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Chicka chicka 1,2,3: See what happens when 101 numbers race each other up an apple tree, and bad bumble bees come buzzing. Which number will save the day? -- How much is a million?: What does a million really mean? A trillion? Explains the concepts of a million, a billion, and a trillion. -- If you made a million: What's it like to have a million dollars? A guide to various forms of money.

Junior, Maddie, Billy and Rachel experience unforgettable life lessons and learn how to win with money. Publisher Marketing: IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO TEACH YOUR KIDS ABOUT MONEY How soon should you be having money conversations with your kids? As soon as possible! And the easiest way to do that is through entertaining stories. That's why Dave Ramsey created the Junior's Adventures Story-time Collection. In these six exciting adventures, Junior, Maddie,...

"Fundraising for Social Change is one of the most widely used books on fundraising in the U.S. This, the sixth edition, is thoroughly revised and updated. It includes hands-on, practical strategies and accessible techniques for both practitioners and activists who want their organizations to grow and thrive. It includes a broad range of topics that have made the book a classic, such as asking for money, planning and conducting major gifts campaigns,...

For the first time, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson opens up about his amazing comeback - from tragic personal loss to thriving businessman and cable’s highest-paid executive - in this unique self-help guide, his first since his blockbuster New York Times best seller The 50th Law. In his early 20s, Curtis Jackson, known as 50 Cent, rose to the heights of fame and power in the cutthroat music business. A decade ago, the multi-platinum selling rap artist...

Examines the causes of the American Civil War, why the North won, how military campaigns unfolded, and how the war affected various elements of American society

Struggling to rebuild his life after a two-year prison term for unscrupulous choices, former Wall Street hotshot Jason Stafford is tapped by an investment firm to investigate the suspicious death of a junior trader.

"Investing isn't a man's world anymore--and this book shows why that's a good thing for individual portfolios, Wall Street, and the world's financial system"--

When Bill Browder's young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a Moscow jail, Browder made it his life's mission to go after his killers and make sure they faced justice. The first step of that mission was to uncover who was behind the [dollar sign] 230 million tax refund scheme that Magnitsky was killed over. As Browder and his team tracked the money as it flowed out of Russia through the Baltics and Cyprus and on to Western Europe...

"A competing narrative about what caused the financial crisis has received little attention. This view, which is accepted by almost all Republicans in Congress and most conservatives, contends that the crisis was caused by government housing policies. This book extensively documents this view. For example, it shows that in June 2008, before the crisis, 56 percent of all US mortgages were subprime or otherwise low-quality. Of these, 76 percent were...