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2023
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A fun and funny way for kids to learn about mistakes and how to recover from them. Making a mistake can leave anyone feeling sick in the stomach or thinking that the world is going to end. Learning how to cope with mistakes—and how to stop that “ache”—can be one of the hardest parts of growing up. The latest entry in Free Spirit’s acclaimed Laugh and Learn® series takes a closer look at the mistakes kids make—honest and intentional—and offers practical advice on how to bounce back. With a ...
Fearless Retirement
Minimize Risk to Maximize Retirement Income
2024
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More than 10,000 Americans are retiring everyday in the United States. Many have not saved enough for retirement; and most of those who have been saving for decades to get to this milestone in life have their precious retirement savings in a spot where a crash in the financial markets could change their plans for a comfortable retirement.The lessons in this book come from the painful and personal story of the parents of Tom Jacobs. Tom's parents had just retired in 2007 after worki...
2012
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Learn how to detect corporate sleight of hand—and gain the upper hand with smart investing“[An] informative book . . . . Written in lively prose.”—Barron's“At Crazy Eddie, we succeeded in perpetrating our financial fraud for many years because most Wall Street analysts and investors took for granted the integrity of our reported numbers. What’s Behind the Numbers? teaches investors to critically look under the surfa...
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The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
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