Assessing Policies for Retirement Income: Needs for Data, Research, and Models

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Hunting for Custer?.......2007-10-08

This book is a collection of articles by George A. Custer which appeared in TURF, FIELD AND FARM. That alone makes it valuable for anybody interested in Custer.

Professor Dippie's expertise as an editor greatly enhances the value of this collection. Dippie's endnotes almost comprise a book in their own right and the index is likewise useful.

If you're a Custer buff, or know of anybody who is a Custer buff, or have ever heard of Custer and risk becoming a Custer buff, you need this book. I've found it to be a useful reference and am happy to give it five stars.

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One of the best, but..........2005-08-27

I am looking to invest in property in Portugal and this book is proving to be really useful. It provides excellent guidance on all sorts of aspects from choosing a location for your Portuguese home to working and setting up a business.

It gives good guidance on the legal and financial aspects of the purchase, including mortgage, which can be somewhat difficult in a foreign country. Also additional information on tax and other important legal considerations. It goes much further, with sections on renovating, letting and selling, a bit too early for me but good to be able to read about it.

I would say there is only one weak point in this book, the advice on learning the language. I speak Portuguese and my recommendations would be quite different. This said, the book directs readers to specialist booksellers where they can see for themselves and choose the best suited course to their needs.

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His wealth was legendary. His passions were bizarre. Now, the truth about the money, the madness, and the man behind the enigma. Howard Hughes is one of the best known and least understood men of our times--famed for his wealth, his daring, and his descent into madness. Bestselling biographer Charles Higham goes beyond the enigma to reveal the incredible private life of Howard Hughes:* his romances with the great stars of Hollywood--Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, and numerous others* his forays into sadomasochism* his involvement with Richard Nixon and Watergate* his bizarre final yearsThis is a compelling portrait of a unique American figure--in a story as revealing as it is unforgettable.

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One of the best biographies I've read!.......2007-06-11

I picked this book up at LAX before a long flight, and I was immediately hooked. The author doesn't waste too much time on family history, and relays only the parts of his childhood that shaped him into the man he became. If you want a frosted over, sugar coated biography, this isn't it! This book tells it like it is. Despite what some believe, this is THE book the movie, The Aviator, was based on. The movie however conveniently leaves out the ugly parts of his life- ie his bisexuality, his cruelness to people, the extent of his madness, and the degree of womanizing (and man-izing if that was a word!) he did. The book does have a gossipy tone but everything is backed up by detailed sources which are listed on a chapter-by-chapter basis in the back of the book. As for the controversy about the author saying it was possible that Hughes died of complications from AIDS, it is quite possible. AIDS was simply unknown back then, but his symptons matched those of a person dying of AIDS. Especially noting how many women and men he slept with, it's a real possibilty. Anyways, get this book! You won't regret it! It's a brutally honest portrait of one of the craziest, richest men in history.

The Most Scandalous Book I've Ever Read.......2007-03-24

I picked up this book out of curiosity, so I was unprepared for the page by page expose of rampant bi-sexuality, drug addition, psychotic behavior, Hollywood scandal, high stakes government intrigue, business shenanigans, and the ruthless accumulation and spending of one of America's great fortunes. Fast reading and recommended.

Interesting look at the secrets behind the man.......2006-05-27

This book was interesting although it deals more with Howard's eccentricities and sexual exploits than his business life. The book paints a sleazy picture of Hughes but it is entertaining. Many reviewers doubted the authenticity of the author's claims yet the book has a good size bibliography to lend credibility to this look at the secret life of Howard Hughes.

How does this stuff get published?.......2006-03-09

Like many new readers to the Hughes tale, I picked up Howard Hughes: The Secret Life (the bookstore was out of Citizen Hughes). Given the preface and afterword of the book, associating itself to the Martin Scosese film,The Aviator, I was misled to think it would be a correspondingly detailed and insightful account of Hughes successes and personal demons (with words instead of pictures). Instead it was the worst sort of puerile incoherence; the caliber of literature which is often hailed in bathroom stalls and tea parties. In fact, I was a bit surprised not to see "Hughes Eats It!", or "For a good time call HH" somewhere in the book.

The events are not approached with any linear semblance and dates and events bounce back and forth. There is very little structure to the varied liasons attributed to Hughes, and none of them offer a scintilla of insight as to why Hughes was engaged in them, and how it affected his business, reputation, etc. The author has, a particularly, hard time working, a comma, into a sentence, with any literary aptitude. Some of his conjectures are simple falisity and are in direct opposition to verified accounts, in numerous text (see his insinuation of what when on at San Simeon....in short that type of open behavior was forbidden at the Hearst Castle and violators were sent packing (literally)-not to say that it didn't happen, but not at the level Mr. Higman suggests. Additionally he fails to properly index the book, leading references off the index altogether. Stylistically, formatting and content wise this book falls harder then Hughes on Bell Air Drive.

It almost seems that Mr. Higham had something personal against Mr. Hughes (and certainly had a lot of choices to pick from). But an academic interest of Hughes is not served in this book. What might be served is an author's personalized attempt to denigrate a sick man, using conjecture, pubescent embellishments, and sexually charged schedenfreude. He's happy to take care of that on his own.

