52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money : A Weekly Journal & Workbook to Help You Take Real Control of Your Money

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Take the fear out of managing your money!

Finally, a book that reveals easy-to-use methods for evalutating and controlling your finances! Make financial control painless. Through a better understanding of your feelings and attitudes toward money, you can gain financial freedom. Learn how your feelings about money can prevent you from reaching your goals.

Each two-part chapter describes an investment or common financial problem. After providing tips and techniques for success, the book invites you to explore whatever is preventing you from moving ahead.

Chapters include tips on how to raise your consciousness about money, goal setting and budgeting, and guidance when selecting a financial advisor or buying life insurance. 52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money is a practical, systematic workbook that motivates readers to take steps necessary to ensure a sound financial future.

You've worked hard for your money. It's time to let your money work hard for you.

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The Ultimate Guide for CLueless Females.......2000-06-07

I have always been intimidated by the mere idea of investment planning, but this book empowered me to take control of my own future. With easy to understand tables and step by step instructions, the authors have given us a useable plan of action. Thank you Mary & Judith!

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Description: Sales Rep Strategies for Dealing with Principals Successfully provides solutions to your most pressing business and legal problems with principals — no matter what industry you're in.

The materials include sample clauses, contracts and letters that you can use right away. It also has down-to-earth examples of these legal documents in action. Through actual case histories, you'll learn how other sales reps and savvy attorneys solve their toughest problems.

From Hiring to Firing and Beyond

Each chapter of Sales Rep Strategies will familiarize you with the common legal problems and solutions you face when dealing with principals — from hiring to firing and beyond.

Pre-hiring Considerations

There's a lot to do before you sign on with a principal. You'll have to check the numbers and the rumors, too. Sales Rep Strategies tells you the questions to ask to protect yourself.

Protecting Commissions While Working

You'll learn how to avoid common problems while selling for principals. You'll learn the steps to take to ensure a proper accounting from your principals, how to confront your principals if problems arise, how to enhance a claim, and the kinds of documents and correspondence you must save to verify any claim.

Resignation or Termination

You'll also learn how to leave a company properly. Whether you resign or you're fired,

Sales Rep Strategies will smooth the way and help you protect yourself.

Working with a Lawyer

If worst comes to worst and you have to take legal action, you'll find a thorough and reasoned explanation of how to do it. You'll learn how to hire a lawyer, or to use arbitration, mediation or small claims court.

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The story behind this book is not actually Henry Halleck.......2006-10-16

I'll not repeat the comments made by the other reviewers since I agree with their sentiments. This is a very informative book about "Old Brains," a man without whom neither Lincoln nor Grant could have suceeded.

The most important fact about this book is its importance for the author. Ambrose is without a doubt one of my favorite historians. This was, I believe, his first published work, the result of his PhD research. Soon after it was published, General Eisenhower read the book. He liked it so much, he invited the young author to meet with him to begin writing an official biography. The rest is history, so to speak. Because of this book, we have other great works of history, great because they relate so much of importance and they relate it to the common man.

Thanks to this little book, we all can read D-Day, Citizen Soldier, and outstanding biographies of Nixon and Eisenhower.

Doug

Insightful military biography.......2004-02-19

Henry Halleck, that is the name that would rise a storm of scorn or derision among most Civil War readers. General Halleck have not been well regarded by most Civil War historians since the Civil War. This short biography (90% of 212 pages of text are on his Civil War years) by Stephen Ambrose tries to take a revisionist tack to Hallack's accomplishments, talents and his contribution to the Union cause. Ambrose's effort was to show that Halleck was bit more then just a paper general but an effective organizer and coordinator of the Union war effort. While admitting that Hallack was no battlefield general, his massive intellect on military matter was more suited for support roles to the armies at front, a classical bookworm general.

The book was originally published back in 1962 so the writing may not be as good as Ambrose's later efforts. But its still nicely readable and provides some very insightful views on Halleck's role in the Civil War. Whether you agree with Ambrose or not, is up to you.

An excellent book!.......2004-02-03

This biography of Henry W. Halleck provides great insights into
the life & career of one of the Civil War's most vilified figures. Stephen Ambrose provides a balanced overview and keen
analysis of Halleck and his contributions to the Union war effort. Studying the full story of Halleck's numerous and very
valuable contributions will be an eye-opening experience for many students of the Civil War. Though he may not have been a "great captain," he was an extremely effective organizer and judge of military talent, The "George C. Marshall" of the Civil War! Buy and read this book - you'll thank yourself!

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Halleck: Lincoln's Chief of Staff
Ambrose. Stephen E.
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Halleck: Lincoln's Chief of Staff
Stephen E. Ambrose
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APPLETON'S CYCLOPAEDIA Of AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.
James Grant & John Fiske - Editors. Wilson
Manufacturer: D. Appleton & Co.,
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MZ8MVC

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APPLETONS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY
James Wilson
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Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography

Manufacturer: D. Appleton & Co.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000FCEN9M

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Cyclopaedia includes the names of more than fifteen thousand prominent native & adopted citizens of the United States. Each volume contains at least 10 portraits of eminent men and supplemented with thousands of smaller portraits and some facsimile autographs. Overall a good solid set. 4616 total pages.

Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography

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Autograph Collecting pre-1890

Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography

Manufacturer: Thoemmes Continuum
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1855069571

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Autograph Collecting pre-1890.......2005-07-02

The 1888 edition has six volumes, with about 400 pages in each volume. It contains thousands of biographies of then-famous Americans, along with dozens of steel engravings with facsimile autographs. I've read elsewhere that the biographies in the 1888 edition contain some factual errors, and need to be reviewed against more current sources.

Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. V. Pickering-sumter

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Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. V. Pickering-sumter
Ed. By James Grant Wilson and John Fiske
Manufacturer: D. Appleton and Company
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Binding: Hardcover
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appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography; Vol. I. AAron-Crandall

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appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography; Vol. I. AAron-Crandall
Ed. By James Grant Wilson and John Fiske
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Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
APPLETON
Manufacturer: (AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY). Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Edited by James G. Wilson and John Fiske. N.Y., 1888-89. 4to. Six vols. Illus. A very good set in new cloth.
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Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography; Vol. VII. Abbett-Young and Analytical Index

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Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography; Vol. VII. Abbett-Young and Analytical Index
Ed. By James Grant Wilson
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APPLETONS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY
James Wilson
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Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography
James Grant (Editor) Wilson
Manufacturer: Gale Research Company
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Binding: Hardcover
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Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership, Workbook: 5 Pack Set
Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management , Max De Pree , and Frances Hesselbein
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
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Binding: Paperback

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Add to your library!

Nearly perfect and certainly excellent for the average person

Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections (The Pocket Idiot's Guide)
Mike Kuhn , and Bobbi Dempsey
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ASIN: 1592572162
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Book Description

For home buyers and home sellers.

Here is the first how-to that addresses the needs of both buyers and sellers, making it the perfect companion to the bestselling The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home. The buyer will depend on this guide to determine whether a house is worth buying. The seller will need it to determine which repairs are necessary before listing or signing anything. Readers will learn to troubleshoot all areas of a home, including its structure and foundation, windows and doors, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, insulation, electrical systems, and the roof, just to name a few.

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Add to your library!.......2007-02-05

I ordered this book because I'm in the process of purchasing a home. Yes, I'll get a certified inspector. Yes, my realtor will accompany me on the inspection. I wanted some additional knowledge prior to the inspection, so I knew what to expect (and not expect). The book is very clear in its language and makes for a quick read. My only complaint is that it lacks color pictures. With black/white photos, sometimes its hard to see the damage to which the author is referring. I'd recommend this book to someone either purchasing or selling a home.

Nearly perfect and certainly excellent for the average person.......2006-03-14

This is NOT designed to make you, the homeowner or potential buyer, a home inspection expert. It takes years on the job to become a true pro.

However, this book WILL put you way ahead of the curve, prepared to make the most of the time you have with the home inspector who is generally required to do a thorough job before the home sale.

