Grand Ambition
Author: Lisa Michaels
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2002-04
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780393322958
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"An absorbing, affecting and beautifully written novel."--New York Times Book Review
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Grand Ambition
Author: G. Bruce Knecht
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-06-30
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1416576010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA former Wall Street Journal reporter and author of The Proving Ground presents a narrative account of the construction of a $40 million yacht through the experiences of its contributors, tracing the audacious Ponzi scheme devised by its creator and the roles of the Southern Mississippi laborers who built it.
Grand Ambition
Author: G. Bruce Knecht
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-03-05
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1416576002
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTells the story of Doug Von Allmen's plan to build an extraordinary yacht and the way that the 2008 financial crisis threatened the project and the livelihood of the one thousand employees of the shipyard where it was built.
Grand Ambition
Author: Lisa Michaels
Publisher: Thomas T. Beeler Publisher
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781574903744
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"An absorbing, affecting and beautifully written novel."-"New York Times" Book Review
Grand Ambition
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Proving Ground
Author: Bruce Knecht
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2008-07
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 0007292082
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'The Proving Ground' is the story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart boat race. By focusing on a handful of yachts and those who crewed them, Knecht recreates those dramatic hours and the fear of those caught in the storm, battling for their lives.
Blonde Ambition
Author: Rita Cosby
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2007-09-04
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0446406260
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYOU PROBABLY THINK YOU KNOW ALL THERE IS TO KNOW. ANNA NICOLE SMITH LOST HER SON. SHE ACCIDENTALLY OVERDOSED. SHE WAS A DRUG ADDICT. YOU DON'T KNOW A THING... She was famous for being famous-Americana at its Scarlet Letter-wearing best. A bodacious young girl from Texas, Anna remade herself into the centerfold of the world. She was a "dumb blonde," a stripper, a Playboy Playmate, who boldly took her case against her billionaire husband's family all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her tragic life and untimely death evoke an odd mix of fascination, shock, and dismay. And through it all, there still exists a voracious thirst to discover more about who she actually was...and how she really died. In a book that is sure to surprise even the most avid pop culture junkies, Rita Cosby blows the lid off this astounding story. After an in-depth investigation, this is the definitive journalistic account of the Anna Nicole Smith saga-with unearthed secrets and explosive, never-before-told information.
One Glorious Ambition
Author: Jane Kirkpatrick
Publisher: WaterBrook
Published: 2013-04-02
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 0307729435
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne dedicated woman...giving voice to the suffering of many Born to an unavailable mother and an abusive father, Dorothea Dix longs simply to protect and care for her younger brothers, Charles and Joseph. But at just fourteen, she is separated from them and sent to live with relatives to be raised properly. Lonely and uncertain, Dorothea discovers that she does not possess the ability to accept the social expectations imposed on her gender and she desires to accomplish something more than finding a suitable mate. Yearning to fulfill her God-given purpose, Dorothea finds she has a gift for teaching and writing. Her pupils become a kind of family, hearts to nurture, but long bouts of illness end her teaching and Dorothea is adrift again. It’s an unexpected visit to a prison housing the mentally ill that ignites an unending fire in Dorothea’s heart—and sets her on a journey that will take her across the nation, into the halls of the Capitol, befriending presidents and lawmakers, always fighting to relieve the suffering of what Scripture deems, the least of these. In bringing nineteenth-century, historical reformer Dorothea Dix to life, author Jane Kirkpatrick combines historical accuracy with the gripping narrative of a woman who recognized suffering when others turned away, and the call she heeded to change the world.
Reinventing the Wheel
Author: Steve Kemper
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2005-03-15
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0060761385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReinventing the Wheel is the riveting, behind-the-scenes story of the enigmatic and cocksure inventor Dean Kamen and the Segway Human Transporter. When Kamen invented the two-wheeled vehicle known to many by its code name, Ginger, he promised it would transform the face of personal transportation forever. But when this brilliant and driven inventor attempted to become an entrepreneur, a colossal power struggle ensued. Here, Steve Kemper takes you along for the wild ride. In Reinventing the Wheel, Kemper goes inside Kamen's world of technology development, where nerve and ingenuity collide with high finance and the bottom line.
Killer Ambition
Author: Marcia Clark
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Published: 2013-06-18
Total Pages: 485
ISBN-13: 0316220914
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen the daughter of a billionaire Hollywood director is found murdered after what appears to be a kidnapping gone wrong, Los Angeles Special Trials prosecutor Rachel Knight and Detective Bailey Keller find themselves at the epicenter of a combustible and high-profile court case. Then a prime suspect is revealed to be one of Hollywood's most popular and powerful talent managers -- and best friend to the victim's father. With the director vouching for the manager's innocence, the Hollywood media machine commences an all-out war designed to discredit both Rachel and her case. Killer Ambition is at once a thrilling ride through the darker side of Tinseltown and a stunning courtroom drama with the brilliant insider's perspective that Marcia Clark is uniquely qualified to give.
