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Retirement Job
Making Retirement Income Working your Dream Job
Many retirees are living healthier, longer lives, and that means retirement isn’t quite what it used to be. Retirement has long been defined as an end of an era; a closing chapter in one’s life. But today’s retirees are more active and seeking to redefine retirement as the start of a new chapter – the beginning of the rest of their lives. Today’s generation of baby-boomers is not only finding the time to pursue their dream jobs in retirement, but have found that they can continue to make a good amount of retirement income in doing so. This is one of the top tips when it comes to earning income for retirement; follow your dreams.
So, just what is your dream job? Well, that’s up to you to decide. What do you love to do? What are your hobbies? What were your childhood dreams? By asking yourselves these types of questions, you’ll be able to come up with a list of jobs that closely relate to your ideal interests. Check out some examples below of how you can make retirement income doing what you love.
• Love golf? Check out the openings at your favorite golf course.
• Love to fish? What about working as a fishing guide on a charter boat?
• Do you like to cook? With today’s packed schedule, many families are looking for prepared meals from personal chefs.
• Always wanted to teach? Many schools offer substitute teaching programs – even with no prior teaching experience.
• Are you active and athletic? Professions such as Yoga instruction or Swim instructors are always in high demand for Senior activities.
Earning Income for Retirement with Your Own Business.
So, maybe you love the idea of working your dream job during retirement, but the thought of having another boss is just something you’re no longer interested in. Many retirees are becoming independent entrepreneurs by investing just a small amount of their savings into their desired career. The experience and knowledge gained from years of a professional career has given many seniors the confidence to pursue and successfully start their own business.
You don’t have to (and shouldn’t) crack your nest egg to get started on your entrepreneurship. Consider taking out a small, home equity loan or lightly tapping into your 401(k) to get started.
Get Moving and Get Excited
It’s important to give yourself an honest evaluation of the amount of mental and physical energy that you want to put into your new career before you jump into anything. However, once you find yourself energized and ready to start earning retirement income doing what you love, you’ll find nothing could be more rewarding than finally working in your dream job.
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5 Piece Sake Set – Modern Sake Flask with Sake Cups / Grey Ceramic with Asian Floral Design $23.95 Beautiful 5 piece Sake set. Enjoy your sake with this exquisite sake server and cups or simply display it in your home as decor for an Asian and Zen inspiration. Sake, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice, has written references that date back to the 3rd century. Sake is usually drunk from small cups called choko and poured into the choko from ceramic flasks called tokkuri…. |
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Engineering Profession Videotape Series [VHS] … |
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Engineering Profession: PAL Format [VHS] $155.00 … |
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Engineering Profession: PAL Format [VHS] $155.00 … |
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Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Ninth Season $8.89 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND:SSN9 – DVD Movie… |
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The Final Act, Part 1 $4.99 … |
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Worlds Greatest Gift Tote Bag of Snacks and Treats $19.99 Send your thanks and best wishes to the “World’s Greatest”. It’s a gift of pure thoughtfulness, without breaking the budget! Open the paper and board constructed gift bag to reveal the yummy Chocolate Cream Puffs, Shortbread Cookies, buttery Caramel Treats, gourmet Cocoa Mix, and Almond Roca Candy tucked inside. Each gift is carefully hand crafted and includes a personalized gift message from you… |
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Retirement Quit My Day Job Coffee Mug with 2 packages of gourmet coffee – Gift for Grandma $16.99 Give the Retired Quit My Day Job gourmet coffee mug gift set to a boss or co-worker who may be headed for a second act in his/her professional career. This funny retirement gift reads: “Retired – Quit my day job – Finally!.” It comes wrapped in cellophane with a bow – ready to give. The gourmet coffee mug gift set includes the mug and two packages of gourmet coffee – 1 Breakfast Blend and 1 Fren… |
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Retirement Congratulations $29.95 They have been planning this day for years and will sadly be leaving friends and co-workers behind. Remind them how much they will be missed during their retirement with this congratulations package. Make the departure a little sweeter with zesty popcorn, fresh roasted nuts, crisp cheese straws, decadent cookies, savory snack mix and scrumptious mini cookies…. |
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Retirement Party Music Cd Each $12.99 Our Retirement Party Music CD will give any retirement party an up beat, festive mood. Each retirement music CD includes fourteen funtastic songs and has a play time of over 46 minutes. Use the Retirement Party Music CD to liven up any retirement party and celebrate this milestone in your retirees life. Retirement Party Music CD includes: Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now (I’ve had) The Time of My Life Celebration Take This Job and Shove It Workin’ for a Livin’ Takin’ Care of Business What I Like About You Bang on the Drum All Day Dancing in the Street Morning Train (9 to 5) The Good Life Permanent Vacation Adios And the Pursuit of Happiness |
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Pink Monogram Retirement $24.99 Pink Monogram Retirement: |
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Traditional Frame Retirement $24.99 Traditional Frame Retirement: |
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Retirement Whirls Pkg/5 $3.99 The Retirement Danglers feature a red foil whirl with two-sided card stock retirement cutouts attached. One side of the retirement whirls reads “Retired and the other side “Now the Fun Begins”. Each of the Retirement Danglers measures 30 inches and comes in a package of 5. Decorate the ceiling of any retirement party with these colorful hanging decorations. |
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Job, Job $1.95 (CME In High Voice). Arranged by Stephen Hatfield. SSA Div A Cappella. In High Voice. 16 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M051475728. Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
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Happy Retirement Fanci-Fetti Each $1.99 The Happy Retirement Confetti features confetti pieces cut into the words “Happy Retirement”. This colorful multi-color retirement confetti comes in packages of 1/2 ounce. Sprinkle the confetti on your party table or add a pinch to your retirement party invitations. |
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Retirement Tiara Each $4.99 This Retirement Tiara is full of plastic gems with the words Officially Retired in the center. Each Plastic Retirement Crown measures 4 3/4 inches wide x 5 1/4 inches long x 3 1/2 inches high. Give the most unique gift to the female retiree when you present her with this beautiful Retirement Tiara so she continues to shine brightly. |
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Happy Retirement Sign Banner Each $4.99 The Happy Retirement Sign Banner features “Happy Retirement” in green, yellow, blue and red letters on a blue background with multi-colored confetti pattern. Each of the all-weather retirement banners measures 63 inches x 21 inches and has grommets in it’s four corners. Hang this colorful banner on porches, above entreances and more. |
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Happy Retirement Cubicle Decorating Kit Each $8.99 Our Happy Retirement Cubicle Kit is a great way to show your respect to a fellow co-worker as they have reached retirement. Each retirement cubicle kit features bright colors in red, blue, yellow and purple and contains eight happy retirement balloons, one large retirement banner, three cut-outs and one small retirement banner. You can use this Happy Retirement Cubicle Kit to decorate an office cubicle, work desk or doorway or use this kit at home for a retirement party. |
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Dream Job Business Cards $8.95 Dream Job Business Cards |
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Dream Job Address Labels $9.95 Dream Job Address Labels |
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Larry Bird Boston Celtics – Retirement – Autographed Newspaper $249 LARRY BIRD SIGNED RETIREMENT NEWSPAPER. THIS 20×30 PHOTO IS AUTHENTICATED BY SUPERSTAR GREETINGS AND DOES INCLUDE A PHOTO OF THE SIGNING. |
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Pastor Retirement – Thank You Pastor – 6 Premium Cards $20.94 Bless and encourage pastors during their retirement with this lovely, DaySpring card. |
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Happy Retirement Latex Printed Balloons Pkg/6 $1.99 Our Happy Retirement Latex Balloons feature a white logo which says HAPPY RETIREMENT surrounded by an airplane, boat, car, TV, palm tree and sun. These two sided retirement balloons are sold in packages of six and measure approximately 12 inches when inflated. Each package contains an assortment of colors which may include: red, light blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, royal blue and lavender. Our Happy Retirement Latex Balloons may be used to create beautiful tabletop centerpieces by simply adding additional latex balloons, mylar balloons, curling ribbon and a balloon weight. |
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Dream Job Magnetic Business Cards $17.85 Dream Job Magnetic Business Cards |
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Dream Job Recycled Business Cards $15.95 Dream Job Recycled Business Cards |
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Job Well Done Business Cards $8.95 Job Well Done Business Cards |
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Job Well Done Business Letterhead $25.95 Job Well Done Business Letterhead |
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Job Well Done Oversized Postcards $28.95 Job Well Done Oversized Postcards |
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Job Well Done Address Labels $9.95 Job Well Done Address Labels |
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Dream Job Address Labels Clear $9.95 Dream Job Address Labels Clear |
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Day Job Ampersand $22 Download the Day Job Ampersand font for Mac or Windows in OpenType, TrueType or PostScript format. |
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Alonzo Mourning Miami Heat Autographed Dual Photograph Retirement Collectible $490.99 Commemorate Alonzo Mourning’s retirement with this hand-crafted collectible from Mounted Memories. Each piece features two 11×14 photos- one autographed from the jersey retirement evening and one “Zo” action photo. It also includes a Miami Heat laser cut logo- a Zo retirement logo and a descriptive text insert- all double matted and framed in black wood. Framed dimensions: 24″ x 31″ x 1″. Limited edition of 33. |
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Rodial Boob Job 4.05oz $150 Always dreamed of a fuller bust but dreaded the thought of going under the knife? Rodial introduces a NEW revolutionary, no surgery formula, Boob Job.As the fat cells move around the body after eating, Boob Job blocks”" the fat into the area where the product has been applied. When applied to the bust and d�collet� areas, Boob Job will gradually increase cup size and will provide an instant lifting and firming effect.Rodial Boob Job is based on a natural phytosterol, derived from an Asian root that has no hormonal activity, which works on the skin and the layer of fat beneath.Benefits:Immediately firms and lifts the breast and d�collet� areaRepairs and restructures the skinProtects from free radical damage100% paraben free”" |
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Job Well Done Stationery Envelopes (Black & White) $27.95 Job Well Done Stationery Envelopes (Black & White) |
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Job Well Done Standard Sized Postcards $17.95 Job Well Done Standard Sized Postcards |
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Job Well Done Magnetic Business Cards $17.85 Job Well Done Magnetic Business Cards |
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Job Well Done Recycled Business Cards $15.95 Job Well Done Recycled Business Cards |
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Job Well Done Laser Mailing Labels $23.95 Job Well Done Laser Mailing Labels |
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Job Well Done Large Memo Pads $13.95 Job Well Done Large Memo Pads |
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Job Well Done Address Labels Clear $9.95 Job Well Done Address Labels Clear |
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Job Well Done Compact Memo Pads $11.95 Job Well Done Compact Memo Pads |
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Nurse The Hardest Job Hoodie $24.99 Nurse The Hardest Job, You will be able to picture yourself walking anywhere in this Navy Hooded 50/50 Sweatshirt. Designed for warmth and durability the 7.5 ounce, 50/50 blend fleece fabric with double-ply hood provides protection from a blinding snow storm at the North Pole or from blowing sand in the Mojave Desert. This hooded sweat is versitility plus. The convenient pouch pocket keeps hands warm or holds a water bottle. The matching drawstring and metal grommets on the hood make sure it stays where it belongs. The set-in sleeves, ribbed cuffs and banded bottom all keep this shirt together in a way that makes durability its middle name. |
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Army The Hardest Job Hoodie $24.99 ARMY – The Hardest Job You’ll Ever Love, You will be able to picture yourself walking anywhere in this Black Hooded 50/50 Sweatshirt. Designed for warmth and durability the 7.5 ounce, 50/50 blend fleece fabric with double-ply hood provides protection from a blinding snow storm at the North Pole or from blowing sand in the Mojave Desert. This hooded sweat is versitility plus. The convenient pouch pocket keeps hands warm or holds a water bottle. The matching drawstring and metal grommets on the hood make sure it stays where it belongs. The set-in sleeves, ribbed cuffs and banded bottom all keep this shirt together in a way that makes durability its middle name. |
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Teacher The Hardest Job Hoodie $24.99 Teacher The Hardest Job, You will be able to picture yourself walking anywhere in this Red Hooded 50/50 Sweatshirt. Designed for warmth and durability the 7.5 ounce, 50/50 blend fleece fabric with double-ply hood provides protection from a blinding snow storm at the North Pole or from blowing sand in the Mojave Desert. This hooded sweat is versitility plus. The convenient pouch pocket keeps hands warm or holds a water bottle. The matching drawstring and metal grommets on the hood make sure it stays where it belongs. The set-in sleeves, ribbed cuffs and banded bottom all keep this shirt together in a way that makes durability its middle name. |
