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Western collection : 8 movies [videorecording]. by Elliott, Sam,1944-;
Featuring Sam Elliott.I will fight no more forever; Blue steel; Pioneer woman; Aces 'n eights; American empire; Tulsa: Not rated -- Once upon a Texas train; The ranger, the cook and a hole in the sky: MPAA rating: PG.DVD, Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Western films.; Feature films.; Frontier and pioneer life; Native Americans; Cattle industry; Gold tycoons; Texas Rangers;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Black and gold / by Sampson, Anthony,1926-2004.(CARDINAL)124295;
Looking across the abyss -- Pulling the plug -- Capitalists against nationalists -- Afrikaners against Blacks -- Blacks against apartheid -- The apartheid boom -- The roots of revolt -- Western revulsion -- Botha's businessmen -- Slamming the back door -- The American crusade -- Emergency -- Tycoons ans revolutionaries -- Multinational twilight -- The road to sanctions -- The Boer backlash -- Crackdown -- The end of a road.In this extraordinary account of the complicity of multinational corporations in repression and radical conflict in South Africa, Sampson traces the tragic relationship between capitalism and apartheid, beginning in the diamond and gold mines of a century ago and continuing to present day South Africa, at the brink of civil war. How the world's biggest businesses reacted to the growing pressure from abroad and to the accelerating breakdown of South African society is the fascinating story in which Sampson is both participant and observer. He shows that the original mine owners were largely unaware of the political significance of the urbanized black communities they had helped create.
Subjects: Industries; Investments, Foreign; Apartheid;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The first tycoon : the epic life of Cornelius Vanderbilt / by Stiles, T. J.(CARDINAL)374384;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-702) and index.Captain, 1794-1847 -- Commodore, 1848-1860 -- King, 1861-1877.A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. We see Vanderbilt help to launch the transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan, and invent the modern corporation.National Book Award, 2009.
Subjects: Biographies.; Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877.; Businessmen; Millionaires; Railroads; Steamboats; Businessmen;
Available copies: 44 / Total copies: 45
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Murdered Midas : a millionaire, his gold mine, and a strange death on an island paradise / by Gray, Charlotte,author.(CARDINAL)212940;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-307) and index.On an island paradise in 1943, Sir Harry Oakes, gold mining tycoon, philanthropist and "richest man in the Empire," was murdered. The news of his death surged across the English-speaking world, from London, the Imperial centre, to the remote Canadian mining town of Kirkland Lake, in the Northern Ontario bush. The murder became celebrated as "the crime of the century." The layers of mystery deepened as the involvement of Oakes' son-in-law, Count Alfred de Marigny, came quickly to be questioned, as did the odd machinations of the Governor of the Bahamas, the former King Edward VIII. Despite a sensational trial, no murderer was ever convicted. Rumours were unrelenting about Oakes' missing fortune, and fascination with the Oakes story has persisted for decades. Charlotte Gray explores, for the first time, the life of the man behind the scandal, a man who was both reviled and admired - from his early, hardscrabble days of mining exploration, to his explosion of wealth, to his grandiose gestures of philanthropy. And Gray brings fresh eyes to the bungled investigation and shocking trial in the remote colonial island streets, proposing an overlooked suspect in this long cold case.
