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The Financier (1912) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. The first installment of Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire, The Financier has endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and remains a powerful example of social critique over a century after its publication. Followed by The Titan (1914) and The Stoic (1947), The Financier captures the greed at the heart of the Gilded Age, a time when tycoons rose with total impunity to take over swaths of American industry....
2) The Titan
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The Titan (1914) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. The second installment of Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire, The Financier has endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and remains a powerful example of social critique over a century after its publication. Preceded by The Financier (1914) and followed by The Stoic (1947), The Titan captures the greed at the heart of the Gilded Age, a time when tycoons rose with total impunity to take over swaths of American...
3) The stoic
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The conclusion to the trilogy based on a real railway tycoon’s life, with “an amazingly intricate description of high-rolling 19th-century finance” (The Wall Street Journal).
Based on the life of railway tycoon Charles Tyson Yerkes, the epic Trilogy of Desire weaves a tale of American capitalism through the rise and fall of Frank Cowperwood. Following The Financier and The Titan, the...
Based on the life of railway tycoon Charles Tyson Yerkes, the epic Trilogy of Desire weaves a tale of American capitalism through the rise and fall of Frank Cowperwood. Following The Financier and The Titan, the...
4) Mystery man
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2000.
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Tycoon Canton Rourke, was beset and besieged - and all because of his neighbor, Janine Curtis. The woman was out to get him, he was sure of it. He'd come to Cancun, Mexico, with his daughter to relax, not catch bandits, track kidnappers ... or save the woman from any other fine mess she landed herself in! Her neighbor's opinion was not a secret to Janine. So she was determined to live down to his image of her ... while trying to ignore how her knees...
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Are some crimes too horrible to forgive? Growing up on the Kansas prairie, Samantha Martin cherished two desires: to love God and marry her childhood sweetheart. But the War between the States took nearly everything - her family, her home, and Nathan, her love. When he returns six years later, she is shocked to discover he's no longer the gentle boy she's always adored. Instead, he is a physically and emotionally scarred man on the run, dodging charges...
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A notorious playboy searching for the perfect wife, a prince who awakens forbidden desires, a commanding billionaire who always gets what he wants... Find all this in more with six powerful, passionate and provocative stories from Silhouette Desire! Bundle includes Secrets of the Tycoon's Bride by Emilie Rose, Sold Into Marriage by Ann Major, Christmas in His Royal Bed by Heidi Betts, Playboy's Ruthless Payback by Laura Wright, The Desert Bride of...
15) The Hidden Heart
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Seeking to leave her troubled past behind, nineteen-year-old Elizabeth Cameron decides to join a religious group in Belton, Texas, where she and her five-year-old Indian charge will be hidden from a cruel world.
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A ruthless businessman finds himself falling for the woman he's been using as a pawn in his plan for revenge. A woman's impending dream marriage to a prince is marred by his inability to acknowledge or express love. A restauranteur agrees to act as a Senatorial candidate's fake fiancée to prevent a scandal over their affair. Find all this and more with six powerful, passionate and provocative stories from Silhouette Desire!
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With their rich, powerful heroes and scandalous family sagas, the sensual books of Silhouette Desire are irresistible! And this bundle of six novels from August 2009 is sure to deliver all the provocative passion you crave! Bundle includes Bossman Billionaire by Kathie DeNosky, One Night with the Wealthy Rancher by Brenda Jackson, Sheikh's Betrayal by Alexandra Sellers, The Tycoon's Secret Affair by Maya Banks, Billion-Dollar Baby Bargain by Tessa...
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A ruthless Beverly Hills film exec vows to win back his wife the old-fashioned way--in bed.... A commitment-shy playboy gets a surprise gift from a one-night stand with one of his staff in Sydney, Australia.... And a marriage of convenience turns into so much more for a billionaire and a pregnant waitress in Wyoming...
The six stories in this bundle of Silhouette Desire romances may span globe, but each and every one is guaranteed to be powerful,...
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Silhouette Desire brings you all the passionate romance, scandalous family sagas such as New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson's Westmorelands , and seriously sexy heroes you love with six great books each and every month....just like the six tantalizing stories in this bundle of all the November 2009 Desires!
Bundle includes: Westmoreland's Way by Brenda Jackson, In the Arms of the Rancher by Joan Hohl, The Maverick's Virgin Mistress...
20) The maverick
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"Always in the middle of trouble, be it during roundup or at Jacobsville county dances, Harley Fowler emerges unscathed. Until he meets whirlwind, top-notch investigator Alice Jones, who is trying to solve a murder involving the one family Harley doesn't want to talk about--his own. Suddenly he's in the midst of mayhem--and all he can think about is protecting Alice. But the stubborn woman is unappreciative of his efforts. What's a confirmed maverick...
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