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1) Going going
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In San Antonio, Texas, sixteen-year-old Florrie leads her friends and a new boyfriend in a campaign which supports small businesses and protests the effects of chain stores.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sometimes achieving big things requires the ability to think small. This simple concept was the driving force that propelled the Volkswagen Beetle to become an avatar of American-style freedom, a household brand, and a global icon. The VW Bug inspired the ad men of Madison Avenue, beguiled Woodstock Nation, and has recently been re-imagined for the hipster generation. And while today it is surely one of the most recognizable cars in the world, few...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Phoenix, 1933: A young city with big dreams and dark corners Great War veteran and rising star Gene Hammons lost his job as a homicide detective when he tried to prove that a woman was wrongly convicted of murder to protect a well-connected man. Now a private investigator, Hammons makes his living looking for missing persons-a plentiful caseload during the Great Depression, when people seem to disappear all the time. But his routine is disrupted...
Author
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"After graduating from Mississippi State University in 1976, Di Rushing and her husband, Sam, found themselves back on their family farm near Merigold, Mississippi, with 350 acres and no real clue what to do. The couple decided to open the first winery inMississippi, and with it, a successful business was born. Six years later, a small restaurant joined the Delta winery. Both businesses were thriving by 1990, with eight national award-winning wines,...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An honest, witty, and insightful memoir about what happens when your coming-of-age comes later than expected, from the co-host of the hit podcast Forever35. Doree Shafrir was one of Gawker's early hires and one of the first editors at BuzzFeed; at both sites, she authored countless viral articles. Just before she turned forty, she published her first novel, and one year later, she quit her journalism career and co-launched Forever35, a wildly successful...
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
An analysis of five financial upheavals in recent history includes coverage of the 1987 stock market crash, the Internet bubble, and the current sub-prime mortgage crisis, in an anecdotal report that reveals how public knowledge differed from what was actually taking place.
8) The small and mighty real estate investor: build big financial freedom with fewer rental properties
Author
Publisher
BiggerPockets Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
''Discover exactly how to buy, finance, and manage a SMALL portfolio of rental properties that gives you all the flexibility you need! You don't need to build a massive real estate empire to achieve financial freedom, and you don't have to sacrifice what matters to build wealth. Rather than chasing a goalpost that always moves, a small and mighty investor keeps their strategy simple to maximize flexibility and build the life they want. Chad Carson...
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