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Author | : Robert Claiborne |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2001-07-31 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780393321869 |
A colorful compendium of everyday words and phrases and where they originated. The English language is a treasury of splendid mysteries, among them the many words and phrases whose origins we no longer know. Often the original meaning was literal, pertaining to forgotten objects or activities—such as "aftermath," which once meant the grass that sprang up after a farmer had mowed a field. With the informal scholarship and good-humored wit that are his trademarks, Robert Claiborne reveals the wonders buried in our speech, vivid images of people and customs of the past. As the reader soon discovers, they are "a sort of hidden poetry that can heighten the colors and sharpen the meanings of words and phrases that we read or write daily."
Author | : Eric Tyson |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 471 |
Release | : 2024-10-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1394286732 |
All the investing basics you need to know, from the bestselling For Dummies line This updated edition of Investing For Dummies offers sound advice to everyone who wants to build wealth through investing. Learn about stock investing, bond investing, mutual fund and ETF investing, real estate investing, and picking most trustworthy resources for your needs. Turn to this jargon-free resource before you make your first investment, so you can make smart decisions with your money. Get a feel for managing the ups and downs of the market, learn how to assess your investment decisions, and plan out a portfolio that will work for you. With over a million copies sold in previous editions, this book offers golden advice on making your money grow. Consider the risks and rewards of different types of investing Assess the current market and your financial situation, so you can make a solid investing plan Understand how stock markets work and how you can profit from them Beef up your investing strategy with bonds, brokerage support, real estate, and beyond Investing For Dummies is the go-to book for people new to the world of finance and eager to build a solid foundation—and grow wealth for the future.
Author | : Eric Tyson |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2018-12-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1119522315 |
Invest confidently—and successfully—in any climate Making your own investment decisions can be intimidating and overwhelming. Investors have a huge array of investment options to choose from, and sorting through the get-rich-quick hype can be exhausting. Investing For Canadians For Dummies provides you with a clear-headed, honest overview of the investing landscape, helping you to determine what investments are right for your goals. Investing For Canadians For Dummies covers all aspects of investing, including how to: develop and manage a portfolio; find the best mutual funds and exchange-traded funds; assess the value of stocks and bonds; evaluate real estate options; open and run a small business; and understand the critical tax implications of one's investing decisions. Make smart investment decisions Plan the portfolio that’s right for you Reach your investment goals Get recommendations for the best mutual funds and ETFs Novice and experienced investors alike will turn to the helpful guidance in this all-encompassing guide again and again!
Author | : Eric Tyson |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 1427 |
Release | : 2013-01-08 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1118596358 |
Three complete eBooks for one low price! Created and compiled by the publisher, this finance and investing (USA) bundle brings together three of the all-time bestselling For Dummies titles in one, e-only bundle. With this special bundle, you’ll get the complete text of the following titles: Personal Finance For Dummies, 7th Edition The proven guide to taking control of your finances. The bestselling Personal Finance For Dummies has helped countless readers budget their funds successfully, rein in debt, and build a strong foundation for the future. Now, renowned financial counselor Eric Tyson combines his time-tested financial advice along with updates to his strategies that reflect changing economic conditions, giving you a better-than-ever guide to taking an honest look at your current financial health and setting realistic goals for the future. Inside, you'll find techniques for tracking expenditures, reducing spending, and getting out from under the burden of high-interest debt. The bestselling, tried-and-true guide to taking control of finances and is updated to cover current economic conditions. Investing For Dummies, 6th Edition Investing For Dummies arms novice investors with Eric Tyson's time-tested advice along with updates to his investing recommendations and strategies that reflect changing market conditions. You'll get coverage of all aspects of investing, including how to develop and manage a portfolio; invest in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and real estate; open a small business; and understand the critical tax implications of your investing decisions. This new and updated edition of Investing For Dummies provides a slow-and-steady-wins-the-race message and helps you overcome the fear and anxiety associated with recent economic events, no matter where you are in life from men and women who are beginning to develop an investing plan or want to strengthen their existing investment portfolios, employees making decisions regarding investing in their company's 401(k) plans or who need to roll them over when changing jobs, young adults who want to begin saving and investing as they land their first jobs, and baby-boomers seeking to shore up their nest eggs prior to retirement. Expanded and updated coverage on investing resources, retirement planning, tax laws, investment options, and real estate. If you're looking to get sound guidance and trusted investment strategies, Investing For Dummies sets you up to take control of your investment options. Mutual Funds For Dummies, 6th Edition Position your portfolio for growth with one of America's bestselling mutual fund books. Indicators are pointing to a rebound in mutual funds, and investors are returning! Newly revised and updated, Mutual Funds For Dummies, 6th Edition, provides you with expert insight on how to find the best-managed funds that match your financial goals. With straightforward advice and a plethora of specific up-to-date fund recommendations, personal finance expert Eric Tyson helps you avoid fund-investing pitfalls and maximize your chances of success. This revised edition features expanded coverage of ETFs, fund alternatives, and research methods. Tyson provides his time-tested investing advice, as well as updates to his fund recommendations and coverage of tax law changes. Pick the best funds, assemble and maintain your portfolio, evaluate your funds' performance, and track and invest in funds online with Mutual Funds For Dummies, 6th Edition!
