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"Starr Lewis returns home for the holidays, jobless and single, to attend her sister's wedding to Starr's ex-boyfriend. But when her brother's best friend offers to go with her to the wedding activities and she gives his struggling Christmas shop a makeover, she wonders if the holidays could bring her a love to keep all year long"--
2) Down to business: 51 industry leaders share practical advice on how to become a young entrepreneur
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Fenley and Jason provide access to leading innovators, inventors, and executives as they tell their stories and provide tips to a new generation of bosses"--
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Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A profound and gripping memoir by Nicole Walters, the daughter of Ghanaian immigrants who became a self-made multi-millionaire by showing others how to recognize their own strengths-and her own harrowing journey to the discovery that she was worthy all along of the life of her dreams"--
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Wednesday Wilson volume 3
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When they get an unexpected day off from school, Wednesday Wilson and her best friend Charlie plan to work on a new business idea. But the day takes a sudden turn when they're forced to spend it with Ruby Beautiful -- their former best friend and now frenemie. After Charlie is teased about his freckles at the park, Wednesday gets her next great business idea: Freckacular! A freckle business is sure to take off since Ruby's cool older brother, Raj,...
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"A big-hearted, no-bullshit memoir from TikTok superstar Madeline Pendleton about her journey from living paycheck to paycheck to creating a multi-million-dollar business that offers a compassionate alternative to capitalism. Imagine a job where you work four days a week and earn as much as the CEO. You also get full benefits, a gym membership, free lunch, and unlimited time off, including mental health days, no questions asked. Hard-won profits don't...
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Publisher
Hachette Go
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"At 16, Jeremy was hosting club nights at Hollywood's famed Avalon nightclub; that same year, he gatecrashed the Grammys. At 25, Jeremy opened Nighthawk in LA, where he debuted Spiked Cereal Milk, a cocktail that combined cereal milk and alcohol and went instantly viral. But dig deep enough beneath Jeremy's king-of-LA swagger, and you'll find the curious little kid who grew up blocks away from LA's infamous Skid Row with a mom who was busy managing...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"How to turn other's and your own doubt into rocket fuel to achieve your dreams, from entrepreneur, CEO, and healthcare investor Surbhi Sarna ... Using her own experience, she shows you how to face setbacks, not let impossible standards get in the way, lead empathetically, empower others to think differently, and how to convince the right people to help you accomplish your goals"--
"The very qualities that make you an outlier are, in fact, your strengths....
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Melville House
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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One of corporate America's greatest enemies profiles twelve CEOs, including The Body Shop's Anita Roddick, Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard and Vanguard's John Bogle, whom he believes performed extraordinarily well as business leaders and civic reformers.
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Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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When Drybar and its world-famous blowouts took off seemingly overnight, she found herself surrounded by celebrity clients like Zooey Deschanel, Jennifer Garner, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Maria Shriver, and others. She was named to multiple prestigious lists by Fast Company, Fortune, Marie Claire, and Inc. She published a New York Times bestselling book--all before she turned forty. But it wasn't until her marriage fell apart, her teenage son...
12) The takeover
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Sometimes, when you ask the universe for your soulmate, you wind up with your hate mate instead. On Nami's 30th birthday, she's reminded at every turn that her life isn't what she planned. She's always excelled at everything -- until now. Her fiancé blew up their engagement. Her pride and joy, the tech company she helped to found, is about to lose funding. And her sister, Sora, is getting married to the man of her dreams, Jack, and instead of being...
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Hachette Go
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Tarek El Moussa is everywhere, with 1.3M engaged social media followers and stars on HGTV's hit show Flipping 101 with Tarek El Moussa as well as the new HGTV docu-series The Flipping El Moussas, where he combines his passions for real estate and family in every project. With over a decade of experience, flipping close to 1,000 properties, selling over 1,000 houses, owning multiple apartment buildings and self-storage facilities, El Moussa is a successful...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The saga of the German-Jewish immigrants-with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs, Kuhn and Loeb, Lehman and Seligman-who built the modern American finance system and shaped the world economy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sons of Wichita. Joseph Seligman arrived in the United States in 1837, with the equivalent of $100 sewn into the lining of his pants. Then came Henry and Emanuel Lehman, who would open a general store in Montgomery,...
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Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Thirty-two-year-old 'happiness guru' Dr Cooper Hunziker has it all - a dream job as assistant psychology professor at Yale University, a soon-to-be published self-help book, The Happiness Connection, and the perfect man. But there's a problem. Cooper isn't happy. Of course, it doesn't help that she's facing cut-throat competition for her tenure at Yale, an accusation of plagiarism that could cost her everything, or that her new book has irritated...
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Bailey King, star of TV's Bailey's Amish Sweets, is building her dream candy factory in Harvest, Ohio. But no sooner is the frame of the new building up than she finds the dead body of a surly contractor who has a long list of enemies--including people in the Amish community. To add to the drama, Bailey is being filmed by a crew for her upcoming show ... When Bailey's TV producer pitched a reality show about building the factory, Bailey was shocked...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The bizarre and captivating story of the most important person you've never heard of. The world we live in today, where everything is tracked by corporations and governments, originates with one manic, elusive, utterly unique man-as prone to bullying as he was to fits of surpassing generosity and surprising genius. His name was Hank Asher, and his life was a strange and spectacular show that changed the course of the future. In The Hank Show, critically...
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Scribe Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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For half a century, the Murdoch media empire and its polarising patriarch have swept across the globe, shaking up markets and democracies in their wake. But how did it all start? In September 1953, 22-year-old Rupert Murdoch landed in Adelaide, South Australia. Fresh from Oxford with a radical reputation, the young and brash son of Sir Keith Murdoch had arrived to fulfill his father's dying wish: for Rupert to live a 'useful altruistic and full life'...
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Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"When a railroad baron falls for a uniform girl at a gambling parlor thirty years his junior, he moves her to New York posing as a well-heeled Southern widow where her shrewd investing instincts build her a fortune"--
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal journey through love and loss, tragedy and triumph--an inspiring story of overcoming toxic influences, discovering her true self, and at last finding happiness in her work and life. From humble beginnings as a schoolgirl and young violinist in Maywood, Illinois, Sheila Johnson rose to become one of the most accomplished businesswomen in America. A cofounder...
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