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Learn to Earn A Beginners Guide to th...
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Mutual-fund superstar Peter Lynch and author John Rothchild explain the basic principles of the stock market and business in an investing guide that will enlighten and entertain anyone who is high-school age or older.
Many investors, including some with substantial portfolios, have only the sketchiest idea of how the stock market works. The reason, say Lynch and Rothchild, is that the basics of investing—the fundamentals of our economic system and what they have to do with the stock market—aren’t taught in school. At a time when individuals have to make important decisions about saving for college and 401(k) retirement funds, this failure to provide a basic education in investing can have tragic consequences.
For those who know what to look for, investment opportunities are everywhere. The average high-school student is familiar with Nike, Reebok, McDonald’s, the Gap, and the Body Shop. Nearly every teenager in America drinks Coke or Pepsi, but only a very few own shares in either company or even understand how to buy them.
Every student studies American history, but few realize that our country was settled by European colonists financed by public companies in England and Holland—and the basic principles behind public companies haven’t changed in more than three hundred years.
In Learn to Earn, Lynch and Rothchild explain in a style accessible to anyone who is high-school age or older how to read a stock table in the daily newspaper, how to understand a company annual report, and why everyone should pay attention to the stock market. They explain not only how to invest, but also how to think like an investor.
ISBN:9780684811635
Author:Peter Lynch and John Rothchild
Little Book of Common Sense Investing...
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Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns.
Investing is all about common sense. Owning a diversified portfolio of stocks and holding it for the long term is a winner's game. Trying to beat the stock market is theoretically a zero-sum game (for every winner, there must be a loser), but after the substantial costs of investing are deducted, it becomes a loser's game. Common sense tells us--and history confirms--that the simplest and most efficient investment strategy is to buy and hold all of the nation's publicly held businesses at very low cost. The classic index fund that owns this market portfolio is the only investment that guarantees you with your fair share of stock market returns.
To learn how to make index investing work for you, there's no better mentor than legendary mutual fund industry veteran John C. Bogle. Over the course of his long career, Bogle--founder of the Vanguard Group and creator of the world's first index mutual fund--has relied primarily on index investing to help Vanguard's clients build substantial wealth. Now, with The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, he wants to help you do the same.
Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing will show you how to incorporate this proven investment strategy into your portfolio. It will also change the very way you think about investing. Successful investing is not easy. (It requires discipline and patience.) But it is simple. For it's all about common sense.
With The Little Book of Common Sense Investing as your guide, you'll discover how to make investing a winner's game:
Why business reality--dividend yields and earnings growth--is more important than market expectations How to overcome the powerful impact of investment costs, taxes, and inflation How the magic of compounding returns is overwhelmed by the tyranny of compounding costs What expert investors and brilliant academics--from Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham to Paul Samuelson and Burton Malkiel--have to say about index investing And much more You'll also find warnings about investment fads and fashions, including the recent stampede into exchange traded funds and the rise of indexing gimmickry.
The real formula for investment success is to own the entire market, while significantly minimizing the costs of financial intermediation. That's what index investing is all about. And that's what this book is all about.
ISBN:9780470102107
Author:John C Bogle
Bare by Jackie Phamotse
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Bare: The Blesser’s Game
Treasure is a naïve dreamer tossed into this unforgiving reality. Intent on supporting herself, she walks out of her dysfunctional family home in Westonaria and straight into the greedy heart of Jo’burg, disguised as the city of gold and black diamonds, to chase the illusion of fame and a happy ending.
Living a life of luxury in a society of artificial human beings comes at a hefty price.
She is wooed by a wealthy man who grooms her into a power-hungry machine... but is the pleasure worth the pain and endless sacrifices? What can she offer a man who has everything but a soul?
As her life crumbles around her, can Treasure alter her fate before it’s too late? This inspirational novel is for all those who see one side to life; it's time to open your eyes to both sides of the coin.
ISBN:9781928276661
Author:Jackie Phamotse
Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
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Gorillas in the Mist: A Remarkable Story of Thirteen Years Spent Living with the Greatest of the Great Apes
Dian Fossey's classic account of four gorilla families; the basis for the major movie starring Sigourney Weaver.
For thirteen years Dian Fossey lived and worked with Uncle Bert, Flossie, Beethoven, Pantsy and Digit in the remote rain forests of the volcanic Virunga Mountains in Africa, establishing an unprecedented relationship with these shy and affectionate beasts.
In her base camp, 10,000 feet above sea-level, she struggled daily with rain, loneliness and the ever-constant threat of poachers who slaughtered her beloved gorillas with horrifying ferocity.
African adventure, personal quest and scientific study, Gorillas in the Mist is a unique and intimate glimpse into a vanishing world and a vanishing species.
ISBN:9780753811412
Author:Dian Fossey
Rainbows End A Memoir of Childhood Wa...
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This is a story about a paradise lost. . . . About an African dream that began with a murder . . .In 1978, in the final, bloodiest phase of the Rhodesian civil war, eleven-year-old Lauren St John moves with her family to Rainbow's End, a wild, beautiful farm and game reserve set on the banks of a slow flowing river. The house has been the scene of a horrific attack by guerrillas, and when Lauren's family settles there, a chain of events is set in motion that will change her life irrevocably.
"Rainbow's End" captures the overwhelming beauty and extraordinary danger of life in the African bush. Lauren's childhood reads like a girl's own adventure story. At the height of the war, Lauren rides through the wilderness on her horse, Morning Star, encountering lions, crocodiles, snakes, vicious ostriches, and mad cows. Many of the animals are pets, including Miss Piggy and Bacon and an elegant giraffe named Jenny. The constant threat of ruthless guerrillas prowling the land underscores everything, making each day more dangerous, vivid, and prized than the last.
After Independence, Lauren comes to the bitter realization that she'd been on the wrong side of the civil war. While she and her family believed that they were fighting for democracy over Communism, others saw the war as black against white. And when Robert Mugabe comes into power, he oversees the torture and persecution of thousands of members of an opposing tribe and goes on to become one of Africa's legendary dictators. The ending of this beautiful memoir is a fist to the stomach as Lauren realizes that she can be British or American, but she cannot be African. She can love it -- be willing to die for it -- but she cannot claimAfrica because she is white.
ISBN:9780743286794
Author:Lauren St John
NIV Large Print Compact Bible by Zond...
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Large enough to read. Compact enough to carry. This compact NIV Bible makes the comfort of giant print especially portable. The NIV Giant Print Compact Bible combines ease of reading with a handy compact size, convenient enough to carry anywhere.
The single-column text and easy-on-the-eyes typeface is perfect for more comfortable Bible reading, bringing the Word of God into focus. Testimonials: 'It's such a great feeling knowing I can carry my Bible with me and can read the text easily.
This is the smallest large-print Bible I have ever seen, and it has become my daily-use Bible for that reason!' 'The giant print is awesome! I have 53-year-old eyes and can actually read this Bible without my glasses. The nice compact size makes it great to take along.'
ISBN:9780310435303
Author:Zondervan
King James Version Value Thinline Bib...
The Thomas Nelson KJV Thinline Bible, Large Print featuring the timeless beauty of the King James translation in Thomas Nelson’s new KJV Comfort Print® fonts, is lightweight and convenient for everyday use.
Striking the perfect balance between portability and readability, the KJV Thinline Bible, Large Print offers a large print text so you can increase your engagement with Scripture.
Features include:
• Thomas Nelson KJV Comfort Print® typeface
• Words of Christ in red
• Full-color maps
• Single ribbon marker
• Easy-to-read 11.5-point print size
Choosing Marriage Why It Has to Start...
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Is Marriage Worth it?
Many couples say "I do" with a combination of high hopes and fairy tale fantasies—but there's a difference between the expectations of marriage and the reality of what marriage holds. Whether you're married, single, or dating, now is the time to ask yourself: What steps can I take today to build an incredible marriage for tomorrow?
With compassion and clarity, licensed counselor and relationship expert Debra Fileta shows that when we can work through the struggles of marriage, we get to experience the joys!
Learn about eight powerful choices that will encourage and equip you to take your marriage from average to exceptional and find astonishing survey results from thousands of singles and couples on topics like love and attraction, sex, conflict, and communication.
A beautiful exchange occurs when you learn what it means to choose we before me. Discover practical steps that will give you confidence and courage on the adventure of Choosing Marriage.
ISBN:9780736973380
Author:Debra Fileta
Americas Covert War in East Africa Su...
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Clara Usiskin has spent eight years investigating the 'War on Terror' and its effects in the East and Horn of Africa, documenting hundreds of cases of rendition, secret detention and targeted killings. As a result of her work exposing abuses carried out by regional governments and their international partners, Clara was deported from Kenya and Uganda and is currently persona non grata in both countries.
Her book sets out the historical background to today's covert war, including the early Somali jihads and British repression in colonial Kenya, through to the 1998 US Embassy Bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, and President Clinton's early rendition programme. America's Covert War in East Africa then looks at the US Military's new Africa Command, with its emphasis on counterterrorism, alongside increasing use of targeted killings by security forces in the region, and continued renditions and secret detention.
Finally, Usiskin investigates the shorter and longer term consequences of such intensive militarisation, and the proliferation of surveillance and other technologies of control in East Africa and its surrounding waters, focusing in particular on their impact on vulnerable ethnic and religious groups in a highly volatile region.
ISBN:9781849044134
Author:Clara Usiskin
The Land Is Ours Black Lawyers and th...
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The Land Is Ours tells the story of South Africa’s first black lawyers, who operated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In an age of aggressive colonial expansion, land dispossession and forced labour, these men believed in a constitutional system that respected individual rights and freedoms, and they used the law as an instrument against injustice.
The book follows the lives, ideas and careers of Henry Sylvester Williams, Alfred Mangena, Richard Msimang, Pixley ka Isaka Seme, Ngcubu Poswayo and George Montsioa, who were all members of the ANC. It analyses the legal cases they took on, explores how they reconciled the law with the political upheavals of the day, and considers how they sustained their fidelity to the law when legal victories were undermined by politics.
The Land Is Ours shows that these lawyers developed the concept of a Bill of Rights, which is now an international norm. The book is particularly relevant in light of current calls to scrap the Constitution and its protections of individual rights: it clearly demonstrates that, from the beginning, the struggle for freedom was based on the idea of the rule of law.
ISBN:9781776092857
Author:Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
Travel Guide Map to Mt Kenya National...
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Map of Mt. Kenya National Park. 1:150,000. Tourist Maps Kenya. A detailed hiking map of Mt. Kenya, based on Survey mapping and additional ground checking.
The map shows elevation with color-shading, spot heights, symbols to show lodges, camp sites, observation towers, ranger stantions, air strips, springs, and much more. Descriptive text along the margins. At 5199m, Mt. Kenya is Africa's second highest mountain.
The highest peaks, Batian and Nelion, can only be reached by mountaineers with technical skills. However, point Lenana the third highest peak, can be reached by trekkers. The summits of Mt. Kenya are surrounded by glaciers and often covered by snow. The mountain offers a unique mosaic of forest, moorland, rock and ice. Common animals include giant forest hog, tree hyrax, white-tailed mongoose, elephant, black rhino, bongo, leopard, and mole-rat.
ISBN:2030308000040
Author:Kenya Travel and City Maps
Map of Amboseli National Park
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Map of Amboseli National Park. 1:50,000. Kenya Wildlife Service and Tourist Maps Kenya. Based on the Kenya Survey map, this map adds descriptive text with contact information, campsites, etc.
Amboseli is the second most popular park in Kenya after Masai Mara, mainly because of the spectacular backdrop of Africa's highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, which broods over the southern boundary of the park.
Amboseli can turn into a real dust bowl in the dry season. Buffaloes, lions, gazelles, cheetahs, wildebeests, elephants, hyenas, jackals, warthogs, zebras, Masai giraffes, and baboons are all present. Large elephant’s herds can be seen grazing with the Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background.
ISBN:6166000026212
Author:Kenya Travel and City Maps
Leaders: Myth and Reality by Stanley ...
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Stanley McChrystal, the retired US Army general and bestselling author of Team of Teams, profiles thirteen of history’s great leaders, including Walt Disney, Coco Chanel, and Robert E. Lee, to show that leadership is not what you think it is—and never was.
Stan McChrystal served for thirty-four years in the US Army, rising from a second lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne Division to a four-star general, in command of all American and coalition forces in Afghanistan.
During those years he worked with countless leaders and pondered an ancient question: "What makes a leader great?” He came to realize that there is no simple answer.
McChrystal profiles thirteen famous leaders from a wide range of eras and fields—from corporate CEOs to politicians and revolutionaries. He uses their stories to explore how leadership works in practice and to challenge the myths that complicate our thinking about this critical topic.
With Plutarch’s Lives as his model, McChrystal looks at paired sets of leaders who followed unconventional paths to success. For instance. . .
ISBN:9780525534372
Author:Stanley McChrystal, Jeff Eggers and Jay Mangone
Defeating Dictators Fighting Tyranny ...
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Despite billions of dollars of aid and the best efforts of the international community to improve economies and bolster democracy across Africa, violent dictatorships persist. As a result, millions have died, economies are in shambles, and whole states are on the brink of collapse.
Political observers and policymakers are starting to believe that economic aid is not the key to saving Africa. So what does the continent need to do to throw off the shackles of militant rule? African policy expert George Ayittey argues that before Africa can prosper, she must be free.
Taking a hard look at the fight against dictatorships around the world, from Ukraine's orange revolution in 2004 to Iran's Green Revolution last year, he examines what strategies worked in the struggle to establish democracy through revolution. Ayittey also offers strategies for the West to help Africa in her quest for freedom, including smarter sanctions and establishing fellowships for African students.
