Helen Plum Library

"Popular blogger Anna Newell Jones of AndThenWeSaved.com delivers this self-help manifesto that reveals how a "spending fast" will help you get on the road to living debt-free,"--Amazon.com Suffocating under the weight of too much debt, Jones knew it was only going to get worse if she didn't take action. On a whim she decided to go on a spending fast. Creating her own method, she learned what worked and what didn't, and was able to eliminate all...

Financial journalist Rebecca Bloomwood seeks solace from the boredom and pressures in life with her shopping, a solution that brings her close to financial disaster, until she encounters a story that will change her life

A strategy for changing attitudes about personal finances covers such topics as getting out of debt, the dangers of cash advances, and keeping spending within income limits

Rich Dad's Guide to Becoming Rich will: explain why cutting up your credit cards is a short-sighted, quick fix that doesn't address the underlying problem of bad debt, describe the difference between good debt and bad debt, illustrate how using credit cards to buy liabilities will only make you poor, show why using credit cards responsibly is a first step toward taking control of your financial future and teach you the importance of having your money...

"As a newly divorced single mom making $24,000 per year and facing down $77,000 in debt, Kumiko Love worried constantly about money. She saw what other moms had-vacations, birthday parties, a house full of furniture-and felt ashamed that she and her son lived in a small apartment and ate dinner on the floor. Worse, when her feelings began to exhaust her, she binge-shopped, reasoning that she'd feel better after a trip to the mall. On the day she needed...

Best friends Mia and Mel are living their best lives running their own cosmetics company they've built from the ground up. Unfortunately, they're in over their heads financially, and the prospect of a big buyout offer from a notorious titan of the cosmetics industry Claire Luna proves too tempting to pass up, putting Mel and Mia's lifelong friendship in jeopardy. The beauty business is about to get ugly

In a world where every word and gesture is copyrighted, patented or trademarked, one girl elects to remain silent rather than pay to speak, and her defiant and unexpected silence threatens to unravel the very fabric of society. Speth Jime is anxious to deliver her Last Day speech and celebrate her transition into adulthood. The moment she turns fifteen, Spth must pay for every word she speaks ("Sorry" is a flat ten dollars and a legal admission of...

Four women with nothing in common except a debt left by their dead husbands' criminal acts conspire to take fate into their own hands

A tale of truth, betrayal, youth, demise, and mermaids! When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love, or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. Forced aboard the ship of the most feared pirate ever, Jack doesn't know who to fear more, Blackbeard or the woman from his past

Amy Dorrit has spent her young life with her family in London's debtor prison. Arthur Clennam, a kindly but ineffectual gentleman, who returns to England from China after twenty years, risks everything to help little Dorrit's family