Subjects: Biographies.; Oakes, Harry, Sir, 1874-1943.; Murder; Gold miners; Gold mines and mining;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Meet the Trumps [videorecording] : from immigrant to president / by Berczeller, Paul,television director.; Frei, Matt,host.; Radice, Mark,1973-television director.; British Broadcasting Corporation,publisher.(CARDINAL)143648;
Hosted by Matt Frei.Drawing on an incredible archive, this documentary looks back at President Trump's roots, from his immigrant German grandfather Friedrich, who built the beginnings of the Trump fortune during the gold rush, to his father Fred, a real estate tycoon and master of self-promotion. As the world looks for answers on who Donald Trump really is, this fascinating program shows that the forces that have shaped him more than anything else can be found in his family tree.DVD; Widescreen (16:9) presentation; Stereo; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Executives; Presidents;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Breakout nations : in pursuit of the next economic miracles / by Sharma, Ruchir,author.(CARDINAL)399862;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The myth of the long run -- China's after-party -- The great Indian hope trick -- Is God Brazilian? -- Mexico's tycoon economy -- In Russia, there's room only at the top -- The sweet spot of Europe -- The monophonic voice of Turkey -- On the tiger road -- The gold medalist -- The endless honeymoon -- The fourth world -- After the ecstasy, the laundry -- The third coming.Discusses how the global economy will be shaped in the future by focusing on Nigeria, Indonesia, and Poland instead of the superstars of the last decade, China, Russia, and Brazil.
Subjects: Economic forecasting.; Economic history;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Breakout nations : in pursuit of the next economic miracles / by Sharma, Ruchir.(CARDINAL)399862;
MARCIVE 7/3/12Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-267) and index.The myth of the long run -- China's after-party -- The great Indian hope trick -- Is God Brazilian? -- Mexico's tycoon economy -- In Russia, there's room only at the top -- The sweet spot of Europe -- The monophonic voice of Turkey -- On the tiger road -- The gold medalist -- The endless honeymoon -- The fourth world -- After the ecstasy, the laundry -- The third coming.Discusses how the global economy will be shaped in the future by focusing on Nigeria, Indonesia, and Poland instead of the superstars of the last decade, China, Russia, and Brazil.
Subjects: Economic forecasting.; Economic history;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Breakout nations : in search of the next economic miracle / by Sharma, Ruchir.(CARDINAL)399862;
The myth of the long run -- China's after-party -- The great Indian hope trick -- Is God Brazilian? -- Mexico's tycoon economy -- In Russia, there's room only at the top -- The sweet spot of Europe -- The monophonic voice of Turkey -- On the tiger road -- The gold medalist -- The endless honeymoon -- The fourth world -- After the ectasy, the laundry -- The third coming.The argument of "Breakout Nations" is that the astonishingly rapid growth over the last decade of the world's celebrated emerging markets is coming to an end. The era of easy money and easy growth is over. China, in particular, will soon slow, but its place will not necessarily be taken by Brazil, Russia or India.
Subjects: Economic forecasting.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cornelius Vanderbilt and the railroad industry / by Shea, Therese,author.(CARDINAL)463688;
Self-made success -- The young Commodore -- His first million -- The California gold rush -- The Civil War -- Building a railroad empire -- Playing tough -- The Erie war -- The empire rolls on -- Entering the oil boom -- The man who shaped industries.Examines the life and achievements of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the steamship and railroad tycoon.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877; Industrialists; Businesspeople; Railroads; Industrialists; Businesspeople; Railroads;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Pale rider [videorecording] / by Butler, Michael(Michael Philip); Dysart, Richard.; Eastwood, Clint,1930-(CARDINAL)348285; Kiel, Richard,1939-2014.; Moriarty, Michael,1941-; Penn, Christopher.; Penny, Sydney.; Shryack, Dennis.; Snodgress, Carrie.; Malpaso (Company)(CARDINAL)784803; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Warner Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218485;
Music, Lennie Niehaus ; editor, Joel Cox ; production designer, Edward Darfagno ; director of photography, Bruce Surtees ; executive producer, Fritz Manes.Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Christopher Penn, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, John Russell.After corporate boss Coy LaHood begins a campaign of terror to drive independent pan miners out of the area, a stranger called Preacher rides into the underdogs' camp. He becomes their avenger. The tycoon then hires a badge-wearing killer and his duster-shrouded deputies, men loyal to whomever pays the most. LaHood pays gold. But in a climactic shootout to remember, Preacher pays in lead.Rated R.DVD, Dolby digital surround 5.1 ; standard and widescreen versions.
Subjects: Feature films; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Western films.; Western films.; Gold panning; Gunfighters; Police corruption;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 10
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