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An entertaining, deeply informative explanation of how high-level financial crimes work, written with verve and wit by an industry insider who's an expert in the field. The way most white-collar crime works is by manipulating institutional psychology. That means creating something that looks as much as possible like a normal set of transactions. The drama comes later, when it all unwinds. Financial crime seems horribly complicated, but there are only so many ways you can con someone out of what's theirs.

L'ego peut déjouer les plans de carrière des talents les plus prometteurs et mener des fleurons de l'économie à leur perte. C'est lui — l'ennemi principal de vos ambitions. En début de carrière, il entrave l'apprentissage et le développement des compétences. Le succès peut le conduire à l'aveuglement; à l'inverse, il amplifie l'importance de chaque échec et rend la récupération difficile. Bref, à tout moment, l'ego est susceptible de vous bloquer le chemin vers la réussite.

From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling true story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the Enron scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever. It was the corporate collapse that appeared to come out of nowhere. In late 2001, the Enron Corporation—a darling of the financial world, a company whose executives were friends of presidents and the powerful—imploded virtually overnight, leaving vast wreckage in its wake and sparking a criminal investigation that would last for years.

A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential—from a career maître d'hôtel who manned the front of the room in New York City's hottest and most in-demand restaurants. From the glamorous to the entitled—from royalty to the financially ruined—everyone who wanted to be seen—or just to gawk—at the hottest restaurants in New York City came to places Michael Cecchi-Azzolina helped run. His phone number was passed around among those who wanted to curry favor, during the decades when restaurants replaced clubs and theater as, well, theater in the most visible, vibrant city in the world.

Although he was a suburban husband and father, living a far different life than the “Wolf of Wall Street,” Michael Kimelman had a good run as the cofounder of a hedge fund. He had left a cushy yet suffocating job at a law firm to try his hand at the high-risk life of a proprietary trader — and he did pretty well for himself. But it all came crashing down in the wee hours of November 5, 2009, when the Feds came to his door—almost taking the door off its hinges.

In this singular firsthand account, a former migrant worker reveals a disturbing system of exploitation at the heart of Canada's farm labour system. When Gabriel Allahdua applied to the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program in Canada, he thought he would be leaving his home in St. Lucia to work in a country with a sterling human rights reputation and commitment to multiculturalism. Instead, breakneck quotas and a culture of fear dominated his four years in a mega-greenhouse in Ontario.

New York Times bestseller. A revolutionary playbook for building generational wealth, no matter where you grew up — from the founders of the explosively popular podcast and financial literacy platform Earn Your Leisure. This audiobook features a special welcome message from co-author Rashad Bilal. You deserve to be rich. You deserve to make purchases without fear that your check might bounce. You deserve to go on vacation. You deserve to care for loved ones without worrying about bills. You deserve to live the way you want, without reservations or fear.

“Perhaps never before has there been a book better timed or more urgent.” — Washington Post. “Michael Lewis has this incredible ability to zoom in on one person's story, and from there reveals something much bigger about our culture. His books leave you seeing the world differently, and his books about federal workers are no exception.” — Katie Couric. As seen on CBS Mornings, CNN Anderson Cooper, ABC News Live, MSNBC Morning Joe, and many more. Who works for the government and why does their work matter?

The instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller. Reject the default path, define your priorities, and achieve lasting happiness with this transformative guide to your dream life—a life centered around the five types of wealth. "A powerful call to action to think deeply about what lights you up—and a guide for how to build a life of meaning and purpose."—Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. Throughout your life, you've been slowly indoctrinated to believe that money is the only type of wealth.

An inspiring, wise and highly practical method for discovering your true self and identifying the fulfilling career just for you. No matter where we are in our lives, be it atop the heights of achievement or just setting out on our journey, we've all had that moment where we've wondered, "What is my purpose? What was I born to do?" The answer can feel just within our grasp, or as far off as the horizon. How in the world do we get there?