Circle Of Greed

Author : Patrick Dillon,Carl Cannon
Publisher : Crown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780767929950

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Circle of Greed by Patrick Dillon,Carl Cannon Pdf

Circle of Greed is the epic story of the rise and fall of Bill Lerach, once the leading class action lawyer in America and now a convicted felon. For more than two decades, Lerach threatened, shook down and sued top Fortune 500 companies, including Disney, Apple, Time Warner, and—most famously—Enron. Now, the man who brought corporate moguls to their knees has fallen prey to the same corrupt impulses of his enemies, and is paying the price by serving time in federal prison. If there was ever a modern Greek tragedy about a man and his times, about corporate arrogance and illusions and the scorched-earth tactics to not only counteract corporate America but to beat it at its own game, Bill Lerach's story is it.

Author : Patrick Dillon,Carl Cannon
Publisher : Crown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307589170

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Circle of Greed by Patrick Dillon,Carl Cannon Pdf

Circle of Greed is the epic story of the rise and fall of Bill Lerach, once the leading class action lawyer in America and now a convicted felon. For more than two decades, Lerach threatened, shook down and sued top Fortune 500 companies, including Disney, Apple, Time Warner, and—most famously—Enron. Now, the man who brought corporate moguls to their knees has fallen prey to the same corrupt impulses of his enemies, and is paying the price by serving time in federal prison. If there was ever a modern Greek tragedy about a man and his times, about corporate arrogance and illusions and the scorched-earth tactics to not only counteract corporate America but to beat it at its own game, Bill Lerach's story is it.

Author : Costi W. Hinn
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780310355281

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God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel by Costi W. Hinn Pdf

A captivating first-person look at one of the world's most powerful prosperity dynasties that offers a unique perspective on greed, the Church, and the journey toward Truth. Millions desperate for hope and solutions are enticed by the promise of the prosperity gospel--that God will do whatever they need with just a little faith and a financial gift. All the while, prosperity preachers exploit the poor and needy to stockpile their riches. What can followers of the true gospel do to combat the deception? Through a remarkable and fascinating journey, Costi Hinn went from a next-generation prosperity preacher to the first to abandon the family faith and share the true gospel. Nephew of the world-famous televangelist, Benny Hinn, Costi had a front-row seat to the inner workings and theology of the prosperity gospel. But as Costi's faith deepened, so did his questions about prosperity teaching. As the deceptions in his past were exposed, Costi came face to face with the hypocrisy and devastation caused by his belief system, and the overwhelming truth about the real Jesus Christ. This captivating look into the daily lives of one of the world's leading prosperity dynasties offers a thoughtful perspective on the perils of greed, the power of the true gospel, and hope for the future of the global church. Through real-life stories, Costi challenges and equips readers to be living lights pointing the way to the true gospel and the saving grace of Christ. God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel will bolster your faith and encourage your own journey toward the Truth. Spanish edition also available.

Author : Robert Bilott
Publisher : Atria Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501172823

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Exposure by Robert Bilott Pdf

“For Erin Brockovich fans, a David vs. Goliath tale with a twist” (The New York Times Book Review)—the incredible true story of the lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont for its use of the hazardous chemical PFOA, uncovering the worst case of environmental contamination in history—affecting virtually every person on the planet—and the conspiracy that kept it a secret for sixty years. The story that inspired Dark Waters, the major motion picture from Focus Features starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway, directed by Todd Haynes. 1998: Rob Bilott is a young lawyer specializing in helping big corporations stay on the right side of environmental laws and regulations. Then he gets a phone call from a West Virginia farmer named Earl Tennant, who is convinced the creek on his property is being poisoned by runoff from a neighboring DuPont landfill, causing his cattle and the surrounding wildlife to die in hideous ways. Earl hasn’t even been able to get a water sample tested by any state or federal regulatory agency or find a local lawyer willing to take the case. As soon as they hear the name DuPont—the area’s largest employer—they shut him down. Once Rob sees the thick, foamy water that bubbles into the creek, the gruesome effects it seems to have on livestock, and the disturbing frequency of cancer and other health problems in the area, he’s persuaded to fight against the type of corporation his firm routinely represents. After intense legal wrangling, Rob ultimately gains access to hundreds of thousands of pages of DuPont documents, some of them fifty years old, that reveal the company has been holding onto decades of studies proving the harmful effects of a chemical called PFOA, used in making Teflon. PFOA is often called a “forever chemical,” because once in the environment, it does not break down or degrade for millions of years, contaminating the planet forever. The case of one farmer soon spawns a class action suit on behalf of seventy thousand residents—and the shocking realization that virtually every person on the planet has been exposed to PFOA and carries the chemical in his or her blood. What emerges is a riveting legal drama “in the grand tradition of Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action” (Booklist, starred review) about malice and manipulation, the failings of environmental regulation; and one lawyer’s twenty-year struggle to expose the truth about this previously unknown—and still unregulated—chemical that we all have inside us.

Author : Dante Alighieri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Devil in art
ISBN : MINN:31951002389030A

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The Vision of Hell by Dante Alighieri Pdf

Author : Jeff Madrick
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400075669

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Age of Greed by Jeff Madrick Pdf

A vivid history of the economics of greed told through the stories of those major figures primarily responsible. Age of Greed shows how the single-minded and selfish pursuit of immense personal wealth has been on the rise in the United States over the last forty years. Economic journalist Jeff Madrick tells this story through incisive profiles of the individuals responsible for this dramatic shift in our country’s fortunes, from the architects of the free-market economic philosophy (such as Milton Friedman and Alan Greenspan) to the politicians and businessmen (including Nixon, Reagan, Boesky, and Soros) who put it into practice. Their stories detail how a movement initially conceived as a moral battle for freedom instead brought about some of our nation's most pressing economic problems, including the intense economic inequity and instability America suffers from today. This is an indispensible guide to understanding the 1 percent.

