Financial English

A few years ago, small-time finance journalist Matthew Prior quit his day job to gamble everything on a quixotic notion: a Web site devoted to financial journalism in the form of blank verse. When his big idea - and his wife's eBay resale business - ends with a whimper (and a garage full of unwanted figurines), they borrow and borrow, whistling past the graveyard of their uncertain dreams.

Set in Malaya, Almayer's Folly is Joseph Conrad's first novel. In it, he charts the decline of a Dutch merchant after a 25 year struggle against overwhelming odds. Though married to a bitter and hateful Malayan wife, Almayer refuses to accept the financial ruin which he has precipitated. Instead, he dreams of fantastic wealth and a return to the civilization of his youth, accompanied by his loving daughter, Nina.

This audiobook will help you discover your passion in life and help you monetize it. I've also laid out how I've gotten my credit score over 800. I also teach you how I learned to ignore criticism online from haters once I started to make money. I also teach you my philosophy to investing and how I'm investing my money these days.

Grape, Olive, Pig reveals hidden gems and enduring delicacies from across this extraordinary country, contextualizing each meal with the stories behind the food in a cultural narrative. Whether you've visited Spain or have only dreamed of bellying up to its tapas bars, Grape, Olive, Pig will wake your imagination, rouse your hunger, and capture your heart.

The New York Times best-selling author of The Roaring 2000s guides listeners through the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression. The first and last economic depression that you will experience in your lifetime is just ahead. The years 2009 and 2010 will be the initial end of prosperity in almost every market, ushering in a downturn like most of us have not experienced before.

Many professional students feel guilty about living on student loans while simultaneously worrying that they may never be able to pay them off. This audiobook will lift the burden of guilt while providing insight into the financial consequences of the major decisions you will face during school and residency training. Assuming no prior knowledge of personal finance and investing, the audiobook is filled with straight talk and clear explanations. Let Dr. Dahle be the financial mentor you didn’t even know you needed.

Get ready to know all there is to know about starting your own food truck business and, more importantly, keeping it successful! Starting a small business is a challenge, but the food truck industry is growing rapidly. Over the last five years, the food truck industry experienced a massive surge in growth due to increased demand for specific food options, such as plant-based and eco-friendly food, as well as diet-specific foods.

This book is your ultimate guide in starting a successful contracting business. Kim Hopkins shares the things he wishes he had known when he was just starting up his business. With decades of experience in the industry, Kim provides the most essential knowledge that can help you from marketing, leadership, management, and financial success in the contracting industry!

Dave Shutler analyzes twelve faulty assumptions about obtaining a higher education and shows how they can lead to debilitating college debt. Analogizing to the two realities in the Matrix movies, he reveals underlying facts about the assumptions to high schoolers and their parents. These assumptions range from deciding whether to attend college in the first place, to the importance of selecting a major, to how to minimize college living costs. This book is a systematic guide to the many misconceptions that students hold in the college application process.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Financial Literacy and learn about the money-making habits that lead to success and abundance.

The mysterious, violent death of a prominent New England patriarch exposes a nest of dark family secrets in bestselling author Richard North Patterson’s twentieth compelling novel. Adam Blaine arrives on the island of Martha’s Vineyard to attend the funeral of his estranged father, Ben Blaine, a famous and charismatic writer who has served as patriarch of his clan for many years.

The Financial Times Guide to Strategy is your unbeatable reference on strategy. It offers an incisive overview of both corporate level and business unit level strategy, an A to Z of the world's leading strategic thinkers, and introduces the key strategic tools and techniques you need to develop your own strategy. Based on long experience and on conversations with leading strategists around the world, Richard Koch helps you discover each critical step in creating, delivering, and understanding successful strategy.

Are you overwhelmed by the emotional roller coaster of watching your loved one struggle with dementia? Does the relentless cycle of confusion, agitation, and frustration leave you feeling helpless, desperately seeking a breakthrough to restore harmony? Are you grappling with the heart-wrenching decision of balancing your own self-care, while ensuring your loved one receives the support they need?

Discover exactly how to find land for your tiny house, correctly budget, and navigate zoning and code, even if you have no experience.

Greedy Bastards tells the story of Sheryl and her new team’s uphill battle to turn around San Antonio city government. She takes you behind closed doors to share the hard changes she made and the strategies she used to create mutually beneficial solutions to the city’s biggest problems. Many of the issues Sheryl found in San Antonio are present in cities across the US. Packed with wins and losses, lessons learned, and pitfalls encountered, Greedy Bastards is a guidebook for any city official tasked with turning around a struggling city.

New bank failures have been a rude awakening for everyone who believed that the banking industry was reformed after the Global Financial Crisis—and that we'd never again have to choose between massive bailouts and financial havoc. The Bankers' New Clothes uncovers just how little things have changed—and why banks are still so dangerous.

Accounting is a crucial part of any successful business as it records all profits, losses, credits, and debts and tells you the state of the business. This audiobook will provide you with the most vital knowledge on accounting and business growth as well as how to protect your business against fraud.

It is abundantly clear that our world is divided into two very different economies. The real one, for the average worker, is based on productivity and results. It behaves according to traditional rules of money and economics. The other doesn’t. It is the product of years of loose money, poured by central banks into a system dominated by financial titans. It is powerful enough to send stock markets higher even in the face of a global pandemic and threats of nuclear war. Nomi Prins relentlessly exposes a world fractured by policies crafted by the largest financial institutions

We know how overwhelming investing can seem at first glance; after all, there are thousands upon thousands of audiobooks on this topic alone! Not to mention, the stock market is unpredictable and can be a risky game for new investors. That's why we've condensed everything into an easy-to-follow guide that anyone from beginners to experts can understand. By following this guide, you will learn all the basics on how to invest in stocks, real estate, or any other investment vehicle that interests you, while learning strategies that have been proven time and time again.

Are you tired of working 60+ hours a week without seeing the rewards you deserve? Many entrepreneurs struggle to build a successful lifestyle business, often sacrificing personal goals and financial potential due to misguided strategies. "Secrets To Scaling A 7-Figure Lifestyle Business" by Jackson Millan is your ultimate guide to breaking free from this cycle. Drawing from his extensive experience in scaling multiple multi-7 figure businesses for himself and his clients, Jackson reveals the proven strategies that truly work.