Two people walk into life with the same intelligence and opportunities. One comes out incredibly successful, and the other fails. What makes the difference? That's the question bestselling author Robert G. Allen kept asking himself. He had spent most of his life writing finance books and teaching courses for hundreds of thousands of students. He noticed that certain students would put his systems to work with incredible results, while others would stumble, become overwhelmed, and stop working towards their goals. If the students were the same, and the information was the same, what was the...

In 1633, plans were made for a new one-off tax on house-rent, or -mail-, intended to pay the stipends of Edinburgh's clergy. At the request of Charles I, full power and commission was given -for passing through the whole city and trying of what mail every tenement, dwelling house, low tavern, cellar or chamber-, and an inventory was taken, which survives in manuscript form in the Edinburgh City Archives. While it would seem that the tax was never actually collected and so was a failure in terms of municipal fund-raising, it left an incredibly detailed record of the socio-economic and...

This volume traces the history of theEdinburgh Incorporation of Mary's Chapel, which sought to control the capital's building trades and defend their privileges. By utilising a range of previously missing charters and archival documents, the author offers a new perspective on the prestigious craft guild in its 542 years of existence.