Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki offers non-traditional financial advice and investment strategies based on the monetary lessons he learned from his two fathers of varying financial success.
332.02
year: 2017
copies: 9
call number/section: 332.02
lexile: 860
The Nanny Diaries
In order to pay her way through NYU, Nanny takes a job caring for the only son of a wealthy family, where she soon realizes her real job responsibility is making sure the Park Avenue wife who doesn't work, cook, clean, or raise her own child has a smooth day.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: rich people, rich [X], nannies, humorous fiction, satire, manhattan (new york, n.y.), park avenue (new york, n.y.)
Beach Road
Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy is hired to represent a high-profile triple-murder suspect, local star athlete Dante Halleyville; but the case becomes complicated by his client's popularity and a dangerous secret being protected by members of East Hampton's elite class.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: trials (murder), rich people, attorney and client, trials (homicide), rich [X], east hampton (n.y.)
The Rise Of Silas Lapham
A greedy, unscrupulous man loses his business and his lover. He is forced to reexamine his life and how he treats other people leading to his ethical and spiritual rise.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: socialites, rich people, businessmen, boston (mass.), rich [X], elite (social sciences), howells, william dean, 1837-1920. rise of silas lapham-criticism & interpretation
Road To Riches
Introduces a number of people who have made a fortune, including Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey, and Russell Simmons.
332
year: 2006
copies: 1
call number/section: 332
lexile: 1110
Tycoons And Entrepeneurs
Alphabetical articles profile the life and work of notable business leaders and entrepreneurs from antiquity to the present, beginning with Ah Quin and concluding with Linus Yale.
920
year: 1998
copies: 1
call number/section: 920
lexile:
Beach Road
Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy is hired to represent a high-profile triple-murder suspect, local star athlete Dante Halleyville; but the case becomes complicated by his client's popularity and a dangerous secret being protected by members of East Hampton's elite class.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: upper class, homicide, criminal investigation, attorney and client, trials (homicide), rich [X], trials (murder), rich people, east hampton (n.y.)
I Heard That Song Before
Kay Lansing, daughter of the landscaper to the wealthy Carrington family, overhears an argument at the New Jersey estate as a child that proves crucial when as an adult she marries Peter Carrington, who is subsequently charged with murder.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: rich people, sleepwalking, rich [X], mystery fiction, englewood (n.j.), large type books, large print books
The Girl Who Had Everything
Alexandra Shaw, the daughter of a very wealthy man, has turned to her bodyguard Jerrilyn for friendship, believing her fellow students are just interested in her money, and is shocked and disappointed when Jerrilyn betrays her.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 470
Bailout
The author describes his role as the special inspector general in charge of overseeing the spending of the $700 billion TARP bailout in 2008, and discusses the fraud, corruption, and hostility that he witnessed from Treasury and bank officials.
338.97
year:
copies: 3
call number/section: 338.97
lexile:
subjects: finance subsidies, banks and banking subsidies, global financial crisis, 2008-2009, rich [X]
Astronauts In Trouble
The world's richest man decides to mount an expedition to the moon and claim it as his personal property, and he takes Channel Seven News along to record the events.
741.5
year: 2003
copies: 1
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
Run For Your Life
A calculating killer who calls himself The Teacher is taking on New York City, killing the powerful and the arrogant.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Everyone Worth Knowing
Realizing that her prestigious investment banking job is making her miserable, Bette Robinson impulsively quits and accepts an opportunity with a successful PR firm, a job that tests the boundary between her personal and professional lives.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
This Land Was Made For You And Me (but Mostly Me)
The "New Yorker" artist and writer and the late-night comic host present a satirical survey of the "universally detested" wealthy elite that lampoons their megalomaniacal fantasies, environmental recklessness and moral indecency.
818.54
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: 818.54
lexile:
Worst Case
Detective Michael Bennett is called in when the son of one of New York's richest families is kidnapped and held hostage, and when another student disappears, Bennett must rely on FBI agent Emily Parker before the mastermind can fulfill his plot to bring destruction to the city.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: audiobooks, police, children of the rich, hostages, new york (n.y.), children, rich [X], mystery fiction, suspense fiction