The Mammoth Book of Losers

The Mammoth Book of Losers
Author: Karl Shaw
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2014-06-05
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1780338317

This compendious celebration of ineptitude includes some of history’s most spectacularly ill-conceived expeditions and entirely useless pursuits, and features tales of black comedy, insane foolhardiness, breathtaking stupidity and relentless perseverance in the face of inevitable defeat. It rejoices in men and women made of the Wrong Stuff: writers who believed in the power of words, but could never quite find the rights ones; artists and performers who indulged their creative impulse with a passion, if not a sense of the ridiculous, an eye for perspective or the ability to hold down a tune; scientists and businessmen who never quite managed to quit while they were ahead; and sportsmen who seemed to manage always to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Like Walter Oudney, one of three men chosen to find the source of the River Niger in Africa, who could not ride a horse, nor speak any foreign languages and who had never travelled more than 30 miles beyond his native Edinburgh; or the explorer-priest Michel Alexandre de Baize, who set off to explore the African continent from east to west equipped with 24 umbrellas, some fireworks, two suits of armor, and a portable organ; or the Scottish army which decided to invade England in 1349 – during the Black Death. Entries include: briefest career in dentistry; least successful bonding exercise; most futile attempt to find a lost tribe; most pointless lines of research by someone who should have known better; least successful celebrity endorsement; least convincing excuse for a war; worst poetic tribute to a root vegetable; least successful display of impartiality by a juror; Devon Loch – sporting metaphor for blowing un unblowable lead; least dignified exit from office by a French president; and least successful expedition by camel.

How to Get Filthy, Stinking Rich and Still Have Time for Great Sex

How to Get Filthy, Stinking Rich and Still Have Time for Great Sex
Author: Herb Kay
Publisher: Wildcat Publishing Company
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781885167361

Acclaimed businessman and money expert Herb Kay outlines the three ways to wealth--Slow, Quick, and Smart--and proves the smart way is the fastest and most enjoyable whether measured by one's bank account or inner contentment. 60 illustrations.

How to Become Filthy, Stinking Rich Through Network Marketing

How to Become Filthy, Stinking Rich Through Network Marketing
Author: Mark Yarnell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2012-02-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118233077

A contemporary approach to network marketing—from the author of the million-copy bestseller, Your First Year in Network Marketing This is a book about reality—an unpleasant reality that no one seems to want to address. A large number of the population was hit with substantial loss of income and savings during the recent economic meltdown. Many feel that they have no way to build back their savings in order to retire comfortably and securely. Many now believe that there just isn't enough time left to turn it around. How to Become Filthy, Stinking Rich Through Network Marketing is for those who refuse to accept this nonsense. With such a confusing array of home business opportunities and so many millions caught in the financial meltdown, there has never been a more important time for due diligence and a proven path to follow. In How to Become Filthy, Stinking Rich Through Network Marketing you will learn how to: Select the right networking company based on expert advice and solid criteria Thrive as an entrepreneur Deal with fear, rejection, inertia, and naysayers Build professional habits that drive success Lead, motivate, and serve your team Recruit with rejection-free strategies Learn how to develop an entrepreneurial spirit through network marketing in order to build dramatic prosperity today.

Just Not Enough to Love

Just Not Enough to Love
Author: Shavonne M. Pritchard
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2021-08-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1665709669

Being married to former NBA player Vincent King made Claire Hutchinson think she had it all. For a time, it appeared she was right, but then, it all fell apart in a downpour of lies, deceit, and betrayal. Claire doesn’t give up. She marries her Fiji lover Manny Barrington and again expects to find lasting happiness while living with Manny and her twin daughters. Too late, Claire realizes the past always comes back to haunt. A killer is out to ruin her world, and Claire must find a way to survive or meet her maker. She is determined to defend the people she loves and make her life better, but at what cost?

