30 free ebooks on personal finance

Most are government publications, from a variety of resources. Some seem pretty simplistic, but would be great for beginning financial planning.

free ebooks

Has anyone read any books (novel or nonfiction) about someone who is dealing with living a poor life ( Read more... )

Hello! I believe this is my first post to poor_skills. I've really been enjoying the tips and tricks offered by this good community, so thanks all. :)

I wanted to share a link I found on boing boing this morning - it's not really a tip OR a trick, but a free service you can subscribe to (they only ask for your e-mail address) that sends you a chapter of a ( Read more... )

i live off less than 600 a month and only get 65 for food a month for just myself. i have learned to be alot more frugal and eat well and learn to budget alot better by this. here are the books i got to help me get more for my buck. you can get them at your local libary or interlibary loan them and get more information to lvie alot better for your ( Read more... )

I nanny for 6 m/o twin girls..... I'm making all their babyfood and thought that I'd share something from my personal journal ( Read more... )

I'm pretty new to dumpster diving, and I'd been really busy, and not had the chance to go out since it was nice and sunny out. That is, until yesterday. (I would like to point out that trash placed in public dumpsters or on the curb for pickup is public property. It actually went to the supreme court, because police wanted to know when the could ( Read more... )

The Complete Tightwad Gazette combines four books into one incredibly affordable and mind-bogglingly useful volume. The author's life mission, literally, is to find the most cost-effective way of approaching everything from food to clothing to utilities to children's activities. I have at least 50 pages marked for frequent reference. Seriously, ( Read more... )

I notice laundry questions come up here once in awhile, and I came across this advice in an old Hints From Heloise book that has yet to fail me, so I thought I'd share...

When it comes to stains or spots in clothing, always wash in COLD water - with the following exceptions: Antiperspirant, fruit juices/wines, coffee, tea, and baby formula - use the ( Read more... )

Has anyone here read this? If so, what did you think of it?
http://www.amazon.com/Money-Management-Creative-Person-Strategies/dp/0609806254

*HUGS*

Anyone have any good book suggestions for how to be poor books? I've heard of supermarket confidential and plan on looking for that when I go to the used bookstore but I'm mainly looking for stuff I could probably find at the library.