Author | : Robert Palmatier |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2000-08-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0313002525 |
Each of the more than seven hundred entries in the dictionary contains a description of the historical background of each of the two types of language, literal and nonliteral, and provides an explanation for the relationship between them. Wherever possible, dates of first record in English are provided, along with the bibliographical sources of these dates; and all of the works that record those terms and expressions are given in coded form as listed in the Key to Works Cited. A Guide to Reading the Entries illustrates the typical form of an entry by analyzing an example from the dictionary that introduces five nonliteral expressions, cites thirteen bibliographical sources, and refers the reader to three other relevant entries by means of cross-references. Following the dictionary proper is a Classification of Terms According to Source, in which nearly three hundred nonliteral terms and expressions are listed under the more than four hundred literal categories from which they derive.
Author | : Tony Martin |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 868 |
Release | : 2012-11-29 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1118605055 |
Get these two great books in one convenient ebook bundle! Personal Finance For Canadians For Dummies, Fifth Edition, is a comprehensive road map to financial security. Expert authors Eric Tyson and Tony Martin offer pointers on eliminating debt and reining in spending, along with helpful tips on reducing taxes. Learn how to build wealth to ensure a comfortable retirement and tuition for the kids with a primer on investing. Using up-to-date Canadian examples and references, Personal Finance For Canadians For Dummies, Fifth Edition provides you with the tools you need to take control of your financial life—in good times and bad. Making your own investment decisions can be intimidating and overwhelming. Investors have a huge array of investment options to choose from, and sorting through the get-rich-quick hype can be exhausting. Investing For Canadians For Dummies provides readers with a clear-headed, honest overview of the investing landscape, helping them to determine what investments are right for their goals. New for the Third Edition: The US sub-prime loan disaster, and how it can be an investing opportunity Up-to-date information about new mutual funds and mutual fund alternatives, such as exchange-traded funds Perspectives on buying a home in hot real estate markets like Calgary, Montreal, and Halifax Valuable advice on the best way to cut start-up costs and minimize tax charges when starting a new business New RRSP and RESP information, and advice on what to do with new allowable contribution levels
Author | : Robert Palmatier |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 1995-04-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0313368384 |
No other nonhuman source has served as the basis for more metaphors than animals. Speaking of Animals is a dictionary of animal metaphors that are current in American English. It is comprehensive, historical, and metaphor-based. Each entry refers to the other dictionaries that catalog that same metaphor, and the dates of first appearance in writing are supplied, where possible, for both the metaphor and the name of the source. The main text is organized alphabetically by metaphor rather than by animal or animal behavior; all the metaphors are classified according to their animal source in a list at the end of the book. An animal metaphor is a word, phrase, or sentence that expresses a resemblance or similarity between someone or something and a particular animal or animal class. True metaphors are single words, such as the noun tiger, the verb hog, and the adjective chicken. Phrasal metaphors combine true metaphors with other words, such as blind tiger, hog the road, and chicken colonel. Other animal metaphors take the form of similes, such as like rats leaving a sinking ship and prickly as a hedgehog. Still others take the form of proverbs, such as Don't count your chickens before they hatch and Let sleeping dogs lie. The horse is the animal most frequently referred to in metaphors, followed closely by the dog. The Bible is the most prolific literary source of animal metaphors, followed closely by Shakespeare.
Author | : John Rodden |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 429 |
Release | : 2015-12-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317248635 |
The Worlds of Irving Howe: The Critical Legacy is a wide-ranging anthology of criticism devoted to the literary, cultural, and political work of the writer Irving Howe. The book offers a broad cross-section of critical and biographical writings about Howe. Collected here are assessments of Howe's work written by some of the most prominent intellectuals of the twentieth century, among them Lionel Trilling, Alfred Kazin, C. Vann Woodward, Robert Coles, Daniel Bell, Malcolm Cowley, and Arthur Schlesinger. The critical estimates of Howe's major books, collected here and framed by a major biographical introduction by John Rodden, constitute a sharply focused lens through which readers can re-evaluate the legacy of one of American's leading intellectuals and thereby understand the main issues of twentieth-century Anglo-American cultural history. Contributors: Lionel Trilling, Alfred Kazin, C. Vann Woodward, Newton Arvin, Charles Angoff, Edward Dahlberg, Isaac Rosenfeld, Richard Chase, H.D. Lasswell, Dennis Wrong, Michael Harrington, Christopher Lasch, Robert Coles, Daniel Bell, Malcolm Cowley, Arthur Schlesinger, Theodore Solotaroff, Clive James, Norman Podhoretz, Irving Kristol, and William Phillips, among others.
Author | : Eric Tyson |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Audiobooks |
ISBN | : 1458721132 |
Starting with fundamentals, Eric Tyson guides you through the ins and outs of investing in the stock market, real estate, small business, and more.
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Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 434 |
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ISBN | : 1458721205 |