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Cop The Hardest Job Hoodie $24.99 Cop The Hardest Job, You will be able to picture yourself walking anywhere in this Navy Hooded 50/50 Sweatshirt. Designed for warmth and durability the 7.5 ounce, 50/50 blend fleece fabric with double-ply hood provides protection from a blinding snow storm at the North Pole or from blowing sand in the Mojave Desert. This hooded sweat is versitility plus. The convenient pouch pocket keeps hands warm or holds a water bottle. The matching drawstring and metal grommets on the hood make sure it stays where it belongs. The set-in sleeves, ribbed cuffs and banded bottom all keep this shirt together in a way that makes durability its middle name. |
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EMT The Hardest Job Hoodie $24.99 EMT The Hardest Job, You will be able to picture yourself walking anywhere in this Red Hooded 50/50 Sweatshirt. Designed for warmth and durability the 7.5 ounce, 50/50 blend fleece fabric with double-ply hood provides protection from a blinding snow storm at the North Pole or from blowing sand in the Mojave Desert. This hooded sweat is versitility plus. The convenient pouch pocket keeps hands warm or holds a water bottle. The matching drawstring and metal grommets on the hood make sure it stays where it belongs. The set-in sleeves, ribbed cuffs and banded bottom all keep this shirt together in a way that makes durability its middle name. |
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Farmer The Hardest Job Hoodie $24.99 Farmer The Hardest Job, You will be able to picture yourself walking anywhere in this Brown Hooded 50/50 Sweatshirt. Designed for warmth and durability the 7.5 ounce, 50/50 blend fleece fabric with double-ply hood provides protection from a blinding snow storm at the North Pole or from blowing sand in the Mojave Desert. This hooded sweat is versitility plus. The convenient pouch pocket keeps hands warm or holds a water bottle. The matching drawstring and metal grommets on the hood make sure it stays where it belongs. The set-in sleeves, ribbed cuffs and banded bottom all keep this shirt together in a way that makes durability its middle name. |
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Del Boca Vista Retirement Community (Seinfeld) T-Shirt $14.99 If Kramer can move into the Del Boca Vista retirement community, then so can we! Free Willard tip calculators for every resident. A fun tshirt for Seinfeld fans. Small text reads: “Where older people go to die.” This quality t-shirt is khaki sand tee with orange print. Enjoy! |
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Army The Hardest Job T-Shirt $12.99 Army The Hardest Job T-Shirt. Exclusively from Bewild.com, these new tee?s feature hard-core sayings that say it all. From ?Lick Here For Full View? to ?Skanky white-trailer trash?. How about a t-shirt that says ?Dip me in Chocolate and throw me to the lesbians?? Our short sleeve “Army The Hardest Job You’ll Ever Love” t-shirts are made from a 100% fully machine washable cotton/poly blend for a cool and comfortable fit every time. |
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Cop The Hardest Job T-Shirt $12.99 Cop The Hardest Job T-Shirt. Exclusively from Bewild.com, these new tee?s feature hard-core sayings that say it all. From ?Lick Here For Full View? to ?Skanky white-trailer trash?. How about a t-shirt that says ?Dip me in Chocolate and throw me to the lesbians?? Our short sleeve “Cop The Hardest Job You’ll Ever Love” t-shirts are made from a 100% fully machine washable cotton/poly blend for a cool and comfortable fit every time. |
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EMT The Hardest Job T-Shirt $12.99 EMT The Hardest Job T-Shirt. Exclusively from Bewild.com, these new tee?s feature hard-core sayings that say it all. From ?Lick Here For Full View? to ?Skanky white-trailer trash?. How about a t-shirt that says ?Dip me in Chocolate and throw me to the lesbians?? Our short sleeve “EMT The Hardest Job You’ll Ever Love” t-shirts are made from a 100% fully machine washable cotton/poly blend for a cool and comfortable fit every time. |
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Retirement Sweatshirts – Retired Driving My Old Lady Crazy Hoodie $24.99 Retirement Sweatshirts – Retired Leave Me Alone Hoodie. Tired of the same old crap day after day? Do you just want to kick back, relax and enjoy your retirment? Get this shirt and let everyone know you are her for one reason and one reason only.. to drive ur old lady crazy!! This Hoodie makes a great gift for the retired person in your life. Pack your bags, move to florida and get one of this sweatshirt! |
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Retirement T-Shirts – Retired Leave Me Alone Mens T-Shirt $12.99 Retirement T-Shirts – Retired Leave Me Alone Mens T-Shirt. Tired of the same old crap day after day? Do you just want to kick back, relax and enjoy your retirment? Get this shirt and let everyone know to leave you the heck alone! This t-shirt makes a great gift for the retired person in your life. Pack your bags, move to florida and get one of these shirts! |
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Dad The Hardest Job T-Shirt $12.99 Dad The Hardest Job T-Shirt. Exclusively from Bewild.com, these new tee?s feature hard-core sayings that say it all. From ?Trust Me I’m A Doctor? to ?Thats Mr. Asshole To You?. How about a t-shirt that says ?I Scored High On My Drug Test? Our short sleeve t-shirts are made from a 100% fully machine washable cotton/poly blend for a cool and comfortable fit every time. On the front of this shirt it says “Dad. The Hardest Job You’ll Ever Loves!” |
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Farmer The Hardest Job T-Shirt $12.99 Farmer The Hardest Job T-Shirt. Exclusively from Bewild.com, these new tee?s feature hard-core sayings that say it all. From ?Trust Me I’m A Doctor? to ?Thats Mr. Asshole To You?. How about a t-shirt that says ?I Scored High On My Drug Test? Our short sleeve t-shirts are made from a 100% fully machine washable cotton/poly blend for a cool and comfortable fit every time. On the front of this shirt it says “Farmer. The Hardest Job You’ll Ever Loves!” |
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JOB 1.5 Rolling Papers $2.99 Novelty rolling papers are the great new way to add a fresh feel to an ?old sport?. Whether you like flavored papers or just cool prints and designs, you will find yourself anxiously waiting to roll the next fatty! Impress your friends with outrageous new packaging and prints that will show off your smoking style. These papers hold enough to satisfy the biggest cravings and will roll smooth for a perfect jay every time. Our rolling papers are non-toxic, made of pure hemp and only utilize soy-based inks and sugar gums. With BeWild.com?s selection and prices, you may want to start a novelty rolling paper collection, so stock up today! 1.5 inch size. Each pack comes with 32 leaves. |
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100 Questions Every Working American Must Ask $13.96 New – Media personality and financial adviser Carolann Brown details for working Americans, and those about to enter the workforce, the 100 crucial questions they must ask themselves to protect their paycheck, career, and future. Written in a user-friendly format, the book covers job security, benefits, salaries, retirement plans, and other career topics. The book is every employee’s answer to getting the most from every paycheck. |
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101 Real Money Questions: The African American Financial Question and Answer Book $14.95 "Jesse Brown puts money in your pocket, answers all your questions, and gives you the know-how to create the future you want for yourself and your family."–– From the Foreword by Tavis Smiley"If you have no money in the bank, you think your paycheck is too small, and you’re determined to change your life, READ THIS BOOK!"–– Melvin B. Miller, Director of the Boston Bank of Commerce Author, How to Get Rich When You Ain’t Got Nothing"Mr. Brown does an excellent job of guiding readers through the financial pitfalls to attainable wealth and financial security. THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE."–– Will Horton, Publisher and CEO, NASABA Magazine"Need help setting financial goals, funding a college education, planning a retirement? Then turn to financial expert Jesse Brown."–– Library JournalLet Jesse Brown put you and your family on the road to success. This easy-to-follow personal finance book gives you the answers to all your questions about how to get out of debt and stay out of debt–and how to make money work for you instead of against you. As Jesse Brown and Tavis Smiley say, "Things just don’t happen. You’ve got to claim your destiny. Educate yourself. Get a plan. And take charge of your financial life." From stories of other people’s mistakes, you can learn:How to stop spending money you don’t haveHow to stop paying more than everybody elseHow to stop being a day late and a dollar shortHow to stop relying on get-rich-quick schemes and the lottery and start believing in yourself, your spirituality, and your determination to change your lifeLet Jesse Brown, Money Makeover columnist for ABC News.com and nationally syndicated personal finance columnist, show you how to get the money you need. Make your move now from financial destitution to financial knowledge and |
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1994-95 Advisory Council on Social Security Technical Panel on Trends and Issues in Retirement Saving Final Report $19.64 New – OCLC Number: (OCoLC)740787519 Subject: Social security — United States — Statistics. Excerpt: …he Panelanticipates a slow and modest reduction in early retirement, withAmericans retiring slightly later over the next several decades.The American labor market is changing in significant ways. Traditional manufacturing employment is declining, and servicejobs are on the rise. Some evidence suggests that the quality ofjobs is becoming more bimodal, with job growth among low-skilled, low-pai |
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1994-95 Advisory Council on Social Security Technical Panel on Trends and Issues in Retirement Saving Final Report $19.62 Used – OCLC Number: (OCoLC)740787519 Subject: Social security — United States — Statistics. Excerpt: …he Panelanticipates a slow and modest reduction in early retirement, withAmericans retiring slightly later over the next several decades.The American labor market is changing in significant ways. Traditional manufacturing employment is declining, and servicejobs are on the rise. Some evidence suggests that the quality ofjobs is becoming more bimodal, with job growth among low-skilled, low-pa |
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1994-95 Advisory Council on Social Security Technical Panel on Trends and Issues in Retirement Saving Final Report $19.64 Used – OCLC Number: (OCoLC)740787519 Subject: Social security — United States — Statistics. Excerpt: …he Panelanticipates a slow and modest reduction in early retirement, withAmericans retiring slightly later over the next several decades.The American labor market is changing in significant ways. Traditional manufacturing employment is declining, and servicejobs are on the rise. Some evidence suggests that the quality ofjobs is becoming more bimodal, with job growth among low-skilled, low-pa |
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4 0 1 K Bulletproofing For A Recession: Fine Tune Your 401k Plan And Retirement Plan For Recession Resistant Benefits In A Volatile Economy $3.99 In years past, the 401K plan was considered the ultimate in retirement investment. The economic and financial bedlam of 2008, however, have rendered down the worth of the 401K plan and created an upset in most American retirement prospects. What is the value of the 401K plan in this day and age? This book is your how-to financial expert to help you restructure your 401K plan to adapt it in today’s economic and financial slump.* Understand how 401K works for you so you can reformat your retirement scheme right away and save yourself from major investment losses.* Find out how you can sort out your 401K plan into today’s economic and financial crisis and adjust it using true and tested investment strategies to stabilize it all the way into the future.* If you just got a job and are new to 401K, check out Chapter 5 and study the basics of this essential retirement investment plan so you can start out correctly from the very start.Yes, America, there is hope for retirement! You can fine-tune your 401K retirement investment and enjoy recession resistant benefits through your old age. |
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4 Steps to Financial Security for Lesbian and Gay Couples $11.99 THE FIRST FINANCIAL GUIDE TAILORED EXCLUSIVELY TO LESBIAN AND GAY COUPLES ON HOW TO PROTECT THEIR ASSETS WHEN LAWS FAILLesbian and gay couples can achieve solid, long-term financial security—but they need to arm themselves with foresight, awareness, and facts. That’s what this book is all about. Now, drawing on more than twenty years’ experience as a financial adviser to lesbian and gay couples, Harold L. Lustig has written the definitive financial guide for you and your partner. Through Lustig’s four easy-to-follow steps to economic security—PLAN, PLAN, PLAN; PROTECT WHAT’S YOURS; THINK COMMUNITY; USE NON-CONVENTIONAL WISDOM AND TAKE ACTION—this invaluable book gives you workable financial strategies and up-to-date information on- Estate planning—why it’s especially vital for you and your loved one- Tax advantages available to you—and not to legally recognized couples- Reducing your tax load through charitable contributions and shifting assets- A domestic partner agreement—why it is critical to your financial well-being- Avoiding the “gay penalty” on long-term health care and retirement plans- Tips for funding a college education—without dropping into the red- Reentering the job market when you are HIV positive- Buying and fine-tuning disability insurance- The facts about joint ownershipAnd much more!Despite unfavorable laws, you can protect your assets, provide for retirement, avoid discriminatory penalties, and ensure that you and your partner enjoy and share what you’ve earned together. From building and transferring wealth with life insurance to creating documents thatprotect you when marital laws do not, this clear, smart, practical guide provides the essential financial information that every lesbian and gay couple needs and deserves. |
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4 Steps to Financial Security for Lesbian and Gay Couples $0.99 THE FIRST FINANCIAL GUIDE TAILORED EXCLUSIVELY TO LESBIAN AND GAY COUPLES ON HOW TO PROTECT THEIR ASSETS WHEN LAWS FAILLesbian and gay couples can achieve solid, long-term financial security—but they need to arm themselves with foresight, awareness, and facts. That’s what this book is all about. Now, drawing on more than twenty years’ experience as a financial adviser to lesbian and gay couples, Harold L. Lustig has written the definitive financial guide for you and your partner. Through Lustig’s four easy-to-follow steps to economic security—PLAN, PLAN, PLAN; PROTECT WHAT’S YOURS; THINK COMMUNITY; USE NON-CONVENTIONAL WISDOM AND TAKE ACTION—this invaluable book gives you workable financial strategies and up-to-date information on- Estate planning—why it’s especially vital for you and your loved one- Tax advantages available to you—and not to legally recognized couples- Reducing your tax load through charitable contributions and shifting assets- A domestic partner agreement—why it is critical to your financial well-being- Avoiding the “gay penalty” on long-term health care and retirement plans- Tips for funding a college education—without dropping into the red- Reentering the job market when you are HIV positive- Buying and fine-tuning disability insurance- The facts about joint ownershipAnd much more!Despite unfavorable laws, you can protect your assets, provide for retirement, avoid discriminatory penalties, and ensure that you and your partner enjoy and share what you’ve earned together. From building and transferring wealth with life insurance to creating documents thatprotect you when marital laws do not, this clear, smart, practical guide provides the essential financial information that every lesbian and gay couple needs and deserves. |
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401(K)s for Dummies $16.99 Get the most out of your 401(k) in any economy Filled with sample 401(k) portfolios for every stage of life Invest your 401(k) money wisely and make the most of your retirement Want to know what kind of investment mix you need to make your retirement money grow? Don”t know what to do with a 401(k) account from your last job? Worried that your company”s 401(k) plan doesn”t cut it? Relax! This simple, plain-English guide shows you how to manage your accounts, minimize your risks, and maximize your returns. The Dummies Way* Explanations in plain English* Get in, get out information* Icons and other navigational aids* Tear-out cheat sheet* Top ten lists* A dash of humor and fun |
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401(k)S for Dummies $5.7 New – Get the most out of your 401(k) in any economy Filled with sample 401(k) portfolios for every stage of life Invest your 401(k) money wisely and make the most of your retirement Want to know what kind of investment mix you need to make your retirement money grow? Don’ t know whatto do with a 401(k) account from your last job? Worried that your company’ s 401(k) plan doesn’ t cut it? Relax! This simple, plain-English guide shows you how to manage your accounts, minimize your r |
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401(k)S for Dummies $5.53 Used – Get the most out of your 401(k) in any economy Filled with sample 401(k) portfolios for every stage of life Invest your 401(k) money wisely and make the most of your retirement Want to know what kind of investment mix you need to make your retirement money grow? Don’t know what to do with a 401(k) account from your last job? Worried that your company’s 401(k) plan doesn’t cut it? Relax! This simple, plain-English guide shows you how to manage your accounts, minimize your risks, and maximi |
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401(k)s For Dummies $16.99 Get the most out of your 401(k) in any economyFilled with sample 401(k) portfolios for every stage of lifeInvest your 401(k) money wisely and make the most of your retirementWant to know what kind of investment mix you need to make your retirement money grow? Don’t know what to do with a 401(k) account from your last job? Worried that your company’s 401(k) plan doesn’t cut it? Relax! This simple, plain-English guide shows you how to manage your accounts, minimize your risks, and maximize your returns.The Dummies WayExplanations in plain English"Get in, get out" informationIcons and other navigational aidsTear-out cheat sheetTop ten listsA dash of humor and fun |
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401(k)s for Dummies $4.5 Get the most out of your 401(k) in any economyFilled with sample 401(k) portfolios for every stage of lifeInvest your 401(k) money wisely and make the most of your retirementWant to know what kind of investment mix you need to make your retirement money grow? Don’t know what to do with a 401(k) account from your last job? Worried that your company’s 401(k) plan doesn’t cut it? Relax! This simple, plain-English guide shows you how to manage your accounts, minimize your risks, and maximize your returns.The Dummies WayExplanations in plain English"Get in, get out" informationIcons and other navigational aidsTear-out cheat sheetTop ten listsA dash of humor and fun |
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50 Plus One Part-Time Businesses You Can Starttoday! $10.92 Bored and frustrated in your current job? Need more income in retirement or just something creative and constructive to do? Perhaps it is time to start a part-time business that can add to your income and give you the personal satisfaction of being a business owner and an entrepreneur, all at the same time. Even if your plans and ambitions are more modest, everyone likes to have additional money and a bit more security. Tom Rath has researched businesses and interviewed their owners to cull the best, most productive and most promising part-time businesses for you to start and own.Improve your chances of becoming a successful entrepreneur with a business that will last years not months. Fifty plus one Part-Time Businesses You Can Start.Today! provides you with the tools you need to plan right and build a secure future for you and your family. |
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50 Plus One Part-Time Businesses You Can Starttoday! $7.47 New – Bored and frustrated in your current job? Have time on your hands while the kids are at school? Need more income in retirement or just something creative and constructive to do? Perhaps it’s time to start a part-time business that can add to your income and give you the personal satisfaction of being a business owner and an entrepreneur, all at the same time. As many successful entrepreneurs will tell you, because you start part-time and in your garage (basement or kitchen table, as many s |
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A Blueprint for Financial Success $12.95 You CAN Get Out of Debt, Build Wealth, and Live the American DreamIf you want to achieve financial stability and independence, you’ve got to have a plan. But what if you don’t know your FICO from a finance charge? Inside this easy-to-understand guidebook are dozens of tips, tricks and techniques you need to know if you want to avoid the shackles of debt, start saving for retirement, and seize your piece of the American Dream. You’ll learn:-How your credit works-and what to do if yours is not in great shape.-Secrets to obtaining a better, higher-paying job.-The way you can earn up to $39,000 a year more than you are now through education-and get it paid for.-How to beat "the debt trap"! Discover the tricks credit-card companies use to snare consumers into a lifetime of debt-and how you can avoid them.-Purchase the car of your dreams, without breaking the bank.-Why renting is a scam-and how to get into a home you can call your very own, even if you don’t think you could qualify.-Much, much more!Whether you’re an Ivy League grad who needs to brush up on some financial basics, or never finished high school and need to get ahead, A Blueprint for Financial Success is the perfect book for you. |
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A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track $0.99 Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans’ hard work is rewarded in today’s hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union in America, he has led the charge for modernizing the “house of labor” — taking unions out of the past and into the twenty-first century. He has spearheaded the campaign against the “Wal-Marting” of jobs and has innovated transformative solutions to the daunting problems facing Americans, from job insecurity to runaway health care costs. In this powerful critique and call-to-arms, he offers a revelatory dissection of the gathering threats to our standard of living — threats that our politicians have failed utterly to address — and he puts forth a bold, unassailable plan for making vital reforms. In his eye-opening diagnosis that makes the urgency of the threats vividly clear, Stern shows that Americans are contending with the most disruptive economic upheaval in the world economy since the Industrial Revolution. Yet, in the face of this daunting challenge, the American system simply isn’t working well enough for most of us. Stern powerfully portrays how with the pace of globalization relentlessly quickening, the competitive pressures on our jobs and quality of life are heating up even more, especially as housing, health care, and oil prices skyrocket. While CEO salaries soar and business and the wealthy are handed plentiful tax shelters, the incomes of both white-collar and blue-collar workers stagnate, leaving most Americans struggling to pay off ever-escalating debt, instead of saving for retirement. The plain fact is that our system is out of whack, serving the interests of the top sliver of the most wealthy while putting the squeeze on the rest of us. Meanwhile, our politicians irresponsibly sidestep the crucial solutions that we so desperately need in order to make sure Americans can |
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A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track $0.99 Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans’ hard work is rewarded in today’s hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union in America, he has led the charge for modernizing the “house of labor” — taking unions out of the past and into the twenty-first century. He has spearheaded the campaign against the “Wal-Marting” of jobs and has innovated transformative solutions to the daunting problems facing Americans, from job insecurity to runaway health care costs. In this powerful critique and call-to-arms, he offers a revelatory dissection of the gathering threats to our standard of living — threats that our politicians have failed utterly to address — and he puts forth a bold, unassailable plan for making vital reforms. In his eye-opening diagnosis that makes the urgency of the threats vividly clear, Stern shows that Americans are contending with the most disruptive economic upheaval in the world economy since the Industrial Revolution. Yet, in the face of this daunting challenge, the American system simply isn’t working well enough for most of us. Stern powerfully portrays how with the pace of globalization relentlessly quickening, the competitive pressures on our jobs and quality of life are heating up even more, especially as housing, health care, and oil prices skyrocket. While CEO salaries soar and business and the wealthy are handed plentiful tax shelters, the incomes of both white-collar and blue-collar workers stagnate, leaving most Americans struggling to pay off ever-escalating debt, instead of saving for retirement. The plain fact is that our system is out of whack, serving the interests of the top sliver of the most wealthy while putting the squeeze on the rest of us. Meanwhile, our politicians irresponsibly sidestep the crucial solutions that we so desperately need in order to make sure Americans can |
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A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track $9.99 Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans’ hard work is rewarded in today’s hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union in America, he has led the charge for modernizing the “house of labor” — taking unions out of the past and into the twenty-first century. He has spearheaded the campaign against the “Wal-Marting” of jobs and has innovated transformative solutions to the daunting problems facing Americans, from job insecurity to runaway health care costs. In this powerful critique and call-to-arms, he offers a revelatory dissection of the gathering threats to our standard of living — threats that our politicians have failed utterly to address — and he puts forth a bold, unassailable plan for making vital reforms. In his eye-opening diagnosis that makes the urgency of the threats vividly clear, Stern shows that Americans are contending with the most disruptive economic upheaval in the world economy since the Industrial Revolution. Yet, in the face of this daunting challenge, the American system simply isn’t working well enough for most of us. Stern powerfully portrays how with the pace of globalization relentlessly quickening, the competitive pressures on our jobs and quality of life are heating up even more, especially as housing, health care, and oil prices skyrocket. While CEO salaries soar and business and the wealthy are handed plentiful tax shelters, the incomes of both white-collar and blue-collar workers stagnate, leaving most Americans struggling to pay off ever-escalating debt, instead of saving for retirement. The plain fact is that our system is out of whack, serving the interests of the top sliver of the most wealthy while putting the squeeze on the rest of us. Meanwhile, our politicians irresponsibly sidestep the crucial solutions that we so desperately need in order to make sure Americans can |
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A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track By Andy Stern $9.99 Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans’ hard work is rewarded in today’s hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union in America, he has led the charge for modernizing the “house of labor” — taking unions out of the past and into the twenty-first century. He has spearheaded the campaign against the “Wal-Marting” of jobs and has innovated transformative solutions to the daunting problems facing Americans, from job insecurity to runaway health care costs. In this powerful critique and call-to-arms, he offers a revelatory dissection of the gathering threats to our standard of living — threats that our politicians have failed utterly to address — and he puts forth a bold, unassailable plan for making vital reforms.<P>In his eye-opening diagnosis that makes the urgency of the threats vividly clear, Stern shows that Americans are contending with the most disruptive economic upheaval in the world economy since the Industrial Revolution. Yet, in the face of this daunting challenge, the American system simply isn’t working well enough for most of us. Stern powerfully portrays how with the pace of globalization relentlessly quickening, the competitive pressures on our jobs and quality of life are heating up even more, especially as housing, health care, and oil prices skyrocket. While CEO salaries soar and business and the wealthy are handed plentiful tax shelters, the incomes of both white-collar and blue-collar workers stagnate, leaving most Americans struggling to pay off ever-escalating debt, instead of saving for retirement. The plain fact is that our system is out of whack, serving the interests of the top sliver of the most wealthy while putting the squeeze on the rest of us.<P>Meanwhile, our politicians irresponsibly sidestep the crucial solutions that we so desperately need in order to make sure Americans can move into the twenty- |
