Random House
Borzoi Readers: Authors: Rick Bragg
http://www.randomhouse.com
/knopf/authors/bragg/
A detailed biography of Rick Bragg and overviews of two of his works.
Source: Eileen H. Kramer
Bragg Rick
Resumé
http://www.ccom.ua.edu
/journalism/bragg.html
This site is Rick Bragg's curriculum vita or resume.
Mr. Bragg currently teaches journalism at the
University of Alabama.
Source: Eileen H. Kramer
Kurtz, Howard.
"Rick Bragg Quits at New York Times."
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com
This article explains the story behind author
Rick Bragg's resignation from the New York Times
in 2003.
Source: Eileen H. Kramer
Brewer, Sonny.
Sonny Brewer: Welcome to the Author's Web Page
http://www.overthetransom.com
Sonny Brewer is a writer and editor, and founder of
Over the Transom Bookstore in Fairhope, Alabama.
Source:
http://tolstoypark.googlepages.
com/home
Academy of American Poets.
Dorianne Laux
http://www.poets.org/
poet.php/prmPID/742
A short but detailed biography of Ms. Laux
that includes an overview of her works.
Source: Eileen H. Kramer
Sanderson, Brandon.
BrandonSanderson.com
http://www.brandonsanderson.com/
This site offers news on the author's apperance, the author's
blog, and large excerpts, annotations, and even deleted
scenes from many of his works.
Source: Eileen H. Kramer
Smith, Lee.
Lee Smith: The Official Author Website
http://www.leesmith.com/
Lee Smith is the author of eleven novels, including Oral History,
Saving Grace, The Devil's Dream, and Fair and Tender Ladies,
plus three collections of short stories. Her novel The
Last Girls was a New York Times bestseller as well as a
winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award.
Source:
http://www.leesmith.com
About.com.
About.com Business and Finance
https://www.thebalance.com
A portal to nearly any business or personal finance
topic imaginable. About.com assigns each subject
area to a Guide. You can find the Guide's first and
last names
and credentials by clicking
on a link near the bottom of the page.
Source: Eileen H. Kramer
CNN.
CNN Business News
https://www.cnn.com/business
Includes articles on: personal finance, investing, and the economy.
Source: Eileen H. Kramer
Howard, Clark.
ClarkHoward.com
http://www.clarkhoward.com
Save more, spend less and avoid rip-offs.
Source:
http://www.clarkhoward.com
Kiplinger.
Kiplinger.com
http://www.kiplinger.com/
A timely and current site for articles on all aspects
of personal finance. This site covers: job hunting,
retirement planning, bargain hunting and more.
Source: Eileen H. Kramer
Yahoo.com.
Yahoo Personal Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/
personal-finance
This site is a gateway to personal finance information
on everything from saving on a grocery bill, to home
finance, to investing, and more. The articles are mixed with sponsored links,
so be careful. A gray side menu leads to additional articles.
Source: Eileen H. Kramer
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This double display features the works of authors appearing as speakers at Georgia Perimeter College (now Perimeter College at Georgia State University) this fall, and also a collection of handy books and web sites on how to manage finances, pay down debt, and live well for less.
Bragg, Rick.
All Over but the Shoutin'.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1997.
Call Number: PN4874.B6625 A3 1997
His memoir of a hardscrabble Southern youth pays moving tribute
to his indomitable mother and struggles to forgive his drunken father.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com
Bragg, Rick.
Ava's Man.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
Call Number: CT275.B78516 B73 2001
The author continues his personal history of the Deep South
with an evocation of his mother’s childhood in the Appalachian
foothills during the Great Depression and the
inspiring story of the man who raised her.
Source:
http://gilfind.gsu.edu
Bragg, Rick.
I am a Soldier too: The Jessica Lynch Story.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Call Number: DS79.76 .B73 2003
Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg's portrayal is
an ordinary young woman caught up in
an extraordinary series of events.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com
Bragg, Rick.
