Ben Stein
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English
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"Hilarious advice on what NOT to do with money, from financial funny man Ben Stein Everyone's searching for the secrets to financial success, but what about the best ways to lose money. fast?! In How To Really Ruin Your Financial Life and Portfolio, bestselling author, economist, financial commentator, and media personality Ben Stein explains exactly what to do. to go bust! The ultimate "how-NOT-to" guide, the book gives readers invaluable tips that...
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John Wiley
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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Two experts in personal finance provide accessible advice for individual investors who are uncertain about their investment and retirement portfolios, and outline the steps required to protect one's money from today's financial calamities.
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John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
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"Bestselling authors Ben Stein and Phil DeMuth know that investors are bored with their typical 60/40 stock & bond portfolios and curious about whether some of the new variations going around might be right for them. At the same time, many alternative strategies are going down-market and opening to the retail investor. Stein and DeMuth recommend that investors look outside of the box to hedge funds, real estate, gold, commodities, and even art as...
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English
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Ferris Bueller has played hooky a number of times. But this time he has the entire school and more believing he is on the verge of death. On this special day off, Ferris invites his friend Cameron and girlfriend Sloane to join him in his day of fun. Ferris talks Cameron into borrowing his father's precious Ferrari for the day's transportation. All the while, Principal Ed Rooney is determined to prove Ferris is faking his illness. Jeanie is Ferris's...
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Vivendi Visual Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Ben Stein travels the world on a quest to learn an awe-inspiring truth - that educators and scientists are being ridiculed, denied tenure, and even fired for merely believing that there might be evidence of 'design' in nature, and that perhaps life is not the result of accidental, random chance, but of intelligent design.
16) The boost
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A real estate developer living the good life is crushed when the economy bottoms out. He decides he needs a "boost" to keep his edge. What he gets instead is an all-consuming need that drags him and his wife into a cycle of shame, denial, and anguish.
17) Light and sound
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Series
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Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Examines how light and sound work, how they are used in our day to day lives and how they can be used to learn more about the universe in which we live.
18) Radioactivity
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Radioactivity" explains the science behind radiation, from the radiation in the body to the radiation in the environment; how radiation can create energy and cause destruction; and how it saves lives every day.
19) Son of the mask
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Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The ancient mask has gone missing again. This time it washes up on the banks of a little stream where it is found by Otis the Dog, who brings it home to Tim Avery and his wife Tonya. Otis plays with the Mask until it attaches itself to his face, after which he is transformed into a cartoon dog. Eventually Tim puts on the Mask, and is transformed into a whiz kid at his advertising agency and is able to create brilliant campaigns with no problems at...
20) Fired
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
When actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen, she wondered how she would cope with being fired by a cultural icon. Turning to friends in show business, she was assured she was not alone. Once the subject had been broached, everyone she knew, from her rabbi, to her gynecologist, had stories of getting the boot. This set her off on a journey to answer the question: was being fired going to be the best thing, or worst thing, that...