ISBN:9780230108592
Author:George B N Ayittey
Contract Law The Fundamentals by Ryan...
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The Fundamentals series introduces students to the principles of the law by way of clear text combined with visual aids, tools and diagrams to enable an easy understanding of the subject without sacrificing the detail that is required for proper comprehension.
Each title assumes no level of prior knowledge, allowing the book to be used for those new to the subject and for distance learning.
Contract Law - The Fundamentals presents a clear and detailed explanation of the area, with features that aid comprehension and understanding, providing an excellent grounding in the subject and a solid basis for the study of law.
ISBN:9780414060746
Author:Ryan Murray
Somalia State Collapse and the Threat...
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This work explores Somalia's state collapse and the security threats posed by Somalia's prolonged crisis.
Communities are reduced to lawlessness, and the interests of commercial elites have shifted towards rule of law, but not a revived central state.
Terrorists have found Somalia inhospitable, using it mainly for short-term transshipment.
ISBN:9780198516705
Author:Ken Menkhaus
Shogun by James Clavell
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Here is the world-famous novel of Japan that is the earliest book in James Clavell’s masterly Asian saga. Set in the year 1600, it tells the story of a bold English pilot whose ship was blown ashore in Japan, where he encountered two people who were to change his life: a warlord with his own quest for power, and a beautiful interpreter torn between two ways of life and two ways of love.
The principal figures are John Blackthorne, whose dream it is to be the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, to wrest control of the trade between Japan and China from Portuguese, and to return home a man of wealth and position; Toranaga, the most powerful feudal lord in Japan, who strives and schemes to seize ultimate power by becoming Shogun—the Supreme Military Dictator—and to unite the warring samurai fiefdoms under his own masterly and farsighted leadership; and the Lady Mariko, a Catholic convert whose conflicting loyalties to the Church and her country are compounded when she falls in love with Blackthorne, the barbarian intruder.
In dramatizing how a Westerner, the representative man of his time, comes to be altered by his exposure to an alien culture, Mr. Clavell provides a spellbinding depiction of a nation seething with violence and intrigue as it moves from the medieval world to the modern.
ISBN:9780440178002
Author:James Clavell
Six Minutes in May How Churchill Unex...
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London, early May 1940: Britain is at war and Neville Chamberlain’s government is about to fall. It is hard for us to imagine the Second World War without Winston Churchill taking over at the helm, but in Six Minutes in May Nicholas Shakespeare shows how easily events could have gone in a different direction.
The first land battle of the war was fought in the far north, in Norway. It went disastrously for the Allies and many blamed Churchill. Yet weeks later he would rise to the most powerful post in the country, overtaking Chamberlain and the favourite to succeed him, Lord Halifax.
It took just six minutes for MPs to cast the votes that brought down Chamberlain. Shakespeare shows us both the dramatic action on the battlefield in Norway and the machinations and personal relationships in Westminster that led up to this crucial point. Uncovering fascinating new research and delving deep into the backgrounds of the key players, he has given us a new perspective on this critical moment in our history.
ISBN:9781846559723
Author:Nicholas Shakespeare
By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson De...
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They were forced to meet by the rivers of Babylon...In Israel, two Concorde jets take off for a UN conference that will finally bring peace to the Middle East. Covered by F-14 fighters, accompanied by security men, the planes carry warriors, pacifists, lovers, enemies, dignatories - and a bomb planted by a terrorist mastermind.
Suddenly they're forced to crash-land at an ancient desert site. Here, with only a handful of weapons, the men and women of the peace mission must make a desperate stand against an army of crack Palestinian commandos - while the Israeli authorities desperately attempt a rescue bid.
A story of compulsive excitement, rich in personal drama and political tension that must rank as one of the greatest of our times.
ISBN:9780751531237
Author:Nelson DeMille
Unashamed by Lecrae
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If you live for people's acceptance, you'll die from their rejection.
Two-time Grammy winning rap artist, Lecrae, learned this lesson through more than his share of adversity—childhood abuse, drugs and alcoholism, a stint in rehab, an abortion, and an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
Along the way, Lecrae attained an unwavering faith in Jesus and began looking to God for affirmation. Now as a chart-topping industry anomaly, he has learned to ignore the haters and make peace with his craft. The rap artist holds nothing back as he divulges the most sensitive details of his life, answers his critics, shares intimate handwritten journal entries, and powerfully models how to be a Christian in a secular age.
This is the story of one man's journey to faith and freedom.
ISBN:9781433689123
Author:Lecrae