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Language
English
Description
Summary of Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker is the story of the investment banking firm Salomon Brothers during the tenure of CEO John Gutfreund, lasting from 1978-1991, and to a lesser extent, a description of the wider financial world of the 1980s. The growth of Wall Street firms like Salomon Brothers was boosted by government deregulation which allowed for the growth and creation of risky mortgage-backed securities and high-yield junk bonds during...
2) Wanda Nevada
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
A gambler wins an orphaned girl in a poker game, and together they prospect for gold in the Grand Canyon.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"Rogue Madden was a laughing man. He and his friends never seemed to take anything too seriously and could find laughter in most situations. After a wild poker party at his ranch house in Mexico, Rogue receives a telegram that a party of nine guests would be arriving that day and bringing the loveliest surprise. When the travelers arrive, there are plenty of surprises. First, they announce they have been robbed by bandits only a few miles from the...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Before the 1920s found their roar, a charismatic gambling addict named Roy Gardner dominated news headlines with daring train robberies and escapes from incarceration. Nicknamed "the Smiling Bandit," Gardner spilled no blood--except his own--as he cut a felonious path across the western United States, as the country hobbled through a recession in the aftermath of the First World War. Once imprisoned for the long term in federal prisons, including...
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