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A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track By Andy Stern $12 Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans’ hard work is rewarded in today’s hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union in America, he has led the charge for modernizing the “house of labor” — taking unions out of the past and into the twenty-first century. He has spearheaded the campaign against the “Wal-Marting” of jobs and has innovated transformative solutions to the daunting problems facing Americans, from job insecurity to runaway health care costs. In this powerful critique and call-to-arms, he offers a revelatory dissection of the gathering threats to our standard of living — threats that our politicians have failed utterly to address — and he puts forth a bold, unassailable plan for making vital reforms.<P>In his eye-opening diagnosis that makes the urgency of the threats vividly clear, Stern shows that Americans are contending with the most disruptive economic upheaval in the world economy since the Industrial Revolution. Yet, in the face of this daunting challenge, the American system simply isn’t working well enough for most of us. Stern powerfully portrays how with the pace of globalization relentlessly quickening, the competitive pressures on our jobs and quality of life are heating up even more, especially as housing, health care, and oil prices skyrocket. While CEO salaries soar and business and the wealthy are handed plentiful tax shelters, the incomes of both white-collar and blue-collar workers stagnate, leaving most Americans struggling to pay off ever-escalating debt, instead of saving for retirement. The plain fact is that our system is out of whack, serving the interests of the top sliver of the most wealthy while putting the squeeze on the rest of us.<P>Meanwhile, our politicians irresponsibly sidestep the crucial solutions that we so desperately need in order to make sure Americans can move into the twenty- |
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A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track By Andy Stern $24 Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans’ hard work is rewarded in today’s hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union in America, he has led the charge for modernizing the “house of labor” — taking unions out of the past and into the twenty-first century. He has spearheaded the campaign against the “Wal-Marting” of jobs and has innovated transformative solutions to the daunting problems facing Americans, from job insecurity to runaway health care costs. In this powerful critique and call-to-arms, he offers a revelatory dissection of the gathering threats to our standard of living — threats that our politicians have failed utterly to address — and he puts forth a bold, unassailable plan for making vital reforms.<P>In his eye-opening diagnosis that makes the urgency of the threats vividly clear, Stern shows that Americans are contending with the most disruptive economic upheaval in the world economy since the Industrial Revolution. Yet, in the face of this daunting challenge, the American system simply isn’t working well enough for most of us. Stern powerfully portrays how with the pace of globalization relentlessly quickening, the competitive pressures on our jobs and quality of life are heating up even more, especially as housing, health care, and oil prices skyrocket. While CEO salaries soar and business and the wealthy are handed plentiful tax shelters, the incomes of both white-collar and blue-collar workers stagnate, leaving most Americans struggling to pay off ever-escalating debt, instead of saving for retirement. The plain fact is that our system is out of whack, serving the interests of the top sliver of the most wealthy while putting the squeeze on the rest of us.<P>Meanwhile, our politicians irresponsibly sidestep the crucial solutions that we so desperately need in order to make sure Americans can move into the twenty- |
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A Discount for Death $14.95 Another Posadas County mystery with Estelle Reyes-Guzman as the undersheriff, but with the ever more popular Bill Gastner peering out of the wings to which he dispatched himself upon retirement. Estelle”s new job continues to be far from easy, and now she is faced the death of a young woman on a motorcycle– a death that could have been caused by improper driving from one of the county”s traffic officers when he tried to stop her for speeding. But there is more than meets the eye. Gastner is there to help, but Estelle can go far to cope. |
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A Fine and Bitter Snow (Kate Shugak Series #12) $0.99 “Among the Series’ Best.”—BooklistChange never comes easy so when the news breaks that the new administration oil might be drilling for oil soon in a wildlife preserve in southeastern Alaska, home to P.I. Kate Shugak, battle lines are quickly drawn across the community. But for Kate, who hasn’t been able to get back into her daily life ever since her lover’s violent death a few months ago, it’s a welcome reprieve from doing nothing. Tensions run high when Kate’s friend and chief park ranger, Dan O’Brien, is deemed “too green” for them by management and asked to take early retirement. Kate rallies the troops to fight for his job, but before she can really start throwing her weight around, a longtime resident is found brutally murdered. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin enlists Kate in the investigation, and it isn’t long before she discovers that when it comes to the beauty and danger of living and dying in Alaska, nothing is as simple as it seems¿”The 12th in a series that truly evolves¿rich with details about life in this snowbound culture, the story moves at a steady pace to a classic ending.”–Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
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A Fine and Bitter Snow (Kate Shugak Series #12) $7.99 “Among the Series’ Best.”—BooklistChange never comes easy so when the news breaks that the new administration oil might be drilling for oil soon in a wildlife preserve in southeastern Alaska, home to P.I. Kate Shugak, battle lines are quickly drawn across the community. But for Kate, who hasn’t been able to get back into her daily life ever since her lover’s violent death a few months ago, it’s a welcome reprieve from doing nothing. Tensions run high when Kate’s friend and chief park ranger, Dan O’Brien, is deemed “too green” for them by management and asked to take early retirement. Kate rallies the troops to fight for his job, but before she can really start throwing her weight around, a longtime resident is found brutally murdered. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin enlists Kate in the investigation, and it isn’t long before she discovers that when it comes to the beauty and danger of living and dying in Alaska, nothing is as simple as it seems¿”The 12th in a series that truly evolves¿rich with details about life in this snowbound culture, the story moves at a steady pace to a classic ending.”–Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
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A Fine and Bitter Snow (Kate Shugak Series #12) $0.99 “Among the Series’ Best.”—BooklistChange never comes easy so when the news breaks that the new administration oil might be drilling for oil soon in a wildlife preserve in southeastern Alaska, home to P.I. Kate Shugak, battle lines are quickly drawn across the community. But for Kate, who hasn’t been able to get back into her daily life ever since her lover’s violent death a few months ago, it’s a welcome reprieve from doing nothing. Tensions run high when Kate’s friend and chief park ranger, Dan O’Brien, is deemed “too green” for them by management and asked to take early retirement. Kate rallies the troops to fight for his job, but before she can really start throwing her weight around, a longtime resident is found brutally murdered. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin enlists Kate in the investigation, and it isn’t long before she discovers that when it comes to the beauty and danger of living and dying in Alaska, nothing is as simple as it seems¿”The 12th in a series that truly evolves¿rich with details about life in this snowbound culture, the story moves at a steady pace to a classic ending.”–Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
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A Ghost in the Machine $5.78 New – All men should have a hobby: it keeps them out from under their wives’ feet. Dennis Brinkley’s hobby, though, was killing machines. No wonder the village was uneasy…Mallory Lawson believes that inheriting his aunt’s beautiful house in Forbes Abbot may have saved his sanity. It enables him to take early retirement from his appalling teaching job in London, and his wife Kate to realise her dream of starting her own company. Life will be so much simpler in the country, won’t it? But Forbes |
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A Ghost in the Machine $0.63 Used – All men should have a hobby: it keeps them out from under their wives’ feet. Dennis Brinkley’s hobby, though, was killing machines. No wonder the village was uneasy…Mallory Lawson believes that inheriting his aunt’s beautiful house in Forbes Abbot may have saved his sanity. It enables him to take early retirement from his appalling teaching job in London, and his wife Kate to realise her dream of starting her own company. Life will be so much simpler in the country, won’t it? But Forbe |
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A Ghost in the Machine $5.09 Used – All men should have a hobby: it keeps them out from under their wives’ feet. Dennis Brinkley’s hobby, though, was killing machines. No wonder the village was uneasy…Mallory Lawson believes that inheriting his aunt’s beautiful house in Forbes Abbot may have saved his sanity. It enables him to take early retirement from his appalling teaching job in London, and his wife Kate to realise her dream of starting her own company. Life will be so much simpler in the country, won’t it? But Forbe |
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A Ghost in the Machine $54.73 New – All men should have a hobby: it keeps them out from under their wives’ feet. Dennis Brinkley’s hobby, though, was killing machines. No wonder the village was uneasy…Mallory Lawson believes that inheriting his aunt’s beautiful house in Forbes Abbot may have saved his sanity. It enables him to take early retirement from his appalling teaching job in London, and his wife Kate to realise her dream of starting her own company. Life will be so much simpler in the country, won’t it? But Forbes |
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A Guide to Surviving a Career in Academia $43.95 Navigating an academic career is a complex process to be successful requires mastering several ”rites of passage.” This comprehensive guide takes academics at all stages of their career through a journey, beginning at graduate school and ending with retirement. A Guide to Surviving a Career in Academia is written from a feminist perspective, and draws on the information offered in workshops conducted at national meetings like the American Society of Criminology and the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Through the course of the book, an expert team of authors guide you through the obstacle course of finding effective mentors during graduate school, finding a job, negotiating a salary, teaching, collaborating with practitioners, successfully publishing, earning tenure and redressing denial and, finally, retirement. This collection is a must read for all academics, but especially women just beginning their careers, who face unique challenges when navigating through these age-old rites of passage. |
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A Guide to Surviving a Career in Academia: Navigating the Rites of Passage $153.33 Navigating an academic career is a complex process — to be successful requires mastering several ‘rites of passage.’ This comprehensive guide takes academics at all stages of their career through a journey, beginning at graduate school and ending with retirement. A Guide to Surviving a Career in Academia is written from a feminist perspective, and draws on the information offered in workshops conducted at national meetings like the American Society of Criminology and the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Through the course of the book, an expert team of authors guide you through the obstacle course of finding effective mentors during graduate school, finding a job, negotiating a salary, teaching, collaborating with practitioners, successfully publishing, earning tenure and redressing denial and, finally, retirement. This collection is a must read for all academics, but especially women just beginning their careers, who face unique challenges when navigating through these age-old rites of passage. |
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A Guide to Surviving a Career in Academia: Navigating the Rites of Passage $43.95 Navigating an academic career is a complex process — to be successful requires mastering several ‘rites of passage.’ This comprehensive guide takes academics at all stages of their career through a journey, beginning at graduate school and ending with retirement. A Guide to Surviving a Career in Academia is written from a feminist perspective, and draws on the information offered in workshops conducted at national meetings like the American Society of Criminology and the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Through the course of the book, an expert team of authors guide you through the obstacle course of finding effective mentors during graduate school, finding a job, negotiating a salary, teaching, collaborating with practitioners, successfully publishing, earning tenure and redressing denial and, finally, retirement. This collection is a must read for all academics, but especially women just beginning their careers, who face unique challenges when navigating through these age-old rites of passage. |
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A Guide to Surviving a Career in Academia: Navigating the Rites of Passage $39.95 Navigating an academic career is a complex process – to be successful requires mastering several ‘rites of passage.’ This comprehensive guide takes academics at all stages of their career through a journey, beginning at graduate school and ending with retirement. A Guide to Surviving a Career in Academia is written from a feminist perspective, and draws on the information offered in workshops conducted at national meetings like the American Society of Criminology and the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Through the course of the book, an expert team of authors guide you through the obstacle course of finding effective mentors during graduate school, finding a job, negotiating a salary, teaching, collaborating with practitioners, successfully publishing, earning tenure and redressing denial and, finally, retirement. This collection is a must read for all academics, but especially women just beginning their careers, who face unique challenges when navigating through these age-old rites of passage. |
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A Lifetime of Poetry $11.73 Used – As soon as Celia Chipkin could comprehend words as a young girl, she had poems swimming around in her head, putting poetry to paper when she learned to write. Her poems really took shape with the beginning of her first job which required typing. During her lunch hour, Ceil recited her newly prepared poems to her co-workers. Some expressed her appreciation for their friendship, and others admired their skills or wished them well upon their retirement. Ceil has continued to write poetry thr |
