The Billionaire's Treat
The Billionaire's Treat

Author: Tracey Pedersen

Publisher: Daring Online Adventures

Published: 2019-04-20

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 064834228X

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One cheeky billionaire next door equals trouble! Danny Griffin appears to live a charmed life. Son of a multi-married rock god, he spends his days annoying his friends, wearing odd socks, and buying expensive trinkets no one ever gets to see. His goal for this year is to see each of his friends find love. The secret billionaires don’t know it, but he started this game to fix his own lonely heart. When Easter rolls around and he doesn’t have a date, urgent action is required. Instead of admitting defeat, he bribes his new next-door neighbour into accompanying him to a charity auction for the local hospital. Tina Faucet (not her real name) is enjoying a quiet existence in an almost silent neighbourhood, where no one looks too closely at her. She’s had enough attention to last her a lifetime. Until her cute neighbour convinces her to have one night of fun, and her skeletons come dancing out of the closet. Will Tina’s past jeopardise the secret billionaire’s club? Can Danny find a way to keep her and keep his secret? The Secret Billionaire's Club Books: The Billionaire's Heart The Billionaire's Luck The Billionaire's Treat The Billionaire's Duty The Billionaire's Spark The Billionaire's Club The Billionaire's Scare The Billionaire's Feast The Billionaire's Gift The Billionaire's Surprise

Billionaires
Billionaires

Author: Darryl Cunningham

Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly

Published: 2021-05-20

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1770465367

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An informative and funny deconstruction of how the giants of American capitalism shape our world In Billionaires, Darryl Cunningham offers an illuminating analysis of the origins and ideological evolutions of four key players in the American private sector—Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and oil and gas tycoons Charles and David Koch. What emerges is a vital critique of American capitalism and the power these individuals have to assert a corrupting influence on policy-making, political campaigns, and society writ large. Cunningham focuses on a central question: Can the world afford to have a tiny global elite squander resources and hold unprecedented political influence over the rest of us? The answer is detailed through hearty research, common sense reasoning, and astute comedic timing. Billionaires reveals how the fetishized free market operates in direct opposition with the health of our planet and needs of the most vulnerable -- how Murdoch’s media mergers facilitated his war-mongering, how Amazon’s litigiousness and predatory acquisitions made them “The Everything Store,” and how the Kochs’ father’s refineries literally fueled Nazi Germany. In criticizing the uncontrolled reach of power by Rupert Murdoch (in fueling the far right), the Koch Brothers (in advocating for climate change denial), and Jeff Bezos (in creating unsafe working conditions), Cunningham speaks truth to power. Billionaires ends by suggesting alternatives for a safer and more just society.

The Billionaire's Treat
The Billionaire's Treat

Author: Jeannette Winters

Publisher:

Published: 2017-11-15

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9781979402880

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Cole Wright didn't settle for anything less than what he wanted. He expected the impossible from his employees, but he pushed no one harder than he did himself. It was all or nothing, and he planned on coming out on top.Sharma Lake had loved and lost many years ago. Now she was focused solely on her future, and it was mapped out perfectly. The only thing she forgot to account for was love.With a chance encounter, they find their attraction undeniable. When they finally let down the walls around their hearts, will the lies of omission stand between them? Or is this their season to find true love?

The Billionaire's Treat
The Billionaire's Treat

Author: Tracey Pedersen

Publisher:

Published: 2020-02-15

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9780648790952

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One cheeky billionaire next door equals trouble! Danny Griffin appears to live a charmed life. Son of a multi-married rock god, he spends his days annoying his friends, wearing odd socks, and buying expensive trinkets no one ever gets to see. His goal for this year is to see each of his friends find love. The secret billionaires don't know it, but he started this game to fix his own lonely heart. When Easter rolls around and he doesn't have a date, urgent action is required. Instead of admitting defeat, he bribes his new next-door neighbour into accompanying him to a charity auction for the local hospital. Tina Faucet (not her real name) is enjoying a quiet existence in an almost silent neighbourhood, where no one looks too closely at her. She's had enough attention to last her a lifetime. Until her cute neighbour convinces her to have one night of fun, and her skeletons come dancing out of the closet. Will Tina's past jeopardise the secret billionaire's club? Can Danny find a way to keep her and keep his secret?

The Billionaire and the Hippie Health Nut
The Billionaire and the Hippie Health Nut

Author: Penelope Spark

Publisher: New Creation Publishing

Published: 2020-10-11

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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A workaholic and a hippie health nut? Perfect combination. The work ethic that's made Chad LaChance crazy rich has also made him sick. When his mentor banishes him to a holistic health resort in the middle of nowhere, he meets Heidi the health coach. And she's nuts. She wants to rub his feet with oil and feed him twigs. Heidi Leeman loves everything about her life. She has no idea that something could be missing until she meets the billionaire. He's a little grumpy, but she can't blame him. He's almost worked himself to death. When sparks fly, Heidi tries to ignore them. What would a man like that want with a woman like her? They are polar opposites--from different planets. But when Chad's stalker shows up, things get complicated quickly. Can they find a way to meet in the middle, or do they need to part ways and return to their separate worlds? (funny billionaire romance; funny sweet romance; clean romance; small town billionaire romance; sweet romance; opposites attract)

Barefoot to Billionaire
Barefoot to Billionaire

Author: Jon Huntsman

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 146831145X

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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.

