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Discussion Materials: Tales of a Rookie Wall Street Investment Banker

Keenan, Bill - POST HILL PR

A newly-minted MBA recounts his first years as a Wall Street investment banker--unredacted. "Why aren't you using LTM EBITDA for credit metrics?" asked the managing director who sat across from me, his widow's peak clearly visible as he inspected the sheet in front of him....
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith - University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was recognized as a landmark of human thought upon its publication in 1776. As the first scientific argument for the principles of political economy, it is the point of departure for all subsequent economic thought. Smith's theories of capital...
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The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2016: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants and Prizes

Gen Tanabe - SuperCollege; Eighth Edition edition
Format: Print book

Information on 1.5 million scholarships, grants, and prizes is easily accessible in this revised directory with more than 300 new listings that feature awards indexed by career goal, major, academics, public service, talent, athletics, religion, ethnicity, and more. Each entry contains...
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Roger Ailes: Off Camera

Zev Chafets - Sentinel HC; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

When youve got Roger Ailes on your side you do not loseRush Limbaugh Roger Ailes is the quintessential man behind the curtain He more or less invented modern political consulting and helped Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan and George H W Bush win their races for the White House Then he reinvented...
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Creating Inclusive Library Environments: A Planning Guide for Serving Patrons with Disabilities

Michelle Kowalsky - ALA Editions
Format: Print book

Librarians are continually faced with challenges of how to best meet the needs of patrons with disabilities, whether those patrons have physical or intellectual disabilities, differing learning styles, or even temporary problems which impact their access and may change over time. And because...
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The system : the glory and scandal of big-time college football

Jeff Benedict - Doubleday
Format: eBook

A revelatory account based on the authors' unprecedented access to the NCAA's highest-level programs throughout the 2012 season describes its high-powered system of billion-dollar television deals, high-priced coaches, football "hostessing," castoff athlete-students and paid...
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The Status Revolution: The Improbable Story of How the Lowbrow Became the Highbrow

Chuck Thompson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

How did rescue dogs become status symbols? Why are luxury brands losing their cachet? What's made F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous observations obsolete? The answers are part of a new revolution that's radically reorganizing the way we view ourselves and others.Status was once...
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Ace any test

Ronald W Fry - Course Technology
Format:  Book : English : 6th edView all editions and formats

Testy on test day? Don't stress! "ACE" ANY TEST offers proven step-by-step strategies you can use in any testing situation, from classroom quizzes to standardized exams such as the SAT. Education advocate and author Ron Fry unlocks every student's successful side with...
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Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It

Wendell Potter - Bloomsbury Press
Format: Print book

American democracy has become coin operated. Special interest groups increasingly control every level of government. The necessity of raising huge sums of campaign cash has completely changed the character of politics and policy making, determining what elected representatives stand for and how they...
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Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel

Tom Wainwright - PublicAffairs
Format: Print book

This is a unique look into the huge and fascinating multi-billion dollar international drug industry. Rather than reporting it as a "war," Wainwight looked at the drug trade as a business, with a quarter billion customers and worldwide revenues of about $300 billion a year - with...
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