Download or read book Fight Back And Don t Get Ripped Off written by David Horowitz and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1979 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Everyday Letters for Busy People written by Debra Hart May and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference contains hundreds of tips, techniques, and samples that will help readers create the perfect letter or e-mail no matter what the occasion or circumstance, or how little time they have.

Download or read book An All Consuming Century written by Gary Cross and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-14 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unqualified victory of consumerism in America was not a foregone conclusion. The United States has traditionally been the home of the most aggressive and often thoughtful criticism of consumption, including Puritanism, Prohibition, the simplicity movement, the '60s hippies, and the consumer rights movement. But at the dawn of the twenty-first century, not only has American consumerism triumphed, there isn't even an "ism" left to challenge it. An All-Consuming Century is a rich history of how market goods came to dominate American life over that remarkable hundred years between 1900 and 2000 and why for the first time in history there are no practical limits to consumerism. By 1930 a distinct consumer society had emerged in the United States in which the taste, speed, control, and comfort of goods offered new meanings of freedom, thus laying the groundwork for a full-scale ideology of consumer's democracy after World War II. From the introduction of Henry Ford's Model T ("so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one") and the innovations in selling that arrived with the department store (window displays, self service, the installment plan) to the development of new arenas for spending (amusement parks, penny arcades, baseball parks, and dance halls), Americans embraced the new culture of commercialism—with reservations. However, Gary Cross shows that even the Depression, the counterculture of the 1960s, and the inflation of the 1970s made Americans more materialistic, opening new channels of desire and offering opportunities for more innovative and aggressive marketing. The conservative upsurge of the 1980s and '90s indulged in its own brand of self-aggrandizement by promoting unrestricted markets. The consumerism of today, thriving and largely unchecked, no longer brings families and communities together; instead, it increasingly divides and isolates Americans. Consumer culture has provided affluent societies with peaceful alternatives to tribalism and class war, Cross writes, and it has fueled extraordinary economic growth. The challenge for the future is to find ways to revive the still valid portion of the culture of constraint and control the overpowering success of the all-consuming twentieth century.

Download or read book Stop Getting Ripped Off written by Bob Sullivan and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author of Gotcha Capitalism and MSNBC.com "Red Tape Chronicles" columnist Bob Sullivan strikes again to help you evade the financial traps big businesses set for unwary consumers—and shows you how to get the best possible deals every single time. Today's marketplace is full of hidden fees, fine print, and other booby traps designed to trip you up and take your money. You may be losing big even when you think you're getting a steal! But with Sullivan's keen guidance and sensible advice, you can save money and regain control of your financial life. Clearly and concisely, Sullivan reveals • why American consumers make such easy targets for corporate America (you'll be stunned, for example, at how poor our math skills are) • how Wall Street will skim off one third of your retirement money (avoid this trap with Sullivan's new "Pitfall-Proof Pyramid") • the myths behind credit-card reward programs and "the 21st-Century Bank Account" • the real numbers to focus on when buying a new car • why you should spend more time shopping for your mortgage than your home • the key questions you must ask before buying life insurance • the secrets to saving for college and paying off student loans the right way • the best deals on cell phones and pay-TV service With Sullivan's empowering message, financial savvy, and knowledge of consumers' wants and needs, you can outsmart the system, keep your hard-earned cash, and finally stop getting ripped off. And you'll become part of a growing grass-roots movement to rein in the abuses of corporate America before consumers get hurt by another boom-and-bust cycle. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Download or read book Ask written by Barbara Rollin and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2001-11-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the simplest technique imaginable, and it can save you hours of your time, hundreds of headaches, and thousands of dollars. Barbara Rollin has saved a small fortune by using a technique that is so simple, so easy, that anyone can do it. By using the power of "Asking," Barbara Rollin has gotten refunds, discounts, deals, lower prices, and customer satisfaction beyond her wildest dreams. In Ask! you will learn her strategies to: -Get credit card companies to lower your interest rates -Make stores pay for your time when deliveries are late -Get hotels to lower their room rates upon check-in -Receive refunds for disappointing merchandise-even years later -Learn to ask for and get better medical care -Stop accepting anything less than a totally satisfying restaurant meal -Return anything to a store-even if they have a "no returns" policy -And much more! Barbara Rollin has learned in her years of steadily more audacious "Asking" that companies will comply-usually with a smile. Everyone has the power to "Ask" for satisfaction, without whining or complaining. The stories and anecdotes in Ask! will demonstrate that power to you, so that you can begin getting more than you ever dreamed possible through these simple techniques.