Taming the Pound

Taming the Pound
Author: Kim Stephenson
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1848767528

Taming the Pound tells you everything you always wanted to know about handling your money. The book is designed to help you gain control of your money, instead of it controlling you. Whether you want to be able to talk about money with your partner, determine what you really want from your money, understand your spending habits or simply get a sense of financial control, Taming the Pound is a must read for creating success in life and work during the post credit crunch years. Using his unique experience as a qualified financial advisor, chartered and registered occupational psychologist, and qualified coach, author Kim Stephenson uses his consultancy experience to help people who want to get rid of their money worries and enjoy their lives. Using straightforward language, humour, cartoons and mixing current research with experience and anecdote, Taming the Pound provides the ultimate what you need to know guide for the person who does not have knowledge of, or interest in, complex finance. It explains both the real workings of the marketplace and the social and psychological influences at work on you when it comes to finances. So how do you make sensible decisions about finances and make money work for you? Read this practical, inspirational book, and then lend it to your bank manager! Kim Stephenson is unique, he s qualified and has practiced as both a psychologist and financial advisor. An accredited coach with over 25 years' consultancy experience, his website www.tamingthepound.com helps people handle money. He s appeared in The Guardian and FT, Financial Solutions, Therapy Today and on BBC radio stations and at numerous conferences.

Bright's Kill

Bright's Kill
Author: J.D. Carpenter
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2005-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1554885027

When racehorse trainer Delbert "Shorty" Rogers is found dead in a stall at Caledonia Downs, Homicide Detective Campbell Young is drawn into the investigation. Add to the mix a lottery winner, an Internet mogul, a reclusive land baron, his voluptuous helpmate and twin bodyguards, an eccentric environmentalist, a cast of backstretch characters reminiscent of Damon Runyon, and the murder of a thoroughbred racehorse named Download, and the scene is set. The possibility that the deaths of Rogers and Download are unrelated makes Young’s task even more difficult. With the assistance of washed-up racetrack journalist Priam Harvey, Young sets out to solve the mysteries and bring the guilty to justice. This is book #2 of the Campbell Young Mystery series. Book #1 is The Devil in Me (McClelland & Stewart, 2001).

Trading with a Kill Everyone Mindset

Trading with a Kill Everyone Mindset
Author: Zordi Cobre
Publisher:
Total Pages: 166
Release:
Genre:
ISBN:

Traders who have made it and make money consistently in the financial markets are making it from the beginner self-directed traders who have visions of grandeur and dollar signs rolling around in their eyes like some old cartoon. If you want to make it in trading business you need to have the right mindset from the start. You should listen to the advice in Trading with a Kill Everyone Mindset very carefully, I am going to share with you information that professional real money traders don’t want beginners to know about. The trading business isn’t really an H&P type of business, what is H&P you might be asking, hoping and praying, you don’t need a rosary you need an edge. I’m not going to sugar coat it, the trading business is an ugly place for an untrained and underfunded beginner. There are very bad people in the live market who are looking to take all of your money from you, and they will should you not enter with the right mindset and be prepared properly to go to work in the live markets against the best professional traders in the world. Learning to change bad habits as a beginner by having the wrong information to start off with are very hard to break if developed, listen to what it says to do in Trading with a Kill Everyone Mindset and don’t develop any bad habits to begin with and you could be cruising your money train to the bank everyday consistently provided you have developed the proper mindset for working in the most brutal environment in the world there is as far as a workplace is concerned. If you need to learn the trading business from the ground up then Trading with a Kill Everyone Mindset is definitely an excellent starting point for you. I encourage you to read it as many times as it takes for it to become clear to you as to what you do and do not need to learn to be successful in this business from the start. There are no money back guarantees in the financial markets however you must know the right information from the start to have a chance of becoming consistently profitable and financially successful.

How to Get Rich

How to Get Rich
Author: Felix Dennis
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008-06-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1440632464

Uncover the secret to financial success with advice from self-made millionaire Felix Dennis. Felix Dennis is an expert at proving people wrong. Starting as a college dropout with no family money, he created a publishing empire, founded Maxim magazine, made himself one of the richest people in the UK, and had a blast in the process. How to Get Rich is different from any other book on the subject because Dennis isn’t selling snake oil, investment tips, or motivational claptrap. He merely wants to help people embrace entrepreneurship, and to share lessons he learned the hard way. He reveals, for example, why a regular paycheck is like crack cocaine; why great ideas are vastly overrated; and why “ownership isn't the important thing, it’s the only thing.”