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Falmouth Narrative Nonfiction Book Club
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The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions - Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing a blockbuster painkiller that was the catalyst for the opioid crisis. -- jacket.
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Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Ivanka Trump has carved a name for herself in the business world and as a political activist assisting her father, President Donald Trump. Ivanka Trump: Businesswoman and Political Activist explores Trump's early life and her successful business ventures. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index....
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When Consuelo's grandfather died, he was the richest man in America. Her father soon started to spend the family fortune, enthusiastically supported by Consuelo's mother, Alva, who was determined to attain the top of New York society. She was adamant that her daughter should make a grand marriage to the underfunded Duke of Marlborough--it didn't matter that Consuelo loved someone else. However, the story of Consuelo and Alva is not simply one of the...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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English
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"A ... biography of Florence Gould, fabulously wealthy socialite and patron of the arts, who hid a dark past as a Nazi collaborator in 1940s Paris"--Dust jacket flap.
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 478 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : portraits, genealogical table, photographs ; 25 cm.
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English
Description
From the founders of the international health-care behemoth Johnson & Johnson in the late 1800s to the contemporary Johnsons of today, such as billionaire New York Jets owner Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV, all is revealed in this unauthorized biography. Often compared to the Kennedy clan because of the tragedies and scandals that had befallen both wealthy and powerful families, This book, based on scores of exclusive, candid, on-the-record interviews,...
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Ecco
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
398 pages ; cm.
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English
Description
A love story, Alone Together is also a fascinating glimpse into the twentieth century from the view of one of its most remarkable couples. This is how the other half lived-- dinner dances, satin gowns, beach houses, hotel suites, first-class cabins on the Queen Mary. Teddy's life story moves from the glittering nightclubs of 1930s New York City to Mussolini's Italy, where she was imprisoned by the fascist regime, to California in the golden postwar...
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Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
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319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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"A daughter of American royalty, Eileen Rockefeller is one of the first in her family to write a memoir of growing up with fame and fortune and finding her own voice within its storied history"--
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