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English
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In a bold and provocative interpretation of economic history, Matt Ridley, the New York Times-bestselling author of Genome and The Red Queen, makes the case for an economics of hope, arguing that the benefits of commerce, technology, innovation, and change—what Ridley calls cultural evolution—will inevitably increase human prosperity.
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Farnoosh Torabi is familiar with fear. Growing up in the 1980s as the daughter of Iranian immigrants, she was warned to proceed with caution and play it safe. She spent her childhood immersed in fear--of rejection, loneliness, missed opportunities, and falling short of her potential. Of course, now her mother says, "It all worked out, didn't it?" Funnily enough, it did. Farnoosh came to the realization that fear never limited her. Instead, it has...
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Publisher
Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Sin sentimiento de culpabilidad, sin excusas, sin tonterías. Simplemente un programa de seis semanas de duración que funciona Cómprate tantos cafés con leche como quieras. Derrocha en las cosas que te encantan. Vive tu vida de abundancia en lugar de monitorizar hasta el último gasto. Éste no es el típico consejo de un experto en el dinero. Con el programa de seis semanas de duración de Ramit Sethi tú decides sobre tu vida de abundancia (tanto...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In the spellbinding new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Goolrick, 1980s Manhattan shimmers like the mirage it was, as money, power, and invincibility seduce a group of young Wall Street turks. Together they reach the pinnacle, achieving the kind of wealth that grants them access to anything--and anyone--they want. Until, one by one, they fall. With the literary chops of Bonfire of the Vanities and the dizzying decadence of...
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Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A compulsively readable novel in the vein of The Bonfire of the Vanities-by way of The Nest-about what Washington, DC's high society members do away from the Capitol building and behind the closed doors of their suburban mansions"--
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
The political philosopher shares a revisionist view of the roles of markets and money in a democratic society, assessing the moral limits of markets in private life and how the market economy has encroached on private and societal values.
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Publisher
Regnery Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Gilder compares America's current economic challenges with her past economic problems-- particularly those of the late 1970s-- and explains why Obama's big-government, redistributive policies are doing more harm than good for the poor. He makes the case that supply-side economics and free market policies are-- and always will be-- the answer to decreasing America's poverty rate and increasing her prosperity
15) Smash and grab
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When her wealthy family loses everything, Lexi tries to clear her father's name by masterminding a bank heist, only to surprised when another thief--blackmailed by the Mexican mafia--steals her heart.
16) Ready player one
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find an Easter egg, which will give the finder his fortune.
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"How has America become the most unequal advanced country in the world, and what can we do about it? In The Great Divide, Joseph E. Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The Price of Inequality and suggests ways to counter America’s growing problem. With his signature blend of clarity and passion, Stiglitz argues that inequality is a choice--the cumulative result of unjust policies and misguided priorities. Gathering...
18) Parasite
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Korean
Description
Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park's home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle
Follows the Kim family as they begin providing luxury services to the wealthy Park family but are soon caught in an underhanded struggle to maintain their new lifestyle....
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Series
Blue bloods volume 6
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Schuyler Van Alen and her love Jack Force go their separate ways after their trip to Florence, Italy, with Schuyler going to Egypt to fulfill the Van Alen legacy, while Jack returns to Manhattan to face his twin sister, Mimi, but things get even more complicated when Mimi jets off to Egypt while the Coven threatens to fall apart around her.
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English
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"Americans have disabled the government's ability to solve even basic problems, making us vulnerable to the most dangerous demagogue ever to pretend to the White House. Kurt Andersen shows how the masterminds of the economic right rode an unprecedented wave of nostalgia by dressing up their harsh new rich-get-richer system in patriotic old-time drag, making it their mission to take over the government for their purposes alone and convincing the country...
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