No More Baglady Fears : A Woman's Guide to Retirement Planning

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Here is an easy way for you to plan for your financial freedom in your golden years.

Learn:
•Easy steps to evaluate your present position.
•What to expect from Social Security.
•Simple instructions on how to participate in retirement planning with your spouse.
•Real-life advice from women who have already retired.
•How to take the mystery out of financial terms and plans.

A dynamic, hard-hitting and up-to-the-minute guide to prevent poverty in old age for women. Written in an easy-to-understand style, readers will be motivated to take steps to bring financial security to their futures.

Ms. Martindale and Ms. Moses have written the crucial work on women and how they relate to money on all levels: emotional, practical, and psychological. The authors offer practical suggestions for creating a successful retirement plan based on their many seminars and interviews with women of all ages.
--Focus On Books

The authors provide clear, encouraging advice for all women who need to think about their futures. Highly recommended.
--David Rouse, Booklist

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Retirement Planning for the Investment Impaired.......2000-06-07

It is so easy to believe that retirement is way out or reach, yet as women especially, we need to plan ahead. Most books are intimidating with their Wall Street Jargon and impossible graphs, but the authors of this book have broken the information down into easily understood steps that anyone can take.

Wonderful!.......2000-02-22

The authors have delivered an insightful and most helpful guide for planning your retirement. The book is well written and easy to follow. Although the book is written with women in mind, I would highly recommend it to both women and MEN. I wish I had read it when I was still in my 20's, as Ms. Martindale and Ms. Moses point out it is NEVER too early to begin planning your retirement. Thank you!

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This digital document is an article from Market Asia Pacific, published by Media Contact Resources, Inc. on August 1, 2002. The length of the article is 578 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: STRONG GAINS IN CHINESE RETAIL SALES.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Publication: Market Asia Pacific (Newsletter)
Date: August 1, 2002
Publisher: Media Contact Resources, Inc.
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China Marketing Data and Statistics
Euromonitor
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Wexler does not get Emma.......2006-04-28

For the real Emma Goldman and for a far better understanding get
yourself copies of

Emma Goldman Living My Life Volume 1
Emma Goldman Living My Life Volume 2

These two volumes amount to nothing less than the single finest, single most relevant and unmatched autobiography in the entire history of English language autobiography.

A tragedy in its classical terms.......2002-11-21

Driven -- that sums up Emma Goldman's life. Driven to accomplish an ideal. So driven that she seemed to care not what nor whom she scrambled over in order to achieve it. She was not polite about it, nor suave in her arguments. Bluntness she considered her form of honesty. Unfortunately for her, she did not succeed. The obstacles in her path were insurmountable.

Her goal was world anarchism. Because her membership in an anarchist organization was illegal under the terms of the later discredited Immigration Act of 1918, she was swept up in the Palmer Raids, that shameful law which was spawned by war hysteria and a corrupted notion of patriotism. "Red Emma", as the press often referred to her, was then culled out of the population and imprisoned with 248 others on Ellis Island, waiting for an ocean vessel to ship them out of the United States, not because they committed crimes but because they were not native born and because they publicly disagreed with the government. For Emma, this was a final crushing blow -- to be torn away from her home -- for she had just been released after having spent two years in prison because she spoke out against the draft and the United States' entry into World War I.

It was there, on that bitter winter night of 1919, that Alice Wexler begins her well-written narrative of Emma Goldman's tragic odyssey: that of a 50-year-old matronly woman, a high-profile anarchist, a fiery lecturer, being sent, against her will to Russia -- though she was born in Lithuania -- but because she once had lived in St. Petersburg. This is tragedy in its classical terms, because Emma, after having spent more than half her life in the U.S., was more American than Russian. Classic tragedy because she was never to return.

When she arrived in Russia, Emma and her sometimes lover and fellow anarchist Alexander Berkman then fell out with the Communists who had just begun to rule Russia following the October Revolution. So she had to move on. She could not send down roots anywhere else, not in France, nor in England, nor in Canada because, according to Ms. Wexler, Emma yearned for an ultimate return to America.

Because Emma gave herself so completely to an unworkable ideal, she was unable to find contentment anywhere or with any person. Her love affairs were all one-sided. She gave more than she could ever hope to receive from those weak men whom she was able to dominate; her commitment to her ideals were the same, she gave them more than she ever received.

