03205cam a2200313 4500 1281470887 TxAuBib 20240524120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593908297 0593908295 f440877c-f171-4488-8d19-60e2f78fbf4f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10092015 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Moore, Graham, 1981- The Wealth of Shadows [Libby Audiobook] : A Novel. Books on Tape, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 352MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 352MB. HTML:<b>“A thriller of a different kind—with an unlikely band of economists and bureaucrats working in the shadows to save the world.”—Charles Frazier, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Cold Mountain</i><br /> An ordinary man joins a secret mission to bring down the Nazi war machine by crashing their economy in this thrilling novel based on a true story, from the Academy Award–winning screenwriter of <i>The Imitation Game</i> and bestselling author of <i>The Last Days of Night</i>.</b><br /> 1939. Ansel Luxford has everything a person could want—a comfortable career, a brilliant spouse, a beautiful new baby. But he is obsessed by a belief that Europe is on the precipice of a war that will grow to consume the world. The United States is officially proclaiming neutrality in any foreign conflict, but when Ansel is offered an opportunity to move to Washington, D.C., to join a clandestine project within the Treasury Department that is working to undermine Nazi Germany, he uproots his family overnight and takes on the challenge of a lifetime.<br /> How can they defeat the enemy without firing a bullet?<br /> To thwart the Nazis, Ansel and his team invent a powerful new theater of battle: economic warfare. Money is a dangerous weapon, and Ansel’s efforts will plunge him into a world full of peril and deceit. He will crisscross the globe to broker backroom deals, undertake daring heists, and spar with titans of industry like J.P. Morgan and the century’s greatest economic mind, Britain’s John Maynard Keynes. When Ansel’s wife takes a job with the FBI to hunt for spies within the government, the need for subterfuge extends to the home front. And Ansel discovers that he might be closer to those spies than he could ever imagine.<br /> <i>The Wealth of Shadows</i> is a mind-expanding historical novel about the mysterious powers of money, the lies worth telling to defeat evil, and a hidden war that shaped the modern world. Historical Fiction. Thriller. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-05-24 20:00:03. McClain, Johnathan. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f440877c-f171-4488-8d19-60e2f78fbf4f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f440877c-f171-4488-8d19-60e2f78fbf4f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) TXLIV