Author : Dante Alighieri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001103880642

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The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Pdf

Author : Robin Wasserman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416907206

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Greed by Robin Wasserman Pdf

As the year draws to an end, Miranda gets what she always wanted, Kane reforms his ways, Harper hopes to be prom queen, and Adam is busy tending to Beth who is thinking about leaving Reed.

Author : Stephen Fay
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004528159

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Beyond Greed by Stephen Fay Pdf

"How the two richest families in the world, the Hunts of Texas and the House of Saud, tried to corner the silver market--how they failed, who stopped them, and why it could happen again"--Jacket subtitle.

Author : Media Adams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781440528255

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Greed by Media Adams Pdf

The Seven Deadly Sins have sliced up the dictionary and taken what's theirs. No one vice is too greedy as each volume prides itself on having more than 500 entries. Word lovers will lust after these richly packaged volumes--and once you've collected all seven, you'll be the envy of all your friends. Greed: A Dictionary for the Selfish Surprisingly, it didn't claim every word in the OED (although if it could, it would). This pocket-sized dictionary swipes only the most worthy of syllables, as well as the reader's attention.

Author : V&S EDITORIAL
Publisher : V&S Publishers
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9789350575055

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Gopu Books Collection 46 by V&S EDITORIAL Pdf

Well-chosen stories give children good role models and increase their empathy for others. Simplistic moral precepts in simple language; each story comes with a caricature type illustration to retain interest of young readers. The moral at the end of the story summaries precisely what the child is supposed to learn! These stories educate children about a family, tradition, ethos, social mores or share cultural insight or a combination of all these. Thoughtful stories not only provide enjoyment, they also shape and influence lives of children.

Author : Gerald Posner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781501152030

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Pharma by Gerald Posner Pdf

"Exorbitant prices for lifesaving drugs, safety recalls affecting tens of millions of Americans, and soaring rates of addiction and overdose on prescription opioids have caused many to lose faith in pharmaceutical companies. Now, Americans are demanding national reckoning with a monolithic industry. In Pharma, award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author Gerald Posner uncovers the real story of the Sacklers, the family that became one of America's wealthiest from the success of OxyContin, their blockbuster narcotic painkiller at the centure of the opioid crisis. The unexpected twists and turns of the Sakler family saga are told against the startling chronicle of a powerful industry that sits at the intersection of public health and profits. Pharma reveals how and why American drug companies have put earnings ahead of patients"--

Author : Billy Wile
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1791735029

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The Price of Greed by Billy Wile Pdf

The price of greed can make even a loving mother do the most unthinkable thing we could possibly imagine, but in this world nothing should be surprising as the evil forces continue to dominate this earth for a season, in this sphere of vampires.

Author : Kurt Eichenwald
Publisher : Crown
Page : 1258 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780767911801

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Conspiracy of Fools by Kurt Eichenwald Pdf

From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling true story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the Enron scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever. It was the corporate collapse that appeared to come out of nowhere. In late 2001, the Enron Corporation—a darling of the financial world, a company whose executives were friends of presidents and the powerful—imploded virtually overnight, leaving vast wreckage in its wake and sparking a criminal investigation that would last for years. Kurt Eichenwald transforms the unbelievable story of the Enron scandal into a rip-roaring narrative of epic proportions, taking readers behind every closed door—from the Oval Office to the executive suites, from the highest reaches of the Justice Department to the homes and bedrooms of the top officers. It is a tale of global reach—from Houston to Washington, from Bombay to London, from Munich to Sao Paolo—laying out the unbelievable scenes that twisted together to create this shocking true story. Eichenwald reveals never-disclosed details of a story that features a cast including George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Paul O’Neill, Harvey Pitt, Colin Powell, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alan Greenspan, Ken Lay, Andy Fastow, Jeff Skilling, Bill Clinton, Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone. With its you-are-there glimpse into the secretive worlds of corporate power, Conspiracy of Fools is an all-true financial and political thriller of cinematic proportions.

Author : Marc Elsberg
Publisher : Random House
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473555266

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Greed by Marc Elsberg Pdf

CORRUPT BIG BUSINESS, ECONOMY IN MELTDOWN, THE THRILLER THAT WARNED US ALL 'Marc Elsberg is nothing if not prescient' GUARDIAN It’s the near future: the world economy is in freefall. Mass unemployment and hunger rage as banks, corporations and countries go bankrupt. But one group are doing just fine: the super-rich. Nobel prize-winning economist Herbert Thompson drives to an emergency summit in Berlin, to deliver his ground-breaking solution to the world’s elite: a formula that will reverse the downturn, transform the economy, and give everyone a share of the wealth. Thompson never arrives. He is killed in a car crash on the way. Jan, a keen cyclist out late, sees the incident. Convinced Thompson has been murdered, he vows to find out why. But there are powerful forces at work, who will stop at nothing to keep Jan silent. How far will they go to satisfy their greed? And who can stop them? A spine-chillingly realistic thriller on the horrors of freewheeling capitalism and the threat of human greed. By the global bestselling author of Blackout and Code Zero _____________ PRAISE FOR MARC ELSBERG ‘Fast, tense, thrilling, timely. This will happen one day’ LEE CHILD ‘Dazzling’ Times Book of the Month 'Both gripping and visionary' rbb Kulturradio 'Elsberg succeeds in combining complex storylines into one breathtaking tale of suspense' BILD 'Part Dan Brown-style chase and part eco-thriller, this debut will get people talking' BOOKLIST US