Some inspectors are better than others and if you know what to ask about basements, foundations, bathrooms, kitchen and other key areas of your home, your inspector may be more inclined to do a better job.

Also, the book contains several key bits of info including:

1. Quick little tips and info like the fact that water flow wil usually be lower from wells than municipal systems...or that gurgling pipes and drains may indicate improper venting of the drainage system.

2. Definitions of important terms which make you sound "in the know". Do you know what a "service drop" is? Reading this book, I discovered it was the line running from an electrical pole to my house. Other key terms are also noted.

3. Warnings about potentially dangerous situations. For instance, if your home inspector walks on a tile or slate roof, GET ANOTHER INSPECTOR. This is a no-no, a way to damage a roof even if it was fine before.

4. Interesting facts you might not know about such as the fact that about 1 in 10 roofs are covered in wood.

I was fascinated by the home schematic at the front of the book which described nearly every major part of a home, from the ridge boards to the collar ties.

Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections .......2005-04-28

Whether you are buying or selling a home, this wonderful pocket size guide will show you how to get what you want out of the home buying and home inspection process. Don't waste your time on thick manuals with expert language, this easy-to-read and comprehend book is the only guide you'll need.

Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections 6-copy counter unit (The Pocket Idiot's Guide)

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Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections 6-copy counter unit (The Pocket Idiot's Guide)
Bobbi Dempsey , and Mike Kuhn
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Minik Of The North

Minik

Slight annoyances didn't ruin the book

Intriguing...... sad

I've read much better

Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo
Kenn Harper
Manufacturer: Blacklead Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0920245781

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At last returning to print, Give Me My Father's Body is the thought-provoking tale of Minik, a young Inuit boy brought to New York by Robert Peary around the turn of the 20th century. Told simply and interspersed with personal letters and newspaper clippings, the book examines Minik's life both as a cross-cultural meeting place and a deeply personal search for a place to call "home." Photographs throughout of Minik give a glimpse into the incredible differences between the multiple worlds he inhabited, and how impossible it must have been to live in these worlds successfully. The title derives from one of Minik's more harrowing experiences--finding his father's bones displayed in a natural-history museum as a "curiosity"--and his attempts to retrieve the bones for a more respectful burial. Author Kenn Harper, while including many facts and articles about Arctic exploration, refrains from sharing opinions about the various explorers or their methods, choosing to share this story--and his years of research--plainly. From the death of Minik's birth father to the financial ruin of his American foster family, the events of Minik's childhood seem like one disaster after another, and his adulthood--the successful return to Greenland, followed by disappointment and a subsequent return to New York--is an unhappy struggle to find some kind of personal fulfillment. Questions of racial and cultural differences make an inescapable larger framework for Minik's life, and the emotions brought forward in answering those questions make reading this book a powerful experience. --Jill Lightner

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In 1897, American explorer Robert Peary brought Minik Wallace, a young Polar Eskimo, from northwestern Greenland to New York. During his 12 years in America, Minik's adoptive family went from riches to rags, and Minik's own life was shattered by the traumatic discovery of his father's skeleton on display in the American Museum of Natural History. Sent back to Greenland in 1909, Minik had to relearn his native language and hunting skills to survive. Told here for the first time, this dark chapter from the golden age of Polar expedition is based on original research in Greenland, Denmark, and the U.S.

Customer Reviews:

Minik Of The North.......2005-11-23

Poor Minik, captured by white traders and brought to Manhattan to be a freak! It was the age of freaks, when everyone who was different was first taken away from their home, and then put on display. Minik found out that his beloved father had been stuffed and mounted for all to jeer at the New York Museum of Natural History.

Author Harper has been through the files of the Museum and what he has come up with will convince even people who love the Museum, that reparations are in order. Eskimo people are not the only ones outraged at the long ago disposition of native relics. It is still worthy of outrage. What puzzles me is actor Kevin Spacey's interest in this affair. His preface to the book is well-written, not that I believe he actually put pen to paper to write it up, but clearly he has an emotional investment in this material and, from what I understand, he is planning to play Minik himself once his duties as Lex Luthor are finished in the new Superman movie. But why not let a native actor play the part? My in-laws who know Kenn Harper by reputation, and who have seen him speak in public, say that Spacey is part Inuit and hgas had a long interest in Peary's expeditions.

Peary himself emerges from Harper's well-researched book as a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand he showed true courage in surmounting obstacles and sub zero temperatures. On the other hand he was not particular gifted in solving human personnel difficulties, and seems to have grown impatient if his will was crossed by others (or by the hand of God). We have all known men like Peary--impetuous, self-assured, and gifted. But few of us have known the crushing tragedy of Minik of Qaanaaq, of Greenland's icy shores.

Minik.......2005-07-09

This book is a must-read. The reader must come into it ready to make his or her own conclusions about the material, though, as it is written to persuade a certain viewpoint. With no other viewpoints offered to compare this one to, it is difficult to say for certain if this one is correct. The story is one that anyone interested in humanity, globalization, anthropology or just an interesting story should read.

Slight annoyances didn't ruin the book.......2003-12-11

Kenn Harper's Give Me My Father's Body is undeniably and superbly researched; easily the book's crowning achievement. Occasionally though, I was annoyed with the "what if" scenarios. At least twice in the book Harper says what would have happened if things had gone another way. In one instance, the book describes Minik's plan to return to the Greenland and to lead a group of Inuit to the North Pole. He hoped to attain international honour for his people. Harper made the declaration that even had Minik tried, there was no way that he would have been successful. He further added that Minik's desire to prove the superiority of his race was an ethnocentric idea no doubt learned from the white people of New York, that the Greenland Inuit would balk at such ideas and that, with nothing to gain but glory for their people, they would surely refuse to help Minik. Even if Harper's learned ethnocentrism theory is correct, Harper has no way of ever knowing what Minik could have accomplished had he tried. If Minik had learned such ideas from white people, who's to say the Greenland Inuit wouldn't in turn learn such ideas from Minik? The point is, no one knows what would have happened and it is futile to guess (even for the well-informed). Also, the edition of the book that I have, has included discussion questions at the end for readers groups. These are very laughable. To paraphrase a typical question, "Kenn Harper lives among the people that he writes about and is therefore the greatest historian and writer to ever write about Northern peoples. Discuss how his portrayal of Eskimos is the most accurate description ever to be put on paper." But despite the embarrassing readers club guide at the end and the occasional subjective statement from Harper, the book is eye-opening about the victims of science and was a pleasurable read.

Intriguing...... sad.......2002-08-25

Kenn Harper has managed to bring together an amazing story through detailed research. Minik, the Polar Eskimo child, was brought to the US by Robert Peary and essentially placed on display. The story of his disconnected life is full of pathos and sorrow. Yet Harper weaves the story with life.

Peary's behaviors were simply egotistic and reprehensible. He treated the Eskimos as his property. He placed their lives in harms' way by bringing them to a culture and location that assaulted their senses and immune systems. Minik was the price paid for that deed.

I did get bogged down in names from time to time, especially as Harper recounted the financial misdealings of Wallace, who had taken responsibility for Minik. But overall, the story is entertaining and enlightening. It speaks to the ethnocentrism of Peary's generation and to the isolation of the Polar Eskimos. It took me a long time to read and absorb this book but it was rewarding in the end... to see and feel a culture so far away.

I've read much better.......2002-05-12

Storyline is very intriguing, but the writing is a bit droll. It is also longer than necessary.

Give Me My Father's Body : the Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo

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Give Me My Father's Body : the Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo
Ken Harper
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Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo
Kenn Harper
Manufacturer: Blacklead Books
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Give Me My Father's Body (The Life of Minik, The New York Eskimo)
Kenn Harper
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GIVE ME MY FATHER'S BODY The Life of Minik the New York Eskimo

Manufacturer: Steerforth Press
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ASIN: B000GRRB86

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Give Me My Father's Body the Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo
Kenn Harper
Manufacturer: Steer Forth Press
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