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The rich Duke Brothers wager on whether a born loser like Billy Ray Valentine, a hustler from the ghetto, can become as successful as Winthorpe, a wealthy investment executive, if put in the proper environment--and would a prig like Winthorpe turn to a life of crime if he were to lose it all.
2) Limitless
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Eddie Morra, a burnt-out writer, discovers a top-secret pill that unlocks 100% of his brain's capacity. He instantly acquires mind-bending talents and mesmerizing visions that bring him big money, beautiful women, and limitless success. But his dream life soon becomes a waking nightmare, as the drug's brutal side effects take their toll and Eddie finds himself entangled with a cunning Wall Street power broker who wants everything Eddie has, and more....
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A winner of the National Book Award, The Moviegoer established Walker Percy as an insightful and grimly humorous storyteller. It is the tale of Binx Bolling, a small-time stockbroker who lives quietly in suburban New Orleans, pursuing an interest in the movies, affairs with his secretaries, and living out his days. But soon he finds himself on a “search” for something more important, some spiritual truth to anchor him. Binx's life floats casually...
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Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
xii, 302 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.
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In a candid memoir, a successful entrepreneur traces his journey from growing up with an abusive stepfather, to life on the streets as a homeless man with a small toddler in tow, to his triumphant battle to the top as a self-made millionaire.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
viii, 338 pages ; 24 cm
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"A self-made, thirty-something Wall Street star juggles the impossible demands of working in sexist environments and raising her children with a deadbeat husband while considering the life she may have had with her former fiance.--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
707 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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"En 1844, Henry Lehman, hijo de un comerciante judío de ganado, deja su Bavaria natal y llega a Nueva York en busca de una vida mejor. Dotado de buen olfato para las oportunidades se establece en Alabama, donde fundará un negocio textil. Más tarde, sus hermanos Emanuel y Mayer invertirán en cualquier cosa que genere beneficio: algodón, carbón, ferrocarriles... El negocio familiar comenzará así su andadura hacia el terreno cada vez más abstracto...
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
372 p. ; 24 cm.
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"Alex Miller is a criminal defense attorney and, at thirty-five, the youngest partner in one of the most powerful law firms in New York City. He's a man at the top of his game with the life he's always dreamed of. Then, at his father's funeral, Alex meets a mysterious and nearly mythic figure in Miller family history--who presents Alex with a surprising request: to represent him in a high-profile criminal investigation. As Alex gets involved and the...
11) A good year
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Max Skinner is a highly successful investment broker with no time for life outside of his job. When his estranged uncle dies, Max inherits the chateau and vineyard in France where he grew up. His first intention is to sell the vineyard as quickly as possible, but after spending unexpected time at the vineyar, he discovers a part of himself that he thought he had lost and experiences romance and a blossoming new love affir with a beautiful French woman...
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A stock broker, who is having financial troubles and in need of extra cash, and his younger brother conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. The only problem is that the owners of the jewelry store are their own parents. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.
13) The good guy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ambitious New Yorker Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with. But when she falls hard for Tommy, a handsome young Wall Street hotshot, she discovers that the last one is trickiest of all. Just as everything seems to be falling into place, Beth meets Tommy's shy, clumsy co-worker, Daniel, and soon learns that the game of love in the big city is a lot like Wall Street: high risk, high reward, and everybody...
14) Limitless
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 digital copy.
Description
Eddie Morra, a burnt-out writer, discovers a top-secret pill that unlocks 100% of his brain's capacity. He instantly acquires mind-bending talents and mesmerizing visions that bring him big money, beautiful women, and limitless success. But his dream life soon becomes a waking nightmare, as the drug's brutal side effects take their toll and Eddie finds himself entangled with a cunning Wall Street power broker who wants everything Eddie has, and more....
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Martin Scorsese directs the story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort. From the American dream to corporate greed, Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late '80s. Excess success and affluence in his early twenties as founder of the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont warranted Belfort the title "The Wolf of Wall Street."
16) American psycho
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young, handsome man with a Harvard education and success on Wall Street has terrible urges that take him in pursuit of women, greed, and murder.
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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 24 cm
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"With his reputation permanently marred by an insider trading conviction, Jamison Maddox, a young Wall Street broker, reluctantly takes a job with Drexler Limited in sleepy Redemption, Illinois. Drexler Limited is run with an iron fist by a man named Claud Drexler, who tells Jamison that the company mostly does financial research for select clients. Jamison is surprised that an outfit that merely does corporate research has such elaborate security...
18) American psycho
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (102 min.) sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young, handsome man with a Harvard education and success on Wall Street has terrible urges that take him in pursuit of women, greed, and murder.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 25 cm
Description
A small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders at the big Wall Street banks expose this institutionalized injustice and go to war to fix it.
20) The quants
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Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Physical Desc
5 CDs (6 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Profiles a group of math whizzes who managed to employ their skills on Wall Street to reap huge profits.
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