Susan Warner

25 extraordinary leaders, 25 incisive profiles: Andy Grove, Intel Bill Gates, Microsoft John Bogle, The Vanguard Group Steve Jobs, Apple & Pixar Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines Sam Walton, Wal-Mart Jack Welch, GE Jeff Bezos, Amazon Mary Kay Ash, Mary Kay Michael Dell, Dell Peter F. Drucker Alan Greenspan Oprah Winfrey, Harpo, Inc. George Soros, Soros Fund Management James Burke, Johnson & Johnson Lee Iacocca, Chrysler Peter Lynch, Fidelity Investments Frederick Smith, FedEx Mohammed Yunus, Grameen Bank Ted Turner, Turner Broadcasting Lou Gerstner, IBM & RJR Nabisco Charles Schwab, Charles Schwab Richard Branson, Virgin William George, Medtronic

When Dr. James Harvey, a "ghost therapist," is hired by the greedy owner of a haunted mansion to rid the house of its otherworldly occupants, his daughter Kat is befriended by a lonely ghost named Casper.

Examines the various ways people have exchanged goods and services around the world from the early days of human history to modern times.

Ellen has difficulty believing that God will take care of her when her dying mother leaves her with the unloving Mrs. Dunscombe.

The time is New Year's Eve, 1929. In an elegant New York brownstone on "Millionaire's Row" (West 23rd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues), Sam Hammer, a Jewish department store tycoon and his non-Jewish wife, Amy, bid their last few guests farewell with a parting wish: "A better year ahead." But, as that pivotal year begins, the shadow of the enormous London Terrace apartment complex under construction looms over their home. The shadow also portends Wall Street's impending collapse, and the growing strain upon the Hammer's marriage. Though Amy and Sam seem devoted to each other, their marriage has been childless, leading to a "what's-the-point" abandonment of sexual relations. The looming Great Depression is likely to put a crimp in the lavish lifestyle of the Hammers and their friends--just as the rapidly rising giant London Terrace apartments across the street is about to rob their house of much of its light.--From publisher's description.

A poor boy hears the stories told by the presents in his Christmas stocking.