To read about Emma Goldman is an interesting experience and Ms. Wexler's even-handed and well-researched view is recommended for any one interested in a study of thwarted ambitions and in the radical movement in American history. Especially important is the glaring lesson in these uncertain times of how gross injustices occur when hysteria disguised as patriotism so grossly abuse civil rights.

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In this innovative and revelatory work, Igal Halfin exposes the inner struggles of Soviet Communists to identify themselves with the Bolshevik Party during the decisive decades of the 1920s and 1930s. The Bolsheviks preached the moral transformation of Russians into model Communists for their political and personal salvation. To screen the population for moral and political deviance, the Bolsheviks enlisted natural scientists, doctors, psychologists, sexologists, writers, and Party prophets to establish criteria for judging people. Self-inspection became a central Bolshevik practice. Communists were expected to write autobiographies in which they reconfigured their life experience in line with the demands of the Party.

Halfin traces the intellectual contortions of this project. Initially, the Party denounced deviant Communists, especially the Trotskyists, as degenerate, but innocuous, souls; but in a chilling turn in the mid-1930s, the Party came to demonize the unreformed as virulent, malicious counterrevolutionaries. The insistence that the good society could not triumph unless every wicked individual was destroyed led to the increasing condemnation of Party members as helplessly flawed.

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Title: Evil and the postmodernist.(Book Review)
Author: Peter Savodnik
Publication: Policy Review (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2003
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
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Social marketing pioneer Richard Steckel's latest book is packed with fresh, exciting ideas for your organization. Plan for events, activities, services and memberships that further the common good through nonprofit and for profit collaboration

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Doesn't Make the Grade; Not a Bang - Just a Whimper

Embarrassingly Awful!

I hate thinking up titles

Manufactured Home Buying Required Reading

A Must Buy!

Buying a Manufactured Home: How to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck in Today's Housing Market (Home Resources Book)
Kevin Burnside
Manufacturer: Cycle Publishing
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Manufactured Homes: The Buyer's Guide (Home Resources Series)

The Grissim Ratings Guide to Manufactured Homes: The Essential Buyer's Resource, Listing Every Builder in the U.S., Their Histories, Products, Price Ranges, ... Need-to-Know Information and Much More

The Grissim Buyer's Guide to Manufactured Homes & Land: How to Find a Reputable Dealer and Negotiate a Fair Price on the Best-Kept Secret in American Housing

The Modular Home

Manufactured Home Financing: How to Get the Best Deal on the Planet for Financing Your Manufactured Home

ASIN: 1892495368

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Doesn't Make the Grade; Not a Bang - Just a Whimper.......2005-12-06

When Mr. Burnside first got this book published back in 1999, it was probably the best book on the subject, and helpful to consumers. The truth is, though, it is embarrassing by almost any standard today. The editing is non-existent, and that just shows the lack of thought that went into this. It was thrown together, and omits more than it conveys. There are far better choices now; most notably Wes Johnson's "The Manufactured Home Buyer's Handbook" that just came out. The latter is an outstanding book, well-researched, far more thorough, and much easier to read. It will also save you more money than any other book on the subject that I've read. If you're thinking about buying a manufactured home, do yourself a favor and buy "The Manufactured Home Buyer's Handbook" instead. You'll be glad you did before the ink on the contract dries!

Embarrassingly Awful!.......2005-10-04

After years of renting, my fiancé and I are thinking about relocating to another part of the country and purchasing our own home. Since location is of the utmost importance to us - we'd rather have a large plot of land and a modest house than a mansion set on a tiny lot - we came up with the idea of purchasing raw land and putting a small but nice manufactured home on it while we slowly save up to build a larger home. Eventually, the manufactured home will become a guest house or even home office. At least that's one option!

In the course of investigating this possibility, I visited my local library and checked out every book I could find on manufactured, prefabricated, and modular homes. "Buying a Manufactured Home" was the only guide I could find that is specific to manufactured homes.

Unfortunately, the book is embarrassingly awful, plain and simple. Author Kevin Burnside, a salesman for a manufactured home dealer, clearly lacks both writing experience and ability. Additionally, it doesn't appear as though his manuscript was edited - or even proofread - before it went to print. The text is rife with errors: many of the sentences are poorly structured, words are misspelled or misused, and punctuation is spotty. The reader literally can't pass through a page or two without spying some sort of mistake.

