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Jackpot : how the super-rich really live--and how their wealth harms us all / by Mechanic, Michael,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabit--and the insidious ways this realm harms us all"--
Subjects: Wealth; Rich people; Equality; Social stratification;
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The inheritance games / by Barnes, Jennifer(Jennifer Lynn);
When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Teenage girls; Inheritance and succession; Wealth; Puzzles;
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The Gucci Mane guide to greatness / by Gucci Mane,1980-author.; Baker, Soren,1975-author.;
From the platinum selling recording artist and New York Times bestselling author of The Autobiography of Gucci Mane comes The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness--an unprecedented look at Gucci Mane's secrets to success, health, wealth, and self-improvement. In this inspiring follow up to his iconic memoir, Gucci Mane gifts us with his playbook for living your best life. Packed with stunning photographs, The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness distills the legend's timeless wisdom into a one-of-a-kind motivational guidebook. Gucci Mane emerged transformed after a turbulent life of violence, crime, and addiction to become a dazzling embodiment of the power of positivity, focus, and hard-work. Using examples from his life of unparalleled success, Gucci Mane looks inward and upward to offer his blueprint for greatness. A must read for anyone with big ambitions and bigger dreams.
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Gucci Mane, 1980-; Self-actualization (Psychology); Success.; Wealth.; Conduct of life.;
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The looting machine : warlords, oligarchs, corporations, smugglers, and the theft of Africa's wealth / by Burgis, Tom.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A curse of riches -- Futungo, Inc. -- "It is forbidden to piss in the park" -- Incubators of poverty -- Guanxi -- when elephants fight, the grass gets trampled -- A bridge to Beijing -- Finance and cyanide -- God has nothing to do with it -- Black gold -- the new money kings -- Complicity.The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply chain. While Africa accounts for about 30 per cent of the world's reserves of hydrocarbons and minerals and 14 per cent of the world's population, its share of global manufacturing stood in 2011 exactly where it stood in 2000: at 1 percent. In his first book, The Looting Machine , Tom Burgis exposes the truth about the African development miracle: for the resource states, it's a mirage. The oil, copper, diamonds, gold and coltan deposits attract a global network of traders, bankers, corporate extractors and investors who combine with venal political cabals to loot the states' value. And the vagaries of resource-dependent economies could pitch Africa's new middle class back into destitution just as quickly as they climbed out of it. The ground beneath their feet is as precarious as a Congolese mine shaft; their prosperity could spill away like crude from a busted pipeline. This catastrophic social disintegration is not merely a continuation of Africa's past as a colonial victim. The looting now is accelerating as never before. As global demand for Africa's resources rises, a handful of Africans are becoming legitimately rich but the vast majority, like the continent as a whole, is being fleeced. Outsiders tend to think of Africa as a great drain of philanthropy. But look more closely at the resource industry and the relationship between Africa and the rest of the world looks rather different.LSC
Subjects: Mineral industries; Mines and mineral resources;
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Tender is the night : a romance / by Fitzgerald, F. Scott(Francis Scott),1896-1940,author.;
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Classics; Literary; Wealth; Psychiatrists;
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Your journey to financial freedom : a step-by-step guide to achieving wealth and happiness / by Souffrant, Jamila,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Podcaster Jamila Souffrant shows how to skyrocket your savings, blast through debt and ultimately accelerate your unique and truly epic journey to financial freedom and independence. Our fast-paced world prioritizes the productive busybody-financial security always seems to rule over the insatiable hankering for a Friday night splurge. However, Jamila Souffrant argues that you can in fact spend and save responsibly, all while enjoying that extra side of guacamole. In this book, Jamila will teach you how to determine which of the 4 "Journeyer" stages you fall into and how you should be evaluating your spending and saving goals accordingly; map out different scenarios to quit your job, retire early, and reach financial independence; downsize costly daily expenses in ways you never considered, and spend more in ways that bring you joy; and create an effective debt payoff plan that works for you. As a wife, mother of three and first-generation Jamaican immigrant, Jamila knows all too well the struggles of saving for tomorrow while spending liberally today. Now, in her first book, Jamila offers her seasoned expertise in 'Your Journey to Financial Freedom', providing readers with the resources they need to not only save for cake but eat it, too.
Subjects: Finance, Personal.; Money.;
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The house party : a novel / by Cameron, Rita(Novelist),author.;
"When a house party goes terribly wrong, a small town fractures along lines of privilege, exposing disturbing truths about the community, perfect for fans of Little Fires Everywhere and Ask Again, Yes"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Social problem fiction.; Novels.; City and town life; Parties; Quarreling; Teenagers; Wealth;
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Kristy and the snobs / by Martin, Ann M.,1955-;
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Subjects: Babysitters; Friendship; Popularity; Wealth; Remarriage; Dogs;
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I'm the girl : a novel / by Summers, Courtney.;
When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis finds the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James outside the gates of an exclusive resort, she teams up with Ashley's older sister Nora to find the killer. She is thrown into a world of unimaginable wealth and privilege-- and the fight for her life. As Ashley's killer closes in, it may not be a matter of who is guilty, but who is guiltiest.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Poverty; Wealth; Social classes; Sex crimes; Murder;
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We were liars / by Lockhart, E.;
Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.LSC
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Teenage girls; Families; Friendship; Amnesia; Wealth; Truthfulness and falsehood;
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