The Thrifty Investor: Penny-Wise Strategies for Investors on a Budget

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Many Americans feel investing is only for the wealthy. As a result, they miss out on long-term stock market returns. The Thrifty Investor helps average investors get into the stock market by providing specific, prescriptive suggestions on low-cost stocks and mutual funds, dividend reinvestment plans, and more. Easy to understand and rich with examples, it tells everyday investors on a budget where they can put the extra money they do have--and get the solid returns they thought were beyond their grasp. The Thrifty Investor is perfect for budding investors who can't afford 5-star funds with $5,000 minimum investments. Readers will get the targeted information they need on: • Top stocks and mutual funds to buy for $25 or less • How to start a direct reinvestment plan (DRIP) • Proven strategies for building a low-risk, affordable portfolio

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The Thrifty Investor helps average investors get into the stock market by providing specific, prescriptive suggestions on low-cost stocks and mutual funds, dividend reinvestment plans, and more.

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Good solid introcuction to investing with little money.......2001-12-01

A very well done, if a bit dated, introduction to how to invest without eating up your funds and profits with unnecessary fees. Basically stay away from brokers and anyone affiliated with them and you are much better off.

Buy The Book.......2001-02-04

An excellent read that is current on the fast changing times in the stock market. A great deal of research went into this book and it would take many years of study and fact finding to replicate the data on your own. This book has the cutting edge investment strategies from the mid-90's through the new millennium to harnes your financial future, regardless of income or knowledge. This book is both a great tool of the trade for a seasoned investor and a great starting point for the beginning investor. Save yourself $...and four years of college with this book. If you already have your financial ducks in a row - then give this book to your children or a friend - it will pay dividends for generations. The author is a wonderful father, husband, community leader, friend and the best college professor I ever had. His advice has served me wonderfully over the years - it will do the same for you.

New book takes mystery out of investing.......2001-01-10

This new book is well-written, helpful and painstakingly researched. It's filled with dozens of interesting tables and charts. Israelsen preaches the benefits of long-term investing rather than day-trading and short-term buying and selling. The first chapter, "The Investment Thing," clearly answers such questions as: Why invest in stock? Why do corporations sell stock? What causes the price of a stock to go up or down? How does annual return translate into actual dollar gains? With these basic questions answered, you are ready to absorb chapters on investment risks, mutual funds, how to get into investing, buying stock directly from companies, taxes, and finally, a battle plan. Includes great information on how to save for your children's education as well as retirement. Filled with smart advice and written in an easy-to-understand fashion, "The Thrifty Investor" is a great investment of your time -- and money.

Great Book for New Investors with little money.......2000-11-11

This is an excellent work for new investors, especially thosewho can only start on $50 a month to invest. Based upon his ownresearch as a professor, Craig states: "Investing in stock mutualfunds reduces the chance of experiencing negative returns compared toinvesting in individual stocks." And, he backs up this claim:"Investors who patiently and intelligently invest over a longperiod of time end up being rewarded by volatility rather than hurt byit." One should definitely check out his "Frugal FortyMutual Funds, Grouped by Equity Style" chart on p.39. This bookis meant for anyone to read and understand. It is an easy read--as ifyou were listening to Craig tell you about this. Before one reads"Mutual Funds for Dummies" or even any of Bach, Clements, orSuze Orman, read this first! His students love him, and so willeveryone that reads this short, very readable, and packed full of goodadvice book.

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A good guide for deep sky observing

A jewel for small telescope owners

If only it was made of durable paper!

Indispensable and still the best

A little giant atlas

The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky
Erich Karkoschka
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The Observer's Sky Atlas contains star charts and information for all those who observe the night sky with unaided eyes, with binoculars, or with small telescopes, and also for those who just wish to look at constellations and interesting objects. Equally useful for the beginning observer and the old hand, the atlas presents:

- A short introduction into observing the sky and a thorough description of the star charts and tables

- Clearly arranged charts of all the stars (up to 6th magnitude) visible with the unaided eye

- Enlarged chart sections (including all stars to magnitude 9) for binocular observation, highlighting 250 interesting nebulae, galaxies, and stellar clusters;

This new third edition features:

- 32 additional pages with images of all the 250 nebulae covered in the atlas

- An updated calendar for the next 20 years

- Double star ephemerides from 2005-2020, including updated tables accompanying star charts

- Updated minima/maxima of variable stars according to recent observations

- Updated data where new measurements have proven more reliable than previous ones.

