Advanced placement economics

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David Anderson

Provides techniques for achieving high scores on the AP economics exam, reviews important concepts, and includes two full-length practice exams with answers and explanations.

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Leroy Sachs

An enrichment program for seventh and eighth grade students studying such mathematical topics as "Microcomputer Programs," "Magic Squares," "Mathematics and Home Economics," "Pi and Its History," and "The Metric System," using research projects.

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Elmira Bayrasli

"Elmira Bayrasli's worldview was turned upside down when a woman in Bosnia told her, "thanks for the help. But we need work and jobs, not foreign aid." That prompted Bayrasli to embark on a worldwide quest to find how talented people have overcome insurmountable obstacles to build high-growth businesses that are driving wealth and building communities, regions and countries. Through seven remarkable stories, Elmira Bayrasli shows why the next Steve Jobs and the next Apple, Google or Facebook is as likely to come from Nigeria, Pakistan or Mexico as Silicon Valley. She discovers that what distinguishes techies in Silicon Valley from women selling bamboo stools in Bangladesh isn't their sophistication but simply the conditions that are necessary to sustain and scale business ideas. In the absence of these obstacles, global entrepreneurship can flourish. Bayrasli paints compelling stories of extraordinary entrepreneurs creatively battling corruption, lack of infrastructure, capital shortages and underdeveloped supplier and customer networks. She offers solutions that can be utilized by entrepreneurs everywhere, and shows why micro-finance, social entrepreneurship, and foreign aid are not enough. Most importantly, she shows how the key to building successful entrepreneurial ecosystems is to provide the framework that enables start-ups to scale. "--

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Chanel Murphy

Some bitches can't handle power. Nay, Courtney, Sandra and Kane have been friends forever. Their dream of owning a business, after saving for over a year, is almost realized. Until Sandra makes a costly mistake. Now the dough must be used to save her life but it's not enough. When the idea of whoring comes up, The Pussy Mob is formed. After recruiting the freakiest chicks in Baltimore, money flows and Nay's mask comes off, revealing a monster. She's willing to lie, cheat and kill to stay on top and friendship is the least of her concerns. As the mob expands her thirst for violence becomes insatiable and she battles her friends for power.