Financial Fiction

Country music icon Shane Black is this year’s headliner for the New Year’s Eve bash in Times Square, but when violent riots break out, he’ll need more than a six string to escape New York City. After decades of abuse as the world’s reserve currency, the US dollar’s day of reckoning is at hand. Without a functioning monetary system to purchase basic goods, society rapidly descends into abject chaos. Protests, looting, and bloodletting take the place of civility in a country which becomes thoroughly unhinged.

Conflicting imperatives tear Lucas in different directions as a mounting threat to Shangri-La's survival looms large. In this eighth installment in the best-selling Day After Never series, Lucas faces more ominous challenges than ever before and must risk everything if he, and those he loves, are to survive.

The kids learn how to pursue their life goals through long term focus and balance. Our world is filled with instant gratification, but real success and happiness takes time. Learning discipline, patience, and balance sets you up for a life of prosperity and well-being.

The guides explain the importance of goal setting. Having positive goals keeps you on track and moving forward. Knowing where you are going helps you make healthy choices.

First to a Million explores the many advantages of FI, while explaining the secrets of investing, living frugally, and maintaining an entrepreneurial mindset. Treating your finances differently than the average teenager will put you miles ahead of your peers, and with time (and compounding) on your side, you can win the game before it even starts!

When customer complaints on Christmas Eve about tenfold inflated bank balances herald not early gifts, nor a botched system upgrade, but the most sophisticated cyber attack in history, National Bank Chief Operating Officer Rob Tanner finds himself in the eye of a ‘Black Swan’ storm no one predicted, but anyone could have anticipated. Tanner enlists the help of brilliant American cyber security expert Ashley Markham, but the attacks only worsen.

Someone is siphoning funds from billionaire Zachary Barron's currency hedge fund. Intent on prosecuting the thief to the fullest extent of the law, he hires Katerina "Kat" Carter, the best forensic accountant in the business, to follow the money trail. Both are shocked when it leads to Zachary's father, Nathan. And he's just the tip of the iceberg. Nathan belongs to a shadowy organization with global ties and unimaginable resources.

These two unabridged chapters from Charles Mackay’s two-volume evergreen work, Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841) deal with the disastrous South Sea Bubble and the extraordinary outbreak of Tulipomania in Holland.

Dreams Can Come True tells the story of Tom, a woodcutter's son, with big dreams. Under the guidance of his wealthy uncle, he tries to overcome his humble beginnings and reach the life of his dreams. But is success snatched away at the last minute?

Michael Limmerburg, Besitzer der größten Buchmacherfirma Englands, hat sich durch betrügerische Machenschaften ein Vermögen aufgebaut. Doch als er wegen unsauberer Manipulationen vor den Jockeyklub-Ausschuss geladen wird, wittert Anthony, bekannt als "der Preller", seine Chance. Mit einem raffinierten Plan will er Limmerburgs unrechtmäßig erworbenes Geld abschöpfen und ihm eine Lektion erteilen. Der Buchmacher glaubt, den Ausgang des Rennens kontrollieren zu können – dabei ahnt er nicht, dass er selbst das Ziel eines raffinierten Betrugs ist.

After twenty years in the LAPD, Mike Travis should be enjoying his retirement in Hawaii. Instead, he's become a reluctant PI who can't manage to stay out of trouble-much to the chagrin of his long-suffering girlfriend.

Eine Entdeckung, für die Menschen töten würden. "Ich glaube, ich fange an, zu verstehen. Diese Entdeckungen müssen Milliarden wert sein." Eine mysteriöse Mordserie erschüttert München. Im Forschungs- und Innovationszentrum eines Automobilherstellers stirbt ein Ingenieur bei einer Wasserstoffexplosion. Noch am selben Tag wird ein Physiker der TU München in einen tödlichen Autounfall verwickelt. Bloßer Zufall? Als nur einen Tag später ein Vorstandsmitglied des Automobilkonzerns vom Dach des Firmengebäudes in den Tod springt, wird es Zeit zu handeln.

Mitchell Roth is a billionaire hedge fund mastermind whose life turns into a nightmare in the blink of an eye. But his fate is just the tip of the iceberg of a larger and more sinister plot lurking beneath the surface. Now he’s framed for insider trading, and Mitchell becomes the target of a ruthless manhunt that involves powerful government agencies and those he trusts. Turned into a hunted fugitive, Mitchell transgresses the boundary between right and wrong. His only chance to make it out alive is to fight back with his financial expertise, money laundering skills, and even murder.

Что происходит на стройке, пока вы платите ипотеку? Чем грозит любовный треугольник на глазах у дольщиков? А главное: как не потерять голову, когда у тебя внезапно оказалась сумка с миллионом долларов? В день ареста влиятельного шефа в руки Саше Попову, молодому человеку с мечтами и амбициями, неожиданно попадает миллион долларов. По распоряжению босса на эти деньги Саша обязуется построить жилой комплекс. Вот только его начальник — бизнесмен, депутат и местный авторитет, планирует просто обмануть дольщиков, а сам Саша настроен возвести настоящий дом мечты.

Der bigotte Investmentbanker Edvin Golm, der bereits während seines Studiums in Harvard die Grundlagen für gigantische Transaktionen mit Finanzmarktpapieren entwickelte, steht als Vorstandsvorsitzender von Bank Trust Investments, einer der weltweit größten Investmentbanken, im Mittelpunkt von hemmungslosen Spekulationen, die von maßloser Gier getriebenen sind.

Jack, a 26-year-old New Yorker, unwittingly becomes the key player in a deadly game of shadows. His ordinary train ride home takes a harrowing turn when the last surviving architect of the Bitcoin decentralized network hands him a mysterious piece of paper, moments before meeting a brutal demise. What seemed like random words on the paper unveiled a chilling secret—access to a cold storage crypto wallet. Teaming up with his girlfriend, Olivia, they breach the account, exposing a staggering fortune in Bitcoin.

They’re wild, beloved, and all-around fabulous, but with the Sweet Potato Queens, there’re just never enough good times—or enough good eats. Well, now all fabulous women everywhere can have their own mountains of royal fun and food, because bestselling author and Boss Queen Jill Conner Browne is revealing her big-ass top secret recipes—and the events that inspired them—in The Sweet Potato Queens’ Big-Ass Cookbook (and Financial Planner). And, of course, she’s dishing up plenty of hilarious stories.

This is the story of Roger Alcott, his wife, Susan, and their two boys. On the surface, Roger Alcott has it all — a well-paying job, a nice home, and luxury cars. Unfortunately, these have come at the expense of long hours and high stress of his corporate job. But most importantly, he's missing time with his wife and kids.

In a family that has everything, one tends to forget that some things are beyond even their control. After fate sends the family an unmistakable message, Christopher suddenly finds himself on the receiving end of a financial avalanche, yet fully incapable of managing or even understanding the full magnitude of it. In a world beset with vipers and jackals, he would be as helpless as a sheep led to slaughter in handling the family’s substantial financial assets.

Amb el drama dels desnonaments i la indefensió del poble davant la posició dominant dels bancs, l’Andreu Torrent torna a Barcelona després de viure vint anys a Suècia. Abandonat per la dona, acomiadat de la feina i sense sentir-se part d’enlloc, el pis heretat per la mort de la mare el fa enfrontar-se amb la crua realitat del poder dels bancs._La mort del director de l’oficina i un particular descens als inferns en un recorregut pels baixos fons de la ciutat, posarà l’Andreu en una dubtosa posició davant la investigació de l’assassinat.