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Regardless of age or status, "tight-fist times" affect everyone sometime. Following the easy clear directions for frugal shopping, compulsive spenders are advised to resist temptation - "freeze your credit cards in a glass of water..." &... "don't take your kids with you to shop." Discover networking in the neighborhood, swapping goods & services. Learn how to make cheap mail-extenders for unexpected guests. Covers how to plan a pay raise negotiation, start a home cottage industry, put the fun into fundraising. An entire section is devoted to hidden costs in buying a home. Get the facts you need on trust laws; avoid holes in trust agreements that could save thousands from mischievous trustees. A provocative section challenges Western monetary values - discover why rich or good people have financial disasters, or why thieves don't get caught - by probing ancient Indian spiritual laws of karma, 'cause & effect'. A thread of inspirational quotes & humorous cartoon illustrations is woven throughout hundreds of down-to-earth facts. Finally, you'll get sound advice on conserving resources: power, motoring, phone, clothes, water - "Fix dripping taps ASAP - a tiny hole in a pipe wastes 300 liters a day. That's a lot of money going down the drain!" Order: Crown Jewel Press 200 Barsana Road, Suite, 532-10, Austin, TX 78737; phone 512-288-9808.