Carol Graham
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Carol Graham is the interim vice president and director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution and College Park Professor at the University of Maryland. She is the author of Happiness around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires; The Pursuit of Happiness: An Economy of Well-Being; Happiness for All? Unequal Hopes and Lives in Pursuit of the American Dream (Princeton); and other books, as well as numerous articles...
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It all started with realtor Cara Gerard showing two-million-dollar properties in one of Brooklyn's favorite neighborhoods, a typical afternoon in real estate. Then Cara-and all of posh Park Slope-is stunned when she discovers the body of the borough's top broker, "dead as she can be" in the kitchen of a beautiful brownstone. Can Cara use her down-home Texas common sense and New York City street smarts to discover clues to the crime? With the help...
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Carol Graham is Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and College Park Professor at the University of Maryland. She is the author of Happiness around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires; The Pursuit of Happiness: An Economy of Well-Being; Happiness for All? Unequal Hopes and Lives in Pursuit of the American Dream (Princeton); and other books, as well as numerous articles in academic journals.
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Long ago in the mountains of Idaho, the first potatoes were planted, setting the stage for the beginning of the Famous Idaho Potato, known around the world. Packin' Spuds is an illustrated story of the history of the Idaho Potato, told through the lesson of Mrs. Russet, as she educates the potato kids in her class at the potato school. Packin' Spuds represents the mythical and elusive "Super Potato," that is resistant to the diseases that still are...
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"One of Project Syndicate's Best Reads in 2017 (chosen by Kermal Dervi )" Carol Graham is the Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and College Park Professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. Her books include The Pursuit of Happiness: An Economy of Well-Being and Happiness around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires.
How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating...
6) Chicken soup for the soul: random acts of kindness : 101 stories of compassion and paying it forward
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[2017]
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Soft cover edition.
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Ordinary people share personal stories about their experiences with acts of kindness.
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