The Scully Files - A Young Couple's Blueprint for Managing Money

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The Scully Files - A Young Couple's Blueprint for Managing Money
Bonnie Baron Scully
Manufacturer: SpiritSource Publications
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ASIN: 0967026091

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The Scully Files mission is to foster great relationships through faith and financial planning. A Young Couple's Blueprint for Manging Money is the ultimate tool for couples who want to start, or continue, their marriages with money as a source of possiblity rather than a source of stress. If you want to understand the basics of financial planning, communicate more effectively about money, and organize your financial information, this book is for you! From goal setting to estate planning, this workbook is a must for any couple that wants to take control of their finances and simplify their life.

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The Spiritual Life Includes Facing Death.......2007-08-05

I discovered "The True Work of Dying" while browsing through a friend's book case. I was immediately drawn to the title and asked to borrow it. I read it every night before falling asleep for about seven days, from beginning to end. I was especially interested in the sections entitled "Birth/Death Parallels" and "Midwives and the Labor of Dying" which articulated many things I intuitively felt in my own experiences with home birth and helping people to die at home. As I got deeper into the book I could not help thinking how helpful it would have been to have read this book during the years that I worked as a home health care provider for elderly people. Now as a yoga teacher, I have many opportunities to openly discuss death and dying with my students. While there are many other insightful books on death that I also recommend, "The True Work of Dying," is a book I feel most comfortable giving to my own parents (whose religious and philosophical beliefs are different from mine) and all of my students. I highly recommend this book for every one, but especially for other yoga teachers working with people at midlife and older.

Suza Francina, Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, author, "The New Yoga for Healthy Aging," and "The New Yoga for People Over 50."

Compassionate and insightful book, invaluable help.......2006-05-06

I'd read many other books on death and dying (Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Stephen Levine, Tibetan Book of Living and Dying)after my parents died in 1979 and 1983, then after friends' passings in 1993. I bought this book two years ago after a friend's mother had hospice care. I didn't start reading it until my brother-in-law was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor in July 2005. It is such a wonderful book. There are beautiful stories of real hospice experiences that are inspiring and comforting. The information given to assist a dying person, helps one understand the process very well, and it demystifies a natural stage in life. Further, support for caregivers is addressed in a compassionate and supportive manner. This book became my guidebook as my brother-in-law went through his process, to peacefully pass in April 2006. I've shared it with family members to help them understand and gain support. I am so thankful this book was written.

Now it makes sense! Dying as Spiritual Birth.......2004-09-20

This book opened my eyes to the beautiful process of dying. With numerous touching stories stories coming from the experience of two OB and hospice nurses, it showed the relationships between the birth of a baby and the dying process, with the dying process as a form of birth into a new, spiritual life, and a natural part of life. It deals with the physical realities of the dying process, and also the emotional/spritual processes.

I read this book because I'm going into the ministry and have a heart that reaches out to those in mourning. What I discovered was that it helped to prepare me for my father's dying of cancer the following year, it helped me to come to closure with him and to release him in a very loving way, to find joy in the midst of the sadness rather than fear.

I highly recommend this book to everyone in the "helping" professions, and also to everyone facing the death of a loved ones, or even facing one's own death. I'm so glad I read this book, I'm getting a second copy!

Valuable and fascinating insights on Death & Dying.......2003-01-05

"The True Work of Dying" is a valuable book for any Hospice worker or volunteer and anyone else dealing with its subject. It is filled with helpful insights and informations. Some of the death stories shared are amazing and a helpful guide to stay open and open-minded to the many ways and possibilities of the dying process and death. Since reading the book two years ago, I have shared it several times with grateful family members of dying patients.

the true work of dying.......2002-11-08

This book is the best gift you can give to a family or friend who is having a death. It is not preachy or sugaring. It is full of useful and informative information. It was given to me by a friend, at the time of my inlaws dying. The entire family and friends read it.

