All the money in the world how the Forbes 400 make--and spend--their fortunes
Record details
- ISBN: 9781415942147 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 1415942145 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: New York : Books on Tape, 2007.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from title details screen; subtitle and ed. statement from OverDrive web site. Unabridged. Duration: 14:29:57. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Reader, Marc Cashman. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console 1.0 (file size: 208371 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Rich people -- United States Millionaires -- United States Wealth -- United States |
Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Audiobooks. |
Electronic resources
- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2008 August/September
Substance and impact are palpable in this fascinating audio about the life stories and financial strategies of America's richest people. Based on magazine and newspaper articles and many first-person interviews, it describes some of the most messianic, eccentric, and risk-taking people you'll ever hear about. Celebrity media and entertainment giants are part of the group, and their often grandiose approaches to making money will energize entrepreneurs everywhere. With his vocal clarity and deftly restrained enthusiasm, Rick Adamson was an excellent choice to deliver this entertaining business book. Along with the cogent abridgement of the text, his comfortable diction and obvious admiration for this material move the stories along smartly and make it hard to pause at any point. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine - AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2008 February/March
The rags-to-riches stories of America's wealthiest people, those on the "Forbes 400" list, are told in epic fashion by Rick Adamson. His voice has the quality of a movie voice-over, which keeps listeners engaged through the hundreds of anecdotes on millionaires and billionaires, bankruptcies of huge proportions, and listings of approximate net worth to the tune of billions of dollars. Listening to the biographies of the hundreds of people who have been on the "Forbes 400" since the list's inception is informative and often amusing. Adamson treats each vignette like an anecdote, told to a friend, with all the requisite pacing to build suspense. M.R. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine