Ocean State Libraries

Hey, you! Yes, you {u2014} the person who's reading this. Changing your thoughts really is the first step to achieving what seems impossible. You're about to learn how this works in Think and Grow Rich, which is recognized far and wide as the book that laid the groundwork for the positive-thinking concept. This refreshed edition of the 1937 classic by Napoleon Hill features a foreword by Dave Ramsey {u2014} bestselling author, radio host and America{u2019}s...

When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance. --

Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money--investing, personal finance, and business decisions--is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don't make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal...

"Thanks to a DNA test, Avery Grambs knows that she is not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons ... and there are those who will stop at nothing...

Lucille invites Junie B. and her friend Grace to sleep over at her very rich nanna's house, where everything is beautiful, expensive, and breakable.

"Perkins presents a startling new and provocative philosophy on how to get the most out of your money-- and out of your life. In order to rescue yourself from over-saving and under-living, you need to optimize your life, stage by stage, so you're fully engaged and enjoying what you've worked and saved for. Perkins show you how to convert your earnings into priceless memories by following your 'net worth curve,' and navigating whether to invest in,...

When her mother's remarriage takes her family into a much wealthier neighborhood, thirteen-year-old Kristy finds herself surrounded by snobbish girls who compare clothes, make fun of the Baby-sitters Club, and insult her aging dog.

"When U.S. troops occupy Germany, friends Jakob and Emmanuelle are saved from the terrible fate of so many in the camps. With the help of sponsors, they make their way to New York. In order not to be separated, they allow their friendship to blossom into love and marriage, and start a new life on the Lower East Side, working at grueling, poorly paid jobs. Decades later, through talent, faith, fortune, and relentless hard work, Jakob has achieved success...

Suze Orman, the woman millions of Americans have turned to for financial advice, delivers a master class on personal finance and teaches her readers that the "New American Dream" is not the things they accumulate, but the confidence that comes from knowing that which they've worked so hard for cannot be taken away from them.

"Provides a mental and spiritual approach on how to become rich." --