Quentin Crisp. Dusty Springfield. Captain Tom. Who made modern Britain the country it is today? How do we sum up the kind of people we are? What does it mean to be the new Elizabethans?
In this wonderfully told history, spanning back to when Queen Elizabeth became queen in , Andrew Marr traces the people who have made Britain the country it is today. Please note this title is also published as The Olive Tree. It has been 24 years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus, where she fell in love for the first time.
When the now crumbling house, 'Pandora,' is left to her by her godfather, she returns to spend the summer there with her family. At the difficult age of 13, her son, Alex, is torn between protecting his mother and learning the truth about his real father. Something big is coming That's what Dr. Ben Rollins, head of Harvard's exoplanet research team, is told by NASA after being dragged out of bed in the middle of the night. His first instinct is to call his daughter and wife, who are vacationing in Italy: Something is coming, he tells them, a hundred times the mass of our sun.
We can't see it, we don't know what it is, but it's there. What is love? It's more scientific than you think. Through 10 lectures, Dr. Wind Goodfriend surveys the biology of interpersonal attraction, sexual preference and desire, and conflict resolution.
You'll look at a variety of romantic notions, common myths, and love stereotypes through the lens of science in order to break them down and better set expectations when it comes to keeping a long-term relationship happy and healthy. You'll apply biology, psychology, and anthropology to that "spark" we feel when we are attracted to someone, to better understand what that feeling is.
One of the great Billy Connolly's finest performances and one very fondly remembered by thousands of fans. It was one of the tv shows that really made him into a superstar- and with good reason. From Scottish parties and folk singers to visits from the Priest to those woderful ads for the Big Slipper and do it yourself haircuts, and of course incontinence knickers!
King Henry IV survived at least eight plots to dethrone or kill him in the first six years of his reign. However, he had not always been so unpopular. In his youth he had been a great chivalric champion and crusader.
In , at the age of 32, he was greeted as the saviour of the realm when he ousted from power the tyrannical King Richard II.
But Henry had to contend with men who supported him only as long as they could control him; when they failed, they plotted to kill him. Adversaries also tried to take advantage of his questionable right to the crown. At 15, George is the foster brother Leah never asked for.
As the angry, troubled boy struggles to come to terms with his circumstances, Leah finds herself getting drawn closer to him. When their worlds collide that summer, the three teenagers form a bond they believe will be unbreakable. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose each other. In the course of pursuing each other's ruin, they will deploy all the deception their magician's craft can command.
Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers, but with terrible consequences. In Consolations , David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for truth.
His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book. Badass Habits is a eureka-sparking, easy-to-digest look at how our habits make us who we are, from the measly moments that happen in private to the resolutions we loudly broadcast and, erm, often don't keep on social media.
Habit busting and building goes way beyond becoming a dedicated flosser or never showing up late again - our habits reveal our unmet desires, the gaps in our boundaries, our level of self-awareness and our unconscious beliefs and fears. When Moslem fundamentalists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, making an already critical oil shortage calamitous, the Russians figure they are going to have to take things into their own hands.
Thus begins Red Storm, an audacious gamble that uses diplomatic maneuvers to cloak a crash military build-up. When Soviet tanks begin to roll, the West is caught off guard. For every Kindle book you write, it probably makes sense to add a paperback edition.
After you upload your files and set your prices, Amazon prints and ships out each copy as customers place their orders. Some of these voice over artists will even read and produce your book for free, in exchange for a share of future royalties. Investing for dividend cash flow has helped me get off the sidelines and into the market. Check out a service like the modern brokerage M1 Finance to get started yourself. You can trade stocks for free, or select one of their pre-built portfolios.
In I created an online video course about how to launch non-fiction Kindle books on Amazon. All I have to do is respond to the pretty infrequent student questions or comments. Several years ago, I decided to test selling a couple of my books on Fiverr. Sure enough, people bought them. And in fact they continue to buy them.
Full disclosure: A good chunk of that revenue was NOT passive; I sold book editing and video website reviews in addition to my digital products. Over the years, Fiverr has shifted to become primarily a freelance platform, so the strategy today would be to create a compelling service offer. This is a low-overhead, low-investment way to build a little passive income. How it works is you upload t-shirt and now other product designs to Amazon , and the e-commerce giant does the rest.
