Advani, Asheesh

Contents: Why raising money from family and friends is for you and yours -- Checking out all your financing options --Basic legal and tax issues of business loans from family and friends -- Deciding who to ask for money -- Preparing your business plan and fundraising request -- Deciding interest rate, repayment schedule, and other loan terms -- Drafting your loan request letter -- Making the "kitchen...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2009

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Ballour, Amani

Summary: "This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Syria"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2024

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Abani, Chris

Summary: "In The Face: Cartography of the Void, acclaimed Nigerian-born author and poet Chris Abani has given us a profound and gorgeously wrought short memoir that navigates the stories written upon his own face. Beginning with his early childhood immersed in the lgbo culture of West Africa, Abani unfurls a lushly poetic, insightful, and funny narrative that investigates the roles that race, culture,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: "From the Newark Rebellion of 1967 to current day, the city's narrative has been one of revolution with each generation picking up where the previous had left off. WHY IS WE AMERICANS? weighs in on Newark's struggle against oppression through the personal triumphs and tragedies of the Baraka family -- from Amiri's civil rights leadership and ultimate artistic marginalization, to the horrific...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Hari, Vani

Summary: There's so much confusion about what to eat. Are you jumping from diet to diet and nothing seems to work? Are you sick of seeing contradictory health advice from experts? Just like the tobacco industry lied to us about the dangers of cigarettes, the same untruths, cover-ups, and deceptive practices are occurring in the food industry. Vani Hari, aka The Food Babe, blows the lid off the lies...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House, Inc. 2019

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Al-Khatahtbeh, Amani

Summary: "At nine years old, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh watched from her home in New Jersey as two planes crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. That same year, she heard her first racial slur. At age eleven, when the United States began their invasion in Iraq and the television was flooded with anti-Muslim commentary, Amani felt overwhelmed with feelings of intense alienation from American...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016

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Aveni, Anthony F.

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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Wiley 1997

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Giridharadas, Anand

Summary: "An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions, and save democracy"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

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Madani, Saura

Summary: "A warm slice of homemade pie can complete any celebration--but every baker knows that a problematic pie is enough to sour a sweet occasion. This pie cookbook gives you the support you need to start making perfect, homemade pies from scratch. This pie cookbook gets your dough rolling, complete with step-by-step techniques for mixing, shaping, rolling, and finishing your dough. Refine your...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2019

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Aveni, Anthony F.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 1989

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Abawi, Atia

Summary: "As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well."

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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2021

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Ajayi, Luvvie.

Summary: "With over 500,000 readers a month at her enormously popular blog, AwesomelyLuvvie.com, Luvvie Ajayi is a go-to source for smart takes on pop culture. I'm Judging You is her debut book of humorous essays that dissects our cultural obsessions and calls outbad behavior in our increasingly digital, connected lives--from the importance of the newest Shonda Rhimes television drama to serious...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016

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Antani, Jay

Summary: Vikram is not your model Indian-American teenager. Rebellious and adrift in late 1980s Wisconsin, he is resentful of his Indian roots and has no clue what he wants from his future - other than to escape his family's life of endless moving and financial woes. But after a drunken weekend turns disastrous, Vikram's outraged parents decide to pack up the family and return to India - permanently. ...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Press 2014

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Calvani, Mayra.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Guardian Angel Pub., Inc 2010

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Perry, Imani

Summary: "Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love--finding...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2019

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Navai, Ramita.

Summary: "Rich, absorbing, and exotic, City of Lies travels up and down Vali Asr Street, Tehran's pulsing thoroughfare, from the lavish shopping malls of Tajrish through the smog that lingers over the alleyways and bazaars of the city's southern districts. Ramita Navai gives voice to ordinary Iranians forced to live extraordinary lives: the porn star, the aging socialite, the assassin and enemy of the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2014

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Navai, Ramita.

Summary: This is Real Tehran: A City that is hidden from view and rarely written about, where survival depends on an intricate network of lies and subterfuge. It is a place where mullahs visit prostitutes, drug kingpins run crystal meth kitchens, surgeons restore girls' virginity and homemade porn is uploaded to the Internet and sold in the bazaars. Plotted around the city's great central thoroughfare,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2014

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Akana, Anna

Summary: "From Internet sensation Anna Akana comes a candid and poignant collection of essays about love, loss, and chasing adulthood. In 2007, Anna Akana lost her teen sister, Kristina, to suicide. In the months that followed, she realized that the one thing helping her process her grief and begin to heal was comedy. So she began making YouTube videos as a form of creative expression and as a way to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2017

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Arana, Marie

Summary: "Against the background of a thousand years of vivid history, acclaimed writer Marie Arana tells the timely and timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region:exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). Leonor Gonzales lives in a tiny community perched 18,000 feet above sea level...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019

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Kanani, Sheila

Summary: Amelia Earhart broke flying records, wrote best-selling books, launched a fashion label and fought for the rights of female pilots everywhere. Her disappearance, in the midst of her attempt to circumnavigate the globe, is one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries, and today she is remembered as not only the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean, but for being a bold, brace and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Nayani, Farzana

Summary: Nayani gives caregivers the tools for exploring race with their children. She offers practical guidance on how to initiate conversations; consciously foster racial identity development; discuss issues like microaggressions, intersectionality, and privilege; and intentionally cultivate a sense of belonging. In providing an overview of key issues and current topics relevant to raising multiracial...

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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2020

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Trump, Ivana

Summary: "'Behind every successful woman, there is a man in shock.' Contrary to popular belief, self-proclaimed 'Lion Mom' Ivana Trump has not always had it all. Born to two loving and diligent parents but raised in communist Czechoslovakia, Ivana knows a thing or two about working her way to the top. And though she is now a successful businesswoman in her own right, her true pride and joy rests within...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2017

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Arany, Lynne

Summary: "Whether you want to visit art galleries in Santa Fe, explore Georgia O'Keeffe's studio at Ghost Ranch, or learn about Native American history in Taos, the local Fodor's travel experts in New Mexico are here to help! Fodor's In Focus Santa Fe guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of Internet Brands, Inc. 2024

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