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Presents a collection of twenty-five short biographies of African-American millionaires beginning with William Alexander Leidesdorff in the 1840s and including others such as Quincy Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee, and Tiger Woods.

Introduces a number of people who have made a fortune, including Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey, and Russell Simmons.

A 1934 satirization of a segment of English society in which all the characters have money but few other qualities to recommend them.

Uses the metaphor of a disease to explore how society has been affected by Americans' obsessive quest for material gain.

Jenny Humphrey's escapades at the elite Waverly Academy in New York's horse country come to the attention of former campus queen Tinsley Carmichael as the two compete for the title of "It Girl.

Spending the summer working as an errand girl for the Rule family in the Hamptons, seventeen-year-old Rory befriends the family's teenaged daughter and develops feelings for their older son, but she finds that societal rules can be hard to break.

Schuyler Van Alen and Jack Force are forced to separate in order to fulfill the Van Alen Legacy, with Schuyler traveling to Alexandria to find Catherine of Siena and the Gate of Promise while Jack returns to New York to face Mimi, who has gone to Egypt in search of her lost love.

Drawn into the glamour, luxury, and romance of Manhattan's elite by the sister of one of their charges, two sixteen-year-old nannies enjoy high salaries, extravagant gifts, and attention--for which they may have to pay a very high price.

The wealthy, teenaged Carlyle triplets make a place for themselves in the high-society scene of Manhattan's Upper East Side.

During Thanksgiving break, Waverly students experience changes in their relationships with one another and with new acquaintances as most travel home, but Tinsley and Callie, still upset about Easy's expulsion, join Jennifer in New York City.

Battle lines are drawn at Waverly Academy when new girl Jenny Humphrey arrives and immediately challenges Tinsely Carmichael for the position of campus "It" girl.

Gossip girl gathers new ammunition when the fabulous Carlyle triplets, Owen, Baby, and Peyton, move into an apartment on New York's Upper East Side and enroll at the exclusive Constance Billard School for Girls and St.

Mallory, whose family is suddenly short of money, takes a baby-sitting job and needs the help of the Baby-sitters Club in adjusting to her new employers' wealth.

The author examines the rise of depression, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse among privileged adolescents; and identifies specific parenting practices that have contributed to these issues.

Argues that, despite the view of the pessimists who dominate public discourse, the world is getting better, and at an accelerating rate, in areas such as food, income, lifespan, disease, child mortality, and violence, and examines human history through a lens of progress.