Nicholas Ordway
Are you ready to make the leap into home ownership, but more than a little nervous about taking that big step? Never fear. The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Buying a House is here to help you learn everything you need to know to find your perfect ... [... more]
Random House |
Measuring America
 detailed, for sure: This is that type of book that answers the question--"I wonder why so many cities are one a grid"-or variations there upon. Author Linklater provides fascinating historical insight and overview into the mapping of America. [... more]
CDN$22.50
Amazon CA |
How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken
engaging, diverse, and open-ended: Written in a lively and well-researched journalistic style, this book essentially lays down the pieces of a much larger puzzle that the reader must solve for him/herself. As other reviewers have mentioned, it does not [... more]
CDN$33.95
Amazon CA |
100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: ...
From Amazon.com: Buying a home requires skill in a variety of areas. There's negotiating, financing, inspecting a home, and understanding legal contracts. It's really too much for most people to do by themselves, which, as you know by now, is why most of [... more]
CDN$27.95
Amazon CA |
Paul Volcker: The Making of a Financial Legend
Paul Volker - an outstanding public servant: A big abrazo for Joe Treaster for his wonderful biograph of Paul Volker. He very skillfully brought out the real character of a talented and consciencious individual who dedicated his life to serve the public' [... more]
CDN$25.99
Amazon CA |
Making The Most of Your Money
From Amazon.com: Bestselling author Jane Bryant Quinn has revised and updated her classic 1991 primer on finance, Making the Most of Your Money, to prepare readers for the challenging fiscal atmosphere that she sees in the coming century. Written in her [... more]
CDN$39.50
Amazon CA |
Savvy Woman's Guide to Owning a Home, 2nd Ed.: How to ...
Useful for ANY Homeowner--or Renter: Kitty Werner has done something amazing here: she has taken pretty much everything that anyone needs to know before owning or renting a home, and found an easy way to explain fairly technical concepts to people with [... more]
CDN$19.95
Amazon CA |
Virgin Homeowner
From Amazon.com: Janice Papolos describes her own first-home experience this way: "Part of the problem was that I had a mystified awe of the house. I swear there were times when I viewed it as more intelligent and powerful than we were.... There was [... more]
CDN$23.50
Amazon CA |
10 Steps to Home Ownership: A Workbook for First-Time Buyers
From Amazon.com: First-time homebuyers have a guide specifically tailored to their needs in 10 Steps to Home Ownership. Author Ilyce R. Glink writes reassuringly for those who are new to the often-confusing world of real estate. Her book is full of [... more]
CDN$23.00
Amazon CA |
Mortgage-Free!: Radical Strategies for Home Ownership
From Amazon.com: The origins of the word "mortgage" are Old French and translate roughly to "death pledge." Rob Roy takes a radical approach here to help the reader understand how mortgages work; explains clearly how, if you have a [... more]
CDN$37.50
Amazon CA |
Arrogant Capital
Required reading for a democracy.: As usual, full of information, knowledge, and insight... This is my 3rd Phillips book and would rate 5 stars except for some huge ommissions. While pointing out the drain on our democracy of "entitlements", [... more]
CDN$26.99
Amazon CA |
Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980, 10th ...
oh, please!: Murray is a discredited crackpot, and a racist to boot. Skip it. no longer a controversy: It is amazing how far we have come as a society. After reading this book, one must pause and consider why so controversial a book in 1986, now [... more]
CDN$36.50
Amazon CA |
