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Bestselling author of "The Automatic Millionaire" (DC27883) urges women, regardless of age or marital status, to secure their financial futures.…
Offers plans for investing, teaching kids about money, spending wisely, and aligning resources with personal values. Revised edition of the 1999 original includes success stories and Internet strategies. 2003.Bach offers advice on how couples can keep their financial lives in sync, with strategies on such concerns as investments,…
retirement and insurance. Bach also believes that all couples (gay and straight, married and unmarried) need to identify values as well as goals as their first step toward achieving financial security. 2003.Sinai: the great and terrible wilderness
By Burton Bernstein. 1979
An account of four trips the author took through Sinai reporting on its past and present. Offers a look into…
Bedouin habits, customs, culture, and a description of the beautiful and forbidding land. 1979.Saved by beauty: adventures of an American romantic in Iran
By Roger Housden. 2011
Housden traveled to Iran to meet with artists, writers, film makers and religious scholars who embody the long Iranian tradition…
of humanism, the belief in scholarship and artistry that began with the reign of Cyrus the Great. From the bustle of modern Tehran to the paradise gardens of Shiraz, Housden met Iranians who were welcoming and intellectually curious. He was brought face to face with the reality that beauty and truth, deceit and violence, are inextricably mingled in the affairs of human life. 2011.Sailing through China
By Paul Theroux. 1983
American novelist and travel writer sails down the Yangtze River in China along with thirty-three Americans, mostly millionaires, on an…
exclusive Lindblad tour. Theroux offers prose pictures of the river's industry-fouled cities and villages, the countless junks and sampans, the spectacular gorges, the endless views of Chinese people tilling the half-dead fields, plus acerbic sketches of his rich companions. Some strong language. 1984, c1983.Riding the mountains down: Journey By Bicycle From Karachi To Kathmandu
By Bettina Selby. 1984
Rich dad, poor dad: what the rich teach their kids about money that the poor and middle class do not
By Robert T Kiyosaki, Sharon L Lechter. 1998
A look at the difference between the rich and the not-so-rich, and why the rich have so much more money.…
Includes a look at the myth that you need a high income to be rich; what assets and liabilities really are; and how to make money work for you, not the other way around. 1997.Return to Tibet
By Heinrich Harrer. 1984
Retirement guide for Canadians: an overall plan for a comfortable future (Self-counsel retirement series)
By Henry S Hunnisett. 1993
A guide for Canadians who are at or nearing the retirement stage of life. The author, having experienced many of…
the problems and disappointments encountered by many retirees, attempts to answer the key questions people may have about how to plan for a fulfilling and financially stable retirement. 1993.Retirement's harsh new realities: protecting your money in a changing world
By Gordon Pape. 2012
Pape zeroes in on the realities of retirement that confront Canadians, including collapsing pension plans, a tax system that works…
against us, pitiful savings rates, and the imminent changes to our retirement system as governments and corporations struggle with harsh economic, demographic, and social realities. Pape teaches you how to create a financial plan that works, pay off debt (and stay debt free), invest wisely, understand your pension plan, and minimize taxes. c2012.Retire rich: winning strategies for higher retirement income
By Stephen Gadsden. 1999
One in five Canadian seniors lives below the poverty line. Here a financial planner shares tips on how to avoid…
this fate. Gadsden discusses how to calculate how much money you'll need to save, the six keys to retirement wealth, how to organize your finances as retirement approaches, and strategies for generating the largest retirement nest egg possible. Also included are case studies, sample forms, and checklists to help you get started on your way to retiring rich.Reflections of the moon on water: healing women's bodies and minds through traditional Chinese wisdom
By Xiaolan Zhao, Kanae Kinoshita. 2006
Dr. Xiaolan Zhao has treated thousands of women suffering from fatigue, PMS, infertility, depression, menopausal symptoms and other gynecological disorders…
