Swindlers and swindling - United States
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Greed in the Gilded Age: The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick
$26.00 Read moreGreed in the Gilded Age is a Gatsby-esque tale of mystery, money, sex, and scandal.
‘Millionaire’ had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensat
- Author: Hazelgrove, William Elliott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1538142902
- Language: English
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The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth
$18.99 Add to cartWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography
In this critically acclaimed true crime tale of “welfare queen” Linda Taylor, a Slate editor reveals a “wild, only-in-America story” of pol… [more below]- Author: Levin, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0316513288
- Language: English
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers: A History of Unusual Ways to Search for Oil
$27.95 Add to cartWhat lies beneath the ground? Our poor eyesight cannot penetrate even an inch into the soil, so for centuries, fortune-seekers have tried every way imaginable to see below the surface. Whether searchi
- Author: Plazak, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1682831779
- Language: English
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Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
$30.00 Add to cartWhen Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he
- Author: Lewis, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324074337
- Language: English
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Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
$21.99 Add to cartNamed a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this “thrilling” (Bill Gates) New York Times bestseller exposes how a “modern Gatsby” swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sac
- Author: Hope, Bradley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 22, 2019
- ISBN10: 031643647X
- Language: English
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Catch Me If You Can: The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit!
$19.00 Add to cartThe uproarious, bestselling true story of the world’s most sought-after con man, immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in DreamWorks’ feature film of the same name, from the author of Scam Me If You Can. … [more below]
- Author: Abagnale, Frank W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 02 2002
- ISBN10: 0767905385
- Language: English
