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1) Kristy and the missing fortune

Author

Martin, Ann M

Series

Baby-sitters Club. Mysteries volume 19
Baby-Sitters Club Mystery

Language

English

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Kristy wonders if Christina Thomas, an heiress who lived in 1863, could be her relative.

2) The ascent of money: a financial history of the world

Author

Ferguson, Niall

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook

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Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. But historian Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind...

3) Freezing order: a true story of money laundering, murder, and surviving Vladimir Putin's wrath

Author

Browder, Bill

Language

English

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"When Bill Browder's young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a Moscow jail, Browder made it his life's mission to go after his killers and make sure they faced justice. The first step of that mission was to uncover who was behind the $230 million tax refund scheme that Magnitsky was killed over. As Browder and his team tracked the money as it flowed out of Russia through the Baltics and Cyprus and on to Western Europe and the...