- common health problems in the West, but not in China, where traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been an integral part of women's lives for thousands of years. She explains what every woman can do in terms of ongoing and preventative self-care to improve her health and vitality and prevent illness. Descriptions of sex. 2006.Red star & green dragon: looking at New China
By Lila Perl. 1983
Red China today: The Other Side Of The River
By Edgar Snow. 1971
Red China blues: my long march from Mao to now
By Jan Wong. 1996
Born in Canada, Jan Wong began a rocky six-year romance with Maoism when she went to China in 1972. In…
this memoir, she describes leaving China as she became aware of the harsh realities of the communist system, and returning to China in the late 1980s as a reporter. She covered the crackdown in Tiananmen Square and the capitalist reforms of Deng Xiaoping. 1996.Peter Aufschnaiter's eight years in Tibet: The Saga Of Peter Aufschnaiter (Asian portraits = Visages d'Asie)
By Peter Aufschnaiter, Martin Brauen. 2002
A companion to Heinrich Harrer's "Seven Years in Tibet" (DC33298), written by the fellow Austrian who accompanied him there from…
war-time internment in British India. A highly personal account of Aufschnaiter's eight-year sojourn in Tibet, characterized by his empathy for and understanding of Tibetan culture. A sensitive record of the Tibetans and their way of life which ends on the eve of the Chinese invasion. Some descriptions of violence. 2002. Uniform title: Peter Aufschnaiter.Poets and pahlevans: a journey into the heart of Iran
By Marcello Di Cintio. 2006
Di Cintio prepares for his journey to Iran by taking lessons in Farsi, researching Persian poetry and sharpening his wrestling…
skills. Once there, he talks politics with men in tea houses, wrestles, and visits sites and shrines associated with great Persian poets, learning that poetry is loved and quoted by everyone from taxi-drivers to students. The mosaic of incidents, encounters, conversations, sights, smells and moments creates a detailed impression of a country and society that will challenge preconceptions. 2006.En as-tu vraiment besoin?
By Pierre-Yves McSween. 2016
En as-tu besoin? En as-tu vraiment besoin? Dans cet ouvrage capital où le chroniqueur affaires et économie de Paul Arcand…
passe dans son tordeur une quarantaine de sujets avec perspicacité et humour, cette question toute simple invite à revoir toutes les décisions qui ont un effet direct sur notre compte de banque. Au Québec, l'analphabétisme financier et la consommation à outrance influent négativement sur l'existence de chacun. Pour aider à voir les choses d'un oeil neuf, En as-tu vraiment besoin? place un miroir réaliste devant nos choix de vie et leurs conséquences. L'auteur y remet en question notre façon de dépenser et insiste sur la nécessité de se construire une marge de manoeuvre financière. Cette lecture ne laissera personne indifférent. Pierre-Yves McSween parle d'argent sans filtre et sans tabou, comme on ne l'a jamais fait auparavant dans un livre sur le sujet. Il propose de brillants mécanismes d'autodéfense contre la société de consommation et la naïveté financière. Avec deux grands objectifs en tête: définir le comportement d'un citoyen responsable financièrement; puis, donner au lecteur, enfin, un peu plus de cette liberté dont il a vraiment, tellement, carrément besoin. 2016.Histoires de fric: comment éviter les pires erreurs grâce à celles des autres
By Isabelle Ducas. 2017
Êtes-vous un voisin gonflable? Roulez-vous en carrosse sans en avoir les moyens? Êtes-vous dans un trou financier à la suite…
d'un échec en affaires? Arrivez-vous à la retraite peu après une séparation? Vos finances personnelles vous empêchent-elles de dormir? Êtes-vous esclave de vos paiements mensuels? Les nombreux cas véridiques présentés dans ce livre sont inspirés de la rubrique " Train de vie ", de LA PRESSE +. Des experts répondent aux angoisses financières des consommateurs et les aident à redresser leur situation, que ce soit concernant l'endettement, l'immobilier, les placements, la retraite ou tout autre sujet touchant leur porte-feuille. Ce livre ne vous rendra pas riche, mais il vous aidera à prendre le contrôle de vos finances en mettant l'argent à votre service. 2017.Pensionless: the 10-step solution for a stress-free retirement
By Emily Brandon. 2016