Karen S Blumenthal

Grande Expectations: A Year in the Life of Starbucks' Stock

Karen Blumenthal, like most people, is mystified by the stock market. Just why is it, she wonders, that seemingly good news can send a stock plummeting and bad news can send it skyrocketing again? In Grande Expectations, she shows how money is made and lost by following one of America’s hottest grow...

Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History

As a young girl, Hillary Diane Rodham’s parents told her she could be whatever she wanted--as long as she was willing to work for it. Hillary took those words and ran. In a life on the front row of modern American history, she has always stood out--whether she was a teen campaigning for the 1964 Rep...

Understanding Inequality: The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender

As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the jour...

Mr. Sam: How Sam Walton Built Walmart and Became America's Richest Man

Sam Walton grew up to become the founder of Wal-Mart, but he was born with practically nothing except a compulsive drive to win - at football, at becoming class president, at beating everyone no matter what the game. His eventual empire started as nothing more than a dingy one-room general store. He...

The Wall Street Journal. Guide to Starting Your Financial Life

Your Road to Lifelong Financial IndependenceIt’s about time you felt empowered to better manage your money because–in tough economic times more than ever–your financial freedom depends on making smart choices. But it’s hard to know where to begin, especially when you’re just starting out. And of cou...

Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929: A Wall Street Journal Book for Children

Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, the fabulous fortune that Americans had built in stocks plunged with a fervor never seen before. At first, the drop seemed like a mistake, a mere glitch in the system. But as the decline gathered steam, so did the destruction. Over twenty-five bil...

Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America

Can girls play softball? Can girls be school crossing guards? Can girls play basketball or ice hockey or soccer? Can girls become lawyers or doctors or engineers? Of course they can... today. But just a few decades ago, opportunities for girls were far more limited, not because they weren't capabl...

Tommy: The Gun That Changed America

John Taliaferro Thompson had a mission: to develop a lightweight, fast-firing weapon that would help Americans win on the battlefield. His Thompson submachine gun could deliver a hundred bullets in a matter of seconds―but didn't find a market in the U.S. military. Instead, the Tommy gun became the w...

Grande Expectations: A Year in the Life of Starbucks' Stock

Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929

Let Me Play

Establishing Parent Involvement in Foster Care Agencies

Why Punish the Children? a Study of Children of Women Prisoners