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62) The Daughters
Author
Series
Daughters (Joanna Philbin) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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Description
The only daughter of supermodel Katia Summers, uncomventional-looking Lizzie Summers has cime to expect fawning photographers and adoring fans to surround her gorgeous mother. In New York City, three fourteen-year-old best friends who are all daughters of celebrities watch out for each other as they try to strike a balance between ordinary high school events, such as finding a date for the homecoming dance, and family functions like walking the red...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"You can baby step your way to becoming a millionaire. Most people know Dave Ramsey as the guy who did stupid with a lot of zeros on the end. He made his first million in his twenties-the wrong way-and then went bankrupt. That's when he set out to learn God's ways of managing money and developed the Ramsey Baby Steps. Following these steps, Dave became a millionaire again-this time the right way. After thirty years and millions of lives changed, the...
66) Wealth supremacy: how the extractive economy and the biased rules of capitalism drive today's crises
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Author of The Divine Right of Capital exposes the myths of capitalism today and calls for an end to wealth supremacy and capital bias. Wealth Supremacy makes a case that no one else is making: instead of pointing to billionaires as the sole problem or being another analysis of wealth inequality, it clearly articulates the pervasive, unnamed bias toward wealth that invisibly pervades the system. We know the system is rigged-what isn't commonly understood...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"It is August 1969. Young Ajax Penumbra has arrived in San Francisco, the capital of counterculture, seeking neither psychedelic deliverance nor a fortune made in silicon. He is searching for a book, the single remaining copy of the Techne Tycheon, an ancient and mysterious volume reputed to have occult power. His quest is full of dispiriting dead ends -- but when he stumbles across a 24-hour bookstore, the possibilities before him expand exponentially."--Back...
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Series
Pub. Date
2007
Description
This book is pragmatical, not philosophical; a practical manual, not a treatise upon theories. It is intended for the men and women whose most pressing need is for money; who wish to get rich first, and philosophize afterward. It is for those who have, so far, found neither the time, the means, nor the opportunity to go deeply into the study of metaphysics, but who want results and who are willing to take the conclusions of science as a basis for...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
The author of the blockbuster bestseller The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy shows how self-made millionaires have surmounted shortcomings such as average intelligence by carefully choosing their careers, taking calculated risks, and living balanced lifestyles while maintaining their integrity. Dr. Thomas J. Stanley also builds on his research from The Millionaire Next Door and takes us further into the psyche of...
70) Texas Rich
Author
Series
Texas series volume 1
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Traces the passions and privileges of four generations of Colemans--a powerful clan that owns the Texas aerospace industry and controls the lives of all who encounter their obsessive dynasty.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Bestselling author (2005's The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke, etc.) and host of her own CNBC show, Orman encourages women to "give to yourself as much as you give of yourself" in her ninth financial advice book, sure to resonate with legions of readers who will appreciate her straightforward advice and supportive tone. Aiming squarely for a female audience, Orman guides readers through the very basics of finances. She explores why women...
Author
Pub. Date
.2019.
Description
The beloved writer-comedian expands on her popular podcast with an engaging and empowering financial literacy book for Millennials and Gen Z.
In the first episode of her “Bad With Money” podcast, Gaby Dunn asked patrons at a coffee shop two questions: First, what’s your favorite sex position? Everyone was game to answer, even the barista. Then, she asked how much money was in their bank accounts. People were aghast. “That’s a very personal...
Author
Series
Blue bloods volume 4
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Once left to live the glamorous life in New York City, the Blue Bloods--an ancient group of vampires--now find themselves in an epic battle for survival following the stunning revelation of a young socialite's true identity and the growing threat of the sinister Silver Bloods.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
A young Southern woman of modest means suddenly finds herself thrust into New York's high society when she discovers that she is the illegitimate daughter of a recently-deceased billionaire. Savannah Morgan had high hopes. She dreamed of becoming a writer and escaping her South Carolina town, where snooty debutantes have always looked down on her. But at twenty-four, she's become a frustrated ex-cheerleader who lives with her mother and wonders if...
77) Poor Mallory!
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
Mallory, whose family is suddenly short of money, takes a baby-sitting job and needs the help of the Baby-sitters Club in adjusting to her new employers' wealth.
78) Kane & Abel
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Series
Kane and Abel volume 1
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Description
William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless Polish immigrant-born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world-are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream. Two men - ambitious, powerful, ruthless - are locked in a relentless struggle to build an empire, fueled by their all-consuming hatred. Over sixty years and three generations, through war, marriage,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When lonely, ten-year-old Hal learns that his wealthy but neglectful parents only rented Fleck, the dog he always wanted, he and new friend Pippa take Fleck and four other dogs from the rental agency on a trek from London to Scotland, where Hal's grandparents live.
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