Summary: "'I see multiple colonial governors,' says Ghanaian software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse of the international development establishment in Africa. 'We are held captive by the donor community.' The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry - the business of doing good has never been better. Yet, the results...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: www.povertyinc.org 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF POVDaly-Weir, Catherine
Summary: "An early chapter book designed to help kids decipher finance facts and fallacies. Lucy and her best friend, Julian, find out about the pros and cons of gift cards versus credit cards"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Press, an imprint of ASTRA Books for young readers 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE DALSummary: "Achieve greater peace of mind with an approachable, step-by-step guide to financial, legal and estate planning."--Container
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: Drawing on her own personal experience, the latest research and case studies, the former head of retirement solutions for JPMorgan Asset Management provides actionable solutions for the unique challenges Millennials and Gen Z face while saving for their future to help them achieve their biggest life goals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 LESMoore, Wes
Summary: "Wes Moore's remarkable bestseller The Other Wes Moore ends when Wes completes his journey from a fatherless delinquent to college graduate and heads off to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. But what happens next? Next, he had to figure out the answer to the question: What is your work? More than finding a job, he had to find the work he was meant to do. For the next decade, Wes traced a path...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOOStevenson, Gary
Summary: "A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the trading floor, a rags-to-riches tale of Citibank's one-time most profitable trader, and why he gave it all up--a Liar's Poker for a new generation" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Currency 2024
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Summary: "A book by women, for women, about money management.More women than ever have control of capital and are making financial decisions. Yet not every woman has command of the lingo, the underlying principles, or the big-picture perspective of money management. If that describes you, Wise Women Managing Money is here to help. Written by a mother-daughter team, this book is uniquely positioned to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moody Publishers 2022
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Summary: Make a handful of smart choices that can turn modest regular savings into a secure future. You'll discover "12 Small Steps with Big Payoffs," each of whic can add $1 million or more to your retirement nest egg if you start in your 20s or 30s. These steps are well known. Now, for the first time, "We're Talking Millions" combines them into a single action plan you can implement in less than one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Merriman Financial Education Foundation 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 MERSpangler, Jessica
Summary: "An approachable, empowering guide to investing that helps you level the financial playing field, move toward financial independence, and grow your money, from one of the internet's favorite personal finance educators"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2024
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Summary: Experience a life free of financial stress and transform your relationship to money with this indispensable guide--the first book based on You Need A Budget's proven method that has helped hundreds of thousands of people break the paycheck to paycheck cycle, get out of debt, and live the life they want to live. No one should tell you what to do with your money--only you know what's most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A collection of compelling, hard-hitting first-person essays, poems, and photos that expose what our punitive social systems do to so many Americans. Going for Broke, edited by Alissa Quart, Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and David Wallis, former Managing Director of EHRP, gives voice to a range of gifted writers for whom "economic precarity" is more than just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.569 GOITai, Elaine
Summary: This Kickstarter-funded picture book about consent presents various scenarios in which kids (and even adults) might feel uncomfortable, and addressing how to express and respect those boundaries and concerns. In thinking about how we teach or learn about ways we grant access to our own bodies and others', this book stems from the author's experiences as a librarian, as well as in her own...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloom Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TAIMorduch, Jonathan
Summary: Drawing on the groundbreaking U.S. Financial Diaries project (http://www.usfinancialdiaries.org/), which follows the lives of 235 low- and middle-income families as they navigate through a year, the authors challenge popular assumptions about how Americans earn, spend, borrow, and save-- and they identify the true causes of distress and inequality for many working Americans.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 MORShipler, David K.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.569 SHIAnat, Berna
Summary: "So no one taught you about money, either? Let's figure this me$$ out together. In this illustrated, deeply unserious guide to money, Berna Anat--aka the Financial Hype Woman--freaks out her immigrant parents by doing the unthinkable: Talking about money. Loudly. Because we're done staying silent, anxious, and ashamed about our money. It's time to join the party and finally learn about all...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 332.4 ANACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 332.4 ANAKelliher, Lauren
Summary: A graphic nonfiction volume that describes credit and how to improve, maintain and use credit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 332.7 KELBraun, Eric
Summary: This survival guide introduces the basics of financial literacy and money management for kids—from earning and saving money to spending and donating it—and gives readers essential skills for financial know-how. The book also explores how choices about money and finances connect to character development and social-emotional well-being. Readers will find ideas for setting money goals, delaying...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Spirit Publishing Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 332.024 BRAJackson, Tyrone Allan
Summary: "This easy-to-read blueprint for financial success for kids provides creative and practical tips for earning money by starting a business, and even covers how to write a business plan, raise start-up money, and understand profit and loss"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 650.1 JACIverson, Jon.
Contents: Wills -- Probate -- Trusts -- Living trusts --Gift, estate and inheritance taxes -- Long-term care insurance -- Medicaid assistance for the elderly -- Fiduciaries -- Executor -- Trustee -- Conservator -- Guardians.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stonemark Pub. 2005
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Summary: Discover four simple rules to help you stop living paycheck to paycheck, get out of debt, and save more money faster. The You Need A Budget (YNAB) Method has helped tens of thousands of people to turn their financial lives around.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 322 MECSummary: Down on his luck gambler Garry and his hot streak buddy Curtis hit the road for New Orleans, hunting the big payday. On riverboats and racetracks they chase women and thrills before risking it all in the wager of their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MISCagan, Michele
Summary: This illustrated beginner's guide to personal finance distills essential information into small, easy-to-follow steps to help you get your finances in order. Get your finances in shape! In The Infographic Guide to Personal Finance, you will learn all theskills you need to make good financial decisions and grow your personal wealth. Full of colorful descriptions organized in an easy-to-read...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2017
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Summary: "During World War II, twelve-year old Miriam secretly spirits other Jewish people out of Nazi-occupied France after being separated from her family and forced into hiding"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BRASummary: The tale of the first meeting between Tigger and Pooh. Pooh gets stuck in Rabbit's house from eating too much honey, and there's a flurry of activity on a windy day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013