Let The Smart Cookies show you how to eliminate debt, spend smarter, save better, and achieve financial freedom—without sacrificing your social life or your sanity! They were five dynamic young women: smart, successful—and secretly drowning in debt. Inspired by an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on personal finance, Andrea, Angela, Katie, Robyn, and Sandra formed a money club, together developing strategies for turning their finances around. Just one year later they had dramatically improved their financial situations—and had made major developments in their careers, relationships, and life goals to boot. Their proven recipe for success has since been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, MSNBC, and in the New York Daily News. How did they do it? These five women—with varied careers in marketing, public relations, social work, and TV production—joined forces to create a fun, simple, effective strategy for achieving financial success, forming a money club and supporting each other every step of the way. Now, in this extraordinary hands-on guide, the women, who soon dubbed themselves The Smart Cookies, share the secrets of their success. Weaving anecdotes from their own lives with practical, how-to advice, The Smart Cookies offer strategies that cut across the financial spectrum, whether you’re deeply in debt or just want to manage your money better. Tackling the unique financial challenges facing women today, they offer easy-to-follow advice on everything from creating a spending plan to boosting your income to starting your own money club.
Paying for college can be a formidable challenge, but there are schools across the nation that combine academic excellence, reasonable tuition, and generous financial aid packages. This 2008 edition profiles 150 schools that provide a quality education with low to moderate tuition rates.
Offers hints on locating hotel bargains, finding good travel deals, getting extremely low air fairs, and other information for planning safe, comfortable, and economical travel.
What would make 2004 your best year, technically? Here’s an idea. Pick up a copy of PC Magazine’s Technology Almanac 2004 and you’ll get a lot more than 52 weeks of technology trivia, dynamite downloads, and product reviews. You’ll also receive a free one-year subscription to the print edition of PC Magazine* - A $19.97 value! PC Magazine’s Technology Almanac 2004 is a feast for technophiles – a daily buffet of commentary, tips, memorable moments in tech history and more, from the experts you know and trust. All your favorite PC Magazine editors are here -- Bill Machrone, Michael J. Miller, John C. Dvorak, and Bill Howard -- with informative articles; researched and recommended products, vendors and Web sites; and their favorite tech tips, all related to a different topic each week. Technically, it could be the best year of your life! A sample pla tter of weekly topics: January 18: Burning CDs February 15: E-mail: Spam February 29: Digital Imaging: Improving Your Digital Images March 7: Networking: Wired March 14: Internet: Booking Travel Online March 28: Games: Game Controllers April 4: Security: Anti-Surveillance Techniques April 11: Microsoft Office: Excel Tips April 25: Windows: Registry Tweaks May 2: Multimedia: MP3s and WMAs July 18: PDAs: Going Solar August 22: Building Your Own: PVR November 14: Upgrading: Optical Drives December 12: Shopping Online: Finding the Best Gifts The guy who brought it all together: BRIAN UNDERDAHL is the well-known, bestselling author of more than 65 books on a broad range of computer topics. He has appeared on The Computer Chronicles and several TechTV programs. His books have earned an Award of Merit from the Northern California Technical Communications Competition and a Referenceware Excellence Award. Brian courageously tackled the task of bringing together this year’s worth of information and spicing it up with his magic touch. * see book for details. Offer valid only for US addresses.
Sarah, the Duchess of York, shares the secrets and tips for healthy living she herself uses to help every woman win the battle of the bulge. Based on the Weight Watchers( revolutionary 1.2.3. Success( Weight Loss Plan, this guide is packed with effective weight-loss rules, simple workout techniques, self-image boosters, and delicious recipes.
This compact book contains the best buying advice from "Consumer Reports" along with expert strategies for finding many products at the best prices. Includes advice for shopping online, by mail order, or in stores; lab test results; and a preview of the 2001 model-year vehicles.
Twelve-year-old Rayne's friendship with Wendy and Dionna gives her the support she needs as she pursues her school project, to help her mother quit smoking.
The Against the Clock series is ideal for any course that includes graphic arts software and computer design software as part of the curriculum. Courses can be found in Office Information Systems, Computer Science, and Fine Arts Departments, as well as Continuing Education, Journalism, and Printing and Lithography. With the advent of digital video cameras, high-speed hard drives, and ultra-fast processors, the reality of editing digital video, stills, and audio clips has become a reality. This ATC book focuses on the use and mastery of Adobe's Premiere, the most popular and powerful non-linear video editing suite. With dramatically improved audio features, built-in storyboarding editors, and highly-sophisticated editing tools, the program is challenging to learn. Adobe Premiere 6: Digital Video Editing adopts a sensible and well-thought-out approach to the task and provides the learner all the information they need to become an effective and skilled videographer.