Download or read book Fight For Your Money written by David Bach and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A war for your money is raging and it is time to fight back! In a book that will forever change how you spend your hard earned money, America’s favorite financial coach, David Bach, shows you how to save thousands of dollars every year by taking on the “corporate machines.” In these times when every dollar counts, big businesses are using dishonest tricks to rip you off, making themselves billions while they keep you living paycheck to paycheck. David Bach knows that until you learn to fight for your money, you will overpay for almost everything you buy. In Fight for Your Money, he gives you the tools to FIGHT BACK and WIN. Bach shows you how every dollar you spend is really a battle between you and the businesses—and the government—who want to take it as profit. When you know how the system is rigged –the extra points, the hidden fees, the late charges, the unused tax breaks, the escalating rates—you can fight back against the pickpockets and save literally thousands every year—money in your pocket that can help you live your dreams. Fight for Your Money shows how you are being taken on your cell phone contract, cable bill, car purchase, credit card, life insurance, healthcare, 401(k) plan, airfare, hotel bills, and much more. Bach gives you all the tools you need to fight back, with websites, phone numbers, sample letters and real-life stories of ordinary people who have fought for their money and won. You’ll learn how to: Beat the credit card companies at the games they play that cost you thousands annually in interest and fees Make your bank accounts work for you with higher yields and lower fees Save thousands by pre-paying college tuition at TODAY’s prices Raise your credit score and pay thousands less in mortgage interest Cut your life insurance premiums in half by making one call Save hundreds on air travel, hotels, and car rentals—just by being an informed consumer Avoid huge rip-offs like bank-issued gift cards, medical credit cards, 401(k) debit cards, and sneaky renewals of your cell-phone plan. David Bach knows that when you are being taken financially, you work harder than you have to, for longer than you need to. This book helps you fight for your money, so you can live your life doing what you really want to do.

Download or read book Don t Be a Victim written by Nancy Grace and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover gripping true crime stories and the surprising tools you need to keep you and your family safe -- from iconic legal commentator, TV journalist, and New York Times bestselling author Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace wasn't always the iconic legal commentator we know today. One moment changed her entire future forever: her fiancé Keith was murdered just before their wedding. Driven to deliver justice for other crime victims, Nancy became a felony prosecutor and for a decade, put the "bad guys" behind bars in inner-city Atlanta. Now, with a new and potentially life-saving book, Nancy puts her crime-fighting expertise to work to empower you stay safe in the face of daily dangers. Packed with practical advice and invaluable prevention tips, Don't Be a Victim shows you how to: Fend off threats of assaults, car-jack and home invasion Defend yourself against online stalking, computer hackers and financial fraudsters Stay safe in your own home, at school and other public settings like parking garages, elevators and campsites Protect yourself while shopping, driving and even on vacation With insights on so many potential threats, you'll be empowered to protect yourself and your children at home and in the world at large by being proactive! Nancy's crime-fighting expertise helps keep you, your family, and those you love out of harm's way.

Download or read book Sweet One written by Peter Docker and published by Fremantle Press. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a senior Aboriginal war veteran dies horribly at the hands of state government authorities, Izzy, a journalist and daughter of a war veteran herself, flies to the goldfields of Western Australia to cover his death. But Izzy is about to learn that for every action there is an equal and bloody reaction. On the trail of the vigilantes, she finds herself embedded in a secret war that is finally, irrevocably, going to explode to the surface.

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Download or read book Hungry Independents written by Ted Hill and published by Permuted Press. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grasshoppers have invaded Independents, and the crops are under attack. Hunter seeks out help from the kids in Cozad, but finds them served up like cold cuts at a deli to the emaciated horseman of the apocalypse known as Famine. After Hunter meets the eye-appealing Barbara, who prefers to be called Barbie, he has to constantly remind her that he has a girlfriend. Sometimes he reminds himself. The distraction is only temporary as he risks his life to protect the children from Famine’s hunger. With Barbie fighting at his side to free the Cozad kids, Hunter discovers he is immune to physical harm, even though the pain from his brother’s death remains heavy on his shoulders. He knows everything will be all right if he holds himself together long enough to make it back home to Molly, unless Famine and his swarm of insects arrive there ahead of him.