The Observer's Sky Atlas is an indispensable and handy companion for every observer and has already appeared in four languages.

Some praise for previous editions:

"… The most informative little sky guide in the business." –Astronomy

"The more experienced observer will find this slim volume useful at the telescope and … packed with interesting observing projects." –Sky & Telescope

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A good guide for deep sky observing.......2007-10-04

I have a lot of sky atlases as well as guides to deep sky objects. While there are numerous maps that are aesthetically more beautiful and perhaps more useful overal as a scopeside map, and numerous deep sky object guides, none of them presents such an excellent distillation of objects and easily useable maps for practical recreational viewing with binoculars or the small scope. I find with this book, I get the most out of my evenings with little pre-planning necessary. After gaining some experience with this book, one can than follow the general approach to deep sky viewing with more advanced guides and atlases.

A jewel for small telescope owners.......2007-09-28

I've been an active observer for years. My telescopes have been large instruments requiring some planning and setup. For this reason, I typically do little observing during nights when there is a partial moon out. I've decided to do some observing with a small 80mm telescope. It's easy to move outside and set up within a minute and it's no big deal if I only have a few minutes to observe.

It turns out that what I had in the way of a star atlas was not terribly suited for my new endeavor. My atlases are all geared for deep space observing with big reflectors. They are well worn and tattered and I know from experience that although I have loved them to death, I will learn to hate them if I attempt an observing program with an 80mm telescope.

So..... during the past few weeks, I've been looking for the perfect reference material. A friend of mine turned me on to "The Observer's Sky Atlas" by E. Karkoschka. I briefly looked through his and decided immediately that I "needed" one. I've used many of the other atlases geared towards small telescpes but I've decided that this one will be my new companion over the next few months.

My grab and go observing will be just that... grab and go. I wanted a volume that fits that bill. The atlas is a small paperback about 6 x 8 inches. Within it's pages you'll find 250 deep space wonders along with 250 double stars complete with pictures and easy to use reference charts.

Each set of pages includes a table of interesting objects to see on the left side and a chart on the right. The table lists the objects of interest, along with pertinent data. There's your mix of deep space objects, open clusters, binary stars, and standard stars. Refractors are very nice for just looking at your standard stars you know. You got your big ones, your blue ones, your red ones.... There are two additional pieces of data that this volume provides lacking in so many other references. The first is the estimated distance in light years. I love this! The other is a guide to help you determine the difficulty in seeing the object shown by a die (as in dice). A six is super easy, a one will be more challenging.

Near the back of the book are black and white photos of all 250 deep space objects in the guide. This is really nice for your daytime aspects of your observing program or to tease out what you think you see as you compare it to the photograph.

At the back of the book is a full sky chart showing all of the constellations and a key to help you zoom in on the individual charts in the book.

I am sure that all objects in the book are observable in an 80mm scope and that is why I so heartily recommend this book. This is also a volume that I can highly recommend for budding astronomers. I see little mention of it in observing circles but it is a true little jewel. Get it!

Michelle

If only it was made of durable paper!.......2006-12-08

Alas, nothing is perfect. This pocket star atlas is nothing short then genius - it would have been perfect but for the cheap production.
The idea is simple yet powerful. All other star atlas are either short on details - thus preventing convenient star-hopping to non-trivial targets, or cumbersome, as good detail of the entire sky is a lot to print.
Taking Uranometria or The Millennium Star Atlas to the field is no light task. Using these hefty books at the field is even less convenient.
Here we have a marvelous solution: most of the sky do not deserve rich detail for lack of interesting objects. Here we have but 10% of the entire sky in high detail, and the rest in low detail. Thus we have 250 objects, enough to satisfy my 10 incher, in a pocket - sized book.
Then there's the fine data regarding each and every object. Why other atlas do not include surface brightness for nebulae? This one does! Tons of knowledge, ready to be used - this is magic!
I warmly recommend this little marvel. I wish better production will be available - I, for one, will certainly buy it.

Indispensable and still the best.......2006-08-23

There are two small atlases I consider to be absolutely indispensable. The Observer's Sky Atlas is one of them. The unique feature of The Observer's Sky Atlas is the insets on each chart that provides additional detail in the vicinity of many of the most commonly sought after objects. In this way, Karkoschka has been able to plot stars down to magnitude 9 for those areas of the sky you are most likely to be targeting. This feature has allowed me to more easily zero in on an object where my other favorite field atlas, (see below), sometimes provided too few stars to pinpoint exactly where I was as I tried to narrow in on a tiny section of dark sky.

