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Publisher's Summary
In 1994, Joseph N. Gagliano calmly sat back, put his hands behind his head and smiled as the NCAA clocked ticked down the remaining last seconds of the game. It was the third game in a row Joe had bet on where the point spread had to land on a specific number. With millions at stake, was he nervous? Not at all.
As the buzzer sounded on the 3rd game, his duffle bags were filled with millions in cash. How?
Joe had fixed the outcome of the games.
No Grey Areas tells the incredible, true story of the man who orchestrated the largest sports point shaving betting scam in sport's history. But that is only where the story begins...
It is always the cover up, not the crime, where white collar criminals get caught. Joe was caught, convicted and served time in Federal prison for his role in coordinating and financing the 1994 ASU point shaving scandal.
His journey continued as Joe came out prison in late 2000 with a passion to clear his name and a desire to remove perceptions held by others of him. He embarked on an aggressive path to success; building a sizeable chain of full service car washes, making millions in real estate, living a life of luxury, and even buying a private jet just to get to his yacht in San Diego quicker.
But the story does not end there....
A few years later, the 2008 financial collapse engulfed the world and because of Joe's "grey areas" a banking deal landed him in prison for a 2nd term. Labeled a 2-time felon, he made some brilliant and yet morally questionable decisions while searching for the true meaning of success.
Inside these pages, you'll get a backstage pass on what it was like to slowly fall into the "grey areas" of scandal, greed, corruption, money, and business. Joe's honest, detailed telling of this life of infamy, history, and successes along with the consequences of his decisions will amaze and inspire you.
No Grey Areas is a riveting read, filled with all the elements of a great non-fiction book, except that is a TRUE story. Reminiscent of The Wolf of Wall Street and MoneyBall, this gripping personal life story will carry the reader through the internal struggles of poor life choices and fortune squandered. It is a captivating journey of morally questionable decisions, and the pursuit of freedom, all during a harrowing ride to redemption.
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- Hathaway
- 05-12-17
Poorly written, poorly read
What disappointed you about No Grey Areas?
The author was a jerk to start with and remained one to the end of the book. No real redemption. Poor editing--the title..".the consequences thereafter." Consequences are always thereafter by definition
Would you ever listen to anything by Joseph N. Gagliano again?
No
How could the performance have been better?
Another reader, another author, an editor
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
None that I found
Any additional comments?
Picked for a book club book after NPR review. Everyone in my book club felt the same way.
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- B. Beez
- 05-01-17
Amazing story
I really enjoyed this book. I was not expecting the motivatial ending that really got me thinking about my life.
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- Robert
- 04-03-16
Starts well but fades (pun intended)
1st half great, 2nd half meh. It's a bit of a 'wolf of wall street' lite without all the good parts about drugs and partying.
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"Perfectly Ethical".....what a joke!
- By Pete on 12-25-17
By: Phil Hellmuth
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Aiming High: How a Prominent Sports and Celebrity Agent Hit Bottom at the Top
- By: Darren Prince, Kristen McGuiness - contributor, Earvin "Magic" Johnson - foreword
- Narrated by: Darren Prince
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Aiming High is the astonishing story of sports and celebrity agent Darren Prince, who battled addiction while representing some of the most iconic figures in the world. After a drug overdose, many demoralizing nights, and mornings where he couldn't get out of bed without a prescription in hand, Darren hit rock bottom - and in the process discovered the true meaning of success.
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Revealing Open and Honest
- By Jeffery on 09-29-21
By: Darren Prince, and others
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The Fixer
- The Notorious Life of a Front-Page Bail Bondsman
- By: Ira Judelson
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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From New York's foremost bail bondsman with "over $30 million on the street" comes the story of a modern-day "fixer" who walks a fine line between hustler and humanitarian with clients ranging from the rich and famous to the mafia and gangs of New York. With from-the-gut prose, Ira Judelson sheds light on the highs and lows of the bondsman life. But Judelson is no process server.
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Entertaining very entertaining
- By M Anderson on 07-10-16
By: Ira Judelson
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Jump
- My Secret Journey from the Streets to the Boardroom
- By: Larry Miller, Laila Lacy
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike’s Jordan Brand from a $200M sneaker company to a $4B global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland violence to the pinnacles of international business.
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Love love this book!
- By Kimbely K Brown on 01-19-22
By: Larry Miller, and others
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The Power of Being Yourself
- A Game Plan for Success by Putting Passion into Your Life and Work
- By: Joe Plumeri
- Narrated by: Joe Plumeri, Joseph A. Califano Jr.
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
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Everyone imagines top CEOs as larger-than-life figures who do things no one else could. But deep down every good business leader is an everyman who combines vision and high energy with the ability to connect with all types of people and learn from them
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Go Play in Traffic!
