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THIS AUCTION IS FOR A LOT OF 4 WEALTH REAL ESTATE TYPE BOOKS,2 ARE DONALD TRUMP AND 2 ARE MALCOLM FORBES! THESE HARDCOVER BOOKS ARE IN GREAT USED CONDITION! A MUST HAVE FOR ANY FAN, PLUS THEY ARE QUITE INTERESTING TO READ! HERE ARE THE BOOKS WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
1. "REUMP:THINK LIKE A BILLIONAIRE"-BY DONALD J. TRUMP- Trump's story begins during what he calls The Great Depression of 1990, when many real estate moguls went belly up. Trump reveals how he renegotiated hundreds of millions of dollars in bank loans and survived the recession.
2. "LOST TYCOON:THE MANY LIVES OF DONALD J. TRUMP"- BY HARRY HURT III- Begins with a riveting snapshot, a day in the life of Donald, Ivana and Marla Maples on October 10, 1989. The crash of a helicopter killing three to executives in Trump's casino operation. FFep with Statement of Ivana Trump dated April 6, 1993 and forwarded from her lawyers.
3. "THE MAN WHO HAD EVERYTHING:MALCOLM FORBES-BY CHRISTOPHER WINANS- In what is likely to be a much gossipped-about biography of magazine empire-builder Forbes, Wall Street Journal reporter Winans contrasts the flamboyant public figure and family man with the lonely, insecure homosexual. The author traces the development under his stewardship of Forbes magazine's aggressively corporate image, slick format and sundry innovations--such as the "Rich List"--for the "house organ" of capitalism. Darling of the press, hero of the well-heeled, Forbes gave extravagant parties, lent his legend to a supposed romance with Elizabeth Taylor, and had a much-publicized flair for combining corporate interests, charity and pleasure. Perhaps the news in the book is that Forbes was accompanied on his hot-air balloon foreign tours by a retinue of gays whom he clothed in uniforms. Winans is fair-minded and does justice to the man's accomplishments while searching for his motivations.
4. "MALCOLM FORBES:PERIPATETIC MILLIONAIRE"-BY ARTHUR JONES-He was a graduate of the Lawrenceville School and Princeton University[1], where he donated the money for Forbes College, one of the six residential colleges at the University. He received an honorary degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and was initiated as an honorary member of the Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau.
After dabbling in politics, including service in the New Jersey Senate from 1951 to 1957 and candidacy for Governor of New Jersey[1], he committed to the magazine full time by 1957, three years after his father's death, and after the death of his brother Bruce Charles Forbes in 1964 acquired sole control of the company.
The magazine grew steadily under his leadership, and he diversified into real estate sales and other ventures. One of his last projects was the magazine Egg, which chronicled New York's nightlife. (The title had nothing to do with Forbes's famous Fabergé egg collection.)Malcolm Forbes was legendary for his lavish lifestyle, his private Capitalist Tool B727 trijet, ever larger Highlander yachts, huge art collection, substantial collection of Harley-Davidson motorbikes, his French Chateau (near Bayeux, Normandy, in Balleroy), his collections of special shape hot air balloons and historical documents, as well as his opulent birthday parties. Additionally in the mid 80's he was a fixture at NYC's famous Cat Club on Wednesday nights, supporting local musical talents, it was there that he mingled with everyone from socialites to the average person while all was treated equally. e chose the Palais Mendoub (which he had acquired from the Moroccan government in 1970) in the northwestern city of Tangier, Morocco to host his 70th birthday party. Spending an estimated $2.5 million, he chartered a Boeing 747, a DC-8 and a Concorde to fly in eight hundred of the world's rich and famous from New York and London. The guests included his friend Elizabeth Taylor (who acted as a co-host), Gianni Agnelli, Robert Maxwell, Barbara Walters, Henry Kissinger, half a dozen US state governors, the CEOs of scores of multinational corporations likely to advertise in his magazine. The party entertainment was on a grand scale, including 600 drummers, acrobats and dancers and a fantasia - a cavalry charge which ends with the firing of muskets into the air - by 300 Berber horsemen.
Malcolm Forbes became a motorcyclist late in life. He founded and rode with a motorcycle club called the Capitalist Tools. His estate in New Jersey was a regular meeting place for tours that he organized for fellow New Jersey and New York motorcyclists. He had a stable of motorcycles but was partial to Harley Davidson machines. He was known for his gift of Purple Passion, a Harley-Davidson, to actress Elizabeth Taylor. He was also instrumental in getting legislation passed to allow motorcycles on the cars-only Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. He was inducted to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999.
He died in 1990 of a heart attack, at his home in Far Hills, New Jersey. He was 70.
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