Priceless Weddings for Under $5,000 (Revised Edition)


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Become your own budget wedding planner with this classic book—fully revised and expanded to include advice on personalizing your event and using online planning tools Designing a wedding that is priceless and perfect for you has never been easier. No matter how many guests you hope to invite or what kind of setting you choose, you don’t have to take on big debts to achieve your big day. For more than a decade, Priceless Weddings for Under $5,000 has helped couples craft unique and meaningful celebrations while saving money on every aspect—even the high-ticket items. Completely revised, updated, and expanded with more than 25% new material, this edition reveals the secrets and resources for planning a wedding like a pro. You’ll learn how to make every detail and every dollar count with: · All-new chapters on envisioning your ideal event as well as using online resources and apps to find the most creative options and the best deals · A questionnaire to help you decide—as a couple—on your top priorities for the day · Strategies for making—and keeping to—a budget · Dozens of unexpected ideas for booking a low-cost venue · Tactics for negotiating with caterers, florists, musicians, and photographers · Advice on which elements you can DIY to save thousands (without risking your sanity) · Menu plans, recipes, and many other low-cost alternatives for the food and drinks · Tips for finding stylish attire at a fraction of the cost · Real-life couples’ wedding stories, including complete budget breakdowns Priceless Weddings for Under $5,000 proves you can create a celebration that everyone remembers forever, and still end up with plenty of money for the happy future.




The Kennedy Family


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America has no official royalty by design. Yet there have been the Roosevelts, the Adams, the Bushes, the wanabee Clintons and most intriguing of all -- the Kennedys. The Kennedys have so far only reached the presidency once but the assassination of JFK and his brother Robert, and the trials and tribulations of the family members and society in general continue to fascinate the world. This new book presents more than 1200 citations of books and related materials arranged by family member. The accompanying CD-ROM offers ready access and easy searching.




Priceless Weddings for Under $5,000


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A guide to planning a small-budget wedding includes tips on determining a budget, negotiating with vendors, finding low-cost ceremony sites, and incorporating unique ideas.




The Enlightened Man's Evolution into the Family of Man


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Shido observed that almost all men lacked the fundamental knowledge about relating to women. He learned that most women lacked the most basic knowledge of how men think and what drives men to take action. Society is composed mostly of men and women who do not know how to relate. Therefore he set out to teach men the many skills necessary to relate to women. He also wrote an equivalent book for women to relate to men. These skills and a major effort will produce the best possible marriage with the best possible woman for most men who have made the best possible effort. This book guides men into fulfillment of their need for one woman with which to connect and to merge. It guides men into five channels of communication with their wives. Continuous and never ending improvement in the skills in this book may lead to a lifelong satisfaction with the marriage. How to Attract Her; to Pursue Her Learn Skilled Speaking, Listening, Acting, Using Feelings, and Feeling Words The Seven Heights of Love, Caresses, and Sexual Thrills beyond Expectations How to Be in Demand at Parties Mental Preparation: the Main Sexual Organ is Your Mind-Brain Physical Preparation for Extreme Connection with Your Best Possible Woman Emotional Preparation Is the Source of Vitality for Sexual Games and for a Long Term Marriage Spiritual Preparation for Extreme Sexual Fulfillment and for Married Bliss How to Make Your Marriage the One that Is Happy Ever After




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Priceless Weddings for Under $5,000 (Revised Edition)


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Become your own budget wedding planner with this classic book—fully revised and expanded to include advice on personalizing your event and using online planning tools Designing a wedding that is priceless and perfect for you has never been easier. No matter how many guests you hope to invite or what kind of setting you choose, you don’t have to take on big debts to achieve your big day. For more than a decade, Priceless Weddings for Under $5,000 has helped couples craft unique and meaningful celebrations while saving money on every aspect—even the high-ticket items. Completely revised, updated, and expanded with more than 25% new material, this edition reveals the secrets and resources for planning a wedding like a pro. You’ll learn how to make every detail and every dollar count with: · All-new chapters on envisioning your ideal event as well as using online resources and apps to find the most creative options and the best deals · A questionnaire to help you decide—as a couple—on your top priorities for the day · Strategies for making—and keeping to—a budget · Dozens of unexpected ideas for booking a low-cost venue · Tactics for negotiating with caterers, florists, musicians, and photographers · Advice on which elements you can DIY to save thousands (without risking your sanity) · Menu plans, recipes, and many other low-cost alternatives for the food and drinks · Tips for finding stylish attire at a fraction of the cost · Real-life couples’ wedding stories, including complete budget breakdowns Priceless Weddings for Under $5,000 proves you can create a celebration that everyone remembers forever, and still end up with plenty of money for the happy future.




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Bride's Guide to Freebies


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With the average cost of weddings today at over $20,000, it’s no wonder that today’s savvy, budget-conscious brides are looking for deals to get the wedding of their dreams at a fraction of the cost. But in today’s world where extreme couponing and the number of wedding sweepstakes competitions is on the rise, for the modern bride, discounts and bargains are simply not enough. For these brides, only free will do. Enter The Bride's Guide to Freebies, the book that shares insider secrets on how to potentially get thousands of dollars worth of merchandise and products for your wedding for free. No, this is not a book of suggested bargains and discounts. Rather, this book provides freebie-finding strategies on everything from the dress to the food to the entertainment, information on what to say (and not say) to score lots of swag, and how to foster positive relationships with vendors that result in spectacular add-ins. And each and every tip and strategy featured in the book is designed to give the budget-conscious bride the ultimate payoff: lots of wedding goods and extras… for absolutely zero money.







100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas


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Grab your passport and get ready to explore 100 cities around the world. This informative travel guide--the next in National Geographic's blockbuster 5,000 Ideas series--takes you from skyscraper-filled concrete jungles to coastal urban oases. You'll find hot tips for the best sights, bites, museums, and more for each location, as well as practical planning advice for when to go and what to expect when you arrive. And there's something in these pages for every traveler: history buff, art lover, foodie, beach bum, or anyone in between. Take a dim sum tour through San Francisco's Chinatown; hop a bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto to capture two of Japan's best cities in one vacation; discover the hidden historical gems in bustling Mumbai; bathe in the sun on Sydney's beaches; temple hop your way through Bangkok and shop its floating markets; stand on the edge of the world in Ushuaia, Argentina, the world's southernmost city; take a walk through art history in Florence; or go on an urban safari in Nairobi. Filled with expert tips, bonus side trip suggestions, and tons of innovative activities, this is an inspirational and practical keepsake for any kind of globetrotter.