MBR: The Money/Finance Shelf

The Money/Finance Shelf

Living Trusts for Everyone
Ronald Farrington Sharp
Allworth Press
10 East 23rd St., Suite 510, New York NY 10010
9781581156744, $14.95, www.allworth.com

Living Trusts for Everyone: Why a Will is Not the Way to Avoid
Probate, Protect Heirs, and Settle Estates advocates trusts and
explains them in clear language, maintaining that a trust if often
better than a will, and less costly. From understanding different
types of trusts and how to fund them to selecting an attorney and
considering the costs of paperwork, this is a fine pick!

Gold: Everything You Need to Know to Buy and Sell Today
Jeff Garrett & Q. David Bowers
Whitman Publishing
3101 Clairmont Rd Suite C, Atlanta, GA 30329
9780794832063, $12.95, www.whitmanbooks.com

Gold: Everything You Need to Know to Buy and Sell Today offers a 120-
page hardcover in a library-quality shipcase accompanied by text and
illustrations with pullouts of insider information. From bullion-value
charts and coinage specs to weight conversions and more, this offers
pullouts that can be used while buying, selling or trading gold, and
is a top pick for any actively involved in the gold market.

Jewelry & Gems: The Buying Guide, seventh edition
Antoinette Matlins & A.C. Bonanno
Gemstone Press
Box 237, Woodstock, VT 05091
0943763711, $19.99, www.gemstonepress.com

The collaborative work of Antoinette Matlins, PG & A.C. Bonanno, FGA,
PG, ASA, "Jewelry & Gems: The Buying Guide" has been completely
updated and expanded into its seventh edition, and deserves repeated,
ongoing mention as a powerful guide for any consumer interested in
buying gems and jewelry. New gems, designs, and prices pack a
reference any gem and jewelry buyer must have, covering everything
from false claims to key questions to ask when buying. It's been
recommended by us before - and deserves ongoing attention and
interest, as there's simply nothing like it on the market!

Navigating Through the Risk
Bill Pirtle
MPCT Publishing Company
PO Box 904, Royal Oak, MI 48069
9780982611609, $34.95

Credit cards have become the preferred way to pay for many.
"Navigating Through the Risks of Credit Card Processing" is a guide to
setting one's business up to accept credit cards and what risks lie
ahead for a business accepting credit cards as a system of payment.
The contracts, the negotiations, getting the money, and so much more,
"Navigating Through the Risks of Credit Card Processing" is a must for
any business who wants to open up the convenience for their consumers
and doesn't want to be burned in the process.

Save Your Money, Save Your Family
Toni House
NorLights Press
2721 Tulip Tree Road, Nashville, IN 47448
9781935254256, $15.95

When the worst hits, it all comes down to how you've prepared. "Save
Your Money, Save Your Family: A Foolproof, 28-Day Plan for Recession
Proofing Your Family" is a guide to living on the edge and on a tight
budget. With plenty of ideas on staying on budget, staying true to
one's compact wallet, and much more, Toni House gives a highly useful
read, and makes "Save Your Money, Save Your Family" a top pick for any
who want to be prepared for a money crisis.

Personal Finance for Seniors for Dummies
Eric Tyson and Bob Carlson
Wiley-Blackwell
10475 Crosspoint Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46256
9780470548769 $21.99 www.wiley.com

Part of the exceptional "For Dummies" series of guides written to be
accessible to users of all backgrounds, Personal Finance for Seniors
for Dummies covers everything that anyone approaching or at retirement
age should know. Chapters give advice on when to retire, guidelines
for estimating expenses, recommended investments for retirement money,
suggestions for adjusting spending as needed, discussions of available
social security and healthcare benefits, ways to reduce one's estate
taxes, and much more. Personal Finance for Seniors for Dummies takes
complicated financial issues and distills them down to plain terms,
and is an absolute "must-have" not only for elders, but also for the
adult children and grandchildren of the older generation who might
need to lend a hand to helping their loved ones in these tough
economic times.

What Color Is Your Parachute? For Retirement, second edition
John E. Nelson and Richard N. Bolles
Ten Speed Press
PO Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94707
9781580082051 $16.99 www.tenspeed.com 1-800-841-2665

Now in a completely revised and updated second edition, What Color Is
Your Parachute? For Retirement: Planning a Prosperous, Healthy, and
Happy Future lives up to its title with rock-solid advice on planning
not only one's retirement finances, but also other aspects of
retirement - social relationships, personal health, big life
decisions, and more. Chapters address everything from making sure the
neighborhood or community one retires into is suitable for one's
tastes, to solid practices for building "biological vitality" and
maintaining one's health, to the value of building social
relationships in advance, given that social relationships grounded in
work are likely to fade when one retires and there is no "automatic
relationship generator" in the third phase of one's life. Highly
recommended; it is never too soon to start learning from a user-
friendly and practical guide such as What Color Is Your Parachute?

How to Keep From Going Broke with a Broker
Richard A. Lewins
Bascom Hill Publishing Group
212 North 3rd Avenue, Suite 290, Minneapolis, MN 55401
9781935098249, $19.95, www.bascomhillpublishing.com

Good money management is the key to good wealth. "How to Keep From
Going Broke with a Broker: A Guide to Opening, Maintaining and
Surviving Your Brokerage Account" is a guide to brokers and how a
broker is a powerful tool in keeping one's head afloat in these
financial times with so many bad investments waiting around to eat
one's money. With plenty of advice on avoiding these pitfalls and
keeping a plan for the future, "How to Keep From Going Broke with a
Broker" is a top pick.

Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money
Woody Tasch
Chelsea Green Publishing
PO Box 428, White River Junction, VT 05001
9781603582544, $15.95, www.chelseagreen.com

Getting rich quick is what got us where the economy is today.
"Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms,
and Fertility Mattered" is a discussion of slow money, a movement
encouraging sustainable income for both the economy and the
environment. Responsibility and thinking for the future could be the
recovery the country needs, and "Inquiries into the Nature of Slow
Money" is a thoughtful and much needed look into modern economics.

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