This irreverent manifesto sparked both conversation and controversy when it made its debut as a hardcover in 2009. From essays in The Wall Street Journal to debates in the blogosphere, women weighed in on the book's provocative message, which ultimately challenges the ideals and assumptions we've blindly accepted about love and marriage. Smart Girls Marry Money is a hard-hitting indictment on society (peppered with plenty of wry observations) that empowers women with a new way to take control of their economic and romantic lives. Now in a paperback edition, there will be more ''smart Girls'' who will join in on the heated debate on how we can make healthier (and wealthier!) marriages.

Increase your spending power, enhance your standard of living, and achieve financial independence with this “must-read” guide to money management (Jane Bryant Quinn). Laurence Kotlikoff, one of our nation’s premier personal finance experts and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Get What’s Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security, harnesses the power of economics and advanced computation to deliver a host of spellbinding but simple money magic tricks that will transform your financial future.Each trick shares a basic ingredient for financial savvy based on economic common sense, not Wall Street snake oil. Money Magic offers a clear path to a richer, happier, and safer financial life. Whether you’re making education, career, marriage, lifestyle, housing, investment, retirement, or Social Security decisions, Kotlikoff provides a clear framework for readers of all ages and income levels to learn tricks like: How to choose a career to maximize your lifetime earnings (hint: you may want to consider picking up a plunger instead of a stethoscope). How to buy a superior education on the cheap and graduate debt-free. Why it’s smarter to cash out your IRA to pay off your mortgage. Why delaying retirement for two years can reap dividends and how to lower your average lifetime tax bracket. Money Magic’s most powerful act is transforming your financial thinking, explaining not just what to do, but why to do it. Get ready to discover the economics approach to financial planning—the fruit of a century’s worth of research by thousands of cloistered economic wizards whose now-accessible collective findings turn conventional financial advice on its head. Kotlikoff uses his soft heart, hard nose, dry wit, and flashing wand to cast a powerful spell, leaving you eager to accomplish what you formerly dreaded: financial planning.

When the glamorous Grosvenor sisters arrive in the exclusive Hamptons beach town of Little Elbow, all eyes are on them. Gorgeous Grace and Charming Charity are soon favourites on everybody's guest-list. Except that of their neighbour, Marcella Hunter. Heiress Marcella doesn't want the competition and when Grace starts dating the dull but extraordinarily rich Choate Fitzgerald - someone Marcella has had her eye on - the gloves are off. Marcella determines to find out where the sisters really came from. And exactly how they can afford to rent a six-bedroom beach house in this millionaires' playground. In the process, however, it becomes clear quite a few of the people spending the summer in Little Elbow are not what they seem . . . Praise for Chris Manby 'A good comic romp' - Metro, London 'Devour it in one go' - Company

'A passionate, provocative book. It isn't just a self-help book. It is a manifesto for a better society' Sunday Times 'One of the most rigorous articulations of the new mood of acceptance...a persuasive demolition of many of our cultural stories about how we ought to live' Oliver Burkeman, Guardian Paul Dolan, the bestselling author of Happiness by Design, shows us how to escape the myth of perfection and find our own route to happiness. Be ambitious; find everlasting love; look after your health ... There are countless stories about how we ought to live our lives. These narratives can make our lives easier, and they might sometimes make us happier too. But they can also trap us and those around us. In Happy Ever After, bestselling happiness expert Professor Paul Dolan draws on a variety of studies ranging over wellbeing, inequality and discrimination to bust the common myths about our sources of happiness. He shows that there can be many unexpected paths to lasting fulfilment. Some of these might involve not going into higher education, choosing not to marry, rewarding acts rooted in self-interest and caring a little less about living forever. By freeing ourselves from the myth of the perfect life, we might each find a life worth living.

Are you off to a good start financially in your marriage? She's a shopaholic and he's a tightwad. Or he's a spendthrift and she's a penny-pincher. Are their marriages doomed to fail? Should they even marry at all? It's been said that the two most destructive problems in a marriage are mismanagement of money and poor communication. In this financial book, Money Before Marriage, Larry Burkett disarms these powerful threats by summarizing the key insights of wise money management. Learn how to avoid the most common financial and communication pitfalls experienced by thousands of newlyweds by: Applying to your marriage what God's Word says about finances Discovering the practical aspects of managing your personal finances Answering the tough questions relating to debt, credit card use, life insurance needs, and separate bank accounts Preparing your new family's first budget Let Larry Burkett help you to smooth out the bumps in your marriage before they start. "The prudent sees evil and hides himself, but the naive go on, and are punished for it." -- Proverbs 22:33

For the man or woman who’s looking for love and riches—but not necessarily in that order—comes How to Marry Money, a sophisticated and unabashedly candid guide to landing a partner of means. Learn how to meet the rich, how to behave around them, and how to blend in without breaking the bank. By following Kevin Doyle’s advice, you’ll learn how to: Instantly recognize the financial stature of each man or woman in every room you enter. Put yourself in the right place at the right time to gain access to rich, single people. Prevent certain embarrassing friends and family from derailing the gravy train. Straight to the point and full of humor, How to Marry Money will help you to land the millionaire of your dreams.

A groundbreaking book--based on years of the same thorough research that made the "Dress For Success" books national bestsellers--about how women can statistically improve their chances of getting married.

The rich have to marry someone...why not you? Now the world's one and only "Marry Rich consultant reveals her secrets in a detailed, step-by-step plan for meeting and marrying money. It's unique, it's outrageous...and it works! Stop dreaming about a life of luxury and love...do what it takes to achieve the life you desire! Learn: *What to say...and what not to say *Where the rich are--and how to make them notice you *How to look like a million--and attract someone who has a million! *The secret "clues" that signal wealth *How to develop your relationship successfully--all the way to the altar *and much more!

Innovative readings and blog posts show how sociology can help us understand everyday life.