You earn the spread between whatever price you set and the cost to print it. Related: In Episode , Flav Medeiros noted he doubled his Merch income by syndicating his bestsellers to Etsy with a service called Printful. If you run a website, display ads like Google Adsense might be your first way to earn a few passive dollars from your traffic.
This gives me more control over what ads are shown to my visitors, and I can earn more as well. My advertisers are set up on automatic monthly payments and have been with me for years. Your ability to do the same will of course depend on the amount of traffic your website receives and the demographics of that traffic. The site I mentioned above has a company directory component to it. However, one possible extra revenue stream is to let advertisers place their retargeting scripts on your site.
This is invisible to visitors but allows those other companies to potentially market to that audience on Facebook or other channels. Just make sure you disclose this in your privacy policy. And to be sure, creating video content takes time, but once your videos are up there, they can earn passive income for you for years — as some of mine have. This is not investment advice or solicitation for investment. The big advantage over other peer-to-peer lending is the loans are backed by the real property so if the borrower stops paying, you have some recourse — namely foreclosure.
PeerStreet is also currently only open to accredited investors. The bonds are used to fund inventory or asset-backed loans to small U. You can also automatically re-invest your interest and make penalty-free withdrawals at any time. Yes, I consider credit card rewards passive income because I earn them just from spending money like I normally do.
In our house, this stream is worth hundreds of dollars a year in the form of cash back, free gift cards , and travel. Learn more and compare this card to other cash back cards here. This card also gives you one of the highest cash back rates, with unlimited 1.
I recently switched to Mint Mobile , which runs on the T-Mobile network, for my cell phone service. Trim is a unique program that will help you save money. Sign up, download the app, and connect your accounts to Trim.
The app analyzes your spending and finds ways to save you money. This includes negotiating to lower your bills, like cable and internet. Trim also can help you cancel forgotten subscriptions and recurring charges costing you money every month. According to Nerd Wallet , the average household with debt is facing:. The costs of even an average commute can add up fast, in the form of:. If you can work from home even one or two days a week, I would chalk that up as a win in the reverse passive income category.
Writing that rent check every month saves thousands of dollars over a mortgage on a similar-sized home. Our savings account, through Capital One , earns 0. How can you turn money into more money? However, there are several other options that might appeal to you depending on your risk tolerance and knowledge.
Discover investing opportunities on MoneyMade. These are cash-flowing complexes in need of upgrades — but once the improvements are made, the value of the complex and rental incomes increase. The strategy seems to be working. Continuing the real estate theme is Roofstock. A couple friends of mine have purchased several houses through this easy-to-use site. I like the diversity of REITs, but if building a real estate empire is your long-term plan, these guys will help you do it—one house at a time.
Since , farmland investments have seen an AcreTrader crowdfunds the purchase of active farmland, and then rents it back to the farmers who operate it. Investors make money in two ways: from appreciation of the land in the event of a future sale, and from annual cash rent payments from farmers.
YieldStreet is an interesting platform that unlocks investments previously only available to hedge funds or institutional investors. As I can attest, blogs and websites can earn great passive income without your direct involvement. There are a few services that can help you invest in this asset class hands-off though. Onfolio is one that came across my desk recently. If you have web skills, you might like this interview with Stacy Caprio , who bought enough cash flow in the form of existing websites to quit her job.
The basic idea, as explained by Roberto Chavez on The Side Hustle Show , is to buy parcels of vacant land at a discount, and then to re-sell that property on a monthly payment plan. Royalty Exchange is a unique investing platform that lets you purchase future royalties from popular and not-so-popular music. Lending Club is the largest peer-to-peer investing site in the US.
This European peer-to-peer lending platform provides loans to residents of Spain, Estonia, and Finland. Aside from Worthy mentioned above, here are some more options if you like the idea of lending money to small businesses.
This is a similar set-up to Worthy , except that Worthy allows fee-free withdrawals at any point. On Kickfurther. This appealed to me much more than backing random companies on Kick starter. Instead of early access to a product that might not ever reach production, you can interest on short-term inventory loans. On Funding Circle , accredited investors can lend money to established and growing American small businesses.
Help small businesses grow with short-term, asset-backed investment opportunities on P2B Investor peer-to-business. In fact, I believe allocating some of your time to just this pursuit is incredibly valuable. When the assets you build start paying off, you can slowly taper off trading time for money. I touched on some of my methods above, which primarily revolved around building income-producing websites and books. Here are some other ideas to consider.