The APA might concider how this books simply demonizes the effects of OCD, as opposed to helping society understand it. An easy misunderstanding of this book, and one would think all OCD people are bisexual bigamists, who are facinated with their own urine, and have an unatural fetish with Kleenex.

This work might have been amusing article to read in the grocery check-out line, and put down without buying it. (Given it's an easy read, you might finish the whole book before your eggs are secured under your gallon of milk) Having made the mistake of buying it, please consider some advice that a better account of Hughes is out there...somewhere. Don't do what I did. Instead, go to another bookstore and look for a more credible biography. Or if salacious gossip, blissfully free from fact is really what your after...don't buy this book either. By something by Bob Woodward, or heck, just buy the Enquiror
or.....maybe Mad Magazine....I hear the Star is good too.

not like the movie at all..this one is full of crazy Howard.......2005-05-11

I saw the Aviator movie and wanted to read a biography of Hughes. I looked at this one and "Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness -- by Donald L. Barlett".

I started reading the Bartlett book as it was the only one available. So far so good, it seemed to follow the movie fairly well and is well documented. Then I did a thorough browsing of Higham's bio of Hughes. Its NOTHING like the movie and the Bartlett book. As I see it, this one would leave you with quite a terrible impression of Hughes. Bartlett's book (so far) and the Aviator movie had practically none of the sexual content that appears on about every page in the Higham book.

Just choose wisely which book you want to read first as I think it will determine your impression of Hughes (and maybe the human race).

I would first see the movie, then read the Bartlett book, then read this Higham. That way you'd have a chance to first see Hughes as a human being before seeing him as this very sick individual he turned out to be.

I think you'd probably have to read both books to get the entire picture. They do conflict in a few of their facts, even about his birthplace and date. Overall thjough, I feel the Bartlett book seems to be better documented. It does however seem to leave out alot of Hughes's quirky habits. If your only curious about those, then this will definately satisfy.

His weird and wanton ways, the secret life of Howard Hughes

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His weird and wanton ways, the secret life of Howard Hughes
Richard R Mathison
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HIS WEIRD AND WANTON WAYS: THE SECRET LIFE OF HOWARD HUGHES.

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Howard Hughes: The Secret Life

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Howard Hughes: The Secret Life
Charles HIGHAM
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Howard Hughes: The Secret Life
Charles Higham
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Howard Hughes; The Secret Life. (book reviews): An article from: Video Age International

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Howard Hughes; The Secret Life. (book reviews): An article from: Video Age International
Fred Hift
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Title: Howard Hughes; The Secret Life. (book reviews)
Author: Fred Hift
Publication: Video Age International (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1993
Publisher: TV Trade Media, Inc.
Volume: v13 Issue: n9 Page: p20(1)

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Howard Hughes: The Secret Life
Charles Highan
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Time Magazine December 13 1976 Howard Hughes Exclusive: His Secret Life

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Time Magazine December 13 1976 Howard Hughes Exclusive: His Secret Life
Time Magazine
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Frequently dismissed as a 'nature poet' and an 'Indian Princess' E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) was not only an accomplished thinker and writer but a contentious and passionate personality who 'talked back' to Euro-Canadian culture. "Paddling Her Own Canoe" is the only major scholarly study that examines Johnson's diverse roles as a First Nations champion, New Woman, serious writer and performer, and Canadian nationalist.

A Native advocate of part-Mohawk ancestry, Johnson was also an independent, self-supporting, unmarried woman during the period of first-wave feminism. Her versatile writings range from extraordinarily erotic poetry to polemical statements about the rights of First Nations. Based on thorough research into archival and published sources, this volume probes the meaning of Johnson's energetic career and addresses the complexities of her social, racial, and cultural position. While situating Johnson in the context of turn-of-the-century Canada, the authors also use current feminist and post-colonial perspectives to reframe her contribution. Included is the first full chronology ever compiled of Johnson's writing.

Pauline Johnson was an extraordinary woman who crossed the racial and gendered lines of her time, and thereby confounded Canadian society. This study reclaims both her writings and her larger significance.

Winner of the Raymond Klibansky Prize, awarded by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

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Pauline Johnson
Lucie Hartley
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Pauline Johnson (Amazing Stories)
Michelle Greysen
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Pauline Johnson Her Life and Work (Her Biography, Prose & Poems)

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Pauline Johnson Her Life and Work (Her Biography, Prose & Poems)
Marcus Van; Pauline Johnson Steen
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Pauline Johnson: First Aboriginal Voice of Canada (The Quest Library)

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Pauline Johnson: First Aboriginal Voice of Canada (The Quest Library)
Betty Keller
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Pauline. A Biography of Pauline Johnson.

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Pauline. A Biography of Pauline Johnson.
Betty Keller
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Pauline: A biography of Pauline Johnson
Betty Keller
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Biography - Johnson, Emily Pauline (1861-1913): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online

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Biography - Johnson, Emily Pauline (1861-1913): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online
Gale Reference Team
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Buckskin & Broadcloth: A Documentary Biography of E. Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake

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Buckskin & Broadcloth: A Documentary Biography of E. Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake
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