When opening the book, each chart is printed on a right hand page. Each chart covers a nice area of the sky and includes stick figures of the constellations to help get your bearings. Then, as mentioned above, key areas within the chart are further detailed with the insets. The charts are not in color, so some may not see them as pretty as in other books, but there is a nice elegance to them nonetheless. The charts are easy to find using the all sky view key to charts at the back of the book, (which oddly is in color).

Data for the objects on each chart are printed on the facing left hand page. This is a very nice feature that I particularly like. Information includes such things as a star's apparent and absolute magnitude, it's B-V index, its distance and its coordinates. For binary stars there is information on their separation and their variability. For nebula and galaxies there is additional information on size, shape, and distance. There are even short descriptions of how objects appear through a telescope or binoculars. Karkoschka has done a great job of providing a lot of information in a very condensed but easy to read format.

One drawback to this atlas is the construction. The atlas is not spiral bound, so it does not lay flat, and the pages, although sturdy enough, are not in any way water resistant.

Overall though, this is an outstanding atlas for taking into the field, and I would certainly recommend it. As I said, I consider it to be indispensable.

Another outstanding atlas is Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas by Roger Sinnott. It is a nice compliment to The Observer's Sky Atlas. I like the Pocket Sky Atlas for its big broad views of the sky and it's stunning charts (see my review of that book). I like the Observer's Sky Atlas for its additional detail both in the chart insets and in the descriptions of objects. Both are ideal as field atlases, and I keep them both very close at hand when I've observing.

I hope you're not in a position where you can only buy one. Choosing between the two would be difficult. As I said, I keep both with me when I'm observing. But if you do have to choose, I would suggest the following. If you want the nicest looking atlas, go with the Pocket Sky Atlas. If you want a bit more detail and you don't mind giving up the glossy color pages and spiral binding, go with the Observers's Sky Atlas. But honestly, you really can't go wrong with either one.

A little giant atlas.......2005-09-02

I have this atlas since 1999, it was the first, and by far the most used. The 50 charts include 250 non-stellar objects(nebulae), including all Messier,also 250 binary and 80 visual variables stars. All the charts include inset finder charts up
to 9 star magnitudes to find all non-stellar the objects. Althought the object count doesn't seem much impressive, the layout is a miracle of compactness. It's quite amazing how much really usefull information the author did put on such a small
format, and yet on perfectly readable manner. That includes position, size, shape, classification, magnitude, surface
brightness, visibility, distance and even a sucint description. On binary stars have also the color (temperature)
difference, separations , position angles and on some cases even the orbits.
This atlas is a perfect companion for instruments that go from a pair of eyes to telescopes and binoculars up to 150mm (6"),
but beware that is a very practical "field" observer's book, there are no pretty pictures or extensive descriptions, just a
guide to get you to do your own pretty pictures and your own descriptions, requiring some practice and a basic knowledge of
the constellations and some bright stars.
Due it's incredible compactness I'll give it 5 (neutron) stars.

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This useful reference provides solid knowledge of the risks and benefits associated with the cancer screening process, assesses abnormal results and therapeutic outcomes, and facilitates the communication of these issues to patients. Describes screening tests from individual, health care, ethical, legal, and regulatory perpectives! Gathering insights from over 35 international experts in the field, Cancer Screening · details the screening procedures available for a wide variety of cancers · offers a practical approach to screening implementation for a number of cancer sites · discusses the explicit methodology of judging screening tests · reports screening recommendations from various organizations · analyzes the strengths and hazards of current screening procedures as well as the quality of supporting evidence · appraises the utility of screening tests versus other health care strategies · presents a basis for judging future screening technologies such as genetic testing · and more! Including over 1300 references, tables, and figures, Cancer Screening is an indispensable guide for basic and clinical oncologists, internists and family practitioners, gynecologists, public health physicians, health policy specialists, health economists, health educators, prevention and early detection advocates, epidemiologists, biometricians, statisticians, and medical school and graduate students in these disciplines.

