On Global Aging: Old-Age Income Systems in the EU and Other Major Parts of the World (Contributions to Economics)

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Nearly all countries in the world are experiencing an aging of their populations due to declining fertility rates and rising longevity. Aging has been the subject of much discussion in the last decade, often expressed in alarmist language. On Global Aging presents a more optimistic look on the effects of aging on the economy. Nonetheless aging will pose major policy challenges on the well functioning of the economy and the society as a whole.
The book describes and analyses the effects of population aging on social and economic issues, labour and financial markets, pension and health care expenditures and public finance, and the welfare of people. It surveys also the policy measures in the face of aging to secure the resource base. They are mainly aimed at increasing labour force participation and above all at stimulating productivity growth. The book is a valuable resource for practitioners and policy makers and the wider academic community, economists, social scientists, gerontologists and others.

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This digital document is an article from Sabretache, published by Military Historical Society of Australia on June 1, 2001. The length of the article is 625 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: A Meteor Shining Brightly: Essays on the Life and Career of Major General Patrick R Cleburne. (Book Reviews). (book review)
Author: Anthony Staunton
Publication: Sabretache (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2001
Publisher: Military Historical Society of Australia
Volume: 42 Issue: 2 Page: 47(1)

Article Type: Book Review

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A Meteor Shining Brightly: Essays on the Life and Career of Major General Patrick R. Cleburne.(Brief Article): An article from: Journal of Southern History

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A Meteor Shining Brightly: Essays on the Life and Career of Major General Patrick R. Cleburne.(Brief Article): An article from: Journal of Southern History
Ethan S. Rafuse
Manufacturer: Southern Historical Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

Comets, Meteors & Asteroids | Astronomy | Science | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0008FBNM6
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on May 1, 2002. The length of the article is 561 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: A Meteor Shining Brightly: Essays on the Life and Career of Major General Patrick R. Cleburne.(Brief Article)
Author: Ethan S. Rafuse
Publication: Journal of Southern History (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2002
Publisher: Southern Historical Association
Volume: 68 Issue: 2 Page: 460(2)

Article Type: Book Review, Brief Article

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In this outspoken and informative account of major events such as the Alamo, Goliad, Linnville Raid, San Jacinto and Mier, Linn presents unique insights into Texas' fascinating Revolutionary era. Facsimile reprint of the original 1883 publication.

[19th century Amer. lit. & hist. Trans-Mississippi West: ser. C]

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[19th century Amer. lit. & hist. Trans-Mississippi West: ser. C]
W. D Wood
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B00085IH4I

FIFTY YEARS IN THE WEST; OR, HOW AN INEXPERIENCED YOUNG MAN FINDS HIS OCCUPATION, WITH REMINISCENCES AND SKETCHES OF REAL LIFE, BY A TEXAS PREACHER.

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FIFTY YEARS IN THE WEST; OR, HOW AN INEXPERIENCED YOUNG MAN FINDS HIS OCCUPATION, WITH REMINISCENCES AND SKETCHES OF REAL LIFE, BY A TEXAS PREACHER.
William M.}. {Allen
Manufacturer: Southern Methodist Publishing House,
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N7BN06

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Reminiscences of Fifty Years in Texas
Linn John J.
Manufacturer: State House Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UD8GD0

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This book is a concise, easy-to-read manual on how feng shui principles can bring wealth, harmony, happiness and prosperity to your home or office. This is the only book on the market that deals specifically with the application of feng shui to real estate. There are hundreds of books on feng shui on the market today, many of which are difficult for the beginner to understand and might only briefly mention the application of feng shui to your home or office. You might have to read hundreds of books in order to glean from them what you will learn from this book, Feng Shui. Fortunately, Sheida Hodge has done the work for you. Her book is extensively researched and tailored to allow the beginner to apply feng shui principles immediately to their home or office in order to create a more harmonious and peaceful environment. Feng Shui contains easy to understand models and diagrams to help you understand how to apply feng shui in your home or office.

Whether you are planning to purchase a home or are remodeling, this book is a handy and invaluable resource that will help you to select the environment that will maximize your health and happiness. If you are trying to sell your property, this book will help to make it marketable to a larger group of potential buyers who are sensitive to feng shui principles.

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Feng Shui: A Guide for Increased Real Estate Sales to Asians.......2000-01-13

This is the finest and only book written for REALTORS on feng shui. This book will be of great help for all people who are buying and selling a home, as well as real estate agents who want to serve their clients to the best of their ability. I recommend this book in all my seminars.

This is an accurate, concise and easy to read book........1999-01-06

My Association and community has a large Asian population. The more we know about ther customs and beliefs, the eaiser it is for all of us to work together. We are delighted to have this easy to read, concise book available for our members.

Some of our Asian members reviewed the publication before we offered it in our service center to make sure it was accurate and not offensive. They reported that it was an excellent brief overview of some basic beleifs, and they supported our efforts to promote better understanding.

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Feng Shui A guide for Increased Real Estate Sales to Asians
Sheida Hodge
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WH0J0C

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Softcover book of 53 pages. "New and expanded 3rd edition." Discusses the five elements of Feng Shui, and then applies these to real estate and its sales.

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Carol Burnett spent most of her childhood in a Depression-scarred Hollywood neighborhood, where she lived in a single-room apartment with her endearingly batty grandmother, Nanny, a hypochondriacal Christian Scientist with a buried past. The child of two alcoholic parents, Burnett presents a sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking coming-of-age: from her sadly hopeful mother, who was hooked on Tinseltown fantasy, to the first signs of her own comic gift; from happy weekends spent with her father, to their last tragic meeting in a public sanatorium.

