What Your Bank Doesn't Want You to Know . . .: . . .About Where to Invest Your Money

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This is, quite simply, the best book I have ever read!

Save yourself the money....

Great overview of the Tax Lien and Deed Industry

great overview without the self-promotion

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What Your Bank Doesn't Want You to Know . . .: . . .About Where to Invest Your Money
Lillian R. Villanova
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Book Description

Are you ready to turn the way you think about investing upside down?

Ever think about how banks and insurance companies invest their money? Ever think about how much money they make on your savings or insurance premiums? What most people don't know is that, for decades, banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions have been enjoying high yield returns on their money with VERY low risk. They use the capital provided by the small investor and, in exchange for the use of that capital, they pay interest rates that are a fraction of their own return. How can you "cut out the middleman" so to speak and obtain those high rates for yourself? There is no real secret to safely obtaining these types of yields, if you know where to look.

Learn how to invest the way banks do. This book takes you on a step by step journey into the world of high yield low risk investing.

It has been said that in life timing is everything. As I look around at the precarious state of the economy, the roller coaster stock market, and the low rate of return on investments coupled with the still high cost of borrowing, I know that when it comes to the Tax Lien and Deed industry, THE TIME IS NOW.

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This is, quite simply, the best book I have ever read!.......2005-01-26

I've read more books than anyone I know, & this is by far the best book I've ever read in my entire life! If I could rate it a hundred stars, I would.

Lillian Villanova's book is very readable, & by that I mean absolutely anyone can buy the book, read through it, & completely understand what is being presented. Her fantastic explanations of how to buy tax lien certificates & tax deeds has fundamentally & profoundly changed my life.

From the title to the end, I found it impossible to put down, & for that I am grateful because Ms. Villanova's inspiring, 'you-can-do-it' tone moved me to start my own limited liability company immediately after reading it the first time.

Each page is simple to understand, yet packed with information anyone can use to totally achieve their dreams. Quite frankly, I was at the end of the book so soon I wanted there to be more (then luckily found out she'd written even more books that include more specialized info).

I've read all the big titles, own all the No Money Down courses, most of which are very good,& I swear to you that 'What Your Bank Doesn't Want You To Know...' is far superior in terms of its immediate ability to help you if you apply the knowledge in its pages.

Truly the cost of the book has been nothing compared to all it has helped me with, & will continue to help me with regarding my own success. I have recommended this book to literally everyone who asks how I know so much about purchasing tax lien certificates, & even had one mortgage company president tell me, "I'm glad my customers don't know about this."

It is in your own best interest that you buy 'What Your Bank Doesn't Want You To Know...' You will be amazed by what you learn, & your friends will want to borrow your copy, so go ahead & buy several! I sure did!

Save yourself the money...........2004-09-02

Half of the book is public information and over half of the book is terminology. So much say about the meat of the book.

Great overview of the Tax Lien and Deed Industry.......2003-11-30

For anyone who wants to get a basic understanding of how tax liens and deeds work, how to discover where to find the sales and how to research and purchase them, this is the book. A quick read without a lot of puff and fluff it gives you all the info you need to get started.

great overview without the self-promotion.......2003-06-28

An easy to read concise look at the tax lien and deed industry with a really useful list of questions to ask when you call counties to find out about their sales. Most other books I've read deal with Lien OR deed purchase. This deals with both. I don't like to spend a lot of time reading I would rather do and this was definitely the book to get me doing. Very motivating.

pamphlet review #2.......2003-06-17

I agree with a previous reviewer, this is a booklet, not a book. My wife and I read this book separately and we both thought it was a waste of money for the content. Granted, there is a little bit of information that one could use, but not much. What's worse are the "forms" the author supplied in the book. Are they examples or are they for actual use? She would've been better off supplying a CD of them which would make them of some use to the reader.
I would get the 16% Solution, a way better, more informative book.

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You're low. Really low. Haven't gotten off the couch all weekend. Stopped returning phone calls. It feels like the sun will never shine again, and you're living on chocolate and bad TV. There's Prozac, of course, but who can be bothered going to the doctor? What you need is immediate help. You need cheering up. And here it is.

Clever, witty, full of comfort and sympathy, 64 Ways to Beat the Blues offers instantaneous relief through the gift of laughter. Written and illustrated in full-color by Yolanda Nave--author of Breaking Up and Welcome to Our Company, together with 314,000 copies in print--it's a been-there, done-that guide to getting out of the dumps and getting on with your life. Try a pet--and watch him eat your rug. Phone a friend--though not one living in Paris while you're stuck in a snowstorm. Take in a funny movie--if you can stop crying long enough to laugh. Go shopping (and pretend you're not already wearing the push-up bra), find a good shrink (who won't fall asleep), or buy a brand new car (and tick off each payment). The situations are instantly recognizable, and whether the blues are seasonal, occupational, hormonal, or matrimonial, Yolanda Nave knows what it takes to laugh them away.