Ministering to the Mourning: A Practical Guide for Pastors, Church Leaders, and Other Caregivers

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Ministering to the Mourning: A Practical Guide for Pastors, Church Leaders, and Other Caregivers
Warren Wiersbe , and David Wiersbe
Manufacturer: Moody Publishers
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ASIN: 0802412416

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Formerly titled Comforting the Bereaved, this practical, insightful guide gives direction to pastors and lay-leaders of all levels of experience. Included are recommended Scriptures to read; an explanation of the stages of grief; approaches to conducting funerals in special circumstances such as suicide, victims of crime, multiple family deaths, or when the deceased is unknown to the pastor; signs of healthy and unhealthy grief, and how to help survivors cope.

The Elder Law Hawaii Handbook: Protecting Your Health, Wealth, and Personal Wishes (Latitude 20 Books)

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The Elder Law Hawaii Handbook: Protecting Your Health, Wealth, and Personal Wishes (Latitude 20 Books)
James H. Pietsch , and Lenora H. Lee
Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
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Bereavement at Work: A Practical Guide
David Charles-Edwards
Manufacturer: Duckworth Publishers
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ASIN: 0715628615

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A death affects the workplace in many ways. If the deceased was an employee, for example, or the partner of an employee, his or her manager will face many difficult issues - from emotional to practical. This guide breaks new ground in placing bereavement on the management skills agenda. For managers, human resource and occupational health specialists, this is an essential guide. Contents include managers responsibilities when someone is bereaved, what to avoid, the impact of death on other employees, how to cope if someone dies at work, how much bereavement support is necessary.

Complicated Losses, Difficult Deaths: A Practical Guide for Ministering to Grievers

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A Practical Grief Work Tool

Complicated Losses, Difficult Deaths: A Practical Guide for Ministering to Grievers
Roslyn A., Ph.D. Karaban
Manufacturer: Resource Publications (CA)
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ASIN: 0893904767

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A Practical Grief Work Tool.......2000-08-01

As the title suggests, this IS a practical guide for ministering to grievers. It has basic and clear information about the subject written so the layman comprehends. As a pastor and certified grief group facilitator, I will be keeping this book handy for reference. It is easy to find topics from the Contents page and lots of great lists of issues are in the chapters. I also like the Questions as the end of each chapter which can be used for personal study or in service work. The Appendix has information that would be very useful as a trainning tool. The End Notes are exceptional and useful. Thank You for such a helpful reference in my work with grieving persons.

The Funeral Arrangement Choice Guide: Helping You Cope With a Loved One's Death

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The Funeral Arrangement Choice Guide: Helping You Cope With a Loved One's Death
Dallas Allen, Jr. Polen
Manufacturer: Vine Books
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ASIN: 0892839694

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The Funeral Arrangement Choice Guide : Helping You Cope With.......2000-05-09

My mother and I both are preplanning our funerals to make it easier for our loved ones when the time comes. This book is a well organized guide that has made a complicated process more understandable and easier to face. I HIGHLY recommend this book for anyone who is going to die or knows someone who is going to die (yes, I mean everyone!)

The High Cost of Dying: A Guide to Funeral Planning

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The High Cost of Dying: A Guide to Funeral Planning
Gregory W. Young
Manufacturer: Prometheus Books
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ASIN: 0879758740

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A remarkable, healing, much-needed book!

Waking Up Alone: Grief & Healing
Julie, K. Cicero MSW
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
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ASIN: 1425997635

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Whether your loss was sudden or anticipated, your relationship brief or long-term, everyone's experience with grief is different. Recognizing and understanding the varied pathways of grief is crucial to your healing process. As the shock subsides and the healing begins, it is imperative for survivors to identify their emotions and reactions as well as the actions of those around them. The often-noted inability of friends, family and society to deal with death and dying is confusing and hurtful, and at times can interfere with the ability to assimilate your loss.

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A remarkable, healing, much-needed book!.......2007-07-21

I started reading this wonderful little book and could hardly put it down! It is a stunning, beautifully-written, very compact book about the experience of losing a spouse. Julie Cicero starts by sharing the story of her personal loss as a way of highlighting some universal aspects of losing a beloved companion; but, she never fails to honor, with touching examples, the wide variety of ways that people experience and react to, similar losses. This is at once a smart, challenging and comforting book. Although I've not (yet) lost a companion, I'm finding that her book touched me on all sorts of levels -- as a physician; as a minister who has worked in a hospice and a foreign country where the dying are cared for in homes; as a companion who will, someday, either experience the loss of my spouse or the leaving-behind of my own death. Julie's personal and professional sharing will make that journey a bit less burdensome, for myself and many others.

