Author: Michael V. Brandes
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: bare, essentials, stripped, need, guide, bonds, naked
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-09-19
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0471462217
ISBN-13: 9780471462217

"A delightful instruction to the wonderful world of bonds for the non-professional investor, written in terms that you could explain to your mother-in-law; or that she could explain to you!" –Paul McCulley Managing Director and Fund Manager PIMCO, one of the world’s leading fixed-income managers "Michael Brandes has written a thorough, useful, and highly readable treatise on bonds. Investors seeking a balanced, diversified portfolio are advised to read it." –Tom Gardner Co-founder, The Motley Fool "This book cuts through the jargon and gets right to the

Author: Elisabeth Eaves
Publisher: Seal Press
Keywords: live, girls, stripping, truth, naked, bare
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2004-08-24
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1580051219
ISBN-13: 9781580051217

Her curiosity began as a teenager, with an awareness of her body and the reaction other people had to it. It continued with the realization that women’s bodies often gave them a strange power over men. As an adult, it became a fascination with professional sex workers, leading to a plunge into their world. Bare follows the author—a young feminist journalism major—and her fellow dancers through Seattle strip clubs and bachelor parties, exploring in riveting detail Eaves’ own motivations and behavior, as well as those of her coworkers, as they make their way through the sometimes

Author: Jean Hatzfeld
Publisher: Other Press
Keywords: rwanda, speak, survivors, bare, laid, life
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-11-13
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1590512731
ISBN-13: 9781590512739

"To make the effort to understand what happened in Rwanda is a painful task that we have no right to shirk—it is part of being a moral adult."—Susan SontagIn the late 1990s, French author and journalist Jean Hatzfeld made several journeys into the hilly, marshy region of the Bugesera, one of the areas most devastated by the Rwandan genocide of April 1994, where an average of five out of six Tutsis were hacked to death with machete and spear by their Hutu neighbors and militiamen. In the villages of Nyamata and N’tarama, Hatzfeld interviewed fourteen survivors of the genocide, from or

Author: Amy McCoy
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Keywords: bones, budget, bare, style, girl, gourmet, poor
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2010-06-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0740789902
ISBN-13: 9780740789908

Love eating well but hate paying a lot? Amy McCoy’s cookbook, Poor Girl Gourmet (based on her popular blog of the same name), features decadent and delectable recipes for foodies with limited budgets, but sophisticated tastes.In Poor Girl Gourmet, McCoy breaks down the costs for each dish while also offering money-saving strategies, including tips for growing and preserving your own food, as well as ideas for quick and delicious family meals. Each recipe serves at least four people, so it’s perfect for families on a budget--because eating well while saving money is something that a

Author: James Farmer
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Keywords: rights, movement, civil, autobiography, bare, heart, lay
Number of Pages: 370
Published: 1998-06-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0875651887
ISBN-13: 9780875651880

Texas native James Farmer is one of the "Big Four" of the turbulent 1960s civil rights movement, along with Martin Luther King, Jr., Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young. Farmer might be called the forgotten man of the movement, overshadowed by Martin Luther King, Jr., who was deeply influenced by Farmer’s interpretation of Gandhi’s concept of nonviolent protest. Born in Marshall, Texas, in 1920, the son of a preacher, Farmer grew up with segregated movie theaters and "White Only" drinking fountains. This background impelled him to found the Congress of Racial Equality

Author: Richard Branson
Publisher: Portfolio Trade
Keywords: global, entrepreneur, adventures, bare, stripped, business
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2011-04-26
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 1591844061
ISBN-13: 9781591844068

"The brave may not live forever-but the cautious do not live at all!" -Sir Richard Branson Richard Branson is an iconic entrepreneur and the founder of Virgin Airways, Virgin Records, and many other Virgin businesses around the world. Now he shares the inside track on his life in business and reveals the incredible truth about his most risky, brilliant, and audacious deals. Combining invaluable advice with remarkable, and candid stories of Virgin’s greatest achievements, as well as some of its setbacks, this is a dynamic, inspirational, and truly original guide. Whether you are an exe

Author: Jim George
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Keywords: understanding, book, bible, minutes, handbook, bones, bibleâ®, bare
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2006-09-01
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 0736916547
ISBN-13: 9780736916547

The perfect resource for a fast and friendly overview of every book of the Bible, The Bare–Bones Bible Handbook explores... What is the grand theme of each book of the Bible? What are the most important lessons for everyday life in each book? Who are the key characters, and what do they teach us? What are the key events in each book? These important questions and more are answered in this fascinating reference guide by bestselling author Jim George, who has a natural gift for taking that which can be complex and making it clear. This helpful, informative survey w