Two common errors include using "your" and "you're" interchangeably, and omitting one set of quotation marks in a pair, so that the reader's left to guess where a direct quotation begins and/or ends. I wouldn't even expect my younger brother - a senior in high school - to make such basic mistakes.

However, it isn't just the presentation of the book that's flawed; the content is lacking as well. "Buying a Manufactured Home" is organized into 16 chapters: Introduction; Looking at Manufactured Homes; Home Hunting; Financing: Shop for Money First; Finding a Good Dealer; Shopping for a Home; Finding a Home for Your Home; Finding the Best House; The Energy-Efficient Home; Be Your Own Contractor; Materials and Construction; Worksheets and Option Lists; Flow Sheets; Warranties; Contracts; and Arm Yourself.

Overall, I thought that Burnside did an adequate job of discussing financing and contract negotiation. Nonetheless, these issues are not specific to manufactured homes; rather, buyers must be concerned with financing and negotiations in any home purchase. Since I picked up this book to learn about the unique aspects of buying manufactured homes, I thought it was largely a waste of time to discuss more general issues, particularly since the book was so brief. Given the short length of the book, I really feel as though the author should have concentrated on the issues specific to manufactured homes, issues of which the average homebuyer would not be aware.

For instance, the sections on "Finding the Best House" and "Materials and Construction" were frustratingly vague and truncated. Burnside commonly lists different options that are available without explaining the pros and cons of each. Additionally, he occasionally advises which option is preferable but doesn't explain why.

An excellent example of this is his "Quick Materials Checklist" on pages 146-148. The checklist is essentially a line-by-line list of questions to ask of any home you're looking at. In theory, this is a helpful tool to carry with you while shopping. In reality, it's almost useless, as Burnside does not describe the various answers and explain which are more desirable and why.

For example, here is a short excerpt from his checklist, quoted word for word:
"Are shingles 20, 25, or 30 year warranty?"
"Are they held down with nails or staples?"
"How many nails per shingle?"
"Is felt used on the roof decking?"
"What size are the trusses?"
"How is the attic cavity vented?"

The only thing these questions tell me is that I should be concerned with the issues they raise. However, even if the manufacturer were to address each of these in-depth, his or her answers wouldn't help much since I don't know what the "right" answers are! I know to ask about the size of the trusses, but I have no idea what size the trusses SHOULD be!

The bottom line is that "Buying a Manufactured Home" is poorly organized, poorly researched, poorly written, and poorly edited. It's awful. I'd be embarrassed to have such a train wreck distributed with my real name stamped on the cover for all to see. Do yourself a favor and pass this one up - I sure wish I had! It was a waste of an afternoon, and I still find myself flabbergasted that Burnside was able to find someone to publish such a gawd-awful manuscript.

- Kelly Garbato

I hate thinking up titles.......2004-06-10

Very good, eye-opener book if you are considering buying a manufactured home. Lots of behind the scenes information on how dealers operate when they sell you a home. Many good checklists to go over and plenty of tips on how to save a lot of money and headaches when purchasing. I read the book in three hours and wished there was more on what it's like to live in one of these homes. It would have been nice if he had provided a list of reputable or even just all home manufacturers in general with website links. Glad I bought the book.

Manufactured Home Buying Required Reading.......2004-01-21

This book should be required reading for anyone considering a manufactured home. A few evenings spent with this book will not only save you thousands of dollars it will result in you getting a much better home. Be sure to make notes and take them with you when you visit the dealers and the manufactured home factory (something you really must consider doing before you sign). Buying a manufactured home isn't like buying a car - so don't treat it that way.

A Must Buy!.......2001-07-25

Aloha,If you are in the market for a manufactured home you *must* get this book. He tells all the ins and outs of the manufactured home buying process written from the perspective of a guy who is simply trying to tell you the truth. He is sincere and *very* knowledgeable and will save you significant money and hassle.As one reviewer noted, this is not the best editing job. There are a number of grammatical errors, careless things like a missing pro-noun or mispelled words. But you don't buy a book like this looking for pulitzer prize level literature. You buy it to arm yourself with information. Mr. Burnside does a very good job of doing just that, arming you, and does so in an easy to read/understand fashion. I read the whole thing in about 4 hours.He gives tips on all aspects of buying a manufactured home and setting it up on your property. But the primary focus is how to handle the home dealers and how to get the best deal with the right options. In that light it would be wise to have this book as but one book in your home buying collection. A great book that covers other important areas like finding and buying land (etc) in a more comprehensive way than Mr. Burnside's book is "Finding and Buying Your Place in the Country" by Scher & Scher (husband wife team). This is also a *must* have book. Do not as much as set foot inside a manufactured home dealer without reading this book.Good Luck! It is a best seller for a reason.

