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  The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't (How To Do It Frugally Series of Books)

  by Carolyn Howard-Johnson

  Whether your publisher assigns zero dollars to your book’s promotional campaign or thousands, THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER assures it the best possible start in life. The author, a former publicist, provides no-nonsense basics to build your media kit, media release and a knock-'em-dead mailing list that will be more effective than any you could buy. Pick and choose from dozens of ideas for promotions that she... (more)
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  The Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle

  by Amy Dacyczyn

  Having discovered that frugality is good for the bank account and the environment, Amy Dacyczyn started a newsletter for skinflints in 1989. Within a year, 50,000 cheapskates had subscribed to The Tightwad Gazette. Now Amy has collected all her wisdom into a book, and it's as good a deal as you'll find in these inflationary times. Line drawings.
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  The Complete Tightwad Gazette

  by Amy Dacyczyn

  At last--the long-awaited complete compendium of tightwad tips for fabulous frugal living! In a newsletter published from May 1990 to December 1996 as well as in three enormously successful books, Amy Dacyczyn established herself as the expert of economy. Now The Complete Tightwad Gazette brings together all of her best ideas and thriftiest thinking into one volume, along with new articles never published before... (more)
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  Master Your Money Type: Using Your Financial Personality to Create a Life of Wealth and Freedom

  by Jordan Elliot Goodman

  "America’s Money Answers Man" explores the relationship between money and emotions, identifies seven "money types," and offers the keys to life-changing financial success.  You and your money are going to have a lifelong relationship. To make any relationship flourish, you need to know your strengths, weaknesses, undeveloped talents, and also which traits are so fundamental to your core personality that you’ll... (more)
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  Cheap Ways to Tie the Knot: How to Plan a Church Wedding for Less Than $5,000

  by Cara Davis

  Saving money as you plan the most important day of your life isn’t about cutting corners; it’s about avoiding being taken advantage of. While the nationwide average for planning a wedding takes 11 months and nearly $30,000, Cheap Ways to Tie the Knot shows how you can plan a beautiful church wedding in less than six months for no more than $5,000. This ultimate guide for the engaged busts myths, shares... (more)
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  Financial Stability for the Modest Income

  by Amber Dawn Baker

  Financial Stability for the Modest Income is a book designed to assist those with credit-card debt and personal loans in walking through this simple program to reach financial stability within five years. Financial stability is not the same as debt free, but will provide a household with room to purchase those necessary items, have a nest egg built up, and save for the future all while comfortably paying bills and... (more)
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  Nickel and Dimed

  On (Not) Getting by in America

  by Barbara Ehrenreich

  The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Ni ckel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage. Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that any job equals a better life. But how can anyone survive, let... (more)
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  Real Simple Solutions: Tricks, Wisdom and Easy Ideas to Simplify Everyday

  by Editors of Real Simple Magazine

  Looking for a new way to set a table? Need to remove an ink stain? Fresh out of toothpaste? From imaginative ideas to innovative tricks to in-a-pinch fixes, Real Simple Solutions is packed with hundreds of easy and inspired ways to help you live better. Following the success of The Organized Home, their top-to-bottom guide to streamlining your surroundings, the editors of Real Simple have compiled hundreds of... (more)
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  Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping

  by Judith Levine

  Shocked by the commerce in everything from pet cloning to patriotism, frightened by the downward spiral of her finances and that of the trash-strewn earth, Judith Levine enlists her partner, Paul, in a radical experiment: to forgo all but the most necessary purchases for an entire year. Without consumer goods and experiences, Judith and Paul pursue their careers, nurture relationships, and try to keep their... (more)
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  Tiptionary

  by Mary Hunt

  Selected from the "Tiptionary" featury of Mary Hunt's Cheapskate Monthly newsletter, these hundreds of valuable tips--on everything from lawn and garden care to car maintenance and family fun--are arranged by five broad categories.
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  The Tightwad Gazette #2: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle

  by Amy Dacyczyn

  The Tightwad Gazette II The Perfect -- and Cheap -- Home Chili Recipe! New Uses for Old Blue Jeans! Make a Quilt for Ninety-five Cents! In 1993, Amy Dacyczyn's first book featured advice from the pages of her two-year-old newsletter The Tightwad Gazette. Over 250,000 copies were sold, inspiring millions of people to profit through thrift. Now, The Tightwad Gazette II serves up all-new help and hints from the... (more)
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  Miserly Moms,: Living on One Income in a Two-Income Economy

  by Jonni McCoy

  Save Thousands of Dollars a Year Jonni McCoy and her family are proof that you live on one income. The McCoys made a successful transition from two incomes to one while living in one of the most expensive parts of America: the San Francisco Bay Area. Her Miserly Guidelines will help you save thousands of dollars a year on everything from groceries to electricity to insurance and household cleaners—as well... (more)
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  America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money: Your Guide to Living Better, Spending Less, and Cashing in on Your Dreams

  by Annette Economides

  Do you have too much month at the end of your money? Is your credit card screaming for relief? Are you tired of robbing Peter to pay Paul . . . whoever they are? Meet Steve and Annette Economides. They’ve been called cheapskates, thriftaholics, and tightwads, but in these tough economic times, Steve and Annette have managed to feed their family of seven on just $350 per month, pay off their first house in nine... (more)