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A Man’s Job to Do $3.95 “A Man’s Job To Do Growing up in North Eastern Missouri during the closing years of the Civil War, young Otis Willoughby finds himself tryin’ to sort through the confusing issues that surround him.There are some mighty good people in the world. There are also some mighty bad examples available. While Otis doesn’t fully understand what makes people the way they are, he is quick to notice that there is a difference.He soon realizes that in order to become a man you need to stay alive long enough to do it. He is also aware that many of the people didn’t want to see that happen.Amidst the hatred, deceit, mistrust, and corruption in the world around him he finds love, compassion, trust, and family pride. Along the way he becomes a man. Otis is guided on his journey by a man with uncommon wisdom, a good understanding of human nature, and a lifetime of experience. His grandfather Nathaniel Franklin, a man called Pap. The First In A Series Of Books That Pertain To The Problems Of The Difficult Transition From Being A Boy To Becoming A Man Worthy Of Expectations That Have Been Placed On Him.Author Wayne Lamson lives in a small town in central Michigan where he is employed as an engineer at a local machinery manufacturer. He spends his spare time workin’ in his own machine shop, playing the banjo, shooting target rifles in competition, and reading about the history of man.Wayne still lives in the same house that he bought nearly forty years ago and is surrounded with family and loved ones in their small corner of the world. As retirement draws closer to becoming a reality he hopes to be able to spend more time traveling around our great country,particularly the western states. An esteemed friend once called him “An Observer Of The Human Condition.” A title that is highly prized. ” |
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A New Purpose: Redefining Money, Family, Work, Retirement, and Success $16.99 As we grow older, our ideas about success evolve. For many people, the big office and lofty job title lose allure their allure after time. Dr. Ken Dychtwald’s With Purpose asks the Big Question: What does success mean to you now? Is leisure or legacy? Financial security or global responsibility? Free time or changing people’s lives? Measured and reflective, this upbeat book asks you to address what you really want to do with the rest of your life. |
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A New Purpose: Redefining Money, Family, Work, Retirement, and Success $12.99 As we grow older, our ideas about success evolve. For many people, the big office and lofty job title lose allure their allure after time. Dr. Ken Dychtwald’s With Purpose asks the Big Question: What does success mean to you now? Is leisure or legacy? Financial security or global responsibility? Free time or changing people’s lives? Measured and reflective, this upbeat book asks you to address what you really want to do with the rest of your life. |
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A Permanent Retirement $76.49 New – The Timberdale Retirement Center in Norman, Oklahoma, wasn’t a place where old people went to die. It was a community of vital senior citizens who played, partied, and well, did whatever seemed of interest. The staff was caring and concerned, ensuring that the quality of life was everything that might be expected…especially by the families footing the bills. For Laura Michaels, single mother and graduate student in sociology at the University of Oklahoma, her job at Timberdale was not on |
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A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel: Key Principles to Build Your Business $14.84 Used – When Raymond Ackerman was fired from his job in 1966, he persuaded a group of friends to loan him the money to buy three small Pick ‘n Pay stores, which at the time employed a total of 175 people. On his retirement, 44 years later, he had changed the face of southern African retailing, growing his company to encompass 792 stores in eight countries, employing more than 60,000 people, and generating an annual turnover of around R60 billion. In this book Raymond Ackerman shares the basic ten |
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A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel: Key Principles to Build Your Business $23.04 New – When Raymond Ackerman was fired from his job in 1966, he persuaded a group of friends to loan him the money to buy three small Pick ‘n Pay stores, which at the time employed a total of 175 people. On his retirement, 44 years later, he had changed the face of southern African retailing, growing his company to encompass 792 stores in eight countries, employing more than 60,000 people, and generating an annual turnover of around R60 billion. In this book Raymond Ackerman shares the basic tene |
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A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel: Key Principles to Build Your Business $10.9 Used – When Raymond Ackerman was fired from his job in 1966, he persuaded a group of friends to loan him the money to buy three small Pick ‘n Pay stores, which at the time employed a total of 175 people. On his retirement, 44 years later, he had changed the face of southern African retailing, growing his company to encompass 792 stores in eight countries, employing more than 60,000 people, and generating an annual turnover of around R60 billion. In this book Raymond Ackerman shares the basic ten |
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A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel: Key Principles to Build Your Business $10.9 New – When Raymond Ackerman was fired from his job in 1966, he persuaded a group of friends to loan him the money to buy three small Pick ‘n Pay stores, which at the time employed a total of 175 people. On his retirement, 44 years later, he had changed the face of southern African retailing, growing his company to encompass 792 stores in eight countries, employing more than 60,000 people, and generating an annual turnover of around R60 billion. In this book Raymond Ackerman shares the basic tene |
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A Taste of Texas $20.69 Used – Lyn DeVinney is a registered dietitian and a single parent. She is raising her daughter, Samantha, without the support of the father who has never seen her. Lyn loves her job as director of dining services for a retirement facility in the Texas Hill Country, but she admits the residents can be difficult. Lawrence MacKenszieas son, Burne, was sent from Indianapolis to San Antonio to manage a large construction project. Burne is attracted to Lyn when he investigates his fatheras complaints |
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A Taste of Texas $20.69 New – Lyn DeVinney is a registered dietitian and a single parent. She is raising her daughter, Samantha, without the support of the father who has never seen her. Lyn loves her job as director of dining services for a retirement facility in the Texas Hill Country, but she admits the residents can be difficult. Lawrence MacKenszieas son, Burne, was sent from Indianapolis to San Antonio to manage a large construction project. Burne is attracted to Lyn when he investigates his fatheras complaints r |
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A Thin Place $29.59 A Thin Place chronicles a compelling seventy-year journey beginning when a brilliant young chemist uses a grant from the largest drug company in the United States to research and develop a preservative for multi-dose vaccines. Proposing that his preservative formula would help stem epidemics by stockpiling vaccines in advance, he sells the formula to the highest bidder and uses the money to finance medical school. Years later, the former chemist retires as a medical doctor from his job as Chief of Staff of the Mayo clinic. Internationally acclaimed, the doctor remains haunted by the loss of his only son to autism nearly fifty years earlier, a death he feels could have been prevented. Convinced the vaccine preservative he created in 1927 could be the catalyst behind unprecedented increases in autism rates within the country, the doctor comes out of retirement and shares his theory with a former U.S. Congressman who has an autistic grandson, propelling the two men into an unpredictable contract with a mutual goal… convince those in power to research the source of the problem, not just treat the epidemic. Now allies, Samuel L. Crockett attempts uses his inside political influence to help Dr. Jeremiah Trent convince the Center for Disease Control that their suspicions accurate and the government’s accelerated vaccine program is endangering the country’s children. They quickly find that their paths through the hallways of governmental agencies are mysteriously closed, laden with unfamiliar hostilities and hidden agendas. Their eventual discovery of an incriminating internal drug company memo supporting their theory leads to Trent’s assassination but the tragedy backfires on the perpetrators when it fuels Crockett’s resolve to continue. Crockett continues to find barriers at every turn, inexplicably blocking, destroying, or altering public information files. Trent’s assassination still unsolved, his death precipitates yet another alliance, this time between |
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A Wife’s Full Time Job Retirement Keepsake Paperweight $16.95 A Wife’s Full Time Job Retirement Keepsake Paperweight Our exquisite clear Personalized A Wife’s Full Time Job Retirement Keepsake Paperweight stands 3″ x 4″ with soft edges measuring 1/2″ thick. Includes FREE Personalization Personalize your Retirement Keepsake Paperweight with any two line custom message. |
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A grounded theory study of younger and older construction workers’ perceptions of each other in the work place. $49.99 This study investigated the perceptions of older and younger construction workers of each other in the work place employing the grounded theory approach to building theory.;The study was conducted at union training facilities, offices and construction sites in the Baltimore-Washington Area and at construction sites in the State of Arkansas. Twenty eight in-depth interviews of construction workers (older workers over 40 years old and younger workers under 40 years old) were conducted in order to investigate their perceptions of each other in the workplace.;The research shows that younger workers recognize the fact that union training of apprentices does not go far enough, and that to progress in the trade, they need to know a lot more than they know. They recognize that older workers know what they need to know, and that if they behave in ways that make the older workers feel comfortable with them, the older workers will teach them what they need to know. The older workers know that the younger workers do not know enough for success in the trade and need mentoring. If the older workers feel sufficient “comfort” with the younger workers, they will mentor them. If not, they won’t.;The implications for the construction industry are considerable: the unions evidently do not teach their apprentices much more than the basics of the trade, and the older workers are mentoring the younger ones with informal, unrecognized, on-the-job training to bridge the gap in knowledge and skills. As the older workers leave the trade through normal attrition (retirement, death, etc.) their knowledge will go with them unless positive steps are taken now to preserve that knowledge. There is no evidence that anyone is taking the initiative to do so. The consequences of the loss of the knowledge in the industry are reduction of productivity and increased cost of construction. |
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Aging and Work in the 21st Century $0.84 The aging of baby boomers, along with the predicted decrease of the available labor pool, will place increased scrutiny and emphasis on issues relating to an aging workforce. Furthermore, future economic downturns will place strong pressure on older workers to remain in the workforce, and on retirees to seek employment again. Aging and Work in the 21st Century reviews, summarizes, and integrates existing literature from various disciplines with regard to aging and work. Chapter authors, all leading experts within their respective areas, provide recommendations for future research, practice, and/or public policy.This definitive source comprehensively reviews:trends and implications regarding the demography, income, and diversity of the aging workforce;the issue of age bias in the workplace;job performance, work-related attitudes, training and development, and career issues of older workers; andtopics of age and occupational health, technology, work and family issues, and retirement.The intended audience is advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers in the disciplines of industrial and organizational psychology; developmental psychology; gerontology; sociology; economics; and social work. Older worker advocate organizations, like AARP, will also take interest in this edited book. |
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All My Sins Are Relatives $1.99 “W. S. Penn borrows from the American Indian oral tradition to create a tough and sometimes lyrical investigation of mixed-race identity. All My Sins Are Relatives juxtaposes memoir, history, literary analysis, opinion and storytelling in a way that Penn sees as particularly Indian.”-New York Times. “[Penn] masterfully melds the history and traditions of the Nez Perce with that of his family, not only when they coincide in obvious ways-as in the story of Penn’s ancestor Chief Joseph-but also in explaining his father’s inability to stay at his job until retirement, his sister’s dreamy obliviousness to pain, his own digressive writing style, and the perennial cynicism that has allowed him to survive in a hostile world. Insightful and elegantly written.”-Kirkus. “Well-crafted literary essays.”-Publishers Weekly. In All My Sins Are Relatives Penn finds in his own family three generations trying to come to terms with their differences and their Indianness. Within its pages, Penn describes learning the depths of his love for his grandfather, to whom he dedicated this book. “As arrogant as youth can be, I was often too busy silently grading his grammar to pay real attention and see what he was giving me.” Among the gifts was an awareness of what a story could tell, what it could conceal, and what it could never tell. W. S. Penn, an urban mixblood, is an associate professor of English at Michigan State University and the author of The Absence of Angels. |
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All My Sins Are Relatives $0.99 “W. S. Penn borrows from the American Indian oral tradition to create a tough and sometimes lyrical investigation of mixed-race identity. All My Sins Are Relatives juxtaposes memoir, history, literary analysis, opinion and storytelling in a way that Penn sees as particularly Indian.”-New York Times. “[Penn] masterfully melds the history and traditions of the Nez Perce with that of his family, not only when they coincide in obvious ways-as in the story of Penn’s ancestor Chief Joseph-but also in explaining his father’s inability to stay at his job until retirement, his sister’s dreamy obliviousness to pain, his own digressive writing style, and the perennial cynicism that has allowed him to survive in a hostile world. Insightful and elegantly written.”-Kirkus. “Well-crafted literary essays.”-Publishers Weekly. In All My Sins Are Relatives Penn finds in his own family three generations trying to come to terms with their differences and their Indianness. Within its pages, Penn describes learning the depths of his love for his grandfather, to whom he dedicated this book. “As arrogant as youth can be, I was often too busy silently grading his grammar to pay real attention and see what he was giving me.” Among the gifts was an awareness of what a story could tell, what it could conceal, and what it could never tell. W. S. Penn, an urban mixblood, is an associate professor of English at Michigan State University and the author of The Absence of Angels. |