Condominiums: Buying and Selling in Today's Market (Windstorm Creative's Full Spectrum Reference Books) (Full Spectrum Information Library Series) (Full Spectrum Information Library Series)

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Covers it all using simple language any potential buyer will readily understand

Condominiums: Buying and Selling in Today's Market (Windstorm Creative's Full Spectrum Reference Books) (Full Spectrum Information Library Series) (Full Spectrum Information Library Series)
Frank J. LA Mar
Manufacturer: Windstorm Creative Ltd.
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Condominiums: The Pros and Cons of Ownership is a detailed guide for anyone interested in buying a condo, whether for living or investment. Mr. La Mar uncovers all the misconceptions and clearly explains what is usually only fine print at the end of a tedious legal document. In few pages and clear language, he educates every reader so that an informed and wise decision can be made. Highlighted with the author's own personal experiences, it includes real-life examples of contracts and CC&Rs.

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Covers it all using simple language any potential buyer will readily understand.......2006-01-05

People just starting out and those seeking to downsize and reduce homeowner maintenance often opt for condos as less expensive options: before you sign on the dotted line, be aware of the pros and cons through Condominiums The Pros And Cons Of Ownership. From their rules, restrictions and resale/marketability potentials to repairs, damage, and governing board rules, Condominiums: The Pros And Cons Of Ownership covers it all using simple language any potential buyer will readily understand.

Buying and Selling a Home in Today's Market

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Buying and Selling a Home in Today's Market
Joan Meyers
Manufacturer: Kiplinger Books
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Binding: Paperback

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Linkin Park are fast becoming the most popular metal band around.They have sold over 3 million albums since the release of their stunning debut 'Hybrid Theory', which is still in the billboard top 20 almost a year after its release. This Californian six piece have already hit the big time and still have so much to achieve.Linkin Park: The Unauthorised Biography In Words And Pictures, picks up the threads and tells the tale. Superbly presented with the target audience of 13-25 year olds in mind, offering equal parts stunning photography and intelligent text, with a pocket money sized price tag to boot, this first available biography on the hottest new band around is certain to appeal to their millions of fans.

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awesome book, but I want more information.......2003-12-29

All in all, this book was 5/5, but the problem was, when I was starting the hang of it, i thought it had more pages to be read, but its only less information, oh well.. this explains the forming of the band, where they met, how they started, the Hybrid Theory days..... Chester's band called _xero_ was also mentioned on the book, i really recommend this!!!

Linkin Park is the BEST.......2003-12-07

Linkin Park is my favorite , I just adore them. I ordered there book and I'm waiting for it to arrive , but I have to tell you , if LP rules so much there book MUST be cool , I mean it features my favorite 6 guys. LP fans , based on previous reviews this is the book for you AND me. :)

Very informative book.......2002-10-16

This book is awesome. I was up all night readin this. Linkin park die hards this is the book for u. Keep it, tresure it, do whatever u have to. I know i will.

all about lp..........2002-06-10

if you want to know it, this book has it. This book tells the history of the band, even a little about Chester's old band! It's got awesome information and great pictures. Every LP fan should own this

LP fans must buy it!!.......2002-06-06

With more than fifty pages of in-depth text,this book tells you the history of Linki Park.Many pictures I have never seen before are also in this book.Highly recommend this to all LP fans.

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Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve tells her own story and the story of her family. An expert quilter, she recalls her grandmother, Flora Driving Hawk, teaching her how storytelling enthralls and how a quilt can represent all that holds a family together. “I think of how she and her woman friends sat around the quilt frame, gossiping, laughing, sighing as they stitched the joys and sorrows of their lives into the quilt.”

Completing The Circle: Reviewing Ministries In The Congregation

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Completing the Circle

Completing The Circle: Reviewing Ministries In The Congregation
David R. Mcmahill
Manufacturer: Alban Institute
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On his second day as association minister for the United Church of Christ, David McMahill received three phone calls from lay leaders who were looking for resources on "how to evaluate our minister." He knew of several churches in which a poorly constructed process for evaluating the ministers had spun out of control, however, and had gradually come to believe it is probably better for a church not to attempt an evaluation process at all than to do one carelessly or to naively use a design intended for a secular organization.

