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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2014
Description
'The Rich' is the fascinating history of how economic elites from ancient Egypt to the present day have gained and spent their money. Starting with the Romans and Ancient Egypt and culminating with the oligarchies of modern Russia and China, it compares and contrasts the rich and powerful down the ages and around the world. What unites them? Have the same instincts of entrepreneurship, ambition, vanity, greed and philanthropy applied throughout?
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Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2017
Description
From Moscow to Marrakech, and Los Angeles to London, the reach of the super-elite stretches far and wide. Within this glamorous world where wealth means everything, three women are brought together. Frankie Willis, who fled her home in South Africa for a new life working in the Caribbean as a stewardess on the luxury mega-yacht, Pushkin; Peaches Gold who established herself as the most influential madam in the city of angels, Los Angeles, and holds...
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Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Milly Theale, who would seem to have the world at her feet, is fatally ill. Eager for life and love, she embarks on a European adventure, warming to the admiration of new friends Kate Croy and Merton Densher. She should be wary, however, for Kate sees in Milly a chance to make some money.
4) The future
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Pub. Date
2023
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The new novel from the Women?s Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Power, The Future is a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going. The Future is where the money is. The Future is a few billionaires leading the world to destruction. The Future is a handful of friends hatching a daring plan. The Future is the greatest heist ever? Or the cataclysmic end of civilisation? The Future is...
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Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2014
Description
What do wealthy people know that the rest of us don't? Do they have a secret recipe for success? Is there a special alchemy to make it work? 'The Secrets of Wealthy People' reveals the 50 things you need to know to build your wealth, capital and investments. Some will surprise you, and all will inspire you. Put these 50 simple strategies together and you have a great recipe for a better life, a formula that will unlock the secrets and uncover your...
6) Filthy rich
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Publisher
Headline Review
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Ambitions clash when the village launches an allotment project. Morag wants to plough hers with a horse; Beth buys a gleaming mini-tractor; Alexandra arrives with a Chanel spade and accompanying film crew, while Mary endures the advice of the local champion vegetable-grower.
Author
Publisher
Mudlark
Pub. Date
2022
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Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the world?s most revered and celebrated drummer.Mid-1962. The newly formed Rolling Stones are on the hunt for a permanent drummer. Their sights are set on Charlie Watts, a jazz musician already well-known within London?s rhythm and blues clubs. Fortunately for future Stones fans the world over, they persuade him to take on the...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Based on new and revelatory material from Brando?sown private archives, an award-winning film biographer presents a deeply-textured, ambitious, and definitive portrait of the greatest movie actor of the twentieth century, the elusive Marlon Brando, bringing his extraordinarily complex life into view as never before. The most influential movie actor of his era, Marlon Brando changed the way other actors perceived their craft. His approach was...
10) Katie Mulholland
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Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Some women are destined to arouse in men either fierce hatred or insatiable desire. Such a woman was Katie Mulholland ... At 15, a scullery maid in the house of the Rosires, she had been raped by the master. Now, many years later, she had enough money to maintain three carriages if she wanted to, and she was on her way to see Bernard Rosier under very different circumstances. There was no pride in Katie Mulholland's heart, however, only fear, for...
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2018
Description
When her Maltese love affair turns sour, Lara McDonald returns to her quiet Scottish hometown of Fairview heartbroken, yet determined - instead of looking for another PR position, she decides to follow her dream of baking. She impulsively takes the first job offered and finds herself working for local dragon Kitty Walker in her tea room True Brew. Lara's life is full of surprises, however, not the least being an unlikely friendship forged with one...
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Lane Harmon, assistant to a renowned interior designer, is used to meeting the rich and famous in their opulent homes. But when she is called to the Bennett house, she knows this job will be different. Parker Bennett has been missing for two years - since just before the discovery that billions of dollars had vanished from a fund he managed. The scandal has not died and the suspicion remains. Did he commit suicide or was his disappearance staged?...
13) Who I am
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Publisher
Welbeck
Pub. Date
2022
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Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was really like in The Spice Girls.
14) Rich dad poor dad: with updates for today's world--and 9 study session sections middle class do not!
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Publisher
Plata Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Although 25 years have passed since 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' was first published, readers will find that very little in the book itself has changed - and for good reason. While so much in our world is changing a high speed, the lessons about money and the principles of 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' haven't changed. Today, as money continues to play a key role in our daily lives, the messages in Robert Kiyosaki's international bestseller are more timely and more...
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Publisher
HQ
Pub. Date
2020
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When news of the budding romance between a beloved English prince and an American actress broke, it captured the world?s attention and sparked an international media frenzy. But while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have continued to make headlines - from their engagement, wedding, and birth of their son Archie to their unprecedented decision to step back from their royal lives - few know the true story of Harry and Meghan. For the very first time,...
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Fourth Estate
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A group of buccaneering Russian oligarchs made colossal fortunes after the collapse of communism - and many of them came to London to enjoy their new-found wealth. 'Londongrad' tells the true story of their journeys from Moscow and St Petersburg to mansions in Mayfair, Knightsbridge and Surrey.
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Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Bette gets paid to party ... And she can hardly believe her luck. Gaining VIP access to Manhattan's hottest spots and meeting 'everyone worth knowing' is a million miles away from her old job. Overnight, New York has become her sexy late-night playground. But quicker than you can say Chanel, Bette turns up in the gossip columns as girlfriend to a notorious British playboy. It's news that delights her new boss - but her friends want to know what?s...
Author
Publisher
Thorpe, Charnwood
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Contessa Carlotta Di Ponti, stunningly beautiful and sole heir to a vast fortune, has finally escaped her abusive marriage and is looking to find true love in Saint-Tropez. She soon meets the colourful jetsetters and hangers-on who populate the Mediterranean paradise every summer, including Fabrizio Bricconni, gigolo and long-suffering toyboy of an ageing socialite. The party season kicks off with a spectacular bash at billionaire Harry Silver's palatial...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Description
The result is Me - the joyously funny, honest and moving story of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of all time. Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three, he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt and boots with wings....
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Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2023
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THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL BOOK. Published in celebration of BTS?s 10th Anniversary, stories that go beyond what you already know about BTS. After taking their first step into the world on June 13, 2013, BTS will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut in June 2023. They have risen to the peak as an iconic global artist and during this meaningful time, they look back on their footsteps in the first official book. In doing so, BTS nurtures the power...