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America the Broke: How the Reckless Spending of the White House and Congress Are Bankrupting Ourcountry and Destroying Our Children’s Fut $109.43 One day soon, our government will suddenly run out of cash, unable to meet its payments, leaving the United States as bankrupt as any banana republic. We are far more vulnerable than most Americans realize. . . With a debt of $7.3 trillion, if interest rates were to hit the levels we saw 20 years ago, it would take every nickel collected in income taxes just to pay the interest on our existing debt. There would be no money left for defense, or homeland security, or education, or Social Security. This scenario is hardly fiction. That the United States of America can literally go broke is no longer a fantasy but likelihood–unless we stop the train now speeding us to Armageddon. If we do not get our financial house in order, and soon, our great nation will collapse under the weight of its financial obligations. The dirty little secret that neither George W. Bush nor Congress are willing to confront–that America’s reckless spending, disastrous deficits, and exploding debt are speeding our great nation to financial ruin. Imagine a world in which you lose your job because your company goes under, your retirement money disappears, the value of your home tumbles overnight, your bank stops allowing cash withdrawals, and your ATM card is canceled. The price of groceries has risen so fast that you don’t have the money to pay for them at the check-out counter . . . and the country is bankrupt. That is exactly the future that economist Gerald J. Swanson sees America hurtling toward–unless we rein inour country’s reckless spending. In America the Broke, Swanson, coauthor of the runaway New York Times bestseller Bankruptcy 1995, argues that the United States is on the brink of financial collapse. Thanks to George W. Bush’s two tax cuts, the White House and Congress’ escalation of domestic spending, two wars, and an economic recession, what was a $200 billion annual surplus three years ago under Bill Clinton has become a river of red ink. The White House’s off |
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Andrew Carnegie $16.99 In this magnificent biography, celebrated historian David Nasaw brings to life the fascinating rags- to-riches story of one of our most iconic business legends—Andrew Carnegie, America’s first modern titan. From his first job as a bobbin boy at age thirteen to his status as the richest man in the world upon retirement, Carnegie was the embodiment of the American dream and the prototype of today’s billionaire. Drawing on a trove of new material, Nasaw brilliantly plumbs the core of this fascinating and complex man, at last fixing him in his rightful place as one of the most compelling, elusive, and multifaceted personalities of the twentieth century. |
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Andrew Carnegie $0.99 In this magnificent biography, celebrated historian David Nasaw brings to life the fascinating rags- to-riches story of one of our most iconic business legends—Andrew Carnegie, America’s first modern titan. From his first job as a bobbin boy at age thirteen to his status as the richest man in the world upon retirement, Carnegie was the embodiment of the American dream and the prototype of today’s billionaire. Drawing on a trove of new material, Nasaw brilliantly plumbs the core of this fascinating and complex man, at last fixing him in his rightful place as one of the most compelling, elusive, and multifaceted personalities of the twentieth century. |
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Andrew Carnegie $18.17 In this magnificent biography, celebrated historian David Nasaw brings to life the fascinating rags- to-riches story of one of our most iconic business legends—Andrew Carnegie, America’s first modern titan. From his first job as a bobbin boy at age thirteen to his status as the richest man in the world upon retirement, Carnegie was the embodiment of the American dream and the prototype of today’s billionaire. Drawing on a trove of new material, Nasaw brilliantly plumbs the core of this fascinating and complex man, at last fixing him in his rightful place as one of the most compelling, elusive, and multifaceted personalities of the twentieth century. |
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Are Traditional Retirements a Thing of the Past?: New Evidence on Retirement Patterns and Bridge Jobs $11.13 Used – Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Productivity and Technology, [2005] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)213482681 Subject: Retirement — United States. Excerpt: …Earlier studies have shown the impact of the availability of health insurance coverage 12 beyond the FTC job on retirement patterns. Table 7 reports first transitions of respondents by health insurance status on their FTC jobs. Because individuals aged 65 and older are eligible |
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Are Traditional Retirements a Thing of the Past?: New Evidence on Retirement Patterns and Bridge Jobs $11.13 New – Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Productivity and Technology, [2005] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)213482681 Subject: Retirement — United States. Excerpt: …Earlier studies have shown the impact of the availability of health insurance coverage 12 beyond the FTC job on retirement patterns. Table 7 reports first transitions of respondents by health insurance status on their FTC jobs. Because individuals aged 65 and older are eligible |
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Bartending (Quamut) $2.95 Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available. Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle. Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less. Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything. Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead. Durable: A laminated finish helps Quamut charts withstand repeated use (Car Care & Roadside Emergencies) and abuse (Cooking Basics).Stir up your own signature cocktail.Whether you’re hosting a party, aiming for a bartending job, or just conjuring a cocktail for your own enjoyment, mixing drinks is a fun and worthwhile craft. Become the toast of the town by learning to:Stock your bar with essential alcohol, mixers, tools, and glassware Master techniques from stirring to shaking to cutting lemon twists Mix more than 60 of the most popular cocktail recipes |
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Bartending (Quamut) $1.99 Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available. Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle. Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less. Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything. Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead. Durable: A laminated finish helps Quamut charts withstand repeated use (Car Care & Roadside Emergencies) and abuse (Cooking Basics).Stir up your own signature cocktail.Whether you’re hosting a party, aiming for a bartending job, or just conjuring a cocktail for your own enjoyment, mixing drinks is a fun and worthwhile craft. Become the toast of the town by learning to:Stock your bar with essential alcohol, mixers, tools, and glassware Master techniques from stirring to shaking to cutting lemon twists Mix more than 60 of the most popular cocktail recipes |
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Bartending (Quamut) $6.94 Used – Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are: Stir up your own signature cocktail.Whether you’re hosting a party, aiming for a bartending job, or just conjuring a cocktail for your own enjoyment, mixing drinks is a fun and worthwhile craft. Become the toast of the town by learning to: |
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Basil Weedon $45 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Professor Basil Charles Leicester Weedon CBE, FRS (18 July 1923 – 10 October 2003) was an organic chemist and university administrator. Using magnetic resonance spectroscopy, he was the first to map the structures of carotenoid pigments, including astaxanthin, rubixanthin and canthaxanthin. He studied at a school in Guildford prior to studying chemistry at Imperial College, London in 1940, he was awarded his degree just two years later, aged 19. He remained at Imperial College, studying for a PhD before taking a job with ICI working on dyes in Blackley, Manchester. He returned to Imperial College in 1947 as a lecturer in organic chemistry and became a reader in 1955. In 1960 he was appointed the Chair of organic chemistry at Queen Mary College. In 1976 he became the 4th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, he held the position until his retirement in 1988. |
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Becoming a Master Teacher: A Guide to a Successful Career in the Classroom $17.95 Veteran teacher Dennis Healy draws on 33 years in the classroom to provide a perspective on the teacher’s career through all its stages. From student teaching and that first job interview through early years, mentoring other teachers, andpre-retirement, he provides insight and practical advice about what to expect at each stage and what it takes to become a master teacher. Authentic case studies offer an opportunity to reflect and ask, “What would I do in this situation?” New teachers will be inspired and experienced teachers will be reminded of why they chose teaching as a career. Cartoon illustrations add interest and reinforce the points made. |
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Beginning: Encouragement at the Start of Something New $6.99 New – Every day our lives are filed with opportunities to begin anew. A wedding. A birth. A graduation. A new job. Retirement. Starting a diet. Stopping smoking. “Beginning” is a wonderful gift of encouragement, hope, and congratulations. |
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Beginning: Encouragement at the Start of Something New $14.95 Every day our lives are filled with opportunities to begin anew. A wedding. A birth. A graduation. A new job. Retirement. Starting a diet. Stopping smoking. Being single again. The dawn of a new day. A wonderful gift of encouragement, hope, and congratulations. |
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Bet You Didn’t Know: Hundreds of Intriguing Facts about Living in the USA $0.99 Tired of droning pundits and politicians, or the almost daily tirades on the radio, TV, and in print? Ever wonder what the facts are behind so many diverse opinions on such a variety of topics? Statistics maven Cheryl Russell-editorial director of New Strategist Publications and the former editor-in-chief of American Demographics magazine-has spent a career tracking down the facts that many pundits in the media avoid, don’t know, or don’t care to know. In Bet you Didn’t Know, a fast-paced adventure in trend spotting, she separates facts from fantasy and applies a hefty dose of common sense to provide a deeper understanding of the processes at work in American society.Whether you’re planning to look for a job, invest in the stock market, get married, have children, buy a house, vote, run for political office, or are just looking for some luscious tidbits to drop at your party, you’d better check Russell’s book first to get your facts straight. And you are guaranteed to be amazed by what you find! Russell knowingly focuses her perceptive eye on America’s top obsessions:• Our bodies-health, weight, food, sex, drugs• Families-relationships and children• Money-earnings, spending, debt, poverty, and wealth• Jobs-school, work, and retirement• Luxuries and Stuff-homes, cars, and everything else• Free Time-sports, TV, the Internet, and more• Big Issues-religion, politics, and national phobias• Our Country-race, immigration, regions, and citiesIn each case, she spotlights the most significant facts and then offers pithy, illuminating commentary to provide a rational perspective and a full-blownreality check.Before making big or small decisions or major pronouncements, you’ll want to check this engrossing, concise, fun, and factual guide. |
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Big Bad Wolf Tells All $6.99 Why Is It That I’m Not Willing to Settle for a Sheep Like the Rest of My Friends?Sheep sex aside, what’s wrong with a man who puts family first, who maintains a steady job, has college funds set up for his kids and builds that nest egg for his retirement? Member of the herd, never straying. Solid, dependable Sheep Guy. |
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Blood Work $14.48 Blood Work – that’s what Terrell McCaleb used to call his job at the FBI. Until a heart condition forced him to take early retirement, he headed all investigations of serial murders in the Los Angeles area. Now he is recovering from a heart transplant operation and leads a quiet life. But McCaleb’s calm seas turn rough when a story in the L.A. Times brings him face-to-face with Graciela Rivers, a darkly intriguing woman who hooks him with the story of her sister’s unsolved murder. Against doctor’s orders and his own better judgement, McCaleb agrees to take up the case. Soon Terry is on the trail of a killer whose crimes are more baffling and horrifying than anything he has ever encountered. It’s a mind-bending, breakneck case that leads McCaleb into the darkest place he’s ever known, unsure whether he even wants to survive his own investigation. |
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Bone Suckers $20.75 New – On the verge of retirement, Detective Brett King canat wait to spend quality time with his family. He learns that his wife has taken a top-secret job with a well-known scientist. Not knowing where she works or whom she works for, Brett continues to work on the force for one more year. One night, Brett comes home to find his wife and child murdered. For three years Brett has been hiding from the authorities while investigating relentlessly to bring those who framed him for the murders to ju |
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Bone Suckers $20.75 Used – On the verge of retirement, Detective Brett King canat wait to spend quality time with his family. He learns that his wife has taken a top-secret job with a well-known scientist. Not knowing where she works or whom she works for, Brett continues to work on the force for one more year. One night, Brett comes home to find his wife and child murdered. For three years Brett has been hiding from the authorities while investigating relentlessly to bring those who framed him for the murders to j |
