This groundbreaking book by a renowned finance expert shows readers how to use their personal investing type to attain the wealth they desire.

Do you think you can't profit if the economy is in serious decline? Many investors believe you can earn substantial profits only if it's strong. In this groundbreaking book, Jordan E. Goodman, " America 's Money Answers Man" and an expert with thirty years of experience in the financial media, proves how wrong they can be. FAST PROFITS IN HARD TIMES reveals ten simple-to-implement but little-known investment venues that can make it easy for you to earn high returns even when the ...

In FAST PROFITS IN HARD TIMES, Jordan Goodman provides a wealth of 5-minute tips for earning extra income the easy way, without unnecessary risk or extra legwork. Find out about:• 100 stocks that offer free premiums if you reinvest their dividends• How to profit from Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs) quickly and safely• Tax liens, which can provide risk-free interest of up to 25%• Trading stock options and how it can be, contrary to popular belief, very low-ri...

The world of borrowing and debt management has changed dramatically, leaving people confused about how best to secure their financial future. This audio book is the only guide with detailed advice to help you become debt-free or master the debt you have, based on the latest laws and new government programs and policies implemented under the Obama administration.Is the information and advice on debt management different than in years past? Definitely, and in this savvy, engaging gui...

“America’s Money Answers Man” explores the relationship between money and emotions, identifies seven “money types,” and offers the keys to life-changing financial success.

Covering a wide range of substances, including opium, cocaine, coffee, tobacco, kola, and betelnut, from prehistory to the present day, this new edition has been extensively updated, with an updated bibliography and two new chapters on cannabis and khat. Consuming Habits is the perfect companion for all those interested in how different cultures have defined drugs across the ages.Psychoactive substances have been central to the formation of civilizations, the definition of...

‘Based on meticulous research in original sources … Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was … Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated’Jenny Uglow, New York Review of BooksA bold new history of how botany and global plant collecting – centred at Kew Gardens and driven by Joseph Banks – transformed the earth.Botany was the darling and the powerhouse of the eighte...

In September 1910, the human rights activist and anti-imperialist Roger Casement arrived in the Amazon to investigate reports of widespread human rights abuses in the vast forests stretching along the Putumayo river. There, the Peruvian entrepreneur Julio C�sar Arana ran an area the size of Belgium as his own private fiefdom; his British registered company operated a systematic programme of torture, exploitation and murder. Fresh from documenting the scarcely imaginable atrocities perpetra...

Jordan Goodman explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic, from the rough pipe and cigar to the modern-day cigarette. This scholarly and comprehensive survey combines up-to-date published work with primary research to provide a systematic way of understanding current debates from a historical perspective. Goodman draws on a wide range of disciplines to present a history that explores l...

A collection of essays that offers "a significant contribution to our understanding of the role of the state in human subjects research" ( Journal of the History of Biology).Though notoriously associated with Germany, human experimentation in the name of science has been practiced in other countries, as well, both before and after the Nazi era. The use of unwitting or unwilling subjects in experiments designed to test the effects of radiation and disease on...

‘Based on meticulous research in original sources … Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was … Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated’Jenny Uglow, New York Review of BooksA bold new history of how botany and global plant collecting – centred at Kew Gardens and driven by Joseph Banks – transformed the earth.Botany was the darling and the powerhouse of the eighte...

THE STORY OF AN IMPERIAL TRAGEDY THAT SENT SHOCKWAVES AROUND THE WORLDIn September 1910, the activist Roger Casement arrived in the Amazon jungle on a mission for the British government: to investigate reports of widespread human-rights abuses in the forests along the Putumayo River. Accusations against the Peruvian rubber baron Julio César Arana had been making their way back to London, and the rumors were on everybody's lips: Arana was enslaving, torturing, and mu...