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How could Lizzy Ender's father leave her in a girls school run by the Sisters of Loretto in Santa Fe? She's surrounded by Catholics, who pray to Saint Joseph and whose saints keep watch over her--and she's Methodist! Taunted by the other boarders, Lizzy befriends a wandering carpenter named Jose, who with just three tools--and his unflagging faith--builds a staircase to the choir loft of the new chapel. Through their friendship, Lizzy discovers the inner strength to forgive and to trust. Working from the legend of the miraculous staircase in the Chapel of Loretto in Santa Fe, Ann Rinaldi skillfully blends the mystery surrounding the builder of the staircase with the daily trials of a young girl growing up in the 1870s. AUTHOR: Ann Rinaldi
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Children's 
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 | Trader's Edge by Grant Noble
A book for all traders. Although the vast majority of futures traders lose money, a few select groups consistently win: floor traders, commercial traders and insiders. In this fascinating and provocative book, veteran book, veteran futures trader Grant Noble takes the reader inside the futures market and explains the strategies used by each group of winners. He demonstrates why winners must have an edge if they are to outperform other traders consistently. Noble shows how an individual trader can adopt the same methods used by the winners to beat the market. In addition, Noble unveils a system to interpret and profit from news media coverage of the markets. A savvy and streetwise book on trading, The Trader`s Edge will provide the inside edge needed to become a successful trader. AUTHOR: Grant Noble
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Buy, Rent, & Sell by Robert Irwin
The time has never been better for investing in real estate, and this book arms the millions of investors who are returning to real estate as an established instrument of wealth creation with surefire strategies for making a killing in the real estate market. Due to the pent-up demand for housing caused by the lull in housing starts during the 90s, as many as 11 million would-be American home-owners are currently vying for a rapidly dwindling pool of available properties. In Buy, Rent, and Sell Bob Irwin, one of America?s most well-known and respected real estate author/experts, provides nuts-and-bolts advice and guidance on how to find good investment properties, how to successfully rent them, and how to quickly turn them around for a profit. Written in Irwin?s trademark down-to-earth, jargon-free style, Buy, Rent, and Sell is an indispensable guide for novices as well as experienced real estate investors. AUTHOR: Robert Irwin
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | MIT Dictionary of Modern Economics by David W. Pearce
The MIT Dictionary of Modern Economics is an up-to-date, authoritative reference designed primarily for students of business and other social sciences and ideal for anyone who wants a brief explanation of an economic concept or institution. In this fourth edition one entry in ten has been revised and one entry in twenty is new. Whereas the third edition increased the coverage of American institutions, this edition breaks new ground by including entries considered important from an Eastern European perspective. It also supplies comparative statistics on major economic variables for selected countries, describes the origins of widely used acronyms, and includes bibliographic references at the end of featured entries. The dictionary answers in a clear and concise way the enduring questions, which economists have considered for two centuries or more, as well as the issues of the moment, such as economic change in Europe, the problems of pollution, or the prospects for greater freedom of trade. With close to 2,800 entries it is comprehensive in its coverage of theory, national and international institutions, schools of thought, and important economists, including recent Nobel Prize winners. The dictionary was compiled initially by an experienced team of economists at Aberdeen University in the United Kingdom, and new authors have been recruited to provide international expertise, reflecting changes in the structure of the international economy. David W. Pearce, general editor, is Professor of Political Economy at University College, London. This fourth edition was prepared by John Cairns, Robert Elliott, Ian McAvinchey, and Robert Shaw, all of the Economics Department, University of Aberdeen. AUTHOR: David W. Pearce
PUBLISHER: MIT Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Needs of Strangers by Michael Ignatieff
A collection of essays on religion, human society, and the uses and limits of reason by the celebrated novelist and journalist. AUTHOR: Michael Ignatieff
PUBLISHER: Picador
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Business
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 | Lions & Eagles & Bulls by Susan P. Schoelwer
Eight American culture scholars, including Phillip Zimmerman and Nancy Finlay, discuss the art and symbolism of American signs during the nation`s transition from an agricultural to a market economy. With 70 color plates, this collection accompanies a New England exhibit featuring works from the Connecticut Historical Society. AUTHOR: Susan P. Schoelwer
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Business
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