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  2. The First Tycoon - Wikipedia

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    The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt is a 2009 biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, a 19th-century American industrialist and philanthropist who built his fortune in the shipping and railroad industries, becoming one of the wealthiest Americans in the history of the U.S. It was written by American biographer T. J. Stiles.

  3. Free (Anderson book) - Wikipedia

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    978-1401322908. Preceded by. The Long Tail. Followed by. Makers. Free: The Future of a Radical Price is the second book written by Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine. The book was published on July 7, 2009, by Hyperion. Free is Anderson's follow-up to his book The Long Tail, published in 2006.

  4. History of Amazon - Wikipedia

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    History of Amazon. Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon in his Bellevue, Washington garage in 1994. Amazon is an American multinational technology company which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and digital streaming. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world", [1] and is one of the world ...

  5. ThriftBooks - Wikipedia

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    However, Thriftbooks does sell books via Amazon subsidiary AbeBooks, Amazon, as well other book resellers such as eBay. The platform is also popular for its free shipping with a $15 minimum order (formerly $10 but raised to $15 as of January 2022). However, free shipping does not apply to international orders as of 2021.

  6. The Shipping News - Wikipedia

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    Dewey Decimal. 813/.54 20. LC Class. PS3566.R697 S4 1993. The Shipping News is a novel by American author E. Annie Proulx and published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1993. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, [1] the U.S. National Book Award, as well as other awards. [2] It was adapted as a film of the same name which was released in 2001.

  7. Ninety Percent of Everything - Wikipedia

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    Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, And Food on Your Plate (UK: Deep Sea and Foreign Going (Portobello, 2013, ISBN 9781846272998) is a book by Rose George about the international shipping industry.

  8. Free shipping - Wikipedia

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    Free shipping is a marketing tactic used primarily by online vendors and mail-order catalogs as a sales strategy to attract customers. [1] Online sales model [ edit ]

  9. List of The New York Times number-one books of 2009

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    The author James Patterson was at the top for four different books ( 8th Confession, Swimsuit, Alex Cross's Trial and I, Alex Cross ). Date. Book. Author. January 4. The Christmas Sweater. Glenn Beck. January 11. Scarpetta.

  10. The Maze Runner (book series) - Wikipedia

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    The Maze Runner is a series of young adult dystopian science fiction novels written by American author James Dashner. The series consists of The Maze Runner (2009), The Scorch Trials (2010) and The Death Cure (2011), as well as two prequel novels, The Kill Order (2012) and The Fever Code (2016), a novella titled Crank Palace (2020), and a companion book titled The Maze Runner Files (2013).

  11. Hush, Hush - Wikipedia

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    Hush, Hush. Hush, Hush is a 2009 New York Times bestselling young adult fantasy novel by Becca Fitzpatrick and the first book in her Hush, Hush series. The novel received rave reviews [1] and focuses on Nora Grey, a teenager whose life is at risk after beginning a romance with new student Patch, a fallen angel with a dark connection to Nora.