MONEY-SAVING SECRETS TO LIVING THE FREE LIFEFrom AAA and AARP, to Wal-Mart and beyond, The Free Stuff for Everyone Book is your go-to guide for how to find the best deals, discounts, and free offers so you can keep more of your hard-earned cash in your pocket. Whether you’re a bargain hunter, retiree, proud cheapskate, student or anyone on a limited budget, consumer finance expert and best-selling author Peter Sander shows you how to find free products, services, g...

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE HUGE RISKS TO INVEST SUCCESSFULLYLow volatility investing has been proven to outperform higher risk, volatile growth stock trading and investing over time. In today’s markets, this is exactly what you need to consistently draw returns beyond the risk-free rate--and sleep well at night because you're not worried about your investments!Written in a clear, entertaining style, All About Low Volatility Investing provides a firm foundation on vol...

Make the most of your money with this simple step-by-step guide to creating a budget!Does opening your credit card bill make you anxious? Do you always run out of money before your next paycheck? Do you want help establishing and sticking to a budget? Budgeting for Beginners will help you build the confidence you need to take on short-term and long-term financial problems and goals.This revised pocket guide includes how to:Save and in...

A quick-and-easy guide to core business and career concepts—no MBA required!The ability to negotiate a deal. Confidence to oversee staff. Complete, accurate monitoring of expenses.In today’s business world, these are must-have skills. But all too often, comprehensive business books turn the important details of best practices into tedious reading that would put even a CEO to sleep.From hiring and firing to strategizing and calculating revenues, ...

“A jolting perspective changer.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewDid you know that bees charge themselves like batteries? That frogs float on magnetic fields, and seals use radar? This groundbreaking nonfiction graphic novel explores the vital but often unexpected roles that electricity and magnetism play in the natural world.From subatomic particles to our solar system, electromagnetic forces have long formed the building blocks of our reality. Yet...

This Fascinating biography chronicles Puccini's life and times, with dozens of photographs and illustrations of the period. His Musical heritage, his scandalous elopement with Elvira, his relationship with Caruso and the dramas of his own life and unfolded in loving detail.

This Fascinating biography chronicles Puccini's life and times, with dozens of photographs and illustrations of the period. His Musical heritage, his scandalous elopement with Elvira, his relationship with Caruso and the dramas of his own life and unfolded in loving detail.

The first-ever biography of the most pivotal Justice on the Supreme Court whose decisions, like the overturning of Roe, will drive the reshaping of America, by prize-winning journalist Peter Canellos.When the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, the landmark case overturning Roe v. Wade, it marked a turning point in the lives of millions of Americans. It was also the culmination of a decades-long movement whose grievances we...

The questions raised by a study of class and inequality are important, but often complex. This book succeeds in making them understandable without oversimplifying, and its breadth, originality, and easy style will appeal to a wide readership. Peter Saunders covers theories of social class as well as evidence on class inequalities in the contemporary period. He analyses why class inequalities exist, whether they are inevitable, whether they are unjust, and how they are changing. The analysi...

First published in 1986. For this new edition of Social Theory and the Urban Question Peter Saunders has updated the text to take account of major theoretical developments in the 1980s and has also considerably developed his own approach. Three chapters have been completely rewritten and others have been appropriately revised. The revisions ensure that Social Theory and the Urban Question will retain its position as a major textbook in urban sociology and an important contribution to the d...

Originally published in 1990, and re-issued in 2020 with an updated Preface, this book shows how the UK has become a nation of home owners, and the effect it has had on people’s lives, the impact which it has had on British society and the implications for those who have hitherto been excluded. The book briefly charts the history of the growth of owner-occupation in Britain and considers the evidence on the popularity of owning as opposed to renting. The question of whether and how owner o...

At the end of World War 2, the German people suffered another major catastrophe in terms of economic disaster which befell them. This story tells of the damage done to one particular family both during and after the war. In particular, it focuses on a four-year-old boy who had the misfortune to contract tuberculosis in his hip joint, which caused him to be incarcerated in a hospital which was run by nursing staff who had very little sympathy for the children in their charge. The subsequent...