The deeply personal story of why award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced extreme frugality in order to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life and retire to a homestead in the woods at age thirty-two with her husband and daughter.

In 2014, Elizabeth and Nate Thames were conventional 9-5 young urban professionals. But the couple had a dream to become

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"Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze teach parents how to raise money-smart kids in a debt-filled world. In Smart Money Smart Kids, financial expert and best-selling author Dave Ramsey and his daughter Rachel Cruze equip parents to teach their children how to win with money. Starting with the basics like working, spending, saving, and giving, and moving into more challenging issues like avoiding debt for life, paying cash for college, and battling discontentment,...

This is economics explained, written for the layperson; learn about bonds, options, derivatives, and futures. Here is an insightful and witty journey of discovery through the financial markets, offering clear explanations and definitions of the system's various instruments. It's a handbook for everyday investors, for serious students of finance and economics, and for those trying to understand the day's business and economics news.

"Hi! It's me, Jess. Have you ever kept a diary? You know, a personal record for all the stuff you need to remember and even some of those thoughts, feelings and dreams too intimate to share? Well, this is just like that, but for your money! Introducing The Money Diary: a step-by-step, day-by-day guided diary to help you track your spending, build solid financial habits and prepare for your future. It's hands-on, informative and fun, and it's the book...

Emphasizes the importance of financial intelligence to good money management and describes how to improve financial information and increase, protect, budget, and leverage money.

"Talking about money sucks-but so does being broke Do your eyes glaze over just thinking about the mumbo-jumbo language of finance? Do you break out into hives when faced with getting your financial life together? Well, sister, you are not alone. The thought of getting your money matters in order sucks. But guess what: so does being broke. In RICH BITCH, money expert and financial journalist Nicole Lapin lays out a 12-Step Plan in which she shares...

“Charming and authentic” this guide to paying off debt is “a thoughtful gift for recent college grads or newlyweds.” —Better Investing Magazine
 
As a young photographer Anna Newell Jones was suffocating under the weight of too much debt—to the tune of almost $24,000. On a whim, Anna decided to go on a spending fast—an idea she heard in passing but knew little about. Creating

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"Surveys have found that two thirds of Americans can't pass a basic financial literacy test, and nine in ten believe personal finance should become a required high school course. Tina Hay understands the confusion. While attending Harvard Business School, she struggled to keep up with classmates-many of whom came from the banking world-when it came to understanding jargon and numbers-heavy concepts. Tina developed a visual learning strategy using...

"Do you have a "friend" who is super smart, has a great career, holds a graduate degree, has even saved a chunk of money for retirement, but who keeps making the same dumb mistakes when it comes to money? Is this "friend" you? After decades working as a Wall Street trader, investment adviser, and money expert for CBS, Jill Schlesinger reveals thirteen costly mistakes you're probably making right now with your money without even knowing it. Drawing...

Invest in your financial future with this valuable, popular, and easy-to-use guide. This latest edition is infused with new and updated material to help you ramp up your portfolio today! This includes time-tested advice, updates to investing recommendations, and strategies that reflect changing market conditions. Investing may be an intimidating prospect, but this resource will serve as your primer on all aspects of the topic, including how to develop...