When Someone Dies in Texas: All the Legal and Practical Things You Need to Do When Someone Near to You Dies in the State of Texas (When Someone Dies In...)

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Helpful and Informative; lots of information in 1 place
Disappointing
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When Someone Dies in Texas: All the Legal and Practical Things You Need to Do When Someone Near to You Dies in the State of Texas (When Someone Dies In...)
Amelia E. Pohl , and Barbara J. Simmonds
Manufacturer: Eagle Publishing Company (FL)
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Binding: Hardcover

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Helpful and Informative; lots of information in 1 place.......2005-02-21

First let me say that this book is not primarily about the grief process, or what you need to do emotionally. Although a couple of chapters at the end address these issues, it is mainly about the little details that no one else tells you need to be done.

This book does have a couple of typographical errors, but the practical information provided far outweighs this trivial fact. It includes info on who to notify of death, what bills to pay, whether checks received in the deceased's name after the death have to be returned, how to get a copy of a lost insurance policy, and how to locate tax records and out of state accounts. Some of it is common sense, but after the death of a loved one, it can be really difficult to accomplish even simple tasks, let alone to determine if there is insurance coverage that the survivors don't know about.

The book also provides basic info on how to conduct your own estate planning and issues to be aware of.

All in all, it would be a helpful book to have if you are an Executor of a Will or a Personal Representative.

Disappointing.......2002-04-10

The death of one of my parents catapulted me into learning about the very large number of things that must be taken care of at a difficult time. Although not uninformative, this particular book struck me as somewhat superficial and rather disorganized. The intelligent reader probably would be served better by looking elsewhere.

someone needs to write this book.......2000-10-03

When dealing with issues of the law, precision is required. The grammatical errors, spelling gaffes, and slovenly editing of this book undermine the confidence one needs to make it of any practical use. This is a subject that deserves attention. Someone needs to write this book.

Death Rehearsal: A Practical Guide for Preparing for the Inevitable

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Death Rehearsal: A Practical Guide for Preparing for the Inevitable
Doug Pokorski
Manufacturer: Templegate Publishers
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ASIN: 0872432157

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Emma McCune’s passion for Africa, her unstinting commitment to the children of Sudan, and her youthful beauty and glamour set her apart from other relief workers from the moment she arrived in southern Sudan. But no one was prepared for her decision to marry a local warlord—a man who seemed to embody everything she was working against—and to throw herself into his violent quest to take over southern Sudan’s rebel movement.

With precision and insight, Deborah Scroggins—who met McCune in Sudan—charts the process by which McCune’s romantic delusions led to her descent into the hell of Africa’s longest-running civil war. Emma’s War is at once a disturbing love story and an up-close look at Sudan: a world where international aid fuels armies as well as the starving population, and where the northern-based Islamic government—backed by Osama bin Laden—is locked in a war with the Christian and pagan south over religion, oil, and slaves.

A timely, revelatory account of the nature of relief work, of the men and women who choose to carry it out, and of one woman’s sacrifice to its ideals.

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Important subplot, forgettable protagonist, poor writing.......2007-01-15

The best thing "Emma's War" by Deborah Scroggins accomplishes is to highlight the often overlooked tragedy and strife that grips Sudan in particular and Africa in general. That's it though, and is the only reason this book deserves more than one star.

Emma herself, based on Scroggins' testimony, is an otherwise forgettable, if not pitiable, person. She had a lot of sex, did a lot of drugs, and reveled in the attention that her exploits attracted. She and her "safari companions" competed to outdo one another with their wild pursuits, and you get the sense that marrying a warlord was simply her ultimate one-upping of her friends. "Top that!" you can almost hear her say. As one prominent tribal chief put it, "If she were in a European setting, she would never even have been noticed." Nevertheless, there is a good story in Emma's adventure, captured in the book's compelling subtitle: "An aid worker, a warlord, radical Islam, and the politics of oil - a true story of love and death in Sudan." How could such a story not be a hit?