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***WARNING: Do NOT read this book if you are depressed***.......2005-03-21

This innocent-looking cheer-up book needs to come with a big warning label. This is absolutely not a book for a person suffering from a gripping clinical depression. And it could, quite possibly, send a person feeling a little bit down, into a depressive episode - or at the very least, running to their therapist. So reader be warned. This is NOT a cheery little read offering cute little ways to warm the soul and beat the blues. Make no mistake - this is one DARK book, literally capturing the emptiness and hopelessness of depression -- with cartoon-like pictures to imprint those images into your mind, just in case they weren't clear enough.

From the images in the book, I have no doubt that the author of this book understands the horrors of depression all too well. She is very talented and astute. And I'm sure it was probably very therapeutic for her to use her creative energy and capture these images in the form of the book -- one that others can relate too.

The problem perhaps is that a depressed person may relate to those images all too well. These are not pictures of a person who is down and suffering from "the blues." This is the house that has become a disaster zone because one lacks the energy to wash dishes, sort through old magazines, even pay bills or take out trash -- for months. Picking dirty clothes up off the floor to put on, just to drag yourself to work. Where your boss tells you your work is terrible because you really haven't been doing it. The fact that you don't answer your phone or call any friends back, particulary friends who want to share news of job promotions, engagements, or vacations. Of taking anti-depressants and trying to find a therapist who understands and gets you. I'm not quite sure how someone trapped in the middle of these struggles is supposed to find this humorous. Depression is not a pretty picture and this author paints - or rather draws it all too well.

While initially, it may be a bit comforting to identify with these images that depict just what you are feeling and how you are living, the smile on my face froze and began to fall as I turned page after page, waiting to find these "64 ways to beat the blues." For example, one way was something like "Change Scenery" and it showed the dejected, depressed person shift to 4 different positions on a couch in a disastrous apartment, all while looking equally empty and miserable.

The reader keeps WAITING for something, anything, that brings this girl out of depression - doctors, drugs, cleaning up, painting a wall, going to support groups, dropping toxic friends -- all positive things, yet this character remains dejected and depressed. It's terrible and not at all hopeful. Even by something like Tip 57, Give Your Heart to Someone New, when surely this girl is due for something positive, she gives her heart to a guy who expresses interest in her...and at the end of the page....he says he doesn't want her heart and throws it back at her!!

Just a dark depiction of a real, chronic depression. I'm all for laughing at yourself and having a sense of humor about life, but this is really a-tongue-in-cheek glimpse into the life of a very depressed person -- a serious illness of the mind & soul that should not be treated with tongue-in-cheek humor.

Each "positive" way to beat the blues is quickly trampled by a negative outcome. For a truly depressed person trying to fight hopelessness and despair, and try to remain positive, I can't think of a worse vision to have. This book is dangerous because of its title and that appears to be "cute." That's why I picked it up. I felt soo much WORSE after reading this book. Instead of offering hope and sunshine, and warming the heart, it just shows image after image of a sad, empty, dejected person trying so hard to go through the motions, do all the little tips and "ways to beat the blues" offered in so many books, but STILL be met with a negative outcome. It just reinforces the depressed person's belief that Nothing Works.

For someone not depressed, I guess I can partially understand why the character's pessimism and poor luck might make someone smile. But be warned, this book is very, very, very negative. This book left me feeling HORRIBLE. Sometimes dark humor can be strangely comforting. This one wasn't at all to me. Just please, please, please don't buy it as a gift for a friend who has been down. You want to lift her up, not have her see herself in this horrific state of depression and it never getting better, despite all the ways she tries.

For much, much cuter or more uplifting reading, I suggest the cute and harmless "The Blue Day Book", or "14,000 things to be happy about" and especially Iyanla Vanzant's "Until Today."

Excellent Book!.......2004-10-01

A hilarious book that sees the humor in depression. Whenever I feel bad about being depressed, I read this book for a laugh.

One way to Laugh!.......2003-03-28

I noticed greeting cards by the artist Yolanda Nave and loved the sweet and sad sack like characters. I tapped her name in an internet search because I wanted to see more of her drawings. That's when I discovered her "Blues Book." Loooooovvvveeed it! The drawings are so dear and funny that I was giggling out loud! Really! It's amazing how how her character and her writing captures all the facets of trying to beat the blues. It's almot like Charlie Brown, no matter what her little character does something always goes against her optimism.

