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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets. But the other woman with the same name has vanished, and pretending to be her just might get Clara some money to send back home. If she can keep up the ruse, that is. Serving as a lady's maid in the household of Andrew Carnegie...
4) Call me Ted
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A memoir of the great American maverick of our time reveals his lonely childhood, the devastating loss of his father, intimate details of his marriage to Jane Fonda, and his unparalleled success as a businessman and philanthropist.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Physical Desc
302 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"After a tragic chain of events led to the deaths of their spouses two years ago, D.C. philanthropist Sloane Chase and Senator Whit Montgomery are finally starting to move on. The horrifying ordeal drew them together, and now they're ready to settle down again-with each other. As Sloane returns to the world of White House dinners and political small talk, this time with her new husband, she's also preparing for an upcoming hip replacement-the most...
Author
Publisher
Crown Forum
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Cindy Hensley was just out of college when she met and fell in love with the celebrated Navy hero John McCain. They embarked on a thrilling life together that put her at the center of American politics for over four decades. In this moving and inspiring memoir, Cindy McCain tells the story of her adventurous life with John for the first time.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
c2018
Physical Desc
xv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ken Langone tells the compelling story of how a poor boy from Long Island became one of America's most successful businessmen. Ken Langone has seen it all on his way to a net worth beyond his wildest dreams. A pillar of corporate America for decades, he's a co-founder of Home Depot, a former director of the New York Stock Exchange, and a world-class philanthropist. In this memoir he finally tells the story of his unlikely rise and controversial career....
Author
Publisher
Currency
Pub. Date
c2018
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The founder of "charity: water" describes the unlikely establishment of his nonprofit and the renowned transparency, marketing, and model that have helped it take a leading role in addressing the world's water crisis.
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Time Traveler's Wife meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in a wondrous novel exploring the burdens of time, the endurance of love, and the timelessness of family. Just because life might be out of order, doesn't mean it's broken. It's new years eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. At the stroke of midnight she will turn nineteen, and the year ahead promises to be one of consequence. Should she go to London to study economics,...
10) Tap dancing to work: Warren Buffett on practically everything, 1966-2012 : a Fortune magazine book
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fortune editor Carol Loomis has collected and updated the best Buffett articles published in Fortune magazine between 1966 and 2012, including thirteen cover stories and a dozen pieces authored by Buffett himself. Loomis has provided commentary about each major article, supplying context and her own informed point of view. Readers will gain fresh insights into Buffett's investment strategies and his thinking on management, philanthropy, public policy,...