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Buddies are well-organized groups of teen hackers from Ivory Coast, West Africa. They can hack anything they want. They scam international institutions, credit and debit cards, international humanitarian organizations, armies, transport companies and more.
They work hand-in-hand with bank workers, law enforcement officers and men in power of different countries so that they can safely blow thousands of dollars in one night to have fun in nightclubs...
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The original American Dream wasn't about owning stuff; it was about class mobility. In one generation, a family could go from broke to rich. Due to capitalism and leveraged markets, the American Dream morphed into owning big homes and fancy cars. With that, we divided our strongest tools against the capitalist-our families. No one can truly defeat a strong family. Owning a home will no longer be an individual sport; we can only do it as a team. We...
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The book is a collection of compelling stories from people that overcame a variety of adversities to achieve their American Dream. The goal of the book is to turn skeptics into believers by way of everyday life examples. It's a book to instill inspiration and hope that the American Dream is very much alive today.
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In “The Journey from Africa to Achieve the American Dream,” embark on an incredible odyssey of courage, determination, and unwavering faith. This transformative non-fiction book shares the captivating story of the author—a resilient African immigrant who defied the odds to achieve the American dream. Through personal anecdotes and profound insights, the author reveals the essential ingredients for success in America and imparts invaluable wisdom...
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2023.
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Relates the story of how in the early 1920s, as a Red Scare gripped America, two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were wrongly accused, tried, and executed for murder, making front-page headlines as they maintained their innocence to the very end.
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What does it take to get from the tough streets of London to the glitz and glamour of the Playboy Mansion?
Author Zoë Gregory takes readers on a journey through the rave scene of her rebellious youth to the stark reality of young motherhood and the economic pressures that drove her to reimagine her future. With hard work, strategic thinking, and a touch of manifestation, Zoë set her sights on Hollywood and never looked back.
Now, Zoë reflects...
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Nearly seven out of ten American Indians live in urban areas, yet studies of urban Indian experiences remain scant. Studies of suburban Natives are even more rare. Today's suburban Natives, the fastest-growing American Indian demographic, highlight the tensions within federal policies working in tandem to move and house differing groups of people in very different residential locations. In American Indians and the American Dream, Kasey R. Keeler examines...
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Professional distance runners Elvin Kibet and Shadrack Kipchirchir grew up in rural Kenyan villages. Though their lives began in poverty, both were driven to reach their full potential, to gain an education, and make a difference. And they would find their way to do just that through the high-pressure world of distance running. In All in Stride, Johanna Garton tells the gripping and inspiring stories of Elvin and Shadrack. Beginning with their upbringing...
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Freydeh, a young Jewish woman from Russia, struggles to make a living in post-Civil War New York City, where she hopes to find the American dream and a better life for herself.
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They could have been allies: two self-made millionaires who invented a global industry, in an era when wife and mother were supposed to be the highest goals for their sex. Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein each founded empires built on grit and determination...and yet they became locked in a feud spanning three continents, two world wars, and the Great Depression. Brought up in poverty, Canadian-born Elizabeth Arden changed popular opinion, persuading...
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[2024]
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"Whiskey Tender is a memoir of family and survival, coming-of-age on and off the reservation, and the frictions between being raised to strive towards the American dream while also coming into an understanding of how the narratives of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo heritages have been excluded from the central mythologies and structures of America"--
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