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Adam Canfield volume 1
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English
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While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city's government.
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One of the greatest mystery thrillers ever written, Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White was a phenomenal bestseller in the 1860s, achieving even greater success than works by Dickens, Collins's friend and mentor. Full of surprise, intrigue, and suspense, this vastly entertaining novel continues to enthrall readers today. The story begins with an eerie midnight encounter between artist Walter Hartright and a ghostly woman dressed all in white who seems...
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Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.
6) Liars, Inc
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Seventeen-year-old Max, his girlfriend Parvati, and best friend Pres form Liars, Inc., expecting that forging notes and lying for their peers will lead to easy cash, but when Pres asks Max to cover for him, it may be a fatal mistake.
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Readers get a view behind the gilded doors which will reveal the inner workings of pyramid and Ponzi schemes, telemarketing scams, identity theft, creative accounting, phishing, and other large-scale frauds and scams that impact not only big money investors but cost ordinary working citizens as well. Intriguing historical and current examples of institutional ruinous shell games include Madoff, WorldCom, Enron, and Jon Corzine's MF Global. Most importantly,...
10) Centerville
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"Basketball-crazy Jake Burnett is thrilled to be leaving home to attend prestigious Centerville Prep and pursue his hoop dreams at the highest level. But when things at his new school aren't quite as advertised, Jake has a difficult choice to make--advance his basketball career or do the right thing."--Page 4 of cover.
16) Online scams
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"Protect Yourself Online examines the risks and benefits of using the internet today. Readers will learn the history of important online issues, the warning signs of common online dangers, and the ways in which they can get online safely and responsibly"--
17) Mentirosos, S.A
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Español
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Max Cantrell nunca ha sido un fanático de la verdad, así que cuando se presenta la oportunidad de ganar dinero falsificando permisos y proporcionando coartadas para sus compañeros de la prepa, junto a su novia Parvati y su amigo Preston funda un negocio: Mentirosos, S.A. ¿Quién habría imaginado que mentir sería tan lucrativo? El negocio va viento en popa hasta que Preston utiliza los servicios de su empresa y les inventa a sus padres que Max...
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