I am going to buy a few copies of this book and send to friends. Between the humor and the illustrations it's a great lil' book!

What a great book!.......2000-01-06

I came upon this book purely by accident. I'm so glad I did! Each page is a cartoon drawing, noting a suggested activity for "beating the blues." And each drawing is just such a laugh-- an exaggerated version of what the author suggest you do. You cannot remain in a funk, flipping through these pages.

This book proves that laughter MAY BE the best medicine.......1999-12-30

I picked this book up tonight and was amazed at how these insightful and true to life sayings and delightful drawings captured what having the blues is like for a woman! It is a wonderfully funny book! I am in school to get a doctoral degree in clinical psychology and, frankly, this book scares me- it may put therapists out of business! I intent to buy several copies and send them to friends who have been or are currently experiening the blues. I say, buy it, enjoy it and give it to your favorite counselor or therapist!

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If you like a good yarn, this book is for you! The Mysterious North Shore delves into some of the creepiest and most infamous tales that Lake Superior has to offer. Sit around the campfire and read true accounts of ghostly encounters and UFO sightings. Gaze toward the vast sea as you learn of shipwreck tragedies. The authors take a detailed, fact-based look at the North Shore's mysteries and leave you thirsting for the next fascinating tale.

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Phenomenal Book!.......2007-07-28

I just picked up a copy of this book at a local bookstore and it is phenomenal. The short stories are all based on true happenings, most of which I believe have never been in print before. I am very impressed with the way the authors presented the stories. Some of these tales are the most bizarre I have ever read, and yet they are full of emotion and depth. The north shore of Lake Superior is a fascinating area already, famous for its many mysteries, and the authors did a brilliant job of digging up the strangest, most obscure tales of all. Mayo and Barthel obviously did a lot of original research to present a book that brings the reader into worlds undiscovered. Among the captivating stories of UFO's, Bigfoot, shipwrecks, ghosts, and survival are tales with topics complex and unexplainable in ways that cannot be imagined. The characters they bring to life in these stories are both fascinating and sometimes almost frighteningly real. I was awestruck by The Starving Moon, which is a particularly haunting tale of a woman who survives an absolutely harrowing experience on the famed Isle Royale. The writing is smooth and poetic and due to the short length each story is easy to get through in a brief sitting. My husband and daughter are enjoying it as well, we even found ourselves reading the stories out loud to each other after dinner one night. If you are on the lookout for a book that explores the mysterious from a unique, profound perspective you can't miss this. With its original research and multifaceted focus, this book is one of a kind. I only wish the book were longer...but perhaps they'll put out another installment.

True and Tacky 2 - More Weird Stories from the World's News Wires

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True and Tacky 2 - More Weird Stories from the World's News Wires

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True and Tacky II: More Weird Stories from the World's Newswires

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True and Tacky II: More Weird Stories from the World's Newswires
Carolyn Naifeh , and Monica Hoose
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True and Tacky 2-More Weird Stories From the World's News Wires
Carolyn And Monica Hoose, Illustrated By Bop Staake Naifeh
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"This brilliant and sumptuous volume . . . demonstrates that we have only scratched the surface in Western discussions of Chinese and Japanese film. Beautifully and profusely illustrated, lovingly indexed, and absolutely immersed in the culture it examines, Cinematic Landscapes is entirely successful in exploring the many links between the centuries-old graphic tradition of Japanese painting and scroll making and the more recent discipline of the cinema. . . . Cinematic Landscapes pushes Western knowledge of Asian cinema many steps forward and persuasively serves as a model for future inquiry in this area of study." --Journal of Film and Video "Not only will specialists in Asian film benefit from this book, but many scholars working in Asian regional studies, Asian art and literature, as well as film history and criticism undoubtedly will find this anthology of interest. It is valuable as a textbook in courses on art and the cinema, Asian cinema, or film form and aesthetics. The work makes an important contribution to Asian film and art scholarship." --Journal of Asian Studies "An elegant volume whose luxury factor approaches the coffee-table book and whose superlative essays guarantee that the reader will not watch these films the same way again." --Film Quarterly

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Regimes of Description responds to the perception—however imprecise—that forms of knowledge in every sector of contemporary culture are being fundamentally reshaped by the digital revolution: music, speech, engineering diagrams, weather reports, works of visual art, even the words most of us write are now subject, as Lyotard points out in The Inhuman, to a logic of the bit, the elemental unit of electronic information. It is now possible to slice, graft, and splice this knowledge in ways never before imagined using technologies that treat vast bodies of information as a stream of data bits. Programs and technical algorithms specify the criteria for discriminating between the data stream of a Mozart string quartet and the CAT scan of a diseased organ. But are these machine instructions and design parameters descriptions, or merely mechanical filters? And if the latter, what constitutes a description of digitally encoded knowledge? As a group, the essays in this volume pose that question as a first attempt to write the archaeology of the nature and history of description in the digital age.

