—from the New York Post, Fox News, and most recently The Wall Street Journal, to name just a few—are vast, and his power is unrivaled. So what makes a man like this... Read more >
Age of Betrayal
Age of Betrayal
Written by Jack Beatty
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400032426
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Age of Betrayal
The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900
Written by Jack Beatty


Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $16.95

Age of Betrayal is a brilliant reconsideration of America's first Gilded Age, when war-born dreams of freedom and democracy died of their impossibility. Focusing on the alliance between government and railroads forged by bribes and campaign contributions, Jack Beatty details the corruption of American political culture that, in the words of... Read more >
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How Walmart Is Destroying America (And the World)
How Walmart Is Destroying America (And the World)
Written by Bill Quinn
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781580086684
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How Walmart Is Destroying America (And the World)
And What You Can Do about It
Written by Bill Quinn


Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2005
Price: $10.95

After carving up the once lovingly cared-for downtowns of Small Town America, Wal-Mart launched a frontal assault on mom-and-pop businesses all over the globe. With 1.5 million employees operating more than 3, 500 stores, Wal-Mart is now the world'¬?s largest private employer. In this third edition of How Wal-Mart Is Destroying... Read more >
The End of Detroit
The End of Detroit
Written by Micheline Maynard
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385507707
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The End of Detroit
How the Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market
Written by Micheline Maynard


Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2004
Price: $23.00

An in-depth, hard-hitting account of the mistakes, miscalculations and myopia that have doomed America’s automobile industry.

In the 1990s, Detroit’s Big Three automobile companies were riding high. The introduction of the minivan and the SUV had revitalized the industry, and it was widely believed that Detroit had miraculously overcome the threat of... Read more >
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Power Failure
Power Failure
Written by Mimi Swartz and Sherron Watkins
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780767913683
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Power Failure
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron
Written by Mimi Swartz and Sherron Watkins


Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2004
Price: $23.00

“They’re still trying to hide the weenie,” thought Sherron Watkins as she read a newspaper clipping about Enron two weeks before Christmas, 2001. . . It quoted [CFO] Jeff McMahon addressing the company’s creditors and cautioning them against a rash judgment. “Don’t assume that there is a smoking gun.”
Sherron knew Enron...
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The End of Detroit
The End of Detroit
Written by Micheline Maynard
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385511520
Our Price: $23.00
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The End of Detroit
How the Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market
Written by Micheline Maynard


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 23, 2003
Price: $23.00

An in-depth, hard-hitting account of the mistakes, miscalculations and myopia that have doomed America’s automobile industry.

In the 1990s, Detroit’s Big Three automobile companies were riding high. The introduction of the minivan and the SUV had revitalized the industry, and it was widely believed that Detroit had miraculously overcome the threat of... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Power Failure
Power Failure
Written by Mimi Swartz and Sherron Watkins, Read by Henry Leyva
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780553756364
Our Price: $29.95
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Power Failure
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron
Written by Mimi Swartz and Sherron Watkins
Read by Henry Leyva


Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 25, 2003
Price: $29.95

“They’re still trying to hide the weenie,” thought Sherron Watkins as she read a newspaper clipping about Enron two weeks before Christmas, 2001. . . It quoted [CFO] Jeff McMahon addressing the company’s creditors and cautioning them against a rash judgment. “Don’t assume that there is a smoking gun.”
Sherron knew Enron...
Read more >
Power Failure
Power Failure
Written by Mimi Swartz and Sherron Watkins, Read by Henry Leyva
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739302408
Our Price: $14.95

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Power Failure
The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron
Written by Mimi Swartz and Sherron Watkins
Read by Henry Leyva


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 25, 2003
Price: $14.95

“They’re still trying to hide the weenie,” thought Sherron Watkins as she read a newspaper clipping about Enron two weeks before Christmas, 2001. . . It quoted [CFO] Jeff McMahon addressing the company’s creditors and cautioning them against a rash judgment. “Don’t assume that there is a smoking gun.”
Sherron knew Enron...
Read more >
Power Failure
Power Failure
Written by Mimi Swartz and Sherron Watkins
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385508889
Our Price: $23.00
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Power Failure
The Inside Story of The Collapse of Enron
Written by Mimi Swartz and Sherron Watkins


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2003
Price: $23.00

“They’re still trying to hide the weenie,” thought Sherron Watkins as she read a newspaper clipping about Enron two weeks before Christmas, 2001. . . It quoted [CFO] Jeff McMahon addressing the company’s creditors and cautioning them against a rash judgment. “Don’t assume that there is a smoking gun.”
Sherron knew Enron...
Read more >
The Company
The Company
Written by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588360908
Our Price: $14.95
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The Company
A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea
Written by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge


Format: eBook
On Sale: March 4, 2003
Price: $14.95

From the acclaimed authors of A Future Perfect comes the untold story of how the company became the world’s most powerful institution.

Like all groundbreaking books, The Company fills a hole we didn’t know existed, revealing that we cannot make sense of the past four hundred years until we place that seemingly... Read more >
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