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Get control of your finances - and your future! Do you feel like you'll never pay off your student loans? Worried about your mounting credit card debt? Wondering when you'll ever make enough money to stop living paycheck to paycheck? You're not alone - millions of young Americans are finding it hard to save for the future and still pay today's bills on time. But with The Everything Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s Book, 3rd Edition, you'll learn how to be financially independent by: Creating a workable budget Minimizing credit card and student loan debt Investing money wisely Building an emergency fund You'll also learn how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can help you navigate the often-confusing world of financial service products. With this easy-to-use guide, you'll learn how to manage, save, and invest wisely - starting today!

Revised and updated, this new edition of Idiot's Guides: Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s, Fifth Edition, explains all the basic information you need to get started in life and plan for your future. You'll learn how to manage all aspects of your personal finances, as well as enhance your financial plan to yield better returns on your investments. • The basics of personal finance, such as creating and following a budget, learning how to maintain a healthy savings, and building an emergency fund. • Up-to-date look at internet and online banking and choosing the best account options. • The truth about credit cards, how to wisely use them, and how to pay off debt wisely. • Creative ideas for developing a plan to pay off student load debt and understanding your choices if you choose to further your education. • Ways to make wise choices on big purchases such as homes and transportation. • Tips on how to make the right choices when you're unemployed or underemployed, short on assets/funds, or lack employer-sponsored healthcare options. • A thorough explanation of 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and how to make the most of them. • The basics on investing your money wisely.

Every day, more than 10,000 people turn forty in the United States, moving toward retirement without traditional pension plans backing them up. Lacking the safety net that protected their parents and grandparents, they’re forced to take the initiative for their own financial security. They need a source of information that doesn’t scare them away with insider jargon and intimidating complications. This book will help those who have felt uninformed, intimidated, or excluded from the process, and will simplify difficult topics like budgeting, investing, paying for college while saving for retirement, and helping kids with debt. People will find the essential tools and resources they need to set a course toward retirement and security at this critical stage in life.

Common foods like blueberries, broccoli, tea, walnuts, yogurt, soy, and salmon are just some of the nutrient-rich foods that can help people live longer, look younger, and feel healthier. This book breaks down the secrets of the top twenty superfoods and how they can be instrumental in transforming the body. Readers will learn key nutritional information on the following topics: blueberries can fuel brain pow broccoli prevents cancer oats can lower cholesterol pumpkin helps skin look more youthful salmon turns back time in the heart spinach protects the eyes yogurt boosts the immune system. Along with fifty recipes to jumpstart their use in a daily diet, this book makes it easy to find that elusive fountain of youth!

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Shifty eyes? Your boss is lying. Wide, open eyes? Your blind date is definitely interested. Crossed arms? Your mother-in-law is feeling defensive. You can read anyone's body language—if you know how and where to look. Master the art of nonverbal communication and you'll unlock the secrets of everyone you meet—yourself included! Learn how to: Identify an aggressive handshake Recognize a genuine smile Display self confidence Tell when your child is fibbing Show your date you're interested When you can interpret body language, you're literally clued in to the world around you—and everyone in it. Whether you're at work, at home, or even on a blind date, The Everything Body Language Book is your ticket to understanding people—one wink, blink, and nod at a time!

For thousands of years, one clandestine organization has been rumored to control the destinies of men, cities, even nations: Freemasonry. Often traced back to the stonemason guilds of the Middle Ages, Freemasons were supposedly to be found among all the great minds of the Renaissance, including Da Vinci. The Freemasons have claimed such illustrious personages as Mozart, Benjamin Franklin, Darwin, FDR, Churchill, W.C. Fields, Herbert Hoover, and many others as members. Even today, Freemasonry boasts Masonic lodges all over the globe. The Everything Freemasons Book examines all the aspects of this fascinating organization, including: -myths, legends, and stories of this ancient order—what’s true and what’s not -the closely guarded secret rituals, symbols, and esoteric arts -the Freemasons’ enemies—from the Catholic Church to the Nazis -the many controversies surrounding this secret society—past and present

Celebrated life and career expert Alison Blackman Dunham (aka "Advice Sister Alison") gives you the "must-have" basics of modern, adult dating, along with tons of tips and tactics that make dating exciting, safe, and successful! With Alison's advice you will: Set your sights-Define your goals, and chart a personalized course for your most successful dating journey, ever! Make your time count-Discover where all the "good ones" go and find the perfect person for you! Gain confidence-Work what you've got, from making first contact to making a date. Ace the date-Prepare to have fun, make sure you're the one they want to see again and again, and stay out of harm's way-from doorbell to goodnight kiss. Deal with dating downers-Empower yourself to deal with emotional pitfalls and finesse social challenges. With innovative advice on everything from that key first date, to Internet dating, to keeping the fires burning, The Everything Dating Book, 2nd Edition is your one-stop handbook for finding-and keeping-the love you want!

Master the exciting art of card magic with The Everything Card Tricks Book. Featuring intriguing party tricks guaranteed to awe and entertain, this easy-to-follow guide has all you need to impress even the toughest skeptics. Instruction progresses from basic to advanced as you learn to handle everything from simple tricks to the most slippery deceptions. Structured for all levels, this is the only reference that all ages can enjoy – with or without an audience! Includes helpful hints on: Engaging your audience Shuffling and cutting Caring for your cards Clever card placement Presenting with flourish With fully illustrated step-by-step instructions, The Everything Card Tricks Book is your one-stop resource to learn the electrifying art of card magic – the fast and fun way!