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In the last few years we have witnessed an upsurge of interest in exactly solvable quantum field theoretical models in many branches of theoretical physics ranging from mathematical physics through high-energy physics to solid states. This book contains six pedagogically written articles meant as an introduction for graduate students to this fascinating area of mathematical physics. It leads them to the front line of present-day research. The topics include conformal field theory and W algebras, the special features of 2d scattering theory as embodied in the exact S matrices and the form factor studies built on them, the Yang--Baxter equations, and the various aspects of the Bethe Ansatz systems.

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As the Second World War draws to a conclusion, Marek Poljovka, Mayor of Krupka, is faced with a problem. Krupka, a sleepy central European market town, is nominally under the control of the Third Reich. So far, Marek has managed to maintain cordial relations with the occupying forces, personified by the urbane and charming Hauptmann Kristian Kreissl and his superior officer, the heroic and partially disabled war hero, Colonel Malz. Now that the tide of war is so clearly turning, Marek does not want his cooperation with the Germans to be construed as collaboration, the consequences of which he would prefer not to think about. Marek's efforts to handle the increasingly tricky situation are hardly assisted by the colourful local population, ranging from curse-happy witches through dim-witted partisans to plainly insane river pirates. Can Marek cope? Can he keep his dignity? Can he avoid being tied to a lamp post and shot? And what about the women in his life-especially Elena? About that, he is in no doubt at all. He would probably be safer tied to the lamp post.

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A Lot of Local Hilarity.......2005-07-23

What is Geoff Bamber, best known as a writer of plays for children (at least amongst those of us who have need of plays for children) doing writing a novel for adults? Well, making a pretty good job of it for a start.
This book is laugh-out-loud funny!
The "little local difficulty" of the title is the Second World War, which is raging around Europe whilst the population of the tiny Czechoslovak town of Krupka tries to ignore it and carry on as normally as possible.
The hero of the novel - or at least, its central character, since he is not in the least heroic - is a teacher who has been elevated to the position of mayor through the realisation that what the population wanted in a civic official was someone totally honest and totally gullible. Of course, the mayor is not in charge, since Czechoslovakia is occupied by Nazi Germany. The mayor's response is to spend his time pricking the pomposity of his masters, whilst avoiding being taken outside and shot.
Amidst the wry anti-authoritarian humour and the stream of running jokes, Geoff Bamber manages to paint a convincing portrait of people trying to live normally under the constraints of an occupying power, and of the Nazi war machine crumbling as it stretches its logistical chains to breaking point.
A very funny book and a very good read.

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At the dawn of the 20th century, the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) became a worldwide political focal point. The war, marked the rise of Japan as a world power, paved the way for the Russian Revolution, and made Theodore Roosevelt the first American ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. It engaged the fervent attention of Asia, Europe, and the United States--so much so that the Milton Bradley Co. created a popular board game based on the war. But more than this, the Russo-Japanese conflict was the first war to be fully recorded by the international media. Journalists, photographers, and filmmakers poured into the areas, capturing the battles in words and visuals, and creating in the process a flood of images remarkable for their vibrancy and power. A Much Recorded War examines the Russo-Japanese conflict from the viewpoint of its artistic legacy, exploring the ways in which it was represented, promoted, and mythologized. Featuring more than 80 objects--from woodblock prints, lithographs, watercolors, and photographs to film, postcards, and even garments--the book discusses the origins and history of the war, the development of its imagery in Japanese art, and the groundbreaking role of photography and film. Published to mark the 100th anniversary of the Portsmouth Treaty, which ended the war, this is both a remarkable work of historical scholarship and a brilliant compendium of period graphic art.

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An exceptional testimony to both art and reporting.......2005-11-06

A Much Recorded War: The Russo-Japanese War In History And Imagery could just as easily have been featured in our 'Art' review section: it's that packed with lovely woodblock prints, postcard reproductions, and other visuals which represented the first fully reported struggle. It's featured here so that no history student or student of Japanese or Russian history will miss the lovely blend of art and history represented here in full color. From photography's evidence during the war and how news filtered to the West to the lasting impact of visual images and chosen perspectives, A Much Recorded War is an exceptional testimony to both art and reporting.

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Deeply moving. Excellent illustrations!.......1998-12-28

A must have for anyone interested in Native culture. Each rite is carefully described with a sincere reverence and enhanced with beautifully detailed illustrations. I wish that American schools would use this book as a part of their American History curriculum. Highly recomended!

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Bioremediation of Inorganic Compounds: The Sixth International in Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium : San Diego, California, June 4-7, 2001 (Sixth ... in Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Sympo)
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