The Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s, 4E

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s, 4E
Author: Sarah Fisher
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2009-06-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101100796

A wise investment. Revised and updated, this new edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s explains all the basic information anyone in this age group will need to manage their personal finances or enhance their financial plan to yield better returns on their investments. *Covers 401(k) and retirement planning plus investment strategies for the next decade *Budgeting tips forspiraling food and fuel costs, as well as the financial impacts of changing jobs and growing families *Homeownership options from building from scratch to townhouses and Condos *Up-to-date information on internetbanking and online mortgage brokers Download a sample chapter.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s
Author: Sarah Young Fisher
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781592578832

Revised and updated, this new edition clearly explains all the basic information everyone in this age group needs to begin planning their personal finances or enhance their current financial plan to yield better returns on their investments, including completely new material on. Topics Covered Internet banking Budget for spiraling food and fuel costs College loans management Effective 401(k) and retirement planning Debit and prepaid credit cards Tips about online car shopping Online college degrees and what they can get you Investment strategies for the next decade Home-based employment opportunities Financial effects of changing job Financial impact of marriage and children Home ownership options from building your own to townhouses and condos Online mortgage brokers Fully updated resources

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning German, 4E

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning German, 4E
Author: Alicia Müller
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1615643494

The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Learning German, Fourth Edition couches the more academic topics, such as verb tenses, in useful travel-themed chapters dealing with everything from shopping, renting cars, banking, making a phone call, visiting a doctor, going to the post office, to banking. This editon includes a new audio CD with nearly an hour of listen-and-learn exercises to get you speaking German like a native.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weight Training, Illustrated, 4th Edition

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weight Training, Illustrated, 4th Edition
Author: Deidre Cane
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2012-12-04
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1101598395

The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Weight Training Illustrated, Fourth Edition, is for both novice and intermediate gym workouts. Multiple exercises are explained with step-by-step instructions using well over 300 illustrations in this large-trim, easy-to-read training guide. Every muscle group is worked and every piece of equipment one is likely to find in gyms is fully explained and illustrated.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Investing, 4th Edition

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Investing, 4th Edition
Author: Debra Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2009-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101151986

A penny saved may be a penny earned, but a penny invested can be even more. In this financial crisis, old advice about equities, mutual funds, commodities, and real estate may no longer hold. Here is a fresh look at all aspects of investing to help readers protect and grow their wealth. This edition includes the most current information on: • Corporate fundamentals • The sub-prime crisis and its effects • Practical tools for evaluating mutual funds • Advice about riding the equity market • The use of Exchange Traded Funds

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing For Young Adults

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing For Young Adults
Author: Deborah Perlberg
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2006-10-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1440696837

This comprehensive guide introduces aspiring storytellers to the ins and outs of writing fiction and nonfiction for young adults. Information includes an overview of writing, from dialogue and point of view to plot, setting, and character construction; choosing an agent and publisher; marketing the finished work; and more. - Written by an experienced author who has written, edited, and published books for young adults. - Features writing exercises, anecdotes, and insider information. - YA is a popular and lucrative genre for aspiring and seasoned authors alike, both in fiction and nonfiction.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published
Author: Sheree Bykofsky
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2006
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781592575183

Times have changed for first-time authors. Publishers have consolidated. Editors are fewer. Literary agents are more selective. The result is that it's tougher than ever to get published. That's why new authors need The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published, Fourth Edition. For years, new authors have depended on the wise inside advice and tricks from Sheree Bykofsky, successful New York literary agent, and author, and Jennifer Basye Sander, best-selling non-fiction author and literary consultant. And now, their book is even more packed with the latest information about the business of publishing and the practical advice any writer will need to achieve the all-important goal of "getting published."

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meeting and Event Planning

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meeting and Event Planning
Author: Robin E. Craven
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781592574629

A revised handbook on how to plan a meeting or conference addresses site selection, contract negotiation, publicity, entertainment, scheduling, setting up and breaking down, event logistics, menus, A/V requirements, budgeting and expenses, and emergencies. Original.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Coffee and Tea

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Coffee and Tea
Author: Travis Arndorfer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2006
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781592575442

"A freshly brewed introduction to the caffeine subculture." For hot beverage novices and budding baristas, here is an essential introduction to the world of coffee and tea, from a basic history of each product, to advanced tips and tricks for blending, brewing, and using syrups and milk, to recipes from around the world. ? Includes information on different types of beans and teas, available brewing equipment, and little-known secrets to making fabulous coffee- and tea-based drinks ? Written by food and beverage writers who are experts in the field ? Contains the finest recipes from worldwide barista champions

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance
Author: Alison Kent
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2006
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781592575466

"The basic rules for turning basic instincts into blockbuster success." Erotic romance reigns supreme as a big category of women's fictiona billion dollar business serviced by a new breed of uninhibited writer. This book is the necessary how-to for first timers and a terrific guide for seasoned professionals as well, who are putting their racyand lucrativefantasies to paper. Now, for the first time, a veteran erotic romance author shows exactly what to do"and how." The first book to guide writers to succeed in this multi-million dollar genre Explores how to set up a plot and write good, steamy sex scenes From a best-selling experienced author Includes resource section for research tools and further reading Interviews with top editors in the field Foreword by Kate Duffy, editorial director at Kensington Publishing and founding editor of the genre"