Based on the needs he saw, McMahill began to work with numerous congregations looking for ways to review both leaders and ministries and developed the feedback/reflection process he lays out in this book. Based on sound principles of effective communication, this simple system of asking for descriptive feedback about various aspects of a congregation's life together takes into account the specific setting and the unique relationship between minister and congregation.

The results: a respectful, constructive, helpful review of leaders and ministries in a congregation, and the creation of a culture of healthy communication in the congregation.

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Completing the Circle.......2004-07-06

If you're tempted to do a church survey, don't do it until you read this book. This book tells how to conduct a process that will provide the information you need. It's a way for congregations to communicate, too.

We were all set to do a written questionnaire. I'm so glad we didn't! It could have split us right in two! Using the techniques in this book we will build our church as we learn to communicate better and respect each other. And we'll get accurate information, too. It's great stuff!

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Completing the Circle
Margaret Torrie
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Binding: Paperback

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Completing the Circle
Christian Knoeller
Manufacturer: Buttonwood Pr
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COMPLETING THE CIRCLE, by Christian Knoeller, is the winner of the Millennium Prize

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Completing the circle
Roger Douglas
Manufacturer: SeaScape Press
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Completing the Circle (Heath Literacy, Cultures)

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Binding: Ring-bound
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Completing the Circle: Taking Gestalt to Asia

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The true meaning of Gestalt
A cross-cultural gestalt therapy must-buy.

Completing the Circle: Taking Gestalt to Asia
Paula Bottome
Manufacturer: Clear Glass Pubns
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: 0931425247

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The true meaning of Gestalt.......1999-04-05

Paula Bottome lives what she writes. Reading her book can be likened to a journey of awareness on a personal, emotional, and physical level, paralleled with political and social movements happening in the world, both historically and presently. The reader doesn't need to be a therapist to appreciate this book. A totally engrossing, enlightening and cultured literary experience.

Thank you Paula.

A cross-cultural gestalt therapy must-buy........1999-02-17

Paula Bottomes' book not only distills vital aspects of Gestalt theory and practice,it serves as an excellent source of relevant cultural, historical, and social-psychological information oncontemporary China and Japan.Presented in the form of a Gestalt pilgrims' diary during a series of workshops in China and Japan, the book continually engages us, not only because of the material presented, but because of Paulas' courage, honesty, and wisdom as she navigates the challlenging shoals of cross-cultural encounters.This book is a must-buy for anyone interested in the cross-cultural aspects of Gestalt therapy. With the current world-wide blooming of interest in Gestalt therapy, one hopes that it will be among the first of many books on this topic. cross-cultural encounters. This book is a must-buy for anyone interested in the cross-cultural aspects of Gestalt therapy. With the current world-wide blooming of interest in Gestalt therapy, one hopes that itbe among the first of many on this topic.

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Completing the Circle: A Son's Memoir
David A. Kates
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover

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From the darkest tunnel, through a prism, David A. Kates renders the life and death of his mother, Judy, with searing love and feisty insight. The voice of this young poet-son lingers long after the burn of the final phrase.

--Martha Fuller

Instructor, Otis College of Art + Design, UCLA Extension, and UC Irvine Extension

What does a person do when his mother passes away from metastatic breast cancer, and he inherits grief, a townhouse, guilt, lipstick-stained tissues, flowers, a baby grand piano, melancholia, and a highly altered life?

He writes!

Completing the Circle: A Son's Memoir is vivid storytelling set in a much-loved home among the stark mountains and vast Pacific Ocean of Pacific Palisades, CA.

Completing the Circle mixes poetry and short stories to shed light on cancer, mortality, the mother/son relationship, bereavement, happiness, and dealing with change.

Completing the Circle concludes:

"A lot of tears stain this book,
As well as
A lot of hope for a vigorous future."

Completing the Circle: Artists' Books on the Environment

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Completing the Circle: Artists' Books on the Environment
Betty Bright
Manufacturer: Minnesota Center for Book Arts
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Completing the Circle: Designing HIV Prevention Programs for Persons of Color with HIV

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Completing the Circle: Designing HIV Prevention Programs for Persons of Color with HIV

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Binding: Spiral-bound
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