Thorp, Edward O.
Summary: Traces the author's experiences as a mathematics wizard, author, inventor, hedge-fund manager, and card-counter who revealed casino-beating strategies, invented the first wearable computer, and launched a Wall Street revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THORP, EDWARD O. THORogers, Jim
Summary: Draws on the author's personal experiences to offer insight into and advice on the financial world, drawing on a belief that Southeast Asia and China are the dominant drivers of the world economy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 ROGLast, Shari
Summary: An introduction to the LEGO Ninjago heroes includes coverage of their enemies, battles, weapons, vehicles, dragons, and training regimens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2023
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Summary: "The stock market offers benefits to both investors and businesses. Companies can sell shares to gain money and grow their business. Yet risk is always involved when it comes to the stock market, especially during pandemic times. The bull or bear market trends show the relationship between the economy and the stock market. Colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Press 2023
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Social HillAdam, David
Summary: "Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building or steer your car into oncoming traffic? You are not alone. In this ... fusion of science, history, and memoir, [science editor and writer] David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind and explains how they drive millions of us toward obsession and compulsion"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 ADAMarshall, Alex
Summary: Bringing a fresh perspective to current debates over the 'free market,' this wide-ranging look at how market economies are designed and constructed helps us understand how 'the market' works and how we can build fairer and more effective markets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Texas Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.12 MARNotaro, Laurie.
Contents: What I really want for Christmas -- Helpful tips on how to throw an unforgettable holiday party and die alone in six easy steps -- Naughty or nice -- O Holy night, or the year I ruined Christmas -- There's a gun somewhere under the Christmas tree -- Have yourseff a Kmart little Christmas -- Mashed potatoes, yams, and a urine sample -- Deck the mall -- Jingle hell -- Where do good trees go when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Wit NotaroChoudhury, Kushanava
Summary: The author describes how, after moving to New Jersey at the age of twelve, he returned to Calcutta to work for an English language newspaper, where he encountered a chaotic, living city unchanged by time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHOUDHURY, KUSHANAVA CHOPhilippon, Thomas
Summary: "American markets, once a model for the world, are giving up on competition. Thomas Philippon blames the unchecked efforts of corporate lobbyists. Instead of earning profits by investing and innovating, powerful firms use political pressure to secure their advantages. The result is less efficient markets, leading to higher prices and lower wages"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 PHITaibbi, Matt
Summary: A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police--from the bestselling author of The Divide
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 TAIKimball, Christopher
Summary: "Shows you how to make the most of your multicooker's unique capabilities with a host of one-pot recipes that show how to prepare the same dish two ways. For the quickest meals, use the pressure cooker setting to cut down on cooking time. And if you prefer the flexibility of a slow cooker, you can start your cooking hours ahead"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voracious, Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.587 KIMKimball, Christopher
Summary: Using fresh flavor combinations and innovative techniques from around the world, this cookbook shows home cooks how to make the most of their multicooker's unique capabilities with a vast array of one-pot recipes revealing how to prepare the same dish two ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voracious, Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.587 KIMStreet-Porter, Janet
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.2 STRFullenkamp, Connel.
Contents: Disc 1. Feeling at home in the financial markets -- Where the money goes -- Financial markets run on information -- Giving credit where credit is due -- The fine print -- What is special about banks? -- Disc 2. Billion-dollar IOUs--using bonds to borrow -- The double identity of stocks -- The sell job -- The mysterious money market -- Think globally, lend ... globally -- Trading securities --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 FINMoore, Booth.
Summary: Booth Moore, visionary fashion editor at The Hollywood Reporter, brings together her A-list rolodex, insider knowledge, and industry access to create the definitive guide to shopping around the world. As an international authority on fashion and style, she interviews top celebrity stylists, bloggers, fashion designers, and other tastemakers to give readers the ultimate guide to the best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Arts 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 381 MOORobertson, William C.
Summary: "Each lesson allows students to investigate, discuss, and finally apply new concepts to everyday situations"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NSTA Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 531 ROBRogers, Jim
Summary: Looks at the investment opportunities available in the emerging Chinese economy and the country's growing openness to foreign investors, offering tips on how to take advantage of the situation and what, where, how, and when to buy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.67 ROGWhite, Michael D. (Michael Douglas)
Summary: No policing tactic has been more controversial than "stop and frisk," whereby police officers stop, question and frisk ordinary citizens, who they may view as potential suspects, on the streets. As Michael White and Hank Fradella show in Stop and Frisk, the first authoritative history and analysis of this tactic, there is a disconnect between our everyday understanding and the historical and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 WHIMask, Deirdre
Summary: "An exuberant work of popular history: the story of how streets got their names and houses their numbers, and why something as seemingly mundane as an address can save lives or enforce power. When most people think about street addresses, if they think ofthem at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won't get lost. But street addresses were not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 388.1 MASBowen, James
Summary: "Bob Fever has swept the globe, with A Street Cat Named Bob vaulting its way to #7 on The New York Times bestseller list in its first week on sale. With rights sold to 27 countries around the globe and a top spot on the British bestseller list for more than a year, this book has been a smashing success around the world. As Street Cat Bob and James spend a cold and challenging December on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.8 BOWBartiromo, Maria.
Summary: During a single historic weekend (September 12-14, 2008) the fate of Lehman Brothers was sealed, Merrill Lynch barely survived, and AIG became a ward of the federal government. Top CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo spent the entire weekend taking frantic phone calls from the most powerful players on Wall Street and in Washington, as they toiled to keep the economy from complete collapse. Those CEOs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio Penguin 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 BARSands, Philippe
Summary: "A ... personal detective story, an uncovering of secret pasts, and a book that explores the creation and development of world-changing legal concepts that came about as a result of the unprecedented atrocities of Hitler's Third Reich"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 SANFazlalizadeh, Tatyana
Summary: "A celebration of the author's art, a rallying read for women who are fed up with their own harassment experiences, and a statement on how pervasive the problem of street harassment really is, this is a singular and important book. Sitting at the cross-section of social activism, art, community engagement, and feminism, Stop Telling Women To Smile brings to the page the author's arresting and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2019