- By Teri Gasper on 01-03-18
By: Joe Plumeri
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Grandissimo: The First Emperor of Las Vegas
- How Jay Sarno Won a Casino Empire, Lost It, and Inspired Modern Las Vegas
- By: David G. Schwartz
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Sarno's casinos - and his ideas about how to build casinos - created the template for Las Vegas today. Before him, Las Vegas meant dealers in string ties and bland, functional architecture. He taught the city how to dress up its hotels in fantasy, putting toga dresses on cocktail waitresses and making sure that even the stationery carried through with the theme. He saw Las Vegas as a place where ordinary people could leave their ordinary lives and have extraordinary adventures.
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Great Listen - Thanks to Dr. Dave
- By Andrew on 09-08-14
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Bad Paper
- Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld
- By: Jake Halpern
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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Jake Halpern introduces us to a former banking executive and a former armed robber who become partners and go in quest of "paper" - the uncollected debts that are sold off by banks for pennies on the dollar. As Halpern shows, the world of consumer debt collection is a wild and unregulated shadow land, where operators may misrepresent a debtor's situation, make illegal threats, and even lay claim to debts that are not theirs to collect in the first place.
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An Examination of Bad Debts; its Buyers & Sellers
- By Darwin8u on 08-22-16
By: Jake Halpern
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My (Underground) American Dream
- My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive
- By: Julissa Arce
- Narrated by: Julissa Arce
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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On the surface, Arce's story sounds like a how-to manual for achieving the American dream: growing up in an apartment on the outskirts of San Antonio, she worked tirelessly, achieved academic excellence, and landed a coveted job on Wall Street, complete with a six-figure salary. The level of professional and financial success that she achieved was the very definition of the American dream. But in this brave new memoir, Arce digs deep to reveal the physical, financial, and emotional costs of the stunning secret.
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I usually binge watch tv, this is the first time I’ve binged-Listened a book <3
- By Amazon Customer on 10-01-18
By: Julissa Arce
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Where Mercy Is Shown, Mercy Is Given
- By: Duane 'Dog' Chapman
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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Considered by many to be the world's greatest bounty hunter, Duane "Dog" Chapman has become famous for capturing fugitives on Dog the Bounty Hunter, his number-one-rated show on A&E. But his job doesn't end when he cuffs his man - or woman. Having personally struggled against abuse, addiction, and a life of crime, Dog knows a thing or two about the path that these fugitives cuffed in the back of his car are on.
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Slow narration - I wish the author narrated more
- By HappyQuails on 02-22-11
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Born to Steal
- When the Mafia Hit Wall Street
- By: Gary Weiss
- Narrated by: Frank Whaley
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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During Wall Street's last big bull market, there were brokers in $3,000 suits, billion-dollar IPO's, and 30-year-olds making $100,000 a month. And then there was Louis Pasciuto, who came from Staten Island at the age of 19 and discovered one indelible truth about himself: He was born to steal. This is the astounding, true story of the rise and fall of this fast-talking, street-smart wiseguy, as well as the insidious ways the Mob infiltrates, then controls, Wall Street.
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Bummer on Wall St
- By Scott A. Taylor on 10-28-04
By: Gary Weiss
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Balls: The Life of Eddie Trascher, Gentleman Gangster
- By: Scott M. Deitche, Ken Sanz
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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Eddie Trascher was a gentleman gangster, but he never wanted to be part of the mob. For 50 years, from the pre-Castro Havana casinos to Los Angeles, Trascher stole from mob-owned casinos, scammed gangsters, and was one of the top bookies in the country. He capped his career as a confidential informant for Florida law enforcement and was the source for getting inside the Trafficante Mafia family.
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Entertaining Old Vegas Story
- By Dawnielle C. on 02-23-22
By: Scott M. Deitche, and others
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The Smart Money
- How the World's Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions
- By: Michael Konik
- Narrated by: Michael Konik
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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In The Smart Money, Michael Konik takes listeners behind the veil of secrecy shrouding the most successful sports gambling operation in America, to its innermost sanctum. He reveals how they, and he, got rich by beating the Vegas lines and, ultimately, the multi-million-dollar offshore betting circuit. He details the perks and perils of a lifestyle in which staking inordinate sums of money on the outcome of a game, sometimes as much as $1 million on a single event, is a normal part of doing business.
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Not what I was looming for
- By Justin on 01-08-15
By: Michael Konik
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Ruthless
- Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me
- By: Ronald Miscavige, Dan Koon
- Narrated by: Harvey Betancourt
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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The only book to examine the origins of Scientology's current leader, Ruthless tells the revealing story of David Miscavige's childhood and his path to the head seat of the Church of Scientology, told through the eyes of his father. Ron Miscavige's personal, heartfelt story is a riveting insider's look at life within the world of Scientology.
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Ruthlessly Honest ~ An Engrossing Read!
- By susan rios on 05-05-16
By: Ronald Miscavige, and others