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The Power Players
"Sederberg understands people and how to write about them." - The Washington Post "It would be hard to imagine a novel more richly characterized, better grounded in its themes, or constructed to more terse effect. In short, it is a winner." -Publisher's Weekly "Sederberg's is better than the recent novel of Sidney Sheldon." -New York Times "When Arelo Sederberg writes a novel about corporate in-fighting he does so from expert knowledge." -Chicago Tribune Arelo Sederberg, former public relations spokesman for Howard Hughes, is a veteran newspaper reporter and editor working for the Los Angeles Times and Herald-Examiner, as well as a commentator and interviewer on national television with the Financial News Network (now C-NBC). Sederberg is the author of six novels.
So Long a Life
So Long a Life is a business novel that has the action of a thriller. A large biotech company that is developing a life extension drug is the target of a takeover by an unscrupulous financier & a wall street investment banker’s Mergers and Acquisitions head is called in to assist. He finds himself in an immediate conflict of interest when he falls in love with the scientist daughter of the target company’s founder and how he resolves that conflict—and works to solve what he believes is a murder in connection to the takeover.
Zora
The central and precipitating event in this first-rate historical novel by the author of The Kingmakers is the genocide of the Armenians carried out by the Turks in 1915. As a girl of 12, Zora Kazorian witnesses her mother's murder and the slaughter of her neighbors at the hands of the Turkish butcher Kemal Gokalp, aka the Gray Wolf. After a long struggle, she escapes to America with her 10-year-old brother Arra. Years of a different kind of struggle ensue, and in the end the Kazorians achieve brilliant success in their new country-she as an opera diva and he as a businessman. But success is not enough. Zora burns with a need to right the old wrong, or at least gain an admission that it occurred; most people quickly forgot about the massacre, a fact that was not lost on Hitler. So, 40 years later, Zora arranges an accounting with the perpetrators. Richly and authentically detailed, with characters of dimension and substance, this novel convincingly illuminates a tragic era. In addition to his vivid characterizations, Sederberg's ability to integrate long stretches of time and wide sweeps of geography and circumstance is impressive.
The Industrialists
The first complete history of US industry's most influential and controversial lobbyist Founded in 1895, the National Association of Manufacturers—NAM—helped make manufacturing the basis of the US economy and a major source of jobs in the twentieth century. The Industrialists traces the history of the advocacy group from its origins to today, examining its role in shaping modern capitalism, while also highlighting the many tensions and contradictions within the organization that sometimes hampered its mission. In this compelling book, Jennifer Delton argues that NAM—an organization best known for fighting unions, promoting "free enterprise," and defending corporate interests—was also...
Bright Light City
When Elvis crooned "Bright light city . . . gonna set my soul on fire," he voiced and embraced the siren call of a glittering urban utopia that continues to mesmerize millions. Call it Sin City or Lost Wages, Las Vegas definitely deserves its rapturous "Viva!" Larry Gragg, however, invites readers to view Las Vegas in an entirely new way. While countless other authors have focused on its history or gaming industry or entertainment ties, Gragg considers how popular culture has depicted the city and its powerful allure over its first century. Drawing on hundreds of films, television programs, novels, and articles, Gragg identifies changing trends in the city's portraits. Until the 1940s, boost...
Summary of Josh Dean's The Taking of K-129
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Soviet nuclear ballistic missile submarine K-129 left Petropavlovsk, on Russia’s remote, frigid Kamchatka peninsula, with a crew of ninety-eight after dark on February 24, 1968, for a routine but unexpected patrol. The captain and second-in-command were both experienced officers. #2 The crew of the K-129 was split into two groups for the duration of the break. Half went on vacation, while the other half were assigned to routine maintenance. When they switched roles, the crew was surprised to find that they had only two weeks to get the sub ready for service. #3 The K-129 was a Soviet ballistic missile sub that carried three R-21 missiles. Each R-21 had a white nose cone stuffed with a nuclear warhead and was loaded into one of the three vertical launch tubes behind the sub’s conning tower. #4 The Soviet sub K-129 was ordered to patrol the Pacific Ocean and wait for the arrival of a large antisubmarine ship that would escort her as far as the booms. The sub then turned toward the US coast.
Desert Visions and the Making of Phoenix, 1860-2009
Whether touted for its burgeoning economy, affordable housing, and pleasant living style, or criticized for being less like a city than a sprawling suburb, Phoenix, by all environmental logic, should not exist. Yet despite its extremely hot and dry climate and its remoteness, Phoenix has grown into a massive metropolitan area. This exhaustive study examines the history of how Phoenix came into being and how it has sustained itself, from its origins in the 1860s to its present status as the nation’s fifth largest city. From the beginning, Phoenix sought to grow, and although growth has remained central to the city’s history, its importance, meaning, and value have changed substantially ov...
New York City 1964
Five seminal events occurred in New York City in the pivotal year 1964: the "British Invasion," the arrival of the Beatles in February; the murder of Kitty Genovese in Queens in March; the World's Fair that ran in Queens between April and October; the "race riots" in Brooklyn and Harlem in July; and the World Series in the Bronx between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals. Through an exploration of these landmark events--the biggest thing in pop culture since Elvis's appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, a shocking crime that reportedly went ignored, the last great world's fair, a key moment in the Civil Rights Movement, and a legendary championship game that marked the end of an era--readers will have a better understanding of the social turbulence in New York City and the United States in the mid-1960s.
