Eric Weiner
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English
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Tag along on this romp as Eric Winer travels the world, from Athens to Silicon Valley-and back through history, too-to show how creative genius flourishes in specific places at specific times.
In this novel, acclaimed travel writer Weiner sets out to examine the connection between our surroundings and our most innovative ideas. He explores the history of places like Vienna of 1900, Renaissance Florence, ancient Athens, Song Dynasty Hangzhou, and...
2) The shadow market: how a group of wealthy nations and powerful investors secretly dominate the world
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English
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Eric J. Weiner's critically acclaimed first book, What Goes Up: The Uncensored History of Modern Wall Street as Told by the Bankers, Brokers, CEOs, and Scoundrels Who Made It Happen, was selected as one of the year's best books by Barron's magazine and one of the year's Most Enriching Reads by Kiplinger's. Weiner has demonstrated a deep knowledge of Wall Street and how the international financial world operates. Now, in The Shadow Market, he reveals...
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English
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Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, this book takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Singapore...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Hello! Freddie Parrott III here with some exciting news. Too exciting, in fact. The stories I have to tell you are rather feather-raising. But don't worry. Somehow my butler and best friend, Peccary, always finds a way to save the day. Then he and I have a big chuckle--at my expense. They don't call me famously funny for nothing!
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Series
Dora the explorer (Ready-to-read) volume 19
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dora the explorer volume 6
Language
English
Description
It's Valentine's Day! Dora and Boots can't wait to spend it together. They pick a favorite meeting place and set out with Map's help. Will they find each other on this special day? Only with your help!
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Series
Clue volume 4
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
"Exciting mini-mysteries based on the bestselling Parker Brothers game" -- Cover.
Author
Series
Clue volume 1
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Mr. Boddy has invited his six best friends to be guests at his mansion for the weekend. Follow along with their antics as you match up characters and crimes. Thirteen mind-bending mini-mysteries to test your ability as a sleuth!
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Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
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English
Description
"Ben Franklin lingers in our lives and in our imaginations. One of only two non-presidents to appear on US currency, Franklin was a founder, statesman, scientist, inventor, diplomat, publisher, humorist, and philosopher. He believed in the American experiment, but Ben Franklin's greatest experiment was...Ben Franklin. In that spirit of betterment, Eric Weiner embarks on an ambitious quest to live the way Ben lived. Not a conventional biography, Ben...
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Dora and Boots share a Halloween filled with adventure, including a spooky journey where they encounter Little Monster, take a wild broomstick ride, and try to find their way out of a pumpkin patch. Includes Dora's Halloween Hunt Game, and Nick Jr. Baby video sneak peek.
19) Little Star
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Series
Dora the explorer volume 2
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Dora and Boots try to get Little Star home after a comet knocks him out of the sky.
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