rich people

Contains 445 critical essays on the lives and achievements of incredibly wealthy men and women from around the world, providing information on their early lives, first ventures, mature wealth, and legacies and featuring sidebars and photographs.

Five teens struggle to find their footing in the world atop high-tech luxury in New York City one-hundred years into the future.

Traces Anthony and Gloria Patch, a spoiled couple, through various romantic pursuits which leave them after six years of marriage with Anthony a mental and physical wreck and Gloria's beauty waning.

Explores the divide between rich and poor in America and how our criminal justice system discriminates against the poor while allowing the rich to get away with their crimes.

A killer who refers to himself as The Teacher stalks New York City, murdering powerful, arrogant people and drawing the attention of Detective Mike Bennett, who tackles the case while also caring for his ten children, who all have the flu virus simultaneously.

"Camille LeClerc has just moved into the grand estate Rousseau--one of the largest and most beautiful manor homes in all of Paris--with her mother, the cook. Living in the manor is a dream come true for Camille and brings her closer to the wealthy Rousseaus, with whom she has always believed she shares a special bond, despite her mother's constant urging to remember her place. Soon Camille is right at home inside the manor, and it's not long before she stumbles upon family treasures that have been hidden away for many years. Treasures that might be the key to unlocking secrets of the manor's past-- and her own" --.

A Spanish translation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel "The Great Gatsby" about Jay Gatsby's passion for Daisy Buchanan during the jazz age of 1922.

"Eric Connelly is crumbling under the weight of his dad's expectations. He can't seem to live up to the "Connelly Man" standards--but when he meets the mysterious, free-spirited Jordan Grant, his dad's rules seem...much less important than they used to. Jordan and Eric--now "E"--join up with two of the most popular girls in school to combat their rich-kid boredom. But as Jordan seduces E further, the group starts to kill time in more nefarious ways"--Amazon.com.

"Parker Bennett has been missing for two years. He dropped out of sight--on a sailboat in the Caribbean--just before it was discovered that the five billion dollars in the fund he had been managing had vanished. Lane Harmon, assistant to an upscale interior designer, is working on his wife's townhouse. Gradually, Lane finds herself drawn to Eric, the Bennetts' son, who is determined to prove that his father is not guilty. Lane doesn't know that the closer she gets to the Bennetts, the more she puts her life--and her daughter's life--in jeopardy"--OCLC.

Presents a collection of essays about wealth differences from diverse viewpoints, discussing whether such differences are good or bad for the economy and for society, and what if anything should be done about them.