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Old Ways Will Survive

Tradition Book: Verbena (Mage)
White Wolf
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Old Ways Will Survive.......2004-05-03

Continuing the phenomenal revised Trad books, this one takes a look at the witches and pagans of the Verbena. Beginning with a prologue telling the tale of New Hope Farms (the Verbena introduced in the original book; nice touch) and their confrontation with the death of the Old Ways on Beltane night, this book shifts to the introduction, complete with a pagan lexicon and mention of living life to it's fullest and preserving the Old Ways in the face of modernity. The book then goes to the Verbena history, told by New Hope Farms. It starts with the Wyck and the Aeduna, ancestors of the Verbena, and then shifts into classical Greece and Rome. Sidebars tell of the Olympian Gods special to the Verbena, famous Verbena (Medea, Hippocrates, Merlin, etc) and even the question of Lilith's existence (many Verbena don't believe in her actually). The book then looks at the Celts (and the House Diedne fiasco), the dark ages (with a sidebar on the Old Faith for Dark Ages: Mage players), the Burning Times, the Tradition's formation under Nightshade, the schism caused by Nazi rune carvers in WW II, gay rights movements and the modern rebirth of paganism. It then closes out looking at religion, medicine and relationships with the others (and their common roots with the Dreamspeakers, Ecstatics, Euthanatoi and the Progenitors).

The second chapter is really juicy, containing details on Verbena culture, organization, Circles of note (small groups focusing on Asatru, bardic traditions, Voudon, etc) and Verbena around the world. Sacred sites like Stonehenge, Salem, Glastonbury Tor and the Pacific Northwest are mentioned, followed by their advantage: the Paths of the Wyck, which lets them travel from pagan site to pagan site. Then we see the four factions of the Verbena: the Gardeners of the Tree who preserve their family's pagan traditions, the primordial shamans of the Twisters of Fate, the new-ager Moon-Seekers who adapt modern beliefs to the Old Ways, and the Lifeweavers who eschew culture and rites in favor of spontaenous life magics (like shapeshifting). A great write up of the Verbena Paradigm is written up, complete with views on the Craft, the Tellurium, the Spheres and various pagan Foci. Theres also a really cool look at Life Magics in general, like healing, shape-shifting, etc. Verbena Rotes are given (as well as Old Faith systems for Dark Ages players), details on Familars, plus some new Merits/Flaws. Other Trad Books probably should have included all these cool bits, but alas.

The third Chapter takes a look at Verbena of note, like Medea, Merlin, Nightshade and the singature character, a Candomble priest called Hector de Xango. Details for all-Verbena chronicles are given, like major themes, sex & sexuality, related Traditions (like the Dreamspeakers or Ecstatics) and even a look at Verbena traditions from around the world and historical Chronicles (like the Burning Times, WW II, ancient Rome and even long range Chronicles following the Avatars incarnations). Theres also a sample cabal, New Hope Farms, an organic farming commune made up of the Verbena from the old splat book (but updated and much cooler) who now train young Verbena. The book gives some interesting, if expectable, templates: the rune-carver, Voudon priestess, storm witch, shapeshifter, eco-activist, new-ager, etc. Nothing unexpected really. Theres also the ending (bringing the story full circle) and a brief mention of Wicca and various Wiccan/pagan/new age references: The Wicker Man, Scott Cunningham, Frazer's Golden Bough, Starhawk, etc. Again, this is stuff most people probably would expect, but nice to have anyway. Over all, this is a wonderful book for Mage, and even people who don't play Verbena )(or related Traditions) will find use in things like the exploration of pagan beliefs, the ancient history section and Life Magic.

