The present study was undertaken with the objectives: To study the degree of financial literacy among individuals. To study the relationship between degree of financial literacy and selected socio-demographic factors related to individuals. To study the effect of degree of financial literacy on financial attitude and behavior of individuals across socio-demographic cohorts. All three objectives were achieved by collecting primary data through a survey of 500 respondents held in Ludhiana Punjab. From the analysis of financial literacy questions, it is also ...

Orphaned as a child, Lu Chi Fa survived brutality and starvation in China during and after World War II. Once sold for two sacks of rice, in 1951 he fled to Hong Kong and Taiwan for a better life and immigrated to the United States in 1969. He and Becky White told that story in Double Luck: Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan; in 2001 it won the Parents’ Choice Foundation Gold Award. This book adds details about Lu Chi Fa’s early life in China and Taiwan, and follows his quest to create good fortune in the U.S. Despite problems and the lingering effects ...

A must read for any and all boomers of a certain age growing up in the Washington, D.C. area.  Heavens to Warner Wolf the author doesn’t need the videotape to recall so many great memories. - Leonard Shapiro, Former Sports Editor and Washington Redskins’ beat writer for the Washington Post. More than a trip down Memory Lane. Gary Dreibelbis’ chronicle of growing up in Washington is a journey through shared memories to common roots.  He revisits a time and place that seems both simple and complex, recalling JFK, the Beatles ...

Macbeth Scene by Scene Classroom Questions is a book for English teachers who are teaching  Macbeth  by William Shakespeare and intend to set straightforward questions for homework or classwork. Macbeth Scene by Scene contains 174 questions, divided by Act and Scene, to keep students engaged and actively thinking about the play. It also has 69 teacher pointers, also divided by Act and Scene, to highlight key elements of the play. Why choose to study  Macbeth ? Themes  of ambition, greed, corruption and betrayal. One of Shakespeare’s ...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

As pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS, ao fazerem uso de medicação antirretroviral, estão sujeitas ao desenvolvimento da síndrome lipodistrófica que, além de provocar problemas metabólicos, também causa distúrbios na imagem corporal, o que pode causar problemas psicológicos como a depressão. Já a disfunção temporomandibular (DTM) acomete grande parte da população como um todo e está associada à depressão, mas não se sabe qual ...

Award winning fiction set in ancient Rome.  Intrigue and adventure at the dawn of the Roman empire.In this fast paced political thriller Senator Rutilius reveals his conflicts with Rome's future emperor, Octavian.31 B.C. A century of civil wars has torn apart the Republic. Octavian has declared war against the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and her lover, former consul Mark Antony. During battle, Rutilius makes a mistake which costs him dearly.Rutilius attempts everything to restore his status with Octavian. He will travel the empire, bloody his sword in ...

SOUTHERN SKYES SERIES Sharyn Bradford Lunn's landmark saga of adventure and romance spans almost 200 years of family history set against a backdrop of the rich and rugged wilds of Australia. BOOK 2, THE DIVERGENCE The Divergence captures the wide range of relationships between colonists, convicts, hunters, and the indigenous population during the tumultuous events that defined the early penal colonies of Australia and the discovery of gold. The two young sons of Nicholas Thomas, a soldier in the New South Wales Corps, have been torn apart by ...

The Elegies of Albius Tibullus: The Corpus Tibullianum is a collection of elegiac poems written by the Roman poet Tibullus. The book was first published in 1913 and contains the complete works of Tibullus, including his four books of elegies and a few fragments of his poetry. The elegies are written in a simple and direct style, and they deal with themes such as love, friendship, and the joys and sorrows of life. The poems are characterized by their emotional depth, their sensitivity, and their focus on the individual experience. The book is a valuable resource ...