A most amazing woman was born in the early years of the 19th century. Amelia Earhart who would go on to excel in the fledgling field of Aviation. It was a field dominated by men but she had the grit and determination to compete with the best of them and win again and again. Her determination to set records in that field won her acclaim and attracted the man who was to be her future husband. As a pair they were made for each other. She set the records and he as a Publisher saw to it that th...

Planning for the future has always been important and there is no more valuable way to prepare for it than by making sure our finances are in good order.This is particularly relevant when it comes to planning for retirement and in Ask the Right Questions, Get the Right Answers you will be treated to some of the most up-to-date information on retirement planning available.Within the pages it examines the most important areas of making sure you are financiall...

"This book is written as a guide and is intended to equip the reader with some basic information concerning financial preparation. There are many questions to be asked and answered. It is a right of every American to lower their tax burden as much as legally possible and to pass on to their family, church or charity as much as they see fit. The goal therefore is not how much we make but how much we keep. I have seen some bad advice and I have seen some good, more bad than good which is the re...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[This] absorbing, affectionate portrait manages to bring [Newman] back to us. . . . Paul Newman leaves readers with a surprisingly cheering message. If the rest of us can’t aspire to having Newman’s life, we can at least take inspiration from the way he lived his.”—The Washington Post“A graceful tribute to a one-of-a-kind man.”—The Seattle Times“Newman’...

This guide outlines concepts and principles of microeconomics in an easy to understand format. It contains information on: supply & demand, elasticity & production costs, perfect competition & monopoly, resource markets, wage determination & externalities, labor supply and much more.

“Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.”—Cary GrantHe is Hollywood’s most fascinating and timeless star. Although he came to personify the debonair American, Cary Grant was born Archibald Leach on January 18, 1904, in the seaport village of Bristol, England. Combining the captivating beauty of silent-screen legend Rudolph Valentino with the masculine irresistibility of Clark Gable, Grant emerged as Hollywood’s quintessential leading man. Today, “the ...

Market mistakes to avoid: "Written for investors at all levels…[a] practical, no-nonsense guide."— Publishers WeeklyOne of Money Week 's Five Best Books of the YearInvestors are tempted daily by misleading or incomplete information. They may make a lucky bet, realize a sizable profit, and find themselves full of confidence. Their next high-stakes gamble might backfire, not only hitting them in the balance sheet but also taking a m...

Humphrey Bogart: it’s hard to think of anyone who’s had the same lasting impact on the culture of movies. Though he died at the young age of fifty-seven more than half a century ago, his influence among actors and filmmakers, and his enduring appeal for film lovers around the world, remains as strong as ever. What is it about Bogart, with his unconventional looks and noticeable speech impediment, that has captured our collective imagination for so long? In this definitive biography, Stefan...

INVESTING PRINCIPLES FROM THE MASTERIgnore Sound Bites That Rattle MarketsTreat Market Pessimism as Your FriendDo the Little Things RightProtect Your Capital When the Facts Turn Upside DownRely on CEOs Who Nurture Healthy Corporate Cultures Remember That Large, Unfathomable Derivatives Are Still Financial Weapons of Mass DestructionSeek Simplicity and CandorMillions of people download Warren Buffett's shareholder letters...

This fresh look at Hollywood's "Queen of Screwball," Carole Lombard, presents a first-ever examination of the events that led to the shocking flight mishap that took her life on the side of a Nevada mountain in 1942. It also provides a day-by-day account of the struggles of Lombard's husband, Clark Gable, and other family, friends, and fans to cope with the tragedy. In effect, having just completed the first sale of war bonds and stamps in the nation following its entry into World War II, ...

Everything you thought you knew about saving, managing risk, and securing your financial future has changed.The world is very different in the wake of the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Retirement accounts have been eviscerated, risk appetites diminished, and questions raised about age-old personal finance strategies such as "buy and hold" and the efficacy of relying heavily on stock mutual funds.In The Wall Street Journal Guide to the New Rules of Per...

One of the movies' greatest actors and most colorful characters, a real-life tough guy with the prison record to prove it, Robert Mitchum was a movie icon for an almost unprecedented half-century, the cool, sleepy-eyed star of such classics as The Night of the Hunter; Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison; Cape Fear; The Longest Day; Farewell, My Lovely; and The Winds of War. Mitchum's powerful presence and simmering violence combined with hard-boiled humor and existential detachment to create a new s...