Box of Books #19

The box of books giveaways through my giveaway newsletter have been very popular, so below I'm detailing another set of them that will be up for grabs this month (if you want a chance to win, be sure to sign up for my newsletter here.) For now, here are the books I've received from publishers and a bit about them (from Amazon):

• The Sound Mind Investing Handbook - A Step-By-Step Guide To Managing Your Money From A Biblical Perspective 5th Ed - Investment adviser Austin Pryor has carefully created the "next step" guide that helps you put Godly principles of finance into motion. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced investor, you'll benefit from stepping across this bridge between "theory" and "action". Each user-friendly lesson is written in everday English and filled with helpful visual aids.


• Turn Setbacks into Greenbacks: 7 Secrets for Going Up in Down Times - Willie Jolley is ready to help you take your first steps on the road to success, empowering you to make the positive changes in your life that will not only change the way you work, but the way you think. A master of positive motivation, organization, and inspiration, Jolley has the tools you can use to triumph in tough times, to see your setbacks as new opportunities, and to invest confidence in your ideas.


• The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing - The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing is a slightly irreverent, straightforward guide to investing for everyone. The book offers sound, practical advice, no matter what your age or net worth. Bottomline, become a Boglehead and prosper! Originally just the chat-line ruminations of Boglehead founder Taylor Larimore, and Morningstar forum leading cohorts Mel Lindauer and Michael LeBoeuf, their trusted advice has been brewed and distilled into an easy-to-use, need-to-know, no frills guide to building up your own financial well-being – so you can worry less and profit more from the investments you make. Invest like a Boglehead, and let their grassroots investment wisdom guide you down the path of long-term wealth creation and happiness, without all the worries and fuss of stock pickers and day traders. If you face a financial crisis or problem, or simply want to know what is prudent to do with the money you save, the Bogleheads will have the answers you need to help you gain your financial footing and keep it.


• The Intelligent Portfolio: Practical Wisdom on Personal Investing from Financial Engines - The Intelligent Portfolio draws upon the extensive insights of Financial Engines—a leading provider of investment advisory and management services founded by Nobel Prize-winning economist William F. Sharpe—to reveal the time-tested institutional investing techniques that you can use to help improve your investment performance. Throughout these pages, Financial Engines’ CIO, Christopher Jones, uses state-of-the-art simulation and optimization methods to demonstrate the often-surprising results of applying modern financial economics to personal investment decisions.


• 50 Prosperity Classics: Attract It, Create It, Manage It, Share It (50 Classics) - Looking to discover the secrets to wealth and plenty? Find them now with 50 Prosperity Classics! Tom Butler-Bowdon's 50 Prosperity Classics: Attract It, Create It, Manage It, Share It- Wisdom from the Most Valuable Books on Wealth Creation and Abundance is the first book to highlight landmark titles in the ever-growing field of wealth creation. Tom Butler-Bowdon brings together fundamental works on entrepreneurship, personal finance, investing, economics, and philanthropy, providing guidance and support in the quest to develop a millionaire mindset, become a wealth creator, make wise investment decisions and give a little back.


• Got Gold? Get Gold!: The Everything Gold Book. - Got Gold? Get Gold! The Get Gold guide book is your compass for protecting the wealth you have and surviving the unfolding Depression. This book is meant to be an introduction to, and overview of, all of the fundamental relevant facets pertaining to investing in gold and the gold and silver markets. Areas covered include its historic use as money, its current bull cycle, its supply and demand characteristics, and its wealth preservation and accumulation potential. It is written in a step-by-step manner, each subsequent section building upon the last. It is intended for the novice or layman as a resource to guide the seeker in locating the best sites, authors, and resources in continuing his research.


• 52 Ways to Stretch a Buck - Consumer review: "This book is got a few gems on saving money that I haven't heard like The Family Energy Plan, and some good ideas to have everyone in the house work at saving money. Most is however basic and a good place to start on the furgal lifestyle but not to continue on that path since you probably were doing most of these if not all already. Very good and easy to understand for the beginner. "

FYI, a few of these have my handwritten notes in them, so if you eventually win the set, don't expect completely new books.

Comments

[Austex1]

I would love to have the boglehead's guide. I am not sure how to enter to win though. I'm already a long-time subscriber and regular reader of the newsletter. Will further instructions be forthcoming? I know you've done these in past years but I have never entered before. Thanks!

[FMF]

Austex1 --

1. You sign up for the newsletter (which apparently you have, but I'm not sure since you should know this already.)

2. Each month, the newsletter gets sent and tells readers where to go to enter the giveaways.

3. Readers then enter and one is selected for each giveaway...

[Jason]

Thanks!

[Stacy]

A couple of those I haven't heard of yet. Would love to win! Thanks

[Rick N]

Thanks,