The Billionaire's Apprentice
The Billionaire's Apprentice

Author: Anita Raghavan

Publisher: Hachette+ORM

Published: 2011-02-01

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1455504033

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Just as WASPs, Irish-Catholics and Our Crowd Jews once made the ascent from immigrants to powerbrokers, it is now the Indian-American's turn. Citigroup, PepsiCo and Mastercard are just a handful of the Fortune 500 companies led by a group known as the "Twice Blessed." Yet little is known about how these Indian emigres (and children of emigres) rose through the ranks. Until now... The collapse of the Galleon Group--a hedge fund that managed more than $7 billion in assets--from criminal charges of insider trading was a sensational case that pitted prosecutor Preet Bharara, himself the son of Indian immigrants, against the best and brightest of the South Asian business community. At the center of the case was self-described King of Kings, Galleon's founder Raj Rajaratnam, a Sri-Lankan-born, Wharton-educated billionaire. But the most shocking allegation was that the éminence grise of Indian business, Rajat Gupta, was Rajaratnam's accomplice and mole. If not for Gupta's nose-to-the-grindstone rise to head up McKinsey & Co and a position on the Goldman Sachs board, men like Rajaratnam would have never made it to the top of America's moneyed elite. Author Anita Raghavan criss-crosses the globe from Wall Street boardrooms to Delhi's Indian Institute of Technology as she uncovers the secrets of this subculture--an incredible tale of triumph, temptation and tragedy.

The Billionaire's Club
The Billionaire's Club

Author: Tracey Pedersen

Publisher: Daring Online Adventures

Published: 2019-09-01

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 0648584054

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Flat on his back at the mercy of the most honest woman on the planet... Merek Rummer had plans to win Danny’s silly dating game. He organised a woman, carefully laid out his story and set the scene for an entertaining weekend to claim his triumph. Those plans vanished when an industrial accident landed him flat on his back, needing assistance for the most basic of tasks. Then his mother chose his nurse, insisting he not be left alone for a second. Mindy Cox had settled in to write. The resort brochure promised blissful silence, broken only by birdsong. What it left out was the eight weeks of renovations that steal her every creative thought from sunup to sundown. With a deadline looming, she needs a new plan. Merek’s estate is the perfect writing environment—quiet and spread out. When Mindy lands in his bedroom, it’s the result of a giant lie she just can’t maintain. With a crotchety billionaire to contend with, her book is surely a lost cause. Can Merek woo a woman from his sickbed to win the bet? Or will her direct approach to life derail his plans, his heart, and cost him a million bucks? The Secret Billionaire's Club Books: The Billionaire's Heart The Billionaire's Luck The Billionaire's Treat The Billionaire's Duty The Billionaire's Spark The Billionaire's Club The Billionaire's Scare The Billionaire's Feast The Billionaire's Gift The Billionaire's Surprise

The Billionaire's Feast
The Billionaire's Feast

Author: Tracey Pedersen

Publisher: Daring Online Adventures

Published: 2019-12-02

Total Pages: 71

ISBN-13: 0648584070

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Billionaires can be thankful, too... Wyatt Fletcher knows he can't win the silly dating game Danny concocted eleven months ago. Why couldn't he get a holiday earlier in the year to plan his date? Faced with a wedding rehearsal, a Thanksgiving feast, and an actual wedding, all within a few weeks of each other, he decides a fake date will help him sneak through the season without too many questions being asked. It doesn't matter that it's not real. He's just hanging out for the holiday at the end of the year. For Lauren Hunter, art is everything. Whether it's painting, sculpting, or knitting, she attacks every new project with gusto. She's a woman on a low income, with even lower expenses, all in the name of pursuing her art. She'll take any job as long as it pays and it's low on commitment. When Wyatt offers Lauren a one-night gig she sees a chance to add to her casual work schedule and buy more art supplies. It doesn't matter that it's not real. Weddings and Thanksgiving feasts make great inspiration for her art. Can Wyatt and Lauren discover how much they have in common before the Macy's Day Parade is a distant memory? The Secret Billionaire's Club Books: The Billionaire's Heart The Billionaire's Luck The Billionaire's Treat The Billionaire's Duty The Billionaire's Spark The Billionaire's Club The Billionaire's Scare The Billionaire's Feast The Billionaire's Gift The Billionaire's Surprise

Billionaire Wilderness
Billionaire Wilderness

Author: Justin Farrell

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-03-02

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 0691217122

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"Billionaire Wilderness offers an unprecedented look inside the world of the ultra-wealthy and their relationship to the natural world, showing how the ultra-rich use nature to resolve key predicaments in their lives. Justin Farrell immerses himself in Teton County, Wyoming--both the richest county in the United States and the county with the nation's highest level of income inequality--to investigate interconnected questions about money, nature, and community in the twenty-first century. Farrell draws on three years of in-depth interviews with "ordinary" millionaires and the world's wealthiest billionaires, four years of in-person observation in the community, and original quantitative data to provide comprehensive and unique analytical insight on the ultra-wealthy. He also interviewed low-income workers who could speak to their experiences as employees for and members of the community with these wealthy people. He finds that the wealthy leverage nature to climb even higher on the socioeconomic ladder, and they use their engagement with nature and rural people as a way of creating more virtuous and deserving versions of themselves. Billionaire Wilderness demonstrates that our contemporary understanding of the relationship between the ultra-wealthy and the environment is empirically shallow, and our reliance on reports of national economic trends distances us from the real experiences of these people and their local communities"--