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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed writer and “one of our preeminent humorists” (The New York Times) Paul Rudnick, a riotously funny, perceptive, and life-affirming novel following the decades-long, rule-breaking romance between the son of one of American’s wealthiest families and a middle-class aspiring author. Devastatingly handsome and insanely rich, Farrell Covington is capable of anything and impossible to resist. He’s a clear-eyed romantic, an aesthete...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy -- and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The essays soon turned into a newsletter and, spread by word...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"For the better part of the past decade, Paul Sullivan has written about and lived among some of the wealthiest people in America. He has learned how they save, spend, and invest their money; how they work and rest; how they use their wealth to give their children educational advantages, but not strip them of motivation. He has also seen how they make horrendous mistakes. Firsthand, Sullivan knows why some people, even “rich” people, never find...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
“A stunning, genre-defying novel, poetic, immersive, and as dazzling as the Mediterranean sun even as it pulls the reader through the darkest corridors of human behavior. I was totally mesmerized. . . . Alex Marwood is in a class of her own.”&#٬٢٠١٤؛Lisa Jewell “A stiletto of a novel: heart stopping and devastating.”&#٬٢٠١٤؛Jenny Colgan Sun-drenched glamour and obscene wealth hide evil secrets in this ripped-from-the-headlines...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Smart and socially gifted, Adam and Cynthia Morey are perfect for each other. With Adam’s rising career in the world of private equity, a beautiful home in Manhattan, gorgeous children, and plenty of money, they are, by any reasonable standard, successful. But for the Moreys, their future of boundless privilege is not arriving fast enough. As Cynthia begins to drift, Adam is confronted with a choice that will test how much he is willing to risk...
Author
Series
Freddie and Grace mystery volume 3
Publisher
Barbour Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Frederick and Grace Percy finally make it to Italy to enjoy a delayed honeymoon and explore the beauties of the historic city of Venice. To their surprise, their friend, Detective Jack Miracle, is also in the city, investigating a series of art heists starting at the house of eccentric millionaire, Laraby Covington. Drawn into a world of boat races, mysterious houses, and parties of the rich and unusual in Venice, Frederick and Grace learn of the...
Series
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
In this funny, dark comedy the trashy rub shoulders with the classy as reputations are ruined. Dizzy society hostess Millicent Jordan is planning an elegant dinner party for British royalty. But somehow the guest list winds up being a rogue’s gallery. But there’s still plenty of greed, ambition, and scandal to satisfy the enormous appetites of Millicent’s guests. It all boils over into an evening of delicious backstabbing humor...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Born to modest means but befriended by the wealthy, aspiring dress designer Pandora Carmichael has been surrounded by privilege yet never at home in it. That hasn't stopped her from dreaming...When she's introduced to a charismatic Princeton student, Pandora's future begins to fall into place...Marriage provides Pandora with a devoted husband, comfortable love, and the prominence and affluence to open a boutique. It's a fantasy realized, until scandal...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Philip Marlowe is on the hunt for a missing heiress—and up against a rival PI—in this smart and atmospheric authorized mystery from acclaimed crime writer and "one-of-a-kind storyteller" Denise Mina (James Patterson), the first woman to recreate Raymond Chandler’s infamous detective. Has Philip Marlowe finally met his match? It’s early fall when a heatwave descends on Los Angeles. Private Detective Philip Marlowe is called to the Montgomery...
10) Fortuna
Author
Series
Publisher
Anagrama
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Una escritora galardonada de ficción absorbente y sofisticada ofrece una novela elegante y propulsora arraigada en la Nueva York de principios del siglo XX, sobre la riqueza y el talento, la confianza y la intimidad, la verdad y la percepción. En la glamorosa ciudad de Nueva York de la década de 1920, dos personajes de gusto sofisticado se unen. Uno es un magnate legendario de Wall Street; la otra, la brillante hija de aristócratas pobres. Empapado...
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