Author: Conor O'Clery Publisher: PublicAffairs ISBN: 161039335X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 354
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The astonishing life of the modest New Jersey businessman who anonymously gave away 10 billion dollars and inspired the "giving while living" movement. In this bestselling book, Conor O'Clery reveals the inspiring life story of Chuck Feeney, known as the "James Bond of philanthropy." Feeney was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to a blue-collar Irish-American family during the Depression. After service in the Korean War, he made a fortune as founder of Duty Free Shoppers, the world's largest duty-free retail chain. By 1988, he was hailed by Forbes Magazine as the twenty-fourth richest American alive. But secretly Feeney had already transferred all his wealth to his foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies. Only in 1997 when he sold his duty free interests, was he "outed" as one of the greatest and most mysterious American philanthropists in modern times, who had anonymously funded hospitals and universities from San Francisco to Limerick to New York to Brisbane. His example convinced Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to give away their fortunes during their lifetime, known as the giving pledge.
Author: India Grey Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative ISBN: 459664649X Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 129
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Rachel is a world-famous pianist who has always been her mother's obedient doll. But after Rachel accepts a proposal from a famous composer, she meets Orlando, a handsome man who she believed to be a black angel at the cemetery on the day of her wedding. Orlando tells Rachel that what she needs is courage to make her own decisions. With Orlando's words in mind, Rachel leaves behind her wedding dress and runs away. She hides in Orlando's dark mansion and discovers who she really is. She eventually falls in love with Orlando, but then learns that he is suffering from a degenerative illness that will eventually blind him...
Author: Justin Farrell Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691217122 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 392
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"Billionaire Wilderness offers an unprecedented look inside the world of the ultra-wealthy and their relationship to the natural world, showing how the ultra-rich use nature to resolve key predicaments in their lives. Justin Farrell immerses himself in Teton County, Wyoming--both the richest county in the United States and the county with the nation's highest level of income inequality--to investigate interconnected questions about money, nature, and community in the twenty-first century. Farrell draws on three years of in-depth interviews with "ordinary" millionaires and the world's wealthiest billionaires, four years of in-person observation in the community, and original quantitative data to provide comprehensive and unique analytical insight on the ultra-wealthy. He also interviewed low-income workers who could speak to their experiences as employees for and members of the community with these wealthy people. He finds that the wealthy leverage nature to climb even higher on the socioeconomic ladder, and they use their engagement with nature and rural people as a way of creating more virtuous and deserving versions of themselves. Billionaire Wilderness demonstrates that our contemporary understanding of the relationship between the ultra-wealthy and the environment is empirically shallow, and our reliance on reports of national economic trends distances us from the real experiences of these people and their local communities"--
Author: Victoria Davies Publisher: Entangled: Indulgence ISBN: 1640638377 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 200
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Julian Worth isn’t a man with time to spare. Ruling his billion dollar empire with an iron fist, work is the true love of his life. Which is why when it comes to marriage, a strategic alliance matters more than love. Julian is more than ready to sign on for a little superficial dating and a marriage of convenience if it allows him to take his company to the next level. What he wasn’t ready for was the woman who shows up as his prospective bride. Holly Abbott has spent her whole life coming in second. Being born four minutes behind her twin sister has defined her life. But when her headstrong sister refuses to go along with their father’s plan to marry her off into a cold business arrangement, Holly has to step up. Knowing the infamous Julian Worth will only entertain marrying the Abbott heir, Holly sets her identity aside to transform into her sister. It’s an easy enough plan. A few dates with a man who isn’t hers won’t hurt anyone. Except Julian is nothing like the ruthless tycoon she expected. Soon she’s left to wonder, what will happen when her sister comes back and worse, how will she ever be able to give up a man who doesn’t even know her real name?
Author: Ruth Cardello Publisher: Legacy Collection ISBN: 9781479226870 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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New York Times & USA Today Bestseller!Book 3: Bedding the Billionaire (Legacy Collection)Lil Dartley's life is upside down. Her previously steadfast and predictable sister is marrying an influential billionaire and needs help planning the wedding of the century in less than a month. Years of middle class rebellion have not prepared Lil for handling billionaires or paparazzi.Jake Walton knows a train wreck when he sees one. Lil was trouble from the first day he met her, but since her sister is marrying his best friend, he has no choice but to help her or this wedding will be in the news for all the wrong reasons. Keeping Lil safe would be a whole lot easier if she didn't drive him crazy both in and out of the bedroom.The Legacy Collection: Book 1: Maid for the BillionaireBook 2: For Love or LegacyBook 3: Bedding the BillionaireBook 4: Saving the SheikhBook 5: Rise of the BillionaireBook 6: Breaching the Billionaire: Alethea's Redemption
Author: Garrett Gunderson, Ripwater LLC Publisher: ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 0
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Why did the Vanderbilts squander their wealth, while the Rockefellers have kept it for six generations? Learn the Rockefeller Method for creating, protecting, and passing on wealth. You don't have to take high risks or wait for the "long haul." You can create generational wealth safely and predictably. You can create a legacy of wealth and contribution that lives on in perpetuity--benefiting generations after you.
Author: Serenity Woods Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 186
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Never fall in love with your knight in shining armor... Even though he can't step foot out of his house, Noah King's sole purpose in life is to help people. He created the Ark as a sanctuary for animals and people alike, and it's not surprising that when I'm at my lowest ebb, he's the one who rides in on his white horse and rescues me. But now I'm in a terrible dilemma. Since his wife died giving birth to their baby - who also died - Noah's been a recluse. The last thing he needs in his life is a woman who's eight months' pregnant, alone, and homeless. Of course he's going to want to help me. I know I mustn't mistake kindness and friendship for real love. And I really don't want to be one of life's victims. I want to get myself back on my feet and create a good life for the baby. I don't want to cause Noah pain by stirring up old memories. And I don't want him to feel pity for me. I know I should walk away. But it's strange how it's only when someone shows you kindness that you realize how empty your life has been. Oh God. I'm desperately in love with him. And now the baby is days away from coming, and I've literally nowhere to go. What am I going to do?
Author: Erin Swann Publisher: ISBN: 9781718111165 Category : Languages : en Pages : 342
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A night I wouldn't forget. An offer I couldn't refuse. Liam: I had dared to love once and lost. The scar haunted me every day. Now, I have rules, three simple rules: I don't do dinner, they never come to my place, and I never stay the night. Until I met the tantalizing Amy and she turned everything upside down. It was just one night. Tomorrow I could get back to normal I told myself. When she turned up at my next meeting, normal was no longer on the horizon. Now, she is essential to defeating my enemy. One way or another she might destroy me. Amy: I couldn't get past my failed marriage - I couldn't take the terrifying leap. When the question became his place or mine, I ran back to my computer to pick another. My sister convinced me to try shock therapy - a one-night stand to get over my phobia. One night without inhibitions and never see him again, that was the plan. Simple enough, right? The next day, he walked into my meeting. Suddenly things weren't simple anymore. He held the key to my company's survival; there was just one catch. I had to pretend to be his girlfriend. How hard could that be? Buy Picked by the Billionaire, and see love find a way today.
Author: Conor O'Clery Publisher: ISBN: 9786043113211 Category : Languages : vi Pages :
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Vietnamese edition of Conor O'Clery's biographical story of Charles F. Feeney, one of the richest men on earth, to see how he became just another regular person, without the huge Amount of assets, and yet he would feel relieved and happy as a common folk... Vietnamese translation by Xuan Chi.
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