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Walks readers through the process of creating a basic Web site from scratch using HMTL, the basis for billions of Web pages, and then jazzing it up with advanced techniques from the author's award-winning sites
This updated edition features new material that shows readers how to attract visitors to a site and keep them there, including new JavaScript examples and coverage of cascading style sheets and XHTML, technologies that make building successful Web sites even easier
Also features exciting new tips and tricks for beginning and advanced users, as well as more expanded examples and samples for users to incorporate in their own sites
The book moves from basic design and deployment to advanced page layout strategies, showing how to spice up new or existing sites with sound, video, and animation

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* Walks readers through the process of creating a basic Web site from scratch using HMTL, the basis for billions of Web pages, and then jazzing it up with advanced techniques from the author's award-winning sites

* This updated edition features new material that shows readers how to attract visitors to a site and keep them there, including new JavaScript examples and coverage of cascading style sheets and XHTML, technologies that make building successful Web sites even easier

* Also features exciting new tips and tricks for beginning and advanced users, as well as more expanded examples and samples for users to incorporate in their own sites

* The book moves from basic design and deployment to advanced page layout strategies, showing how to spice up new or existing sites with sound, video, and animation

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Recommended for a class I'm taking ..........2007-10-01

This book was (1) of (3) books recommended by the teacher of my online CSS & XHTML class.

It's more like a workbook than a manual, so it helps to work chapter by chapter.

It's easier to use than a manual and much less cumbersome.

However, I feel "Headfirst HTML with CSS & XHTML" by O'Reilly is more comprehensive while still holding onto the "workbook" style.

Make this book your SECOND choice to the O'Reilly book.

Beginner, but not "cool"..........2007-01-09

I got this to be an aid in teaching HTML and CSS to a 13-yr-old.

There is a lot of your standard HTML stuff in here and even some decent CSS basics, but as for being a good start towards creative or "cool" sites utilizing the contents; it's not. Just some run of the mill examples. It even has whole sections dedicated to frames. Yech. The CSS examples are pretty limited too. One small chapter on CSS inline text formatting (no stylesheet use) followed by a large chapter on table based layouts. What a shame.

Decent for a beginner, but I'd gravitate towards "CSS Web Design for Dummies" instead.

Best CSS primer also covers CGI and Javascript.......2007-01-08

Among nearly two shelves of CSS books at the store, this was the best one in terms of brevity, usefulness, and practicality. (With honorable mention to "Eric Meyer on CSS." I was there quite a while checking books out, and I hope somebody finds this opinion useful.)

I had some experience with CSS which is why I had questions. Chapter 4 is twenty-odd pages that I assimilated in 15 minutes --it answered ALL of my questions and had me itching to try things out! I immediately re-factored my site's pages and it ALL worked on the first crack! Chap. 4 alone justifies purchasing the book. If you're still using the FONT tag or positioning images with TABLEs, kiss that goodbye forever! CSS is so much more professional and controllable, and this is a killer introduction.

There isn't much to know on CGI so it's "all" here: it's just an additional line of code for Perl hacks, assuming one is at least clinically sane about security, i.e., doesn't pass a form field to system("$form{1}"). Doesn't cover PHP. Has a good chapter on essential JavaScript (how to check form fields to make sure they were filled in, etc.). The book is aimed at beginners, yet I (a career techie) did not find it annoying. It is to-the-point and I quickly found what I wanted --and more! Lots of cool tricks + good "under the hood" info (such as: the HEAD section loads entirely before the BODY, which is why it's a good place to put JavaScript functions so that they're all ready by the time the user sees anything).

This book is an antique........2006-12-20

I'm glad I didn't open the enclosed CD. I'd then be selling this book. I understand the basics of HTML coding haven't changed, but when I read the forward of this book, I knew it was out of date. 2nd edition, first published in 2000 this book is behind the times in computer time. Netscape the wave of the Future? All code checked with windows 98? What good could the enclosed CD be with a 2000 version of Explorer and Coffee Cup. This book would be of no help to a Myspace user and was no help to me. Still looking for an up to date guide.

hurricanejerry

I am not a techie . . ........2006-06-16

And I don't even play one on TV. But I sometimes find myself having to do techie things, such as making revisions to my Web site, or trying to figure out why the $%@!#$ thing isn't doing what I thought it was supposed to do. That is when I reach for this book.

Dave Taylor is a techie, but fortunately for us, he is able to communicate with those of us for whom HTML, CSS and XHTML are not our native languages. The explanations and examples in the book are easy to follow, and the companion Web site provides additional information.

Although the reason I wanted this book was to help with coding issues, it is much more. Creating Cool Web Sites is a one-stop shop with information about building Web pages, adding features such as graphics, audio and video, forms, and more. You even get suggestions on making your site more user-friendly, and attracting search engines and visitors.

There are hundreds of books out there about HTML, CSS, Web design, graphics, Java script, RSS, search engine marketing, etc. If you want one book that will explain all of this to you from start to finish in easy-to-understand language, Creating Cool Web Sites is the one you need.

Cathy Stucker, IdeaLady.com

Creating Cool Web Sites With HTML, XHTML, and CSS

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Creating Cool Web Sites With HTML, XHTML, and CSS
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