Money

If this book were fiction, it would rank up there with The War of The Worlds for exciting reading-BUT IT ISN'T. This insane incident occured and the [people] involved got a very short prison sentence for almost kdnaping the president's body to get a counterfeiter out of jail! I won't reveal anything, but get this book-it's [a good price] and reads like a great mystery, but it all happened in 1879 and its all true and all unbelievable!!

This revised edition of the Great Abraham Lincoln Hijack, story of the 1876 attempt to steal President Lincoln's body, first published in 1990, is footnoted with foreword by Thomas F. Schwartz, Illinois State Historian. Bonnie Speer has made a notable contribution to Lincoln literature and this study deserves a place on the shelves of Lincolniana. It is most readable and factual. Wayne C. Temple, Illinois State Archives

My two and a half year old son loves reading this book! He loves to see the rat on every page, and enjoys discovering the animals behind the flaps. Wonderful ending too. Mick Inkpen is great as usual. We have read this book at least twice a day for the last few weeks!

Fun and challenging developer of math skills. Wonderful for pet/animal lovers. Best rat character ever. Small children/pre-schoolers will love the pictures and pull tabs. Older school age children will be challenged by the math.

This fascinating, well-written little volume is investing made easy for those of us who aren't Warren Buffet, and may even be "investing-challenged." With excellent analogies and anecdotes drawn from his puttering around the garden, the author makes the seemingly daunting task of what to do with one's - and one's family's - cherished and hard-earned savings seem not only less paralyzing, but even fun. And since the author writes informatively not only about finances but about gardening, it's a terrific "two-fer." Quite simply, it's the best investment I ever made.

I loved this little book!
I tend to be rather daunted by numbers in general and financial statements in particular, but this book discusses the basics of investing in terms of gardening -- tending the soil, planting the seed, waiting for the harvest -- rather than in terms of things that make my eyes glaze over. I've never heard investing described in this way, but it really helped me understand so much!

Finally, a book on personal budgeting that I was able to understand and put to use. I recommend this guide to others like myself who have a difficult time with their finances. I never knew where my money was going.

The author has another blockbuster on personal finance. This book is an easy read, easy to understand and easy to implement the personal budgeting guidance contained therein. An average working person who follows the books outline, will be able to accumulate millions in their life time and be able to retire with a standard of living they thought impossible. The recommendations in this book works for those who have the courage to implement the authors easy to follow guidance.

I loved this book. After being given a copy from a friend I couldn't put it down. I've listened to the audio CD that comes with it at least 15 times over and over in my car. What amazes me is how such an outright scandal can be so accepted by Presidents, Congressmen and Senators and how its not being talked about by anyone in our national political debate!

I know there's a lot of crack-pot right wing and leftist liberal "chicken-littles" that love to scream the sky is falling and the world's coming to end - but that's not this book. Dwight Drake does a great job talking about the Social Security Crisis, why it's an issue for right now, how it affects every American's ability to earn, save, invest and support their family. In a time when so many of us are struggling to keep our jobs and make our payments its maddening to learn that most American's pay more in Social Security than they do in income taxes and its all being wasted - nothing is being saved for us. I especially found the evidence section (Part IV) very compelling. Anyone can tell stories but Mr. Drake backs up his claims with hard evidence that includes statements from the past Presidents going back to Roosevelt in 1935, warnings and budgets from the Congressional Budget Office and the office of the Social Security Trustee.

The truth uncovered in this book scary. Social Security is a front for a unfair taxe on low and middle income households in America to fund operating costs of the federal government. What's more frightening is that not one party - not one President - not one Politician can be blamed - that's why no one is willing to talk about the issue - that's the Gutless Neglect. Don't believe it? Get this book - Get the hard non-partisan facts - Get the truth - if you can handle it.

Every family in America needs to know what's in this book. As a homemaker with two small children I thought Social Security was just about taking care of retired people - it's not. This book explains in a way anyone can understand how our Social Security system has become a way for politicians to steal and cheat hard working American families. I had no idea that the money we pay in Social Security isn't been saved for us - that its being spent by the government every year. I had no idea that last year more money was stolen from hard working American's Social Security savings than was paid in taxes by all corporations. I had no idea that this crisis has been going on for decades and everyone in Washington accepts it as standard operating procedure. I had no idea that other countries like Chile have faced a similar crisis and were able to fix it in a way our leaders won't even talk about. After learning what's in this book - I'm upset and afraid for myself, my parents and my children. If you care about this country in anyway and regardless of your political party - you need to read this book! Get it.