The Prince of Frogtown.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Call Number: CT275.B5946 A3 2008
The author details his quest to uncover the truth
about the father he had never known and his
unseen influence on his life and the choices he
has made, inspired by his own relationship
with his ten-year-old stepson.
Source:
http://gilfind.gsu.edu
Brewer, Sonny.
The Poet of Tolstoy Park.
New York: Ballantine Books, 2006.
Call Number: PS3602.R48 P64 2006
The Poet of Tolstoy Park is the novel based on the
true story of Henry Stuart's life, which was reclaimed from
his doctor's announcement that he would not live another year.
Source:
http://www.overthetransom.com
Sanderson, Brandon.
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians.
New York: Scholastic Press, 2007.
Call Number: PZ7 .S19797 Alc.2007.
On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag
of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying
to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his
grandfather and his own special talent, and told
that he must use it to save civilization.
Source:
http://www.worldcat.org
Sanderson, Brandon.
Elantris.
New York: Tor, 2005.
Call Number: PS3619.A533 E43 2005
Elantris: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant, filled with benevolent
beings who used their powerful magical abilities to benefit all the
people of Arelon. Yet each of these godlike beings had
been an ordinary person until touched by the mysterious transforming power of
the Shaod. Then, ten years ago, without warning, the magic failed.
Source:
http://www.worldcat.org
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Sanderson, Brandon.
Warbreaker.
New York: Tor, 2009.
Call Number: PS3619.A533 W37 2009
By using "breath" and drawing upon the color
in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be
accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of
each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri,
princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god
of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.
Source:
http://gilfind.gsu.edu
Smith, Lee.
The Christmas Letters: A Novella.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1996.
Call Number: PS3569.M5376 C48 1996
It's easier to believe in Santa Claus than in the premise of Smith's
holiday novella. Employing the epistolary form that she
used much more successfully in Fair and Tender Ladies, Smith
provides a series of letters among three generations of women,
aiming to create a record of a family's joys and tragedies, as well
as a slice of social history from 1944 to 1996.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com
Smith, Lee.
The Devil's Dream.
New York: Putnam, 1992.
Call Number: PS3569.M5376 D48 1992
In Smith's rollicking hillbilly saga about the family of a country music
star, strong characters, their matter-of-fact voices and
their affection for their rustic mountain home make for a
rich multigenerational tale.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com
Smith, Lee.
Family Linen.
New York: Putnam's, 1985.
Call Number: PS3569.M5376
A childhood memory re-experienced, a funeral that
brings about a family reunion, and the excavation of
a swimming pool on the site of an old well, uncover
family secrets and air the dirty linen in this
behind-the-scenes look at life and family, memory and
forgetfulness, anger and forgiveness in a small Southern town.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com
Smith, Lee.
The Last Girls: A Novel.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2002.
Call Number: PS3569.M5376 L38 2002
Thirty-five years after a trip down the Mississippi on a raft with
their classmates, four women are reunited to cruise the river
once again where they plan to release the ashes of a fellow rafter,
Margaret "Baby" Ballou.
Source:
http://gilfind.gsu.edu
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Ash, Rebecca.
The Spend Less Handbook: 365 Tips for a Better Quality of Life While Actually Spending Less.
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008.
Call Number: HG179 .A84 2008
Turn your fortunes around with a year's worth of money-saving, life-improving tips!
Source:
http://www.amazon.com
Block, Sandra, Kathy Chu, and John Waggoner.
The Busy Family's Guide to Money.
Berkeley, CA: Nolo, 2008.
Call Number: HG179 .B5547 2008
Contrary to what some popular money books would have you
believe, we Americans are not idiots, we're not stupid -
we're just BUSY! The Busy Family's Guide to Money dispenses with
the disclaimers and digressions to offer stripped-down straight talk
for people on the go. No time to read a money book? This one's for you.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com
Bodnar, Janet.
Raising Money Smart Kids: What They need to Know About Money -- And how to Tell Them.
Chicago: Dearborn Trade Pub., 2005.
Call Number: HG179 .B5669 2005
Offers practical and down-to-earth advice for parents
trying to teach a sense of the value of money to their children.
