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Dynasty: the Astors and their times
Par David Sinclair. 1984
The bold, unscrupulous ventures of John Jacob Astor into fur trading and Manhattan real estate made him wealthy. The author…
follows the rise of the family's fortune and influence in the 19th century to the decline of the Astors in the 20th century. 1984.E. P. Taylor: the biography of Edward Plunket Taylor
Par Richard H Rohmer. 1978
An account of Taylor's first business ventures, his major role in World War II, financial dealings, vast interests in real…
estate, and his leadership in international horse racing and breeding. 1978.Driving force: the McLaughlin family and the age of the car
Par Heather Robertson. 1995
Robertson presents the story of the McLaughlin family, entrepreneurs who began as poor immigrants and went on to create General…
Motors of Canada. The family members are portrayed, as well as the major events in the life of their company. 1995.Commodore: the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Par Edward Renehan. 2008
Draws on previously unreleased documents to deliver what is arguably the definitive biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the nineteenth-century transportation tycoon…
who accumulated the largest private fortune in United States history. 2008.Complete works: one : 1954 - 1960 (Pinter, Harold Ser.)
Par Harold Pinter. 1976
Contains the first five of Pinter's plays, including "The birthday party", his first full-length drama, and two short stories. In…
typical Pinter style, they all include an exacting and complex use of language and the features that mark his 'comedies of menace'. 1976. Uniform title: Works.Complete works, Vol. IV
Par Harold Pinter. 1981
Contains five of Pinter's plays, including "Old times", "No man's land", and "Family voices". These works echo many of his…
earlier themes and techniques - struggles for power and an ambience of menace - while finding fresh subject matter and ways to express ideas. 1981. Uniform title: Works.Complete works, Vol. III
Par Harold Pinter. 1998
Contains such Pinter plays as "The homecoming" and "Landscape", as well as six revue sketches, the memoir "Mac", and the…
short story "Tea party". Pinter's work compels the reader to analyze the efficiency of language and its ability to convey meaning. 1998. Uniform title: Works.Complete works, Vol. II
Par Harold Pinter. 1990
Contains five of Pinter's plays, including "The Caretaker", and revue sketches. The characters and settings in these plays become more…
realistic, as opposed to the absurdist atmosphere of his first works. Also includes an introductory essay by Pinter, "Writing for myself". 1990. Uniform title: Works.Confessions of a Street addict
Par Jim Cramer. 2002
The author takes readers on the wild ride that is Wall Street, revealing how the game is played, who breaks…
the rules, and who gets hurt. Cramer takes us from his roots in the middle-class Philadelphia suburbs to Harvard, where he began managing money, and then to Goldman Sachs. He describes the life of a money manager: the frenetic pace, the constant pressure to outperform the market and other fund managers. c2002.Conrad and Lady Black: dancing on the edge
Par Tom Bower. 2006
The rise and fall of media tycoon Conrad Black is rivalled in its spectacular extravagance only by the machinations of…
his social climbing wife, Barbara Amiel. Theirs is a story of overwhelming ambition and greed. Living beyond his means, he plundered Hollinger, a public company, and was charged with fraud and corruption. 2006.Closer to the sun: an autobiography
Par Marq De Villiers, Garth Drabinsky. 1995
Garth Drabinsky traces his life and career as Canada's most successful impresario. He talks about his early career as an…
entertainment lawyer, and adventures as a film producer who worked with Hollywood's greatest stars. He also discusses his role in Cineplex Odeon, and his recent work in the live entertainment business with shows like "Show Boat," "Kiss of the Spider Woman," and "The Phantom of the Opera." c1995.Cold hard truth: on business, money & life
Par Kevin O'Leary. 2011
Citizen Hughes: In His Own Words-how Howard Hughes Tried To Buy America
Par Michael Drosnin. 1985
An account of millionaire Howard Hughes' last four years when he fought the Atomic Energy Commission, plotted to buy politicians,…
schemed against his business competitors and became even more disoriented. Shows Hughes' emotional instability during those years. 1985.Blood relations: the rise & fall of the du Ponts of Delaware
Par Leonard Mosley. 1980
Captures the array of brilliant and eccentric characters that the powerful and tight-knit du Pont family has produced. Replete with…
suicides, insanity, love affairs, and political intrigue, this is a dramatic, somewhat sensational, story of an American dynasty. 1980.Campeau: the building of an empire
Par Michael Babad, Catherine Mulroney. 1989
In January, 1988, Canadian businessman Robert Campeau stunned Wall Street with a hostile bid for Federated Department Stores, the parent…
of the famous Bloomingdale's chain. His biography describes a man who was born into a poor Sudbury family, and became a successful real estate developer. 1989.Brighton Beach memoirs
Par Neil Simon. 1984
An autobiographical play set in 1937. Eugene, the 15-year-old narrator, dreams of becoming a writer and fulfilling his sexual curiosity.…
Includes strong language and sex. Winner of the 1983 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. 1984.Blood brothers (Methuen Modern Classics Ser.)
Par Willy Russell. 2001
Twin brothers are separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. She gives one of them…
away to wealthy Mrs Lyons and they grow up as friends, in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a blood-bath. Includes strong language. 2001.Belle moral: a natural history
Par Kathleen Gallagher, Ann-Marie MacDonald. 2008
Scotland, 1899. Following her father's death, amateur scientist Pearl MacIsaac struggles to discover the secret of her family's past, which…
her father had kept hidden with the help of the family doctor. A story of family secrets that have come to life and of the birth and evolution of ideas, including Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, contemporary medical beliefs and the concept of eugenics. Some descriptions of sex. 2008.Balconville: a play
Par David Fennario. 1980
Montreal playwright Fennario presents the lives of people in the poor area of Pointe Saint-Charles. Three families, French and English,…
and Thibeault, the neighbourhood rummy, sit on their balconies and deal with unemployment, an election, and the losing Expos baseball team. Poverty, domestic problems and French-English relations are explored with humour as the characters endure a hot summer in the late 1970's. With French and English dialogue. Strong language.As you like it (Shakespeare, Penguin Ser.)
Par William Shakespeare, H. J Oliver. 1968
A pastoral comedy set primarily in the forest of Arden. A duke is exiled by his cruel brother, who later…
banishes his daughter as well. The action switches from the count to the forest where the exiles and friends wander in a maze of romances and mixed identities. For Senior High readers. 1968, c1599.