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Acting as a critical pillar for those seeking to build a rock-solid financial foundation, Financial Literacy for All is a must-have book for working professionals, blue-collar workers, members of young families, and established businesspeople looking for a better, more secure future for themselves and the ones they care about.

High in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, tucked in the old mining town of Leadville, lies one of the most grueling endurance races on earth: The Leadville Trail 100 — The Race Across the Sky. Founded in 1983 by Ken Chlouber and Merilee Maupin, the Leadville 100 was born out of hardship. When the local Climax Mine shut down and hundreds of jobs vanished, the town needed something to survive—a way to breathe life back into its soul. What they created was more than a race. It was a test of the human spirit. The Leadville Trail 100 challenges runners to cover 100 miles of rugged mountain ...

This is a revised edition of Courting Danger by Dale Leatherman, who co-authored the original with Alice Marble in 1990. It corrects minor errors that have come to light during the past three decades. Alice Marble was a rebel in her time--outspoken, bold and beautiful, a tennis champion whose powerful game and glamorous exploits captivated the public and press in the 1930s. Her public life was filled with success. Championships at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open made her the top-ranked player in the U.S. from 1936 to 1940. And Hollywood friendships with Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn,...

A bold and urgent argument by economist and former bank governor Mark Carney on the radical, foundational change that is required if we are to build an economy and society based not on market values but on human values.

They escaped the king’s grasp... but the forest holds older, darker powers. Mason Reed was just another gamer on Earth—until he found himself stranded in Blackwood, a realm where magic is real, beasts are summoned, and every choice drains his mana... and his strength. With a wolf familiar bound to his soul and a mysterious grimoire whispering secrets, Mason must master his summoning powers before they consume him. He’s not alone. By his side stands Valeria—a fierce ex-royal knight with her own secrets—and a growing circle of powerful women drawn to Mason’s cause... and to Mason ...

Mr. Collins must marry. If Lizzy won’t have him, then Charlotte certainly will. Mr Collins may be a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man, making him the object of considerable scorn for the Bennet sisters, but Charlotte knows to seize an opportunity when it presents itself. After a week in his irksome company, her friend, Elizabeth, can only see his irritating manner. Whereas Charlotte, after a matter of hours, has already estimated his value and weighed it against the mortification she will undoubtedly have to endure. The opportunity to become the wife of a well-connected ...

When George Brown spends the day at a water park, he ends up making a huge splash, just not the kind he intended. That's because trouble follows him like a shadow. It's not his fault. Really! Poor George is at the mercy of magic burps - burps that make him do wild and crazy things.

A sweeping, magisterial biography of the man generally considered the greatest president of the 20th century, admired by Democrats and Republicans alike. Traitor to His Class sheds new light on FDR's formative years; his remarkable willingness to champion the concerns of the poor and disenfranchised; and his combination of political genius, firm leadership, and matchless diplomacy in saving democracy during the Great Depression and the American cause of freedom in World War II.

It’s time to pick a class president, and Mindy’s big campaign is all about: 1. Friendship! 2. Kindness! 3. Snacks! But there is one thing that Mindy is not sure she can do: Make a speech to her class about why they should vote for her.

He hid his true identity. She hid her heart. But love has a way of revealing all. Fitzwilliam Darcy has never had a day to himself. Bound by duty, wealth, and an ever-watchful society, he longs for one thing he cannot have—freedom. Determined to escape the expectations that rule his life, he assumes the identity of a humble tutor, seeking solace in the countryside. But when he meets Elizabeth Bennet, his carefully constructed disguise is suddenly at risk. Elizabeth has always known her place in the world. A gentleman of Darcy’s standing would never look twice at her—but the quiet, ...

At 28, Stephanie Land's dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer quickly dissolved when a summer fling turned into an unplanned pregnancy. Before long, she found herself a single mother, scraping by as a housekeeper to make ends meet. Maid is an emotionally raw, masterful account of Stephanie's years spent in service to upper-middle-class America as a "nameless ghost" who quietly shared in her clients' triumphs, tragedies, and deepest secrets.

Several years ago, Sam Walker set out to answer one of the most hotly debated questions in sports: What are the greatest teams of all time? He devised a formula, then applied it to thousands of teams from leagues all over the world, from the NBA to the English Premier League to Olympic field hockey. When he was done, he had a list of the 16 most dominant teams in history. At that point he became obsessed with another, more complicated question: What did these freak teams have in common?

They arrived in Annapolis as teenagers the year Hitler re-occupied the Rhineland and graduated as young men the week the British Army evacuated Dunkirk. Annapolis Goes to War tells the story of their transformative years at the Naval Academy and the annealing years in the cauldron of war. More than a hundred of them were on duty in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Ten of them died that day—seven remain entombed in the USS Arizona still.

On June 9, 1978, the phones at the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) were ringing nonstop. On that historic day, LDS church president Spencer W. Kimball announced a revelation lifting the church's 126-year-old ban barring Black people from the priesthood and Mormon temples. It was the most significant change in LDS doctrine since the end of polygamy almost 100 years earlier. Drawing on never-before-seen private papers of LDS apostles and church presidents, Harris probes the plot twists and turns, the near-misses and paths not taken, of this incredible story.

In this hilarious novel, written in the voice of eighth-grader Wyatt Palmer, Dave Barry takes us on a class trip to Washington, DC. Wyatt, his best friend, Matt, and a few kids from Culver Middle School find themselves in a heap of trouble - not just with their teachers, who have long lost patience with them - but from several mysterious men they first meet on their flight to the nation's capital.

The Old Money Book details how anyone from any background can adopt the values, priorities, and habits of America's upper class in order to live a richer life. This entertaining and informative work reveals for the first time the core values that shape the discreet - but truly affluent - Old Money way of life. Author Byron Tully then details how Old Money does it, offering time-tested advice on everything from clothes and cars to finances and furnishings.

Imagine a world in which you own nothing and rent everything. Most of the protein in your diet comes from bugs. You are not allowed to have more than one child, and your financial and medical data are instantly transferred to a centralized government database via a subdermal microchip. Controligarchs warns that this will be our existence if the supranational elites of the World Economic Forum get their way.

D-CLASS: Tales from the Breach Five harrowing accounts smuggled from the depths of the SCP Foundation, where expendable humans face unimaginable horrors daily. Through the eyes of D-Class personnel—society's forgotten and disposable—these stories reveal what happens when ordinary people confront extraordinary anomalies. From a time-bending statue that kills in the blink of an eye to an immortal reptile that cannot be destroyed, these tales document the final moments of those sacrificed in humanity's secret war against the paranormal. Each story offers a glimpse behind the clinical ...

He was supposed to pass English. Instead, he found my shame. And now he won’t let go. Mara has a secret. One she hides beneath layers of black clothes, thick pads, and silence. All she wants is to finish school, escape Northwood, and disappear into her art. But when her scholarship hinges on tutoring a student athlete, she’s forced into the orbit of Dylan Carter. Star shortstop. Golden boy. Predator. What starts as reluctant tutoring turns into power games. Dylan doesn’t just want help. He wants control. Her attention. Her obedience. And when he discovers the truth about her body, it ...

Obedience isn’t demanded—it’s designed. It is layered, embedded, and reinforced until submission feels not only inevitable but desired. A Master Class in Master/slave Authoritarian Hypnosis and Operator/subject Mind Control Methods: Undisclosed Tactics and Teachings of Influence and Domination, Volume One.Five takes you deeper into the mechanics of command-based influence, identity shaping, and advanced reinforcement strategies used to condition responses, behaviors, and perceptions. This book isn’t an introduction—it’s an evolution. Designed for those who already grasp the ...