Hawaiian Money is an encyclopedia of information on Hawaiian coins and tokens. It contains information valuable to anyone, begginer to coin dealer. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in tokens, scrip, medals or coins of Hawaii.

Auction houses, advanced and beginner collectors, dealers of coins, tokens and currency, all use this book to guide them in their collecting, pricing, and cataloging of Hawaiian money.

Who remembers that Andrew Jackson, leader of the Democratic Party and who was elected president in 1828 was actually a libertarian opposed to central banking? Who remembers that there once existed an American free-market "central bank" under the name of Suffolk Bank? All this and much more is discussed and put into historical context in this book by Rothbard. The book
is likely to become the standard alternative to the Friedman-Schwartz monetary history of the United States. As Rothbard reminds about the Hoover era: "(...) the Fed and the administration tried their best to inflate, efforts foiled by the good sense, and by the increasing distrust of the banking system, of the American people."(p. 275)

Absolutely fabulous! Only the incomparable Rothbard could tell this compelling story in its full richness and detail. Here the hidden history of money and banking in America unfolds as the internecine, behind-the-scenes warfare between elite financial interests such as the House of Morgan and the Rockefellers, the electoral struggle between the Hamiltonian Federalists and the Jeffersonian Republicans, and the duel-to-the-death Bank War of Nicholas Biddle and Andrew Jackson. Discover the intriguing facts of how post-Civil War ethnoreligious political conflict between postmillennial pietist Protestant Republicans versus liturgical libertarian Democrats translated into deeply-felt attitudes toward inflation, sound money, and the Gold Standard. Explore the arcane and clandestine origins of the powerful Federal Reserve, a secretive institution still clouded in mystery and myth. This magnificent volume of unpublished and previously published writings by the late Murray N. Rothbard deserves to be on the shelf of every careful scholar of political economy, and of everyone who enjoys the discovery of unseasonable and unsettling truths concerning the government elites who attempt to run our lives, debase our money, and squander our children's futures.

As a woman who has worked from home for over eight years, the most important lesson that I have learned is to enjoy all of the expert information that is available for research about working from home. Homemade Money: Bringing In the Bucks is a perfect example of reading something that will enlighten you, help you in areas that you never imagined and give you the self-confidence to know that you are choosing your own path for your life instead of letting some employer rule your days! I never imagined how much information author Barbara Brabec was cramming into this great read! Even though I feel good about my work and my lifestyle, I learned even more about working from home and increasing my future income from Homemade Money: Bringing In the Bucks. I suggest you take the time to read this jam-packed book, filled with information, been-there-done-that advice and helpful tips. It could possibly help YOU bring in the bucks!

My good friend Barbara Brabec has produced what I believe to be the most comprehensive "manual" for anyone starting or thinking of starting a home-based business.

No questions are left unanswered. From start-up concerns like zoning, permits, and legal forms of your business, to running your business day-to-day, this book is the only one that you'll need to get up and running in no time.

What's more, Barbara Brabec has solicited the comments of industry professionals from many different fields. They offer tried-and-true tips and techniques to run your business smoothly and, as the title says, "Bring in the bucks"!

Highly recommended as more and more people are starting and running their own businesses today-- from home. And it contains all of the info you need.

If you buy just one book before launching out into the deep waters of home-based self-employment, make it this book!

I was on the road to financial disaster until I read this book. It made me take a good look at my financial status, how I got to that state and what to do to fix the situation. I am now on my way to Financial Freedom and enjoying every minute of it!! Give this book to everyone you care about.

This book is an absolute must read for anyone. This book can change your life. It helps anyone who wants to know how to do the right thing with their lives and with their finances. Everyone should read this book. Even if you are not having any financial trouble. Teenagers should read this book so they can start out on the right foot.

Very funny little book - my sister got it for me for my birthday a few years ago, and together we read it in the very snobby restaurant where our family dined that night. We were howling, almost under the table from laughing so hard - much to the dismay of the diners around us!

I was lent a copy of this book by a friend while in Ireland and since then have been trying to obtain a copy for myself.

What a comedy! If you like to laugh at life and see the funny side of marriage (with just a touch of black humour) then this is the book for you!