The real problem with "Emma's War" is Scroggins' unbelievably poor writing. From what should have been a page-turning adventure, she rendered a laborious manuscript rife with typos, suffering from dreadful research and incoherent structure, and displaying a general misunderstanding of the English language. For example, she puts the date of Charles Gordon's death at both January 25th and January 26th in consecutive paragraphs (even if the details are murky, such inconsistency is inexcusable). She will use an opening parenthesis but have no corresponding closing parenthesis. She routinely jumbles several disconnected topics into a single, long paragraph. Meanwhile she jumps forward and backward in the story with no warning or explanation. And she repeatedly refers to the list of passengers on an airplane flight as the "airplane's manifesto." Overall, "Emma's War" reads like a long, disjointed, carelessly written e-mail.

Fortunately, there are alternatives to this book. For instance, there is the upcoming movie starring (possibly) Nicole Kidman as Emma. More seriously, "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder is an excellent story of true humanitarian activism.

A tragic but compelling tale.......2006-01-21

I am firmly in the camp of reviewers who could not put this book down. I came to it after seeing the film of The Constant Gardener - something in the film stirred my memory of browsing and reading the back of this book. There are strong similarities between the Rachel Weisz character and Emma McCune, (so much so I wondered if John le Carre had had Emma in mind when writing his book) not to mention both stories being set in East Africa. Deborah Scroggins weaves the three strands of her narrative together beautifully and makes the complex situation in Sudan comprehensible to those who know nothing of the history.

The book does not purport to be a biography of Emma McCune Machar but uses her life as a lens through which to examine the inter-relationship between aid, famine and civil war, and the very tangled emotions and motivations that govern the dealings of first world governments, and first world individuals, with Africa and Africans. This book has made me pursue furthur reading in related areas and question my own ideas about aid and the "aid industry".

Many of the reviews are scathing of Emma McCune's motivation, character and actions. Scroggins delineates her character well so we see her in 3d, beauty and warts. We are none of us flawless and I felt that Deborah Scroggins captured perfectly that often naive and romantic idealism that many people (in the first world) have the luxury of going through in their late teens and early twenties; that passionate embracing of "causes" that the majority grow out of as the realities of mortgages and jobs kicks in. At that age, many of us rush headlong in to things that with the benefit of wisdom and hindsight don't look so good. Sometimes we discover we are in over our heads and escape is impossible. Having read both this book and the memoir written my Emma's mother, this seems to have been the case for Emma. There was no going back - none of which excuses her behaviour at times and in particular her attempts to apologise for the atrocities with which her husband's men were involved.

For those who may be concerned about Scroggin's anti- American bias - it seemd pretty mild to me. Don't let this put you off reading a wonderful piece of journalism.

For anyone else interested in good journalism about Africa - look for "Soldiers of Light" by Daniel....reporting on the war in Sierra Leone and making Sudan look like a vicars tea party - complete with floppy hat as worn by Emma McCune!

Genocide of two million people........2005-11-28

I very much enjoyed this book by author Deborah Scroggins. The book is about her journeys in the horn of Africa, the biograpthy of Emma McCune and the warlords who run the Sudan. I did't realize how horrible the situation was until I read this book. There is enough blame to go around for nearly everyone. First, the Islamic terrorists who run the country. These people condone starvation as a way to set up an Islamic state. Bashir and al Turabi are mass murderers and should be sent to the Hague for their crimes. Then you have the southern leaders of Garang and Riek who are not much better. Garang who just recently died in a plane crash recruited child soldiers and also was complicit in starvation. Throw into this mix the aid workers who are idealistic but at the same time don't quite understand the situation they are dealing with. Emma was one of those aid workers and it seems she was thrilled with the adventure of marrying a warlord and taking sides in a internal civil war in the SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army). Scroggins also relates her history of visiting this very troubled country.

As related in this book, Emma was idealistic and passionette about what she believed, but she was rather naive. Her entanglement with Riek led to her downfall. She may also have had personal problems due to her father's suicide. Her death may have been arranged. She had all the faults of aid workers believing she could save people. In the end, she may have been complicit in the deaths of many.

This is a good read shedding light on a very troubled land. Some of the writing was rather jumbled, and this is why I gave this book a four star. However this book focuses light on a little known conflict.

