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Author
Publisher
Les Sonksen
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Gertrude, nicknamed Gertie, at request of the FBI in witness program, having a high school education, having survived a stint in a penitentiary, suffering a debilitating operation, and experiencing the death of two family members, faces more marital challenges. She attempts to become a successful entrepreneur and part owner of a bank. Will she succeed in her life or end in failure with those continuing challenges she faces?
Author
Publisher
Les Sonksen
Pub. Date
[2020?]
Language
English
Description
Gertrude, nicknamed Gertie, raising a precious teenage daughter, and a 10-year-old son, as a widow, attempts to find a balanced life. She has a full plate of responsibilities with her children's needs, partner of a busy bank, and owner of three beauty salons. Involvement with a failed marriage and annulment , she finds a short time of happiness with a marriage to her bank partner Roger. Will her health issues shorten that elusive search for abundant...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The year is 1998, and Bunny Glenn is a lonely American teenager in Azerbaijan with her Foreign Service family. Through Bunny's bemused eyes, we watch global interests flock to her temporary backyard for Caspian oil and pipeline access, hearing rumbles of the expansion of the American security state and the buildup to the War on Terror. We follow Bunny from adolescence to middle age -- from Baku to Athens to Houston -- as her own ambition and desire...
Author
Series
Wednesday Wilson volume 2
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Girl entrepreneur Wednesday Wilson thinks she’s struck a goldmine after giving her brother a “worry” marble to calm his nerves, realizing she has a whole collection of marbles that could be useful.
Author
Series
Wednesday Wilson volume 1
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When an unfortunate incident in class with her arch-nemesis ruins her business plans, entrepreneur Wednesday Wilson and her friends need to come up with a new idea that will save the day and make them millionaires—or not?
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares an inspiring story of overcoming toxic influences, discovering her true self, and at last finding happiness in her work and life. Filled with sharply drawn, emotionally powerful scenes, Walk Through Fire traces the hardships Sheila faced in her marriage and her professional life. Despite her obvious entrepreneurial talent, she had to fight to overcome self-doubt and fears of...
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