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    The Bettencourt Affair: The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 831min
    Was the world's wealthiest woman - Liliane Bettencourt - heir to an estimated $36 billion L'Oréal fortune, the victim of a con man? Or were her own family the real villains? This riveting narrative tells the real-life, shocking story behind the cause célèbre that has captivated both France and the world. Liliane Bettencourt is the world's richest woman and the 11th wealthiest person on the planet as of 2016. But at 94, she's embroiled in an incredible controversy that has dominated the headlines and ensnared a former president of France in the controversy. Why? Thanks to an artist and photographer named François-Marie Banier, who was given hundreds of millions of dollars by Liliane. Liliane's daughter, Françoise, considers Banier a con man and filed a lawsuit against him, but Banier has a far different story to tell. It's all become Europe's biggest scandal in years, uncovering a shadowy corporate history, buried World War II secrets, illicit political payoffs, and much more. Written by Tom Sancton, a Vanity Fair contributor and former Time correspondent currently living in France, The Bettencourt Affair is part courtroom drama; part upstairs-downstairs tale; part business narrative of a glamorous global company with past Nazi connections; and part character-driven story of a complex, fascinating family and the intruder who nearly tore it apart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda Carlin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/003220/bk_peng_003220_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaire's Club , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 392min
    About 50km outside of Cape Town lies the beautiful town of Stellenbosch, nestled against vineyards and blue mountains that stretch to the sky. Here reside some of South Africa’s wealthiest individuals: all male, all Afrikaans - and all stinking rich. Johann Rupert, Jannie Mouton, Markus Jooste and Christo Weise, to name a few. Julius Malema refers to them scathingly as ‘The Stellenbosch Mafia’, the very worst example of white monopoly capital. But who really are these mega-wealthy individuals, and what influence do they exert not only on Stellenbosch but more broadly on South African society?Author Pieter du Toit begins by exploring the roots of Stellenbosch, one of the wealthiest towns in South Africa and arguably the cradle of Afrikanerdom. This is the birthplace of apartheid leaders, intellectuals, newspaper empires and more. He then closely examines this ‘club’ of billionaires. Who are they and, crucially, how are they connected? What network of boardroom membership, alliances and family connections exist? Who are the ‘old guard’ and who are the ‘inkommers’, and what about the youngsters desperate to make their mark? He looks at the collapse of Steinhoff: what went wrong, and whether there are other companies at risk of a similar fate. He examines the control these men have over cultural life, including pulling the strings in South Africa rugby. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dylan Oosthuizen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/053444/bk_adbl_053444_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Bloody January: Harry McCoy Thriller, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 522min
    When a teenage boy shoots a young woman dead in the middle of a busy Glasgow street and then commits suicide, Detective Harry McCoy is sure of one thing. It wasn't a random act of violence. McCoy uses his underworld network to lead the investigation but soon runs up against a secret society led by Glasgow's wealthiest family, the Dunlops. McCoy's boss doesn't want him to investigate. The Dunlops seem untouchable. But McCoy has other ideas.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew McIntosh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/003531/bk_howe_003531_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Pablo Escobar: A Biography , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 19min
    Pablo Escobar was a notorious Colombian drug lord whose cartel, at the height of his career, supplied an estimated 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States. Often called "The King of Cocaine", he was the wealthiest criminal in history, with an estimated known net worth of US $30 billion by the early 1990s. He was also one of the 10 richest men in the world at his prime. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steve Stansell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/063973/bk_acx0_063973_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Entrepreneur: Warren Buffett: 7 Ultimate Financial Habits , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 112min
    Consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people, Buffett is known for his frugality, calculated financial practices, and philanthropy. His financial and life philosophies are some of the most respected and celebrated in the business world. Buffett's own success is the truest testament to the efficacy of his financial habits, and with this simple guide, these same habits are available to you. As Warren Buffett says, "Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of mediocre." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Jackson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/081828/bk_acx0_081828_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Pablo Escobar: J.D. Rockefeller's Book Club , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 52min
    Pablo Escobar is one of the infamous, if not the most tarnished drug dealers in the world. Born in Columbia, Pablo Escobar was the leader of the biggest cocaine production and distributing group in the world. Along with a net worth of 15 billion dollars in, he was listed in the famous Forbes magazine as the seventh-wealthiest man during his reign. Listen to this book to learn his amazing story! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Glynn Amburgey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/079884/bk_acx0_079884_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Western Wind
    **SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2019**15th century Oakham, in Somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridge. When a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of Shrove Saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? The village priest, John Reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessor. But will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, Thomas Newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? And what will happen if he can't?Moving back in time towards the moment of Thomas Newman's death, the story is related by Reve - an extraordinary creation, a patient shepherd to his wayward flock, and a man with secrets of his own to keep. Through his eyes, and his indelible voice, Harvey creates a medieval world entirely tangible in its immediacy.
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    The Best Medicine: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future
    Only one hundred years ago, even in the world's wealthiest nations, children died in great numbers-of diarrhea, diphtheria and measles, of scarlet fever and meningitis. Culture was shaped by these deaths; diaries and letters recorded them, poets and writers wrote about and lamented them. Not even the high and mighty could escape: presidents and titans of industry lost their children, the poor and powerless lost theirs even more frequently. The near-conquest of infant and child mortality is one of our greatest human achievements. Perri Klass pulls the story together for the first time, paying tribute to scientists, public health advocates and groundbreaking women doctors who brought new scientific ideas about sanitation and vaccination to families. Thanks to their work, early death is now the exception, bringing about a massive transformation in society and freeing parents to worry a lot more about a lot less.
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    Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties (eBook, ePUB)
    'Lucid and damning ... an absorbing - and infuriating - tale of complicity, coverup and denial' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author of EMPIRE OF PAIN A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions from the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II - and how the world allowed them to get away with it.
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    Titanic: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Unsinkable Ship RMS Titanic, Including Survivor Stories and a Real Romance Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 192min
    Explore the captivating history of the Titanic.When thinking about the worst known maritime disaster in history, it is impossible not to think about all of the lives lost in a single night. One of the wealthiest men alive (and the wealthiest passenger aboard the ship) died in the same accident that took the life of a baby younger than five months old in steerage.More than 100 years after the disaster, the survivors have passed on, but they left behind harrowing stories that remind us that every day is something to appreciate. These stories include love, loss, hope, failure, and everything in between. It is the tales told by those who survived that convey the feelings of that fateful night and the reality of the lives lost. In Titanic: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Unsinkable Ship RMS Titanic, Including Survivor Stories and a Real Romance Story, you will discover topics such as:A predictable, preventable disasterFrom beginning of construction to the final launch into historyBasic mistakes at a high priceA jolt followed by the worst-case scenarioA more human experienceDorothy Gibson - reliving the experienceRamon Artagaveytia - well-founded fearTwo gentlemen meet their fateAnn Elizabeth Isham - for a best friendLove beyond dutyThe second-class passengersViolet Constant Jessop - survival of all three sistersThe seeds of loveSlander long after the eventsFrom the wreckageAnd much, much more!So, if you want to learn more about the Titanic, get this audiobook now! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alexander G.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/145114/bk_acx0_145114_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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