Emma of Sudan.......2005-01-06

This is an extraordinary book about two women told against the history of the Sudan Civil War, the longest lasting in African history. The first women is EMMA McCune, a beautiful displaced sole who discovers she has the "sole of Sudan" and desires to help as an aid worker. The second woman is the author Deborah Scroggins who interweaves her own memoirs as a journalist covering the war into a complex and detailed narrative. And finally this is a great overview to the whole of Sudan history going back to the death of Chinese Gordon in Khartoum. Emma eventually leaves aid work, marries an already married warlord who we discover is in collusion with the Islamic government he declares his enemy. (Did Emma know?) The whole book is like a house of mirrors demonstrating that aid is always political and in many cases resented and ineffective. (What can the west do for the continent?) Famine we learn is also often used as a political weapon and may in the end be all about "the oil" and/or personal power. To a small degree Paul Theroux covers some of these same topics in his splendid travel book on Africa, "Dark Star". But if you want to understand the horn of Africa, as told by someone who experienced it, and is also an unusually good writer with a marvelous adventure story thrown in then move this book up on your stack of reading material. I also recommend it to anyone interested in Osama bin Laden, and a view of one root of Islamic fundamentalism took hold and how this may be part of the "blow back" we are experiencing. This is just an excellent book. What is it about the English that they are drawn to such places? People like Richard Burton, Gordon of Khartoum, Lawrence and now Emma. (I understand there are plans to make the book into a movie with Nicole Kidman playing Emma.)

Glamour comes to wartime Sudan .......2004-12-18

If a proposed movie of "Emma's War" starring Nicole Kidman is made, Emma McCune may well become the most famous aid worker of all time. That's a shame because, as this book makes clear, her accomplishments were modest. Emma had a flair for drama and publicity and a pair of long legs instead of a brain. One suspects that she would have tired of the hardships of life in the Sudanese bush and gone back to England to become a fashion designer or some such thing.

The humanitarian aid workers are the modern day missionaries of Western civilization. All in all, they do more good than harm, although Emma may be the exception. Deborah Scroggins has written an excellent book about the brutal two decade long civil war in Sudan and the foreign aid workers who keep the innocent victims of the war alive. The politics are here in easily digestible chunks and so is a mini-history of Sudan since the time of the Victorian hero "Chinese" Gordon. The author includes some of her own experiences of witnessing starvation in Sudan.

One insight of this book is that Western governments want not so much to do anything about African catastrophes as to be seen to do something. Their indifference to African suffering is more than matched by African leaders. Two million people are estimated to have died in the civil wars in Sudan during the last 20 years, the vast majority of them noncombatants. A soldier with a rifle seems the least likely person to die in African conflicts.

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"Cornell is unique among American research universities and in the Ivy League. . . . It aspires to the ideals of Ezra Cornell, who founded an institution `where any one person could find instruction in any study.' . . . Cornell has played a distinctive role in democratizing higher education, while helping to shape the American university's post-Civil War commitment to useful service to American society and to the world. The undergraduate experience has been the heart of life on East Hill, `far above Cayuga's Waters.' Its undergraduates have lived the ideals carved into the Eddy Street gate: `So enter that daily thou mayest become more learned and thoughtful. So depart that daily thou mayest become more useful to thy country and to mankind.' It is our privilege and honor to single out and, in most cases, pay tribute to Cornell's most distinguished sons and daughters."—from the Preface

Graduates of Cornell University have achieved remarkable success in all areas from literature and photography to economics and agriculture, from finance and chemistry to athletics and the stage. They have held positions of leadership in boardrooms and classrooms, blazed new paths in medicine and journalism, acted on lofty ideals and strong ambition. Cornellians are regulars in Stockholm, on the bestseller lists, and in high office.

Faced with all that excellence, the authors of this book sifted through encyclopedias, archives, and alumni records and engaged in conversations and debates to arrive at a final group of one hundred notable men and women who completed an undergraduate degree program at Cornell. These alumni are representative in their distinction (and, in a few cases, for their notoriety). Each Cornellian is profiled in a witty and erudite essay, each accompanied—with one telling exception—by a portrait.

In immortalizing a selection of notable Cornellians from a bit more than the first hundred years of the university, the authors arrive at a portrait of Cornell itself, "a world-class institution with an egalitarian soul" where undergraduates are guided to exceed their own goals and change the world, too.

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