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Two weeks before his twenty-first birthday, Las Vegas native Bobby Ingersoll finds out he’s inherited a crushing gambling debt from his scumbag father. The debt is owed to an even scummier bag named Fraser Ruphart who oversees his bottom-rung criminal empire from the classy-adjacent Trump International Hotel. Bobby’s prospects of paying off the note, which comes due the day he turns twenty-one, are about as dim as the sign on the tower’s façade.

This New York Times bestseller intimately depicts urban life in a gripping book that slips behind cold statistics and sensationalism to reveal the true sagas lurking behind the headlines of gangsta glamour. One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century In her extraordinary...

Interesting Facts For Curious Minds gives you the answer to all these and many, many more questions that I know have crossed your mind from time to time. This book is divided into 63 chapters by topic for your convenience, bringing you a nice mix of science, history, pop culture, and all sorts of stuff in between. Each chapter contains 25 concise yet engaging factoids that are sure to make you think and at times laugh.

At a time of frightening volatility, what is the average investor to do? The answer: Turn to Burton G. Malkiel's advice in his reassuring, authoritative, gimmick-free, and perennially best-selling guide to investing. Long established as the first book to purchase before starting a portfolio or 401(k), A Random Walk Down Wall Street now features new material on "tax-loss harvesting", the crown jewel of tax management; the current bitcoin bubble; and automated investment advisers; as well as a brand-new chapter on factor investing and risk parity.

Jenna’s parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. It’s the best night of her life. It’s the last night of her life. Minutes later, Jake’s in the alley getting some fresh air, and the girl from the dance floor comes stumbling out, sick and confused and deathly pale. He tries to help, but it’s no use. He doesn’t know that someone in the crowd has jabbed her with a needle.

"Probably in the life of everyone there comes a time when he is inclined to go over again the events, great and small, which have made up the incidents of his work and pleasure, and I am tempted to become a garrulous old man, and tell some stories of men and things which have happened in an active life. In some measure I have been associated with the most interesting people our country has produced, especially in business - men who have helped largely to build up the commerce of the United States...."

GET LOST INSIDE THE LABYRINTH OF A MEDICATED MIND Enter at your own risk. Take a walk through the highs and lows that make up the maze of the author's mind. Pass along walls of prescription-induced thoughts. Wander the twists and turns of emails with no hope of escape. Sooth the Minotaur with a song if you're brave and if you're lucky, if the stars align in your favor, you may find meaning lurking within the madness.

With added illustrations !! Do you love trivia and interesting facts? This is the be-all, end-all, mega fact book with over 3,000 fascinating and educational facts, including periodic illustrations to add even more to your enjoyment. It combines volumes 1 and 2 of Really Interesting Stuff You Don't Need to Know along with brand new facts and covers a wide range of subjects: animals, arts, history, literature, movies, science and nature, sports, television, U.S. geography, U.S. presidents, world geography, and more; for example: In 2009, physicist Stephen Hawking threw a champagne party for ...

In a time of rampant misinformation about ways of growing your money, Burton G. Malkiel’s gimmick-free investment guide is more necessary than ever. In this fully updated edition, Malkiel reveals how to be a tax-smart investor and addresses current investment trends, including factor investing, risk parity, cryptocurrencies, and ESG portfolios. A Random Walk Down Wall Street remains the best investment guide money can buy.

The story of the legendary Random House founder, whose seemingly charmed life at the apogee of the American Century afforded him a front-row seat to literary and cultural history in the making “A stunning achievement . . . a sweeping intellectual history with a stunning cast of characters that...

A board-certified endocrinologist shares her must-have guide to using GLP-1 medications, such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound, to reverse obesity and take charge of your health, with established strategies for maximizing your results “This book is a game-changer. Dr. Salas-Whalen...

We all know that fostering curiosity and learning is crucial for both kids and adults, but it’s not always easy to find the right resources. Maybe you’ve tried other books but found them too dull or too complicated. It can be challenging to find something that is both fascinating and educational for listeners of all ages. You don’t have to compromise between fun and learning. That’s why we created "Interesting Facts and Myths for Curious Readers".

A homecoming to Rome, Kentucky, sparks a new romance—and lots of drama—between two old family friends, from the New York Times bestselling author of When in Rome, Practice Makes Perfect, and Beg, Borrow, or Steal. Madison Walker left Rome, Kentucky, determined to make it in the culinary...

Seit Jahrhunderten werden die Bewohner Selencias vom Königreich Faraengard unterdrückt. Als Soldaten Leinas Bruder verschleppen wollen, entwickelt sie plötzlich übermenschliche Kräfte und tötet die Angreifer. Sie flieht, wird jedoch von einer Patrouille eingeholt. Deren Anführer ist der Altor Ryot, ein mächtiger Krieger auf einem geflügelten Pferd, der von den Göttern gesegnet wurde. Doch statt Leina zu töten, bringt er sie zur Synode, dem Ort, an dem der Orden der Altoren lebt und wo die Krieger im Kampf gegen die Kher'zenn ausgebildet werden. Ryot vermutet, dass auch Leina eine Altorin ist.

A collection of twenty classic short stories by Isaac Asimov, author of the Foundation series, featuring the definitive and only in-print version of “Nightfall” From one of history’s most influential writers of science fiction comes this collection of twenty short works of fiction...

The fifth novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION Golan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and it is Gaia. A superorganism, Gaia is a holistic planet...

Nuestra sociedad discrimina y culpabiliza a las personas con obesidad, cuando son víctimas de un entorno obesogénico (que genera obesidad). Un entorno que se nutre de ingredientes como: industria codiciosa, medios irresponsables, sanitarios negligentes, mala legislación, analfabetismo nutricional, charlatanes, famosos ambiciosos, desigualdades sociales, pobreza, factores genéticos…

Who doesn't enjoy watching Richard Nixon bowling while you're reading about some new factoid that your friends might not know? These fact chunks are meant to take your mind off the daily grind.

Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile...

Para crear o modificar una imagen pública se necesita algo más que corazonadas...¡Se necesita saber! Este libro le ayudará a: Conocer la percepción que los demás tienen de usted, Descubrir su esencia y respetarla, Hacer de su realidad una buena historia que contar, Influir en los demás para que lo apoyen, Construir una buena reputación, Aplicar la Imagología para triunfar en la política, los negocios... y la vida misma.