Do you have a skill you can teach over email? Highbrow is a unique learning newsletter platform—that pays creators every time someone signs up for your class. My friend Paul Minors has one on creating a productivity system , and said it pays him passive income every month. On top of that, the platform helps him reach a new audience of potential blog readers, clients, and customers. Consider what people already ask you for help with. What do you know more about than the average person?
Some of the more creative case studies include:. How will customers find you? Could you solve a problem with software? While smartphone apps tend to have a short shelf-life, a premium software tool can be sold either as a one-off purchase or a recurring monthly subscription. In fact, as digital media channels proliferate apps, Youtube, your favorite podcast , the demand for affordable, licensable music keeps growing to keep pace.
Like music licensing, licensing your photography is a numbers game. For example, Dave Bredeson is a professional commercial photographer who supplements his commissioned work by selling stock photos on Dreamstime. Even though each image sells for relatively little, that same image can be sold to dozens of different buyers.
My portfolio is dominated by backgrounds, technology, business, and Christmas images. Amazon also has a rewards program to encourage developers to build out the ecosystem of skills. Your rewards are based on the popularity and engagement of your skill, but some developers report earning thousands of dollars a month.
That method is as an audiobook narrator and producer. What Chris discovered was that, even though there were already dozens of competing cleaning services, there was opportunity in the space. He figured that out while perusing Yelp reviews of existing cleaning companies. I knew I could do that, and find cleaners to do the actual work. When we caught up, the business took just a few minutes a day for him to manage.
Jodi Carlson brings more than two decades of experience in Girl Scouts to the table—first as a scout, then as a troop leader.
She started a blog documenting the activities she was doing with her scouts , mostly just as a reference for herself and other local leaders. Before long, troop leaders from the other side of the country had discovered her site through Google or Pinterest.
They emailed asking what other ideas she had. She uploaded them to Teachers Pay Teachers , a site to buy and sell lesson plans, and made several sales in the first week. Drop shipping is a unique type of e-commerce where your supplier actually ships the products to customers on your behalf. Although there is a lot of upfront work in building the site and securing supplier relationships, drop shipping can be relatively passive after that. The challenge is managing inventory and keeping the machines stocked, especially if you have several locations.
Still, the thought of returning to a machine and finding it filled with money is pretty motivating. It could be a physical product, it could be extra space, or it could even be something more abstract, like an idea or your attention.
Many of these require having something of value to share or sell, which naturally will take either time or money to acquire. Still, here are some options to consider. How it works is you ship products into the warehouse s , and Amazon ships the items to customers on your behalf. But they "said no," MacCarthy wrote.
Yet MacCarthy was allowed to ask others to trade seats with her, and the mother quickly found willing passengers. But a flight attendant thought MacCarthy's actions were suspicious, according to a police report. The attendant, who is not named in the report, said MacCarthy and her daughter were the last passengers to board the plane, and MacCarthy was "demanding" she sit next to her daughter.
The flight attendant also alleged that MacCarthy did not speak to her daughter during the flight and found it "odd" that she did not allow the girl speak to the flight crew, the report states. So the flight attendant wanted airline management to follow up with MacCarthy when the plane landed. MacCarthy remembers the flight differently. In a Nov. So it was quite a shock when police and the Southwest manager stopped them after they had landed, she said.
MacCarthy recorded part of the encounter on her phone. It's just our policy to follow up. A police officer also explained that the daughter shouldn't be scared "because you're not in any trouble whatsoever. As her daughter cried in the background, MacCarthy explained who she was, why she wanted to sit next to her daughter, and how she was grieving the death of her brother. The Southwest employee said: "That's all we needed to know. You guys are good.
I do apologize. MacCarthy took to Twitter that day, questioning why the incident transpired. But her attorney, David Lane, said in a statement to People that the police were merely responding to a complaint and not to blame.
Instead, he pointed the finger at the airline. In Taiwan, a boat-burning festival aims to ward off sickness. Can it end the coronavirus pandemic? In North Dakota, electric cars could help save coal. International travel ban ends as U. How close are the Colts to giving the Eagles a first-round pick for Carson Wentz? Mom and Dad thought they gave their kids a wonderful childhood, but both daughters are angry, and one is in therapy for undisclosed "trauma.
Both were juniors at Hoke County High School. Antwain Fowler, who went viral with a YouTube video in , has died, his mother said on Instagram.
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