Credit card expert Beverly Harzog shares how she went from being a credit card disaster to a credit card diva. When Beverly got out of college, she spent the next 10 years racking up debt on seven credit cards. Credit card limits, she believed, were merely “guidelines,” certainly not anything to be taken seriously...especially if she was in dire need of a new pair of shoes. The fact that she was a CPA at the time adds an ironic twist to the credit quagmire she slowly descended into. In Confessions of a Credit Junkie, Beverly candidly details her own credit card mishaps and offers easy-to-follow advice, often with a touch of Southern humor, to help others avoid them. In this much-needed book, you’ll learn: How to use the Credit Card Personality Quiz to choose the right credit cards The seven ways to use a credit card to rebuild credit How to get out of debt using a balance transfer credit card—and pay zero interest while doing it Credit card strategies to save a bundle on groceries, gas, and more Anyone in debt will benefit from the down-to-earth, practical tips Beverly offers.
Advice on how to liberate yourself—and take control of your financial future—from the author of Confessions of a Credit Junkie. Winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book Award, Self-Help category If you’re in credit-card debt and you’re tired of being told that all you need to do is give up your daily latte—and cut up all your credit cards—this is the book for you. Former credit junkie Beverly Harzog racked up thousands in credit-card debt during a decade of overspending. When she decided she wanted to break free from debt, she found that conventional personal finance advice didn’t work for her. So she created her own unique debt escape plan and succeeded in paying off more than $20,000 in credit card debt in two years. In The Debt Escape Plan, you’ll find easy-to-follow advice, often laced with a touch of Southern humor, to help you conquer—and stay out of—credit-card debt. You’ll learn: Why a one-size-fits-all approach to credit card debt doesn’t work How to use the Money Personality Quiz to customize your own debt escape plan The nine biggest debt mistakes and how to overcome them Seven secrets for giving your credit score a quick boost How to overcome the hardships of medical bills How to debt-proof your future so this never happens to you again!
Forget credit card companies—make it personal! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Person–to–Person Lending fills readers in on what they need to know, such as how person–to–person lending works, who lends and who borrows, and the advantages and disadvantages of Virgin Money, Prosper, Zopa, and Facebook's Lending Club. • Loans on Prosper and LendingClub rose to $100 million in 2007; by 2010, the online banking report forecasts $1 billion in person–to–person loan originations • Javelin Strategy & Research (Dec. 2007) predicts that the demand for person–to–person lending services may grow from $38 billion to $159 billion over the next five years.
Now in paperback, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of J Edgar Hoover deemed "Masterful…an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive work”by The Washington Post (and everywhere else) "Revelatory...an acknowledgment of the complexities that made Hoover who he was, while charging the turbulent currents that eventually swept him aside."—The New York Times G-Man is the groundbreaking portrait of a colossus who dominated half a century of American history and planted the seeds for much of today’s conservative political landscape. Hoover transformed a scandal-riddled law-enforcement backwater, into a modern machine—one just as oppressive as it was promising. He rose to power and then stayed there, decade after decade, using the tools of the state to create a personal fiefdom unrivaled in U.S. history. Beverly Gage’s monumental work explores the full sweep of Hoover’s life and career, from his birth in 1895 to a modest Washington civil-service family to a strongarm for white supremacists and the politicized Christian right, serving eight presidents. G-Man places Hoover back where he once stood in American political history--not at the fringes, but at the center--and uses his story to explain the trajectories of governance, policing, race, ideology, political culture, and federal power as they evolved over the course of the 20th century. “[A] crisply written, prodigiously researched, and frequently astonishing new biography”—The New Yorker “Gage’s penetrating account of Hoover’s career, especially his many long-eclipsed triumphs, offers a well-timed and sobering perspective as yet another institution in our fractured country struggles to maintain trust.” -The Atlantic “Gage’s triumph is her deft navigation through Hoover’s 'deep state,' while reminding us of the abuse of power that remains his enduring legacy.”—The Boston Globe
Forget credit card companies—make it personal! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Person–to–Person Lending fills readers in on what they need to know, such as how person–to–person lending works, who lends and who borrows, and the advantages and disadvantages of Virgin Money, Prosper, Zopa, and Facebook's Lending Club. • Loans on Prosper and LendingClub rose to $100 million in 2007; by 2010, the online banking report forecasts $1 billion in person–to–person loan originations • Javelin Strategy & Research (Dec. 2007) predicts that the demand for person–to–person lending services may grow from $38 billion to $159 billion over the next five years.
Credit card expert Beverly Harzog shares how she went from being a credit card disaster to a credit card diva. When Beverly got out of college, she spent the next 10 years racking up debt on seven credit cards. Credit card limits, she believed, were merely “guidelines,” certainly not anything to be taken seriously...especially if she was in dire need of a new pair of shoes. The fact that she was a CPA at the time adds an ironic twist to the credit quagmire she slowly descended into. In Confessions of a Credit Junkie, Beverly candidly details her own credit card mishaps and offers easy-to-follow advice, often with a touch of Southern humor, to help others avoid them. In this much-needed book, you’ll learn: How to use the Credit Card Personality Quiz to choose the right credit cards The seven ways to use a credit card to rebuild credit How to get out of debt using a balance transfer credit card—and pay zero interest while doing it Credit card strategies to save a bundle on groceries, gas, and more Anyone in debt will benefit from the down-to-earth, practical tips Beverly offers.
Advice on how to liberate yourself—and take control of your financial future—from the author of Confessions of a Credit Junkie. Winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book Award, Self-Help category If you’re in credit-card debt and you’re tired of being told that all you need to do is give up your daily latte—and cut up all your credit cards—this is the book for you. Former credit junkie Beverly Harzog racked up thousands in credit-card debt during a decade of overspending. When she decided she wanted to break free from debt, she found that conventional personal finance advice didn’t work for her. So she created her own unique debt escape plan and succeeded in paying off more than $20,000 in credit card debt in two years. In The Debt Escape Plan, you’ll find easy-to-follow advice, often laced with a touch of Southern humor, to help you conquer—and stay out of—credit-card debt. You’ll learn: Why a one-size-fits-all approach to credit card debt doesn’t work How to use the Money Personality Quiz to customize your own debt escape plan The nine biggest debt mistakes and how to overcome them Seven secrets for giving your credit score a quick boost How to overcome the hardships of medical bills How to debt-proof your future so this never happens to you again!
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