After beating back a slump a decade ago, real estate has rebounded in a big way for the Millenium, offering a hot investment vehicle that even novices can ride to riches. The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing clearly shows that the secret in getting rich lies not in get-rich-quick schemes but rather in investing in a commodity that has been around since the beginning of time -- terra firma, property. A small capital investment today can be leveraged into huge profits tomorrow. 
Readers learn how to: <ul>
<li>Buy and manage every type of investment property, from houses to condos to large units to commercial property to land for development</li> <li>Value property correctly</li> <li>Live through the "due diligence" period</li> <li>Handle tenant problems without turning into an 'evil' landlord.</li> </ul>

The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing

Business & Money

Stone, Martin

Strauss, Spencer

Economics

wiley

The Agony of Algeria

An accessible introduction to Algeria for English-speaking students, analysts, businesspeople and general readers. The author explains how Algeria reached its multiple crises in the 1990s, arguing that issues left unresolved after Algeria won independence from France in 1962 were at the root of what he calls the "post-Chadli crisis." His analysis covers the people, language, culture, religion, and society of Algeria, as well as economic and political developments. Paper edition (10911- 3), $16.50. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

History

Africa

Columbia Univ. Pr.

Stone provides a brief historical overview of Algeria since 1830 before focusing on three crucial phases of the postcolonial era: that of Ben Bella and Boumedienne; the reform era of Chadli Benjedid; and the political and economic crisis under the Higher States Committee (HCE). He examines the dominant state institutions―the army and the FLN―and outlines the increasingly bitter divisions, social and political, which account for the current crisis. Since the Algerian military annulled an election in January 1992 that would have brought to power the world's first democratically elected Islamist government, a civil war has raged in which more than 100,000 Algerians have died. The military takeover polarized the country between the political and military elite and the mass of the population. The elite were perceived as interested only in personal gain and holding on to power, while most Algerians faced intense hardship. But the brutality of the Islamists' insurgency―including car bombings, the murder of 'immodestly' dressed women, the assassination of intellectuals, and the wiping out of whole villages―has lost them support. Most Algerians no longer want the Islamic republicanism of the FIS or the millenarianism of the GIA. Martin Stone provides a brief overview of Algeria since 1830 before focusing on three crucial phases of the postcolonial era―those of Ben Bella, Boumedienne and the reformist Chadli Bendjedid; and the political and economic crisis under the Haut Comité d'État (HCE). He examines the donimant state institutions―the army and the FLN―and the increasingly bitter divisions behind the current conflict, especially the factionalism that has hampered ALgeria's attempts to realize its great potential. The book also deals with the large Berber minority, relations with France, the economic background, forgien policy, the 1997 elections, and the administration of President Lamine Zeroual. In conclusion it examines whether the state can reconcile the moderate, convservative Islam of the majority with the minorities on either pole―both Islamic radicals and secularists―and create a political landscape where genuine political pluralism can flourish and extremism be suppressed.

Columbia University Press

This unique exploration of mustard cookery includes over 150 elegant, unusual, and practical ways that mustard can enhance meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, salads, vegetables, pasta, eggs, dressings, sauces, and baking. Experiment with mustard in these exciting recipes. Learn how to use whole seeds, dry powder, oil and prepared paste.

Mustard Cookbook

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

STONE, SALLY

Cooking Methods

Avon/Books

Investment in real estate is about taking control of your financial future. All too often, potential investors overlook available benefits because the process seems too difficult or beyond their means. In this guide, expert investor and adviser Martin Stone demystifies buying property by tracing the steps from beginning to end, helping you define your financial and personal goals in order to build a successful and realistic plan. He goes straight to the heart of why multiunit buildings are such solid long-term investments, offering easy-to-follow guidelines that allow you to pursue your dreams. Loaded with vital information on the world of real estate, this guide offers insider secrets on tax shelter benefits and money-saving techniques for valuing property correctly and determining its most profitable use. Stone also provides time-saving tips on borrowing money and discovering which investments have the potential to turn into tomorrow's hot commodities. The book features handy checklists and charts to assist in putting together a top-rate investment plan, generating cash flow, and choosing the best real estate team. Filled with actionable advice gleaned from the author's decades of business experience, Real Estate Investing for Everyone sets you on the path to building wealth for a secure future.

Real Estate Investing for Everyone: A Guide to Creating Financial Freedom

Finance

Ixia Press

Gathers recipes featuring beets, carrots, celeriac, ginger, Jerusalem artichokes, Kohlrabi, leeks, parsnips, potatoes, turnips, water chestnuts, and yams

The Essential Root Vegetable Cookbook

Cooking by Ingredient

Clarkson/Potter

Gathers recipes for cakes, cheesecakes, tortes, cookies, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, souffles, mousses, crepes, and ice creams that feature vegetables

Desserts With A Difference: Carrot Cake, Fennel Tart, and Other Surprising and Delicious Vegetable Desserts

Desserts

Three Rivers Press

Everyone from kids to nutritionists loves beans--but they've always been slowpokes in the kitchen. Now the Stones have figured out not only how to speed the process along, they've come up with over 150 imaginative dishes--many of them vegetarian--simple enough to serve for weekday dinners, and elegant enough for company. Using flavors from all over the globe--Asia, Mexico, India, the Middle East--in addition to American favorites like chili and succotash, the Stones have created a recipe collection busy cooks will turn to again and again. In addition to speedy one-dish meals, spectacular salads and skillet suppers, there are delectable bean spreads for rustic breads that can turn magically into no-cook sauces for pasta or pita pizza. For hot summer days, ice-box soups never see the top of the stove and are ready in moments. Hearty winter bean soups taste like they've been simmering on the back of the stove for hours but they're on the table in less than thirty minutes. There are recipes for every season and every course of a meal--even dessert: consider black bean chocolate mousse pie or macaroons made with adzuki beans, and bean ice cream. This companion to The Brilliant Bean is even more user-friendly, a bean bible for busy cooks.

The Instant Bean: Delicious. Nutritious. And Now--Fast!: A Cookbook

Random House Publishing Group

The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing (Unofficial Guides)

Property ownership can create a comfortable retirement income.
Stock market volatility is causing people to examine different investment options, and real estate is emerging as a leading choice. Learn how to create a fulfilling, predictable, and prosperous nest egg. 
Secure Your Financial Future Investing in Real Estate, by two leading practitioners, Martin Stone and Spencer Strauss, presents time tested principles of planning, appraising, financing, purchasing and managing almost every type of profitable real estate investment. Secure Your Financial Future Investing in Real Estate advises readers how to build a retirement portfolio using techniques such as leverage, compound interest, and tax deferred exchanges. The authors believe that anyone who uses the moneymaking techniques can safely and successfully create a fulfilling, wealthy, and abundant retirement.

Secure Your Financial Future Investing in Real Estate

Kaplan Publishing

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Books by Stone, Martin

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The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing

The Agony of Algeria

The Agony of Algeria

Mustard Cookbook

Real Estate Investing for Everyone: A Guide to Creating Financial Freedom

The Essential Root Vegetable Cookbook

Desserts With A Difference: Carrot Cake, Fennel Tart, and Other Surprising and Delicious Vegetable Desserts

The Instant Bean: Delicious. Nutritious. And Now--Fast!: A Cookbook

The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing (Unofficial Guides)

Secure Your Financial Future Investing in Real Estate