Source:
http://gilfind.gsu.edu
Bridgforth, Glinda.
Girl, Get Your Credit Straight!: A Sister's Guide to Ditching Your
Debt, Mending Your Credit, and Building a Strong Financial Future.
New York: Broadway Books, 2007.
Call Number: HG179 .B72753 2007b
Recalling her own early financial woes, living from paycheck to
paycheck and well beyond her means, Bridgforth speaks from experience
as a tapped-out consumer and as a financial advisor. Focusing on
the types of behaviors and emotions that
often fuel overspending and the bad credit
that results, she advises readers to consider how and why they spend.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com
Brown, Jesse B.
101 Real Money Questions: The African American Financial Question and Answer Book.
New York: Wiley, 2003.
Call Number: HG179 .B74645 2003
Answers financial questions most frequently posed to the author
in his financial seminars, including those related to eliminating debt,
saving for a child’s college education, and preparing a will.
Source:
http://gilfind.gsu.edu
Fisher, Sarah Young and Susan Shelly.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finance in your 20s and 30s.
New York: Alpha, 2005.
Call Number: HG179 .F5342 2005
The Complete Idiot’s Guide‚ to Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s, Third Edition,
clearly explains everything members of this age
group need to know to get a handle on their pocketbook and
their portfolio, from planning their personal finances to
enhancing their current financial plan to getting better
returns on their investments.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com
Herigstad, Sally.
Help! I Can't Pay my Bills: Surviving a Financial Crisis.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007.
Call Number: HG179 .H447 2007
In this age of skyrocketing personal debt, more and more Americans
find themselves facing a financial crisis. CPA Sally Herigstad provides the
strategies you need to take charge
of your financial problems and get back on your feet.
Source:
http://www.powells.com
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Howard, Clark and Mark Meltzer.
Clark Smart Parents, Clark Smart Kids: Teaching Kids of Every Age the Value of Money.
New York: Hyperion, 2005.
Call Number: HG179 .H6852 2005
From the bestselling author of Get Clark Smart comes this valuable new
resource enabling parents to pass 'Clark Smart' skills for saving and
spending wisely on to kids of every age Clark Howard-bestselling
author, money-saving expert, and host of the popular syndicated
radio program The Clark Howard Show-is back with more
of his winning financial wisdom, this time aimed at helping parents
teach kids real-world financial skills for today and every day.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com
Pond, Jonathan, D.
Grow Your Money!: 101 Easy Tips to Plan, Save, and Invest.
New York: Collins, 2008.
Call Number: HG179 .P555574 2008
Outlines accessible strategies for real-world investment goals, from paying
down a mortgage and financing a college education to
preparing for retirement and saving for present-day
needs, in a resource for reluctant investors.
Source:
http://gilfind.gsu.edu
Ragolia, Stacia Ed.
The Frugal Woman's Guide to a Rich Life.
Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 2003.
Call Number: HG179 .F78 2003
The Frugal Woman is not cheap. She's a cost-conscious, savvy
consumer who avoids wasting her time, her money,
and her energy on things she does not need. She's organized
about her money management, spending, and household planning.
She makes decisions based on her own needs and values.
She's in control of her life.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com
Thakor, Manisha and Sharon Kedar.
On my Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl's Guide to Personal Finance.
Avon, MA: Adams Media, 2007.
Call Number: HG179 .T44 2007
You can either manage your financial life, or let it manage - and torture - you.
Financial service professionals and CFAs Thakor and Kedar recommend
the former and show you how to achieve it.
http://www.amazon.com
Tyson, Eric Kevin.
Let's Get Real About Money: Profit from the Habits of the Best Personal Finance Managers.
Indianapolis, IN: Financial Times, 2008.
Call Number: HG179 .T966 2008
The book’s gem is a personal financial action
plan that allows easy assessment of current assets and
retirement goals…This book demystifies the
many obstacles--from the logistical
to the conceptual--to smart financial planning.
Source:
http://www.amazon.com
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