Inspiring Stories and Strategies for Changing Your Weight and Your Life "I'm living testament that if you feel stuck where you are, you can reclaim your life and make it better than you'd ever imagined." —Sarah, The Duchess of York You can change your life … with a little help from The Duchess of York and the experts at Weight Watchers. In Reinventing Yourself with The Duchess of York you will find: An intimate look at how Sarah, The Duchess of York has changed her life—and flourished A step-by-step program for implementing life change Easy, insightful quizzes and questionnaires to help you discover yourself Thought-provoking, emotional profiles of Weight Watchers Leaders who have triumphed through life's high and lows
Every man wants to look better. To have a flatter belly, a more angular torso, better definition in the arms and legs. Being strong and lean means being healthy, having energy, feeling positive about the world. Now, from the writers and editors who bring you Men's Health magazine comes the first guide to the lean lifestyle written exclusively, entirely for men. Inside you'll find the perfect blend of advice to guarantee that you reach your personal weight and strength goals. You'll discover more than 160 exercises custom-built for body shaping and weight loss, each featuring step-by-step photographs, ratings for difficulty, plus "Do It Better" tips to keep things challenging for even the most accomplished athlete. You'll also find customized workouts for your own personal fitness goals, including: * Developing a stronger back (page 186) * Taking off the pounds and keeping them off (page 171) * Fine-tuning a body that's already in excellent shape (page 176) * Overcoming obesity (page 180) But Banish Your Belly is more than just the greatest exercise book you'll ever own. It's a total lifestyle program that offers the best advice for eating, dressing, and living lean. Inside, you'll learn: * The "lightbulb" trick for calculating serving sizes (page 43) * The difference between hunger and appetite-- and how to tell them apart (page 11) * How to enjoy a tasty and satisfying low-fat meal at your favorite hamburger joint (page 63) * The 40 best all-around foods you can eat (page 61) * Why wedded bliss sometimes turns men into wedded blimps (page 90) * How to dress to make yourself appear leaner (page 95) Written in the straightforward, entertaining style that has made Men's Health magazine the number one source for health and fitness information for men today, Banish Your Belly is the ultimate guide to living leaner, stronger, and healthier.
A lifetime of sound advice on healthful eating—from the world’s foremost authority on food and nutrition. Thoughts about eating are changing. The focus has moved from dieting and losing weight to healthful overall eating habits to help you feel good, live well, and prevent disease. With so much new information coming from so many different sources, eating right can be confusing—but it doesn’t have to be. This comprehensive book from The American Dietetic Association explains everything you need to know about what you eat, allowing you to enjoy your favorite foods and maximize nutrition. The American Dietetic Association’s Complete Food & Nutrition Guide Provides Quick Access to Nutrition Information for the Whole Family, Including: What you need to know about vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants Low-fat fast food and restaurant tips Healthful vegetarian eating Nutrition for disease prevention Why dieting doesn’t work—and what does Meeting the unique nutrition needs of women, children, teens, and seniors How to decipher health claims in the headlines Top nutrition tips for sports and exercise How to protect against foodborne illness And much more! Also included are recently updated recommendations for certain vitamins and minerals, the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, kitchen nutrition tips, self-assessment quizzes, and an expanded index. With nearly 70,000 members, The American Dietetic Association is the largest organization of food and nutrition professionals in the world. Named one of Ladies’ Home Journal’s Top Health Books of 1996 Winner of a 1997 Health Information Award "A must for everyone’s kitchen."—The Oregonian "Jam-packed with practical eating and food safety tips."—USA Today "Intelligent advice about sensible eating."—Washington Times "May be the ultimate healthy-eating primer."—Fitness Magazine
Combines inspirational support with a practical plan featuring a stamina-raising diet designed to keep energy levels up while losing weight, and includes advice on using exercise to enhance vitality and fixing energy-robbing eating habits.
Let The Smart Cookies show you how to eliminate debt, spend smarter, save better, and achieve financial freedom—without sacrificing your social life or your sanity! They were five dynamic young women: smart, successful—and secretly drowning in debt. Inspired by an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on personal finance, Andrea, Angela, Katie, Robyn, and Sandra formed a money club, together developing strategies for turning their finances around. Just one year later they had dramatically improved their financial situations—and had made major developments in their careers, relationships, and life goals to boot. Their proven recipe for success has since been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, MSNBC, and in the New York Daily News. How did they do it? These five women—with varied careers in marketing, public relations, social work, and TV production—joined forces to create a fun, simple, effective strategy for achieving financial success, forming a money club and supporting each other every step of the way. Now, in this extraordinary hands-on guide, the women, who soon dubbed themselves The Smart Cookies, share the secrets of their success. Weaving anecdotes from their own lives with practical, how-to advice, The Smart Cookies offer strategies that cut across the financial spectrum, whether you’re deeply in debt or just want to manage your money better. Tackling the unique financial challenges facing women today, they offer easy-to-follow advice on everything from creating a spending plan to boosting your income to starting your own money club.
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