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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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AANHPI Heritage Month for Teens
Historical Fiction Featuring Young Women & Girls
One World, Many Stories 9th - 12th
Historical Fiction Featuring Young Women & Girls
One World, Many Stories 9th - 12th
Description
"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'"--
Author
Series
Blue bloods volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Schuyler Van Alen's blood legacy has just been called into question: Is the young woman in fact a Blue Blood, or is it the sinister Silver Blood that runs through her veins? When one of the Gates of Hell is breached by the Silver Bloods, the Blue Bloods will need Schuyler on their side.
Author
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"--
Author
Publisher
Currency Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In this short, powerful book, multimillionaire and bestselling author Steven K. Scott reveals King Solomon’s breakthrough strategies to achieve a life of financial success and personal fulfillment. Steve Scott flunked out of every job he held in his first six years after college. He couldn’t succeed no matter how hard he tried. Then Dr. Gary Smalley challenged him to study the book of Proverbs, promising that in doing so he would achieve greater...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"What I intend to say to you will come as a shock ..." With these words, Lady Athelinda Playford -- one of the world's most beloved children's authors -- springs a surprise on the lawyer entrusted with her will. As guests arrive for a party at her Irish mansion, Lady Playford has decided to cut off her two children without a penny . . . and leave her vast fortune to someone else: an invalid who has only weeks to live. Among Lady Playford's visitors...
67) Processed cheese
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
From an "astonishing" writer (Toni Morrison), the savagely funny story of a couple who unexpectedly come into some money in a wealth-obsessed America deranged by Mammon. A bag of money drops out of the sky, literally, into the path of a cash-starved citizen named Graveyard. He carries it home to his wife, Ambience, and they embark on the adventure of their lives, finally able to have everything they've always thought they deserved: cars, guns, games,...
Author
Publisher
Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Written by a hospice doctor with a unique front-row seat to the regrets of his dying patients, this book will remind you to take stock of life now, before it is too late. The goal of financial independence is to have the economic fuel to live a full lifeand avoid regret. Taking Stock is your guide to taking control of your finances and investing in yourself "--
"Written by a hospice doctor with a unique front-row seat to the regrets of his dying...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Is the millionaire next door still out there today? The latest research from Dr. Thomas J. Stanley and his daughter, Dr. Sarah Stanley Fallaw, confirms that, yes, the millionaire next door is alive and well. And hes achieving his financial objectives much the same way he always has: by living below his means, being a contrarian in a maelstrom of hyper-consumption, and being disciplined in reaching his financial goals. The book examines wealth in America...
Author
Language
English
Description
“Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’s fixations, so you can stop seeking and start living.”٬٢٠١٤؛Melissa Urban, Whole30 CEO and New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Boundaries “Michael Easter’s genius is that he puts data around the edges of what we intuitively believe. His work has inspired many to change their lives for the better.”٬٢٠١٤؛Dr. Peter Attia, #1 New York Times...
Author
Publisher
Plata Publishing
Language
English
Description
Argues that a good education and a secure job are not guarantees for financial success, and describes guidelines for making money work for oneself.
"April of 2022 marks a 25-year milestone for the personal finance classic Rich Dad Poor Dad that still ranks as the #1 Personal Finance book of all time. And although 25 years have passed since Rich Dad Poor Dad was first published, readers will find that very little in the book itself has changed —...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"For readers of #GIRLBOSS and viewers of Shark Tank--a global revolution in entrepreneurship is underway, inspiring women to blaze a trail of financial self-reliance and become self-made. What does it mean to be self-made? It's not just about having money, but financial empowerment is where it begins. It means getting out of survival mode, in which you are one problem away from catastrophe. It means changing your mind-set from instant gratification...
Author
Publisher
Stripe Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Growth is good. Through history, economic growth, in particular, has alleviated human misery, improved human happiness and opportunity, and lengthened human lives. Wealthier societies are more stable, offer better living standards, produce better medicines, and ensure greater autonomy, greater fulfillment, and more sources of fun. If we want to continue on our trends of growth, and the overwhelmingly positive outcomes for societies that come with...
77) What went wrong: how the 1% hijacked the American middle class... and what other countries got right
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A sobering assessment of the American economy argues that voter choices are behind most current problems while citing the more effective examples of other countries.
Author
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The next searing and groundbreaking queer young adult novel from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Courtney Summers, already hailed as... "A stirring, thought-provoking thriller.”٬٢٠١٥؛Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of The Push "A stunner."―Kate Elizabeth Russell, New York Times bestselling author of My Dark Vanessa "Powerful."―Angeline Boulley, #1 New York Times bestselling and Printz Award-winning...
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Language
English
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"When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States' total wealth. More than one hundred and fifty years later, that number has barely budged. The Color of Money seeks to explain the stubborn persistence of this racial wealth gap by focusing on the generators of wealth in the black community: black banks. With the civil rights movement in full swing, President Nixon promoted...
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