Download or read book Phantom Series written by Zane Brockie and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phantom Series: Hunting By: Zane Brockie Phantom Series: Hunting follows Ezra, a Phantom, as he sends his team across Midterra on an expedition to find a new witch. The first in a decade after their believed extinction; and the only other species not poisoned by magic. Each Phantom is cursed with a guardian angel that haunts them and, eventually, drives them to insanity. Hunting is a fantasy novel that looks to remembering the past, and how, no matter how old, it can come back to haunt you.

Download or read book Dwelling Portably written by Bert Davis and published by Microcosm Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of information about living without a permanent residence, this complete collection contains helpful and informative tips for living far outside of cities and bereft of technology. All of the tips and advice have been edited down to what remains relevant in a technologically changing world, and it is crammed full of informative tips for biking, tents, showering, cooking, and living. Whether camping on the edges, living simply, or getting by on the road and loving it, this book is for modern nomads choosing alternative lifestyles to working 9–5 in the same place.

Download or read book Dwelling Portably 1990 1999 written by Bert Davis and published by Microcosm Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-29 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of information about living without a permanent residence, this collection contains helpful and informative tips for biking, tents, showering, and cooking. These zines from 1990 to 1999 show how to live the lifestyle far outside of cities and bereft of technology.

Download or read book Heaven Defying Cultivation in the City written by Lv Hen and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-10 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After failing the Celestial Immortal tribulation, he returned to Earth and returned back to his previous life. With immortal arts, he knew that in the future, when the world was revealed to him, he would definitely rise to the heavens in laughter. Fighting against a formidable figure, carrying a beautiful woman, expanding their territory, and fighting for the world! Who could contend with the Illusory Flower? The heavens and the earth are my sovereign!

Download or read book Flowers in the Boneyard written by Marcel G. Mendes and published by marcel mendes. This book was released on 2007-07-20 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young and bold American travels to Burma in search of rubies. during his trip, he befriends a Burmese Boy who becomes his guide. When a group of dangerous men kidnaps his friend, our protagonist decides to rescue the young boy. But the powerful enemies he has to face on the outside are nothing compare to the ones gnawing at his soul.

Download or read book The Sacrifice Duet written by Natasha Knight and published by Natasha Knight. This book was released on 2024-08-16 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sacrifice Duet contains The Tithing & The Penitent and tells the complete story of Azrael Delacroix and Willow Wildblood! An ancient curse. Two families bound. A forbidden love. When the Wildbloods presented their daughters to me on the night of the Tithing, they knew what was to come for the chosen girl. The crescent moon that marked Willow made her mine. I had no choice but to take her. Destiny determined our fates long before we were born, laying our roles out for us. A Sacrifice would be made. A Tithe paid. Only then would our families be free, at least until the next payment came due. I would have done my duty as Penitent. I tried. But no one counted on the lion falling in love with the lamb. And loving Willow could cost me everything.

Download or read book It s a Cat s World You Just Live in It written by Dr. Justine Lee and published by Crown. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, the truth about cats is out of the bag! If cat lovers are from Venus, then cats hail from another planet altogether. Mischievous and aloof one moment, affectionate the next, the cat is a confounding creature right down to its question mark of a tail. What cat owner hasn’t wondered what goes on inside that mysterious kitty brain? In this companion to It’s a Dog’s Life . . . but It’s Your Carpet, veterinary specialist Dr. Justine A. Lee answers your questions about all things feline in this entertaining and enlightening guide. An animal lover with two cats of her own, Dr. Lee combines scientific research with irreverent humor to address questions ranging from the common to the offbeat, including: • Do cats always land on their feet? • Can I train my cat to use the toilet? • Do cats have belly buttons? • How do I stop my cat from begging for food at 5:45 a.m.? • Can cats really predict death or cancer? • How can I make my antisocial cat more social? Dr. Lee also shares helpful hints on what to look for in a veterinarian. (Helpful Hint No. 1: Find a veterinarian who owns a cat.) She also reveals what every veterinarian wants you to know about being a smart consumer and pet owner. With tips on dealing with kitty’s more irksome behaviors (yes, she has some), advice on looking out for her health and well-being, and plenty of laughs, It’s a Cat’s World . . . You Just Live in It helps cat owners love and understand their quirky feline companions more than ever.