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Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself $24.99 Praise for Branding Yourself’Branding Yourself is a good beginner's guide on how to build an online presence using social networks and blogs that will turn you into a thought leader or expert or just get you a job.’–Dan Schawbel, #1 International Bestselling Author of Me 2.0′The biggest problem most people have with embracing the power of online networking and personal brand building is they don't know where to start. Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy take out the guesswork and roll the dice with platforms to find the right combination for you in this book. The book is a recipe for success…your success.’–Jason Falls, SocialMediaExplorer.com“In this exceedingly useful book, Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy provide step-by-step guidance for building and maintaining powerful personas. With wit, wisdom, and numerous expert tips, Branding Yourself is the new roadmap for navigating the sometimes complex world of personal branding. If your best marketing plan is you (and it is), then Branding Yourself should be your playbook.”–Jay Baer, Coauthor of The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter, and More Social’Our parents taught us to find a great job with benefits, put money toward retirement, buy a home, and work hard, and you'll reap the benefits. Our parents were wrong. The job market was downsized; the retirement account was ransacked; the house lost its value; and working hard has only put you in the unemployment line. Those who personally branded themselves were able to capitalize on the down-turned economy, and their businesses exploded. Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy are providing you the blueprint for kicking off your brand and effectively leveraging online technologies to transform your future. [This book is] a must read.’–Douglas Karr, Founder of the Marketing Technology blog, CEO of DK New Media, and Author of Corporate Blogging for Dummies’In an environment filled with |
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Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself $19.99 Praise for Branding Yourself’Branding Yourself is a good beginner's guide on how to build an online presence using social networks and blogs that will turn you into a thought leader or expert or just get you a job.’–Dan Schawbel, #1 International Bestselling Author of Me 2.0′The biggest problem most people have with embracing the power of online networking and personal brand building is they don't know where to start. Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy take out the guesswork and roll the dice with platforms to find the right combination for you in this book. The book is a recipe for success…your success.’–Jason Falls, SocialMediaExplorer.com“In this exceedingly useful book, Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy provide step-by-step guidance for building and maintaining powerful personas. With wit, wisdom, and numerous expert tips, Branding Yourself is the new roadmap for navigating the sometimes complex world of personal branding. If your best marketing plan is you (and it is), then Branding Yourself should be your playbook.”–Jay Baer, Coauthor of The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter, and More Social’Our parents taught us to find a great job with benefits, put money toward retirement, buy a home, and work hard, and you'll reap the benefits. Our parents were wrong. The job market was downsized; the retirement account was ransacked; the house lost its value; and working hard has only put you in the unemployment line. Those who personally branded themselves were able to capitalize on the down-turned economy, and their businesses exploded. Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy are providing you the blueprint for kicking off your brand and effectively leveraging online technologies to transform your future. [This book is] a must read.’–Douglas Karr, Founder of the Marketing Technology blog, CEO of DK New Media, and Author of Corporate Blogging for Dummies’In an environment filled with |
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Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself $15.99 Praise for Branding Yourself’Branding Yourself is a good beginner's guide on how to build an online presence using social networks and blogs that will turn you into a thought leader or expert or just get you a job.’–Dan Schawbel, #1 International Bestselling Author of Me 2.0′The biggest problem most people have with embracing the power of online networking and personal brand building is they don't know where to start. Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy take out the guesswork and roll the dice with platforms to find the right combination for you in this book. The book is a recipe for success…your success.’–Jason Falls, SocialMediaExplorer.com“In this exceedingly useful book, Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy provide step-by-step guidance for building and maintaining powerful personas. With wit, wisdom, and numerous expert tips, Branding Yourself is the new roadmap for navigating the sometimes complex world of personal branding. If your best marketing plan is you (and it is), then Branding Yourself should be your playbook.”–Jay Baer, Coauthor of The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter, and More Social’Our parents taught us to find a great job with benefits, put money toward retirement, buy a home, and work hard, and you'll reap the benefits. Our parents were wrong. The job market was downsized; the retirement account was ransacked; the house lost its value; and working hard has only put you in the unemployment line. Those who personally branded themselves were able to capitalize on the down-turned economy, and their businesses exploded. Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy are providing you the blueprint for kicking off your brand and effectively leveraging online technologies to transform your future. [This book is] a must read.’–Douglas Karr, Founder of the Marketing Technology blog, CEO of DK New Media, and Author of Corporate Blogging for Dummies’In an environment filled with |
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Burning Down The Spouse $15 If you can”t take the heat, get out of the kitchen…the latest from national bestselling author Dakota Cassidy! After discovering that her famous chef husband was cheating, Frankie Bennett lost her mind-on live TV. Now Frankie is broke, unemployed, and hiding out in her aunt”s retirement village. That is, until Maxine Henderson-Barker-reformed trophy wife and owner of Trophy Jobs Inc. employment agency-arrives to give Frankie a much needed kick in the pants. Soon, Frankie lands a job as a prep chef at a Greek diner in New Jersey, home to the world”s best meatloaf and an owner who resembles an exquisitely chiseled Greek statue. Falling into bed with Nikos isn”t the best idea, but after years of living in a man”s shadow, this ex- trophy wife is ready to get busy cooking… |
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Burning Down the Spouse $8.99 New – If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen…the latest from national bestselling author Dakota Cassidy! After discovering that her famous chef husband was cheating, Frankie Bennett lost her mind-on live TV. Now Frankie is broke, unemployed, and hiding out in her aunt’s retirement village. That is, until Maxine Henderson-Barker-reformed trophy wife and owner of Trophy Jobs Inc. employment agency-arrives to give Frankie a much needed kick in the pants. Soon, Frankie lands a job as |
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Burning Down the Spouse $6.97 Used – If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen…the latest from national bestselling author Dakota Cassidy! After discovering that her famous chef husband was cheating, Frankie Bennett lost her mind-on live TV. Now Frankie is broke, unemployed, and hiding out in her aunt’s retirement village. That is, until Maxine Henderson-Barker-reformed trophy wife and owner of Trophy Jobs Inc. employment agency-arrives to give Frankie a much needed kick in the pants. Soon, Frankie lands a job a |
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Business Etiquette (Quamut) $5.95 Quamut is the fastest, most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. From tasting wine to managing your retirement accounts, Quamut gives you reliable information in a concise chart format that you can take anywhere. Quamut charts are:Authoritative: Written by experts in their field so you have the most reliable information available. Clear: Our explanations take you step-by-step through everything from performing CPR to threading a needle. Concise: You’ll learn just what you need to know—no more, no less. Precise: Quamut charts include detailed text, photos, and illustrations to show you exactly how to do just about anything. Portable: Your know-how goes with you wherever your projects lead. Success is within your grasp.Professional etiquette isn’t just about dress codes and business cards: it’s about getting ahead. Regardless of your specific industry or career, you can navigate any on-the-job situation with confidence by learning to: Handle office politics and deal with difficult coworkers Thrive in any business setting, from interviews to dinners to meetings Do business like a local, whether you’re in Shanghai or Sao Paulo |
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Business Notes: Writing Personal Notes That Build Professional Relationships $18.99 In Business Notes: Writing Personal Notes That Build Professional Relationships, Florence Isaacs offers the ultimate guide to writing the perfect business note or letter. In chapters devoted to such topics as follow-up notes, notes to recognize promotions and achievements, notes for retirement and job loss, notes for job seekers, get-well notes, thank-you notes, notes for Christmas and other holidays, and notes for births and adoptions, Isaacs provides hundreds of sample letters and ideas that will allow you to realize the potential of a few well-chosen words. There’s also an important section on using electronic communications effectively, along with advice on finding the right stationery and pen to suit your needs, and a helpful list of basic reference books that are invaluable resources when it comes to composing a note. |
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By a Thread By Jennifer Estep $7.99 <B>When killing people is your job, there’s no such thing as a vacation.</B> <P>Then again, how often does an assassin live long enough to enjoy her retirement? In this line of work, you either get lucky or you get dead. And since I destroyed my nemesis Mab Monroe a few weeks ago, all of Ashland’s lowlifes are gunning to make a name for themselves by taking out the lethal Spider—me, Gin Blanco. So I’m leaving behind my beloved barbecue joint and heading south with my baby sister, Bria, to cool my heels in a swanky beach town. Call it a weekend of fun in the sun. But when a powerful vampire with deadly elemental magic threatens an old friend of Bria’s, it looks like I’ll have to dig my silverstone knives out of my suitcase after all. Complicating matters further is the reappearance of Detective Donovan Caine, my old lover. But Donovan is the least of my problems. Because this time, the danger is hot on my trail, and not even my elemental Ice and Stone magic may be enough to save me from getting buried in the sand—permanently. |
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By a Thread By Jennifer Estep $7.99 <B>When killing people is your job, there’s no such thing as a vacation.</B> <P>Then again, how often does an assassin live long enough to enjoy her retirement? In this line of work, you either get lucky or you get dead. And since I destroyed my nemesis Mab Monroe a few weeks ago, all of Ashland’s lowlifes are gunning to make a name for themselves by taking out the lethal Spider—me, Gin Blanco. So I’m leaving behind my beloved barbecue joint and heading south with my baby sister, Bria, to cool my heels in a swanky beach town. Call it a weekend of fun in the sun. But when a powerful vampire with deadly elemental magic threatens an old friend of Bria’s, it looks like I’ll have to dig my silverstone knives out of my suitcase after all. Complicating matters further is the reappearance of Detective Donovan Caine, my old lover. But Donovan is the least of my problems. Because this time, the danger is hot on my trail, and not even my elemental Ice and Stone magic may be enough to save me from getting buried in the sand—permanently. |
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Call Me Claus $14.99 When lucy cullins, hires an actor named nick to play santa claus for a TV network, she gets more than she bargained for. Nick really is santa claus, and he faces mandatory retirement after 200 years on the job. Nick must find his replacement by christmas eve or the world will face dire consequences. |
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Career COMPASS: Navigating through the Navy’s Officer Assignment and Promotion Systems $30.35 This useful companion volume to the Naval Institute’s Division Officer’s Guide and Naval Officer’s Guide addresses an aspect of a naval officer’s career that is every bit as important: navigating through the rocks and shoals of the Navy’s promotion and assignment system. In a fresh and engaging style, Admiral Winnefeld explains how the Navy’s assignment and promotion systems work and details how on-the-job performance plays a key role in both. His advice is timeless, and his retirement status allows him to be completely candid. The book draws from many experts and astute observers of the Navy’s system for advancing its best officers. For every officer aspiring to get the most out of his or her career, this book is must reading. |
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Career Compass: Navigating the Navy Officer’s Promotion and Assignment System $47.89 This highly useful companion volume to the Naval Institute’s Division Officer’s Guide and Naval Officer’s Guide addresses that aspect of a naval officer’s career that is every bit as important as leadership and qualifications–navigating through the rocks and shoals of the Navy’s promotion and assignment system. The writing style is fresh and engaging, and it explains how the Navy’s assignment and promotion systems work and details the key role of on-the-job performance in both. Despite Admiral Winnefeld’s retirement status, the advice in this book is timeless and it allows him to be more candid than if he were still on active duty. He writes in his preface that the book draws without apology from many experts and astute observers of the Navy’s system for advancing its best officers. For every officer aspiring to get the most out of his or her career, this book is must reading. |
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Career Mapping $17.95 Career Mapping guides you through the tangled expressways of career options to help you design your personalized road map to create job and career choices. Ginny Clarke wrote this book with one purpose: to help people like you discover the path to a rewarding work life. No matter where you find yourself—just starting out, navigating the corporate maze, launching a new business, or in anticipation of retirement, Career Mapping is written for you. It offers case studies of people at different stages of their careers, and provides a step-by-step process for customizing your own job hunting and career management strategies. |
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Career Mapping: Charting Your Course in the New World of Work $10.16 Used – “Career Mapping” guides you through the tangled expressways of career options to help you design your personalized road map to create job and career choices. Ginny Clarke wrote this book with one purpose: to help people like you discover the path to a rewarding work life. No matter where you find yourself—just starting out, navigating the corporate maze, launching a new business, or in anticipation of retirement, “Career Mapping” is written for you. It offers case studies of people at d |
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Career Mapping: Charting Your Course in the New World of Work $11.1 New – “Career Mapping” guides you through the tangled expressways of career options to help you design your personalized road map to create job and career choices. Ginny Clarke wrote this book with one purpose: to help people like you discover the path to a rewarding work life. No matter where you find yourself—just starting out, navigating the corporate maze, launching a new business, or in anticipation of retirement, “Career Mapping” is written for you. It offers case studies of people at di |
