by Livia Kelly ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2019
A short but surprisingly thorough and engaging overview on achieving financial freedom.
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A debut money management guide targets singles.
Kelly packs an extraordinary amount of hard-won wisdom into fewer than 60 pages in her personal finance manual. The author, a flight attendant for many years, made an array of standard fiscal mistakes early in her career. The errors included neglecting her savings, ignoring the importance of long-term planning, and assuming she had all the leeway in the world, particularly on the question of retirement: “Planning for retirement is not a high priority for many people because it’s easy to procrastinate when you feel you have time on your side and when you have other financial demands.” She puts forward these collected pieces of strategy to help others to save time by avoiding some basic blunders, with a particular emphasis on single people of all ages. She stresses the importance of making budgets and sticking to them, and she deftly lays out the benefits of investing incrementally in a variety of insurance policies: “For just a few dollars a month, you can make sure that should the worst happen to you, your family members will be provided for.” She produces a proposal for creating an emergency savings fund (and points out the rare instances when it’s OK to raid it); she writes about the methods of checking and possibly improving personal credit ratings; and she looks ahead to future economic realities like Medicare and estate planning. And through it all, she not only maintains an upbeat, cheerful tone, but also reminds her fellow Christians that their faith can aid their efforts—and should shape their approaches as well. “Happiness comes from service,” she writes, “and God designed each of us to serve through our giving.” The underlying ethos of the book is that it’s never too late for readers to take control of their finances and devise clear plans for a secure future. Younger audiences especially will find this advice immensely encouraging.
A short but surprisingly thorough and engaging overview on achieving financial freedom.Pub Date: April 16, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-73363-900-2
Page Count: 71
Publisher: Livia Kelly Publishing
Review Posted Online: Nov. 5, 2019
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
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by William Strunk & E.B. White ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 15, 1972
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
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by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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