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"Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home, she's built the perfect life. But beneath this facade, Ava's world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn't been used in years, and her toddler's tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava's enigmatic college roommate from...
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W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
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x, 307 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. Written in the form...
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Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Vintage Books ed.
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xii, 316 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Uses narratives and analogies to provide information about key terms and concepts of twenty-first century business, covering carbon footprint, green economics, world banks, outsourcing, and more.
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PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
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xiii, 365 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"In March of 2017, a team of FBI agents arrested Juan Granda, Samer Barrage, and Renato Rodriguez, or as they called themselves, "the three amigos." The trio--first identified publicly by the authors of this book-- had built a $3.6 billion dollar business in metals trading, mostly illegal Peruvian gold. Their arrests and subsequent prosecution laid bare more than a corrupt finance firm, though. Instead, Dirty Gold lifts the veil on an illegal international...
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