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Career Mystique $4.25 The Career Mystique examines taken-for-granted rules of the career game—that continuous, full-time, hard work _pays off_—deeply embedded in the American Dream. Possibilities of fulfilling the career mystique are dwindling, given insecurities and risks of a global economy, strains and double demands on the job and at home, uncertainties and ambiguities around retirement. This outdated myth stands in the way of fashioning innovative policies more in keeping with life in 21st century America. |
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Career Planning and Succession Management: Developing Your Organization’s Talent–For Today and Tomorrow $25.14 Used – Many organizations today are preparing for an expected wave of retirements. Almost twice as many job openings are occurring from retirement as from economic expansion – the result of a steadily aging workforce. The implications for businesses and other large organisations are enormous, as organisational leaders struggle to fill the talent pipeline. In this context, organisations are stepping up their investments in career planning and succession management. These programmes have generally |
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Career Planning and Succession Management: Developing Your Organization’s Talent–For Today and Tomorrow $37.66 New – Many organizations today are preparing for an expected wave of retirements. Almost twice as many job openings are occurring from retirement as from economic expansion – the result of a steadily aging workforce. The implications for businesses and other large organisations are enormous, as organisational leaders struggle to fill the talent pipeline. In this context, organisations are stepping up their investments in career planning and succession management. These programmes have generally |
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Careless Whispers $33.04 New – After being stood up at the altar, Dyana moves to New York City and lands a job at the prestigious “Pinnacle” magazine where she is taken under the wing of kindly and charismatic publisher Michael Dalton. Upon Michael’s retirement, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Nicholas Bradshaw takes charge of the magazine. When Nicholas scores a publishing coup, he enlists Dyana’s help with the project. With long hours in close quarters, Dyana can no longer run from her feelings or her past. Will car |
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Careless Whispers $1.99 After being stood up at the altar, Dyana moves to New York City and lands a job at the prestigious “Pinnacle” magazine where she is taken under the wing of kindly and charismatic publisher Michael Dalton. Upon Michael’s retirement, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Nicholas Bradshaw takes charge of the magazine. When Nicholas scores a publishing coup, he enlists Dyana’s help with the project. With long hours in close quarters, Dyana can no longer run from her feelings or her past. Will careless whispers blossom into promises of love? |
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Careless Whispers $5.48 Used – After being stood up at the altar, Dyana moves to New York City and lands a job at the prestigious “Pinnacle” magazine where she is taken under the wing of kindly and charismatic publisher Michael Dalton. Upon Michael’s retirement, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Nicholas Bradshaw takes charge of the magazine. When Nicholas scores a publishing coup, he enlists Dyana’s help with the project. With long hours in close quarters, Dyana can no longer run from her feelings or her past. Will ca |
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Careless Whispers $1.99 After being stood up at the altar, Dyana moves to New York City and lands a job at the prestigious “Pinnacle” magazine where she is taken under the wing of kindly and charismatic publisher Michael Dalton. Upon Michael’s retirement, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Nicholas Bradshaw takes charge of the magazine. When Nicholas scores a publishing coup, he enlists Dyana’s help with the project. With long hours in close quarters, Dyana can no longer run from her feelings or her past. Will careless whispers blossom into promises of love? |
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Cashing in on the Real Estate Bubble $4.99 Many Americans are aware of the real estate bubble that has swelled to ridiculous levels over the past few years. In contrast, many more are in denial, blinded by the type of greed and ignorance that typically accompanies all types of asset bubbles. We recently experienced similar reactions during the Internet Bubble. America is now at the final stages of its largest real estate bubble in history. Similar to all asset bubbles, what comes up must eventually come down. While some investors transferred their investment assets into real estate before 2000, many others made this shift only after the historic scandals of Wall Street and corporate America. The effects of these events led former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to lower short-term interest rates to a 43-year low as the only way to stimulate consumer confidence and spending.However, these low rates have accentuated the credit and real estate bubbles that have been forming for over a decade. And consumption-hungry Americans have been lured into record consumer and mortgage debt by financial firms that have had very little government oversight. But the end is near for both of these assets bubbles. Most likely, the next ten to fifteen years will usher in an even bigger problem for the American economy; the retirement of some 76 million baby boomers, most of which will have very little income other than Social Security. This historic period could prolong the correction period of the real estate bubble. Investors must understand that the effects of the correction in real estate will not be restricted to home prices alone. In fact, due to millions of expected mortgage defaults by homeowners andmismanagement of debt by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the fallout of the real estate market could lead to a financial disaster for many institutions. This book does a brilliant job of presenting the reader with an assessment of the economy in Part I. Only by a full understanding of the current |
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Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers $0.05 Reavis reported to a labor hall each morning hoping to “catch out,” or get job assignments. To supplement his savings for retirement, the sixty-two-year-old joined people dispatched by an agency to manual jobs for which they were paid at the end of each day. Reavis writes with simple honesty, sympathy, and self-deprecating wit about his life inside day labor agencies, which employ some 3 million Americans. .Written with the flair of a gifted portraitist and storyteller, the book describes his days on jobs at a factory, as a construction and demolition worker, landscaper, road crew flagman, auto-auction driver and warehouseman, and several days spent sorting artifacts in a dead packrat’s apartment. On one pick-and-shovel job, Reavis finds that his partner is too blind to see the hole they’re digging. In each setting, he describes the personalities and problems of his desperate peers, the attitudes of their bosses, and the straits of immigrant co-workers..This is a gritty, hard-times evocation of the sometimes colorful men and women on the bottom rung of the workforce. It is partly a guide to performing hard, physical tasks, partly a celebration of strength, and partly a venting of ire at stingy and stern overseers. Reavis wants to make the point that physical exertion, even when ugly, painful or unpleasant, remains vital to the economy—and that those who labor, though poorly paid, bring vigor, skill and cunning to their tasks. . |
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Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers By Dick J. Reavis $16.99 Reavis reported to a labor hall each morning hoping to “catch out,” or get job assignments. To supplement his savings for retirement, the sixty-two-year-old joined people dispatched by an agency to manual jobs for which they were paid at the end of each day. Reavis writes with simple honesty, sympathy, and self-deprecating wit about his life inside day labor agencies, which employ some 3 million Americans. .<P>Written with the flair of a gifted portraitist and storyteller, the book describes his days on jobs at a factory, as a construction and demolition worker, landscaper, road crew flagman, auto-auction driver and warehouseman, and several days spent sorting artifacts in a dead packrat’s apartment. On one pick-and-shovel job, Reavis finds that his partner is too blind to see the hole they’re digging. In each setting, he describes the personalities and problems of his desperate peers, the attitudes of their bosses, and the straits of immigrant co-workers..<P>This is a gritty, hard-times evocation of the sometimes colorful men and women on the bottom rung of the workforce. It is partly a guide to performing hard, physical tasks, partly a celebration of strength, and partly a venting of ire at stingy and stern overseers. Reavis wants to make the point that physical exertion, even when ugly, painful or unpleasant, remains vital to the economy—and that those who labor, though poorly paid, bring vigor, skill and cunning to their tasks. . |
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Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers By Dick J. Reavis $23.99 Reavis reported to a labor hall each morning hoping to “catch out,” or get job assignments. To supplement his savings for retirement, the sixty-two-year-old joined people dispatched by an agency to manual jobs for which they were paid at the end of each day. Reavis writes with simple honesty, sympathy, and self-deprecating wit about his life inside day labor agencies, which employ some 3 million Americans. .<P>Written with the flair of a gifted portraitist and storyteller, the book describes his days on jobs at a factory, as a construction and demolition worker, landscaper, road crew flagman, auto-auction driver and warehouseman, and several days spent sorting artifacts in a dead packrat’s apartment. On one pick-and-shovel job, Reavis finds that his partner is too blind to see the hole they’re digging. In each setting, he describes the personalities and problems of his desperate peers, the attitudes of their bosses, and the straits of immigrant co-workers..<P>This is a gritty, hard-times evocation of the sometimes colorful men and women on the bottom rung of the workforce. It is partly a guide to performing hard, physical tasks, partly a celebration of strength, and partly a venting of ire at stingy and stern overseers. Reavis wants to make the point that physical exertion, even when ugly, painful or unpleasant, remains vital to the economy—and that those who labor, though poorly paid, bring vigor, skill and cunning to their tasks. . |
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Changing Course: A Positive Approach to a New Job or Lifestyle $0.65 Used – A text aimed at anyone considering mid-life change which should also be of interest to organizations considering the promotion of early retirement. It includes 24 exercises and explores such areas as: what is work?; managing change; time management; job search; self employment; and managing stress. |
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Changing Step $0.63 Used – A story about a friendship between two women who help each other through difficult times in their domestic lives. Marigold is unhappy after she takes early retirement, whilst Sheila feels helpless when her husband loses his job and their house is repossessed. From the author of A DIFFERENT TUNE and CATCHING LARKS. |
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Chasing Dreams $19.5 Ernie Tolin had wanted to go to the US Naval Academy. He would not be able to realize that dream. He would pursue a second dream of working with aircraft and being able to work on the National Forest. He gave up a full time job to pursue this dream and would spend the majority or his life working for the US Forest Service. His first assignment was the “Air Attack Unit” at Chino airport. He would be reassigned to an aerial reseeding project on the San Dimas Experimental Forest. He would continue working on research projects and would receive a permanent appointment and work for the “Fuel Break Project”. Ernie would eventually get transferred to the new Forest Fire Laboratory in Riverside California. Helicopter projects, fire fighting, re vegetation and vegetation survey work would keep Ernie busy for a couple of years. Working at the Fire Lab would require analysis of large volumes of data. The only way to do the analysis was to use hand calculators or learn how to use mainframe computers. Ernie became a computer programmer and began writing programs to analyze not only field data but use the technology to dispatch fire equipment and make maps of fuel types for fire simulations. Ernie would be reassigned to Washington DC to work on automated mapping systems. Soon, he would be heading up a technical group of computer specialist. He would help develop specifications for major computer purchases. By the late 1970′s Ernie would head up a group of specialist to analyze data for the Roadless Area Review (RARE II).Ernie would be named as the Director of Computer Science in the California Pacific Island Region and he would move to the San Francisco Bay area. Ernie continued working as the Director of Computer Science & Telecommunications Staff until his retirement. |
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Chasing Dreams $10.45 Ernie Tolin had wanted to go to the US Naval Academy. He would not be able to realize that dream. He would pursue a second dream of working with aircraft and being able to work on the National Forest. He gave up a full time job to pursue this dream and would spend the majority or his life working for the US Forest Service. His first assignment was the “Air Attack Unit” at Chino airport. He would be reassigned to an aerial reseeding project on the San Dimas Experimental Forest. He would continue working on research projects and would receive a permanent appointment and work for the “Fuel Break Project”. Ernie would eventually get transferred to the new Forest Fire Laboratory in Riverside California. Helicopter projects, fire fighting, re vegetation and vegetation survey work would keep Ernie busy for a couple of years. Working at the Fire Lab would require analysis of large volumes of data. The only way to do the analysis was to use hand calculators or learn how to use mainframe computers. Ernie became a computer programmer and began writing programs to analyze not only field data but use the technology to dispatch fire equipment and make maps of fuel types for fire simulations. Ernie would be reassigned to Washington DC to work on automated mapping systems. Soon, he would be heading up a technical group of computer specialist. He would help develop specifications for major computer purchases. By the late 1970′s Ernie would head up a group of specialist to analyze data for the Roadless Area Review (RARE II).Ernie would be named as the Director of Computer Science in the California Pacific Island Region and he would move to the San Francisco Bay area. Ernie continued working as the Director of Computer Science & Telecommunications Staff until his retirement. |