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The Money/Finance Shelf

How To Settle Your Debts
Norman H. Perlmutter
Cre-Debt Publications
25 Kilmer Drive, Suite 102, Morganville, NJ 07751
9780979748301, $18.95, www (dot) getoutofdebtcoach (dot) com

Among the unfortunate side effects of an economic downturn such as the
United States is currently experiencing is the growing debt load that
ordinary men and women find themselves having to labor under. Now in a
fully updated and significantly expanded second edition, "How To
Settle your Debts: Without Committing Financial Suicide" by certified
public accountant Norman H. Perlmutter, is the perfect do-it-yourself
manual for individuals, families, and businesses who find themselves
sinking further and further into crippling debt. Of special note is
the new chapter specifically addressing the problems associated with
student-loan debt. A major culprit are the credit card companies who
deliberately target people's desire for instant gratification for
things they don't need and cannot afford. Complicated with deceptive
interest rate schedules and conditions, anyone seeking to emerge from
crippling debt must become informed with respect to the various
techniques of predatory credit card issuers. Drawing upon his many
years of experience and expertise in helping individuals and
businesses deal successfully with the problems of excessive debt,
Perlmutter deftly shows the non-specialist general reader how to wipe
out their debt without having to resort to bankruptcy (which Congress
has made even more difficult with the finance industry backed
legislation); how to effectively deal with bill collectors; settling
debts through leverage; clean up and rebuild personal and corporate
credit ratings; deal successfully with tax debts, secured debts, and
judicial judgements; resolve student loan debt repayment problems; as
well as when and how to simply walk away from debts. "How To Settle
Your Debts" should be considered profoundly valuable reading for
anyone having to deal with problems arising from excessive debt, and
be a priority acquisition for college, university, and community
library Money/Finance reference collections.

Kiplinger's Estate Planning
John Ventura, Esq.
Kaplan Publishing
1 Liberty Plaza, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10006
9781427797094, $21.95, www (dot) kaplan (dot) com

What happens to all of ones belongings if they are randomly and
tragically killed in a bus accident tomorrow? "Kiplinger's Estate
Planning: The Complete Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Maximizing Your
Legacy" is a complete and comprehensive guide to estate management,
whether one carries an estate worth millions or if there estate is
only small enough to be worth less than thousand – it's a guide for
anyone that anyone can understand about wills and how to make sure
ones will is carried out when they make a purchase of metaphorical
agricultural land. "Kiplinger's Estate Planning: The Complete Guide to
Wills, Trusts, and Maximizing Your Legacy" is a must for anyone
worried about their friends and family and wants to leave them
something when their gone – and for community library finance
collections.

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