Featuring a new Afterword by the author, about teaming up with her daughter to bring this story to Broadway, One More Time is an intimate, touching, and astonishing narrative of a financially desperate but emotionally rich childhood on the wrong side of Hollywood’s tracks.

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Just About the Most Charming.......2007-03-26

Carol Burnett is probably best known for her television show where she performed in various skits with a talented cast. One might not realize just how shy she was as a kid, or that she never dreamed of being a movie star until college. However, it is all here in this autobiography, a charming and personal account of a life filled with entertaining characters. We learn about Nanny, the woman who raised Carol and her younger sister Chrissy. We find out about Carol's alcoholic parents Jody and Louise, very different people and different influences on Burnett's life. There are many stories of growing up, school, various jobs, and family, each incredibly relatable and great fun to read. It is hard to put this book down. It is written to constantly leave the reader wanting more and never disappointing.

It is obvious that Burnett has a great love for her childhood although she wasn't always the most popular or the richest. She is an ordinary woman with a life that anyone can latch onto. The only disappointment is that it is so short. Burnett skips talking about her famous tv show as well as the marriage that brought her the three children she wrote the book for. It leaves the reader wanting more. Perhaps there will be a sequel one day; it will no doubt be as good as the first.

Warm and genuine...moving and funny.......2006-08-23

Carol Burnett hit the bullseye with the re-telling of her now familiar life story. The pacing is gentle and flowing while the anecdotes and stories are vivid and well written. Reading this, one can really appreciate "destiny" because the truth is that someone who had her experiences should never have even had the gumption to get herself into UCLA -- let alone take the rest of her journey.

Yet she did it all, with both verve and aplomb and for those of us who are fans, we're grateful that she was able to share her natural gifts with us. Singer, comedienne, actress, entertainer -- she's all of them and more -- and how she got there is a wonderful reminder to everyone that you can't ever stop believing in the power you have to imagine your own life and destiny.

Marvellous!.......2005-08-29

I enjoyed this autobiography so much. I'm not American, and cannot even remember ever seeing Carol Burnett on TV, but reading the auto I felt I was really sharing her life. I got to know her family so well. They came to life for me.
Just after I finished CB's book, I started reading one about Jackie Onassis. JO's life seemed so empty, worthless, and dull by comparison.
I also know that CB was telling the truth. I could feel it. I once read Shelley Winter's autobiographies, and I sensed that there were incidents that she either made up or distorted, so I wasn't surprised when people came forward and said SW hadn't been, to put in mildly, accurate in some of her accounts.

A worthwhile read you won't ever forget!.......2005-03-11

If you're a Carol Burnett fan, you'll acquire a deeper appreciation for her after reading this autobiographical account of her early years. Her parents were divorced alcoholics who died young. She was reared by a grandmother with her own checkered past, sharing a one-room, flophouse apartment with her until she finally moved out to try to make it as an actress. Their story was one of constant struggle and seemingly relentless poverty. Yet Burnett is living proof that, though we are all products of our past, we should never abandon hope. Despite her personal tragedies, she has become someone we all associate with laughter and love. She, like her personal story, is simply inspirational and amazing. A worthwhile read that you won't ever forget!

"I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together....".......2002-06-26

One of the best celebrity memoirs ever. If anyone ever deserved the success in life that Carol Burnett received, it is she. This little girl, raised in poverty, in a one room apartment, literally steps away from the then- at- its- peak Hollywood Boulevard, a muckle mouthed little dreamer, tended by her cuckoo "Nanny", both parents tragic alcoholics, both of whom did not have a happy ending...This is a fabulous, humble, true success story, about one of the most talented, respected, classy ladies in the history of show-biz. Her telling of her ambition to achieve her dream, in the face of what would have been overwhelming odds to most, is not only incredibly touching, but a lesson in perseverence, and believing in yourself. I tend to write about movies, books, etc.., that are not necessarily "current", and I guess that's because the quality of the originals can't be duplicated, and Carol Burnett is truly one of the "originals." She had and has "the goods." A must read (and read again) about one teriffic lady.

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One More Time a Memoir By Carol Burnett

Manufacturer: Random House New York
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000FHHOR0

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One More Time a Memoir By Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett
Manufacturer: Random House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SALO4I

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One More Time - A Memoir
SIGNED BY AUTHOR Carol Burnett
Manufacturer: Random House , NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HZK00S

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One More Time : A Memoir

Manufacturer: Random House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HLZWGO

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One More Time: A Memoir
Carol Burnett
Manufacturer: Random House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O6Z60Y

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One More Time: A Memoir
Carol Burnett
Manufacturer: Random House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NUN3P6

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One More Time: a Memoir
Carol Burnett
Manufacturer: Random Hous
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NPPA3O

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One More Time: a Memoir
Carol Burnett
Manufacturer: Random House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NPREPG

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Louis Riel personally singled out Major Charles Arkoll Boulton for execution. Thomas Scott was shot instead, but Boulton never lost his visceral hatred for the "rebel chief".

A leader of the Canadian forces during the Red River Rebellion of 1869-70, Boulton was a seasoned veteran when Métis rose again in 1885. Recruiting his own force of mounted infantry he served in the heart of the action at Fish Creek and Batoche, witnessing scenes of massacre and horror, listening to First Nations leaders as they pleaded their cases, visiting the headquarters of the Métis, speaking with the English general Frederick Middleton. Boulton was privileged to be both participant in and observer of the drama of passion and ambition that idelibly marked the history of the Canadian West.

First published in 1886, the narrative reproduced in I Fought Riel presents an incredibly vivid portrait of this important passage in the history of the West. With an insightful introduction by Heather Robertson.

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