Annotation:According to Consumers Union, this was the best personal finance book available in the 1990s, and it is now thoroughly revised and updated. Quinn leads you through decisions to help you make the choices that suit you best. She has a knack for taking complex financial issues and breaking them down into the benefits and pitfalls.

Annotation:This excellent introduction to personal finance is in both English and Spanish (on facing pages). Jimenez, an award-winning San Francisco business reporter, writes directly for beginners to explain banking, saving, borrowing, investing, taxes, insurance, and protecting against fraud.

Annotation:Respected financial expert Dave Ramsey offers a proven, comprehensive plan for getting in shape financially, offering solid, hard-hitting advice and the "hope" and the "how-to" needed to turn goals into reality.

Annotation:"Your Life, Your Money" is a one-hour program about money management for young adults. Told through real-life stories by a series of engaging characters, it presents a broad range of fundamental financial information from basic banking to loans to insurance.

Annotation:Farrell, a leading financial advisor, offers a simple approach to saving for retirement by breaking down the formulas used by successful businesses. Now you can manage your finances as a business would, through common-sense calculations.

Annotation:An essential stock market guide, now in its fourth edition, updated with timely strategies for investing after the crash. Contains tried-and-true investment principles to teach investors how to create and refine a profitable investment program, including when to invest and how to reduce risk in this turbulent market.