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This user-friendly book, updated each year, emphasizes the importance of planning for the future and helps you to prepare now for a fulfilling and enjoyable retirement. READY OR NOT your retirement planning guide offers the big picture of what to expect, how to manage your time, legal affairs, new career, or part-time employment after full, early or partial retirement.
READY OR NOT has l5 separate chapters covering such topics as financial planning, Social Security, legal matters, health, consumer education, post retirement earning, volunteer efforts, where to live, and grandparenting, while covering the spectrum of other concerns for those planning for their years in retirement. Also important is the hotline information, listing many toll free numbers to call for support about some of the issues affecting retirees. Points of emphasis are boxed and highlighted throughout the book.
Manpower Education Institute, a non-profit foundation chartered by the Board of Regents of the State University of New York, publishes this invaluable resource for making sound retirement decisions and offers creative suggestions for remaining active, involved and energetic in the years to follow.
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READY OR NOT is a fantastic resource........1996-09-11
Our employees enjoy the worksheets and clear presentations on everything from housing and money to second careers, health concerns, and life-style changes. I consider it "must" reading for people of ANY age
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has stood the test of time. For 24 years this book has answered the retirement questions its readers have asked. It is updated every year and offers a comprehensive review of issues to be considered before retiring: Financial planning Social Security legal concerns health and living issues leisure and volunteer activities consumer education and issues of particular importance to women approaching retirement. Checklists and worksheets included with each chapter make it an indispensable tool for workers and their partners as they plan ahead.
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Manpower Education Institute celebrates its 31st Anniversary of Ready or Not with the 2004 edition of Ready or Not, the successful retirement planning book which helps make the retirement years the most rewarding time of your life.
This user-friendly book, updated each year, emphasizes the importance of planning for the future and helps you to prepare now for a fulfilling and enjoyable retirement. Ready or Not offers the big picture of what to expect, how to manage your time, legal affairs, new career, or part-time employment after full, early or partial retirement.
Ready or Not has 15 separate chapters covering such topics as financial planning, Social Security, legal matters, health, consumer education, post retirement earning, volunteer efforts, where to live, and grandparenting, while covering the spectrum of other concerns for those planning for their years in retirement.
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"One of the 25 most important Chicagoans of the century."-Chicago Magazine
"Through the years my family filled many of his columns, some critical and some supportive. But whether you agreed with him or not, you had to respect his honesty and his love for the city. No one captured Chicago like Mike Royko, and his many fans will savor this book capturing his colorful life."-Mayor Richard M. Daley
This illustrated biography is the first account of the colorful life of Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko, Pulitzer Prize winner, best-selling author, and legendary journalist who personified Chicago in all its rough-edged charm. Drawing on exclusive photos and interviews with Royko's family and intimates, the book chronicles Royko's rise from a "flat-above-a-tavern" youth-raised above a bar on Chicago's Polish northwest side-to one of the best-known names in American journalism.
Readers will get the inside scoop on Royko's epic battles with Mayor Richard J. Daley and other politicians and his hilarious columns featuring "Slats Grobnik." They'll also meet a softer, largely unknown, side of Royko, through the love letters he sent to his wife-to-be from an Air Force base in Washington State.
More than 100 photos-many never before available to the public-capture the man and his times. Millions of readers-in 800 newspapers around the world-followed Royko's work and life. In The World of Mike Royko-he lives again.
If you ever wanted to sit on a bar stool at the Billy Goat Tavern next to Royko, now you can.
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OK book, decent biography of Mike Royko.......2000-12-18
The book gives glimpses of his personal life, his upbringing, along with his professional life as a journalist for the Daily News, Sun Times, and finally the Tribune. I have read the Tribune for many years but never did read Royko's columns. I read this book to get an idea of why he was such a revered journalist.
I found that the book had some great stories in it and overall it was an enjoyable read, but I did not emerge as impressed with Mike Royko as I thought I would be. A good book for a nice overview for someone trying to figure who Mike Royko was. If you are not interested in learning about Royko this book will bore you out of your mind.
Slats when we need him the most........1999-12-30
My oldest son,now in his thirties,greatly suprised me earlier this year when he responded to my question of what book had the most impact on him when he was growing up.He said it was more than just a book;it was the columns of Mike Royko,particularly those describing the views of Slats Grubnick."They countered all the dining room table"liberalisms"you and mom always were urging on me".While Slats and his creator,Royko,are no longer with us to directly influence my son's son on a regular basis,they are brilliantly brought back to life in this loving and honest book by Madison newspaper columnist,Doug Moe.I don't recall reading if Moe ever met Royko in person,but in this absolutely enjoyable gem,written with the cooperation of Royko's family and cohorts,Moe writes with an authority and wisdom that The Great Royko himself would love.See for yourself!As for me,I'm planning atrip to The Billy Goat tavern where I plan to hoist a few:to Slats,Royko,and Doug Moe.Thanks for the memories and inspiration.
It's about time.................1999-12-26
This book is a wonderful look at one of the great journalists of the 20th century. Whether you are a long time fan of Royko or are just curious about who he was and why his writing had such an impact on readers, you are in for a great read. The photos and text work very well together as Doug Moe masterfully takes you from the humble beginnings of Royko's life down through the years to his final days as the most syndicated columnist in America. Royko's story is fascinating. He was not your typical journalism school product since he, in fact, never went to journalism school. He was a self-taught, street-smart genius who learned his craft while on the job. As this book makes clear, he quickly mastered the fundamentals of sound journalism and then went on for decades entertaining and informing us all with his great writing. The book covers the highlights as well as some of the intriguing details of how it all unfolded. I recommend you read it and pass it on to a good friend.
Good, but also left me wanting much more.......1999-11-26
This is far from a comprehensive biography, but still supplies a lot of information that I was always curious about. The pictures alone are priceless. Perhaps some day Studs Terkel or Bill Grainger will write the definitive Royko bio. But for now, those of us who dearly miss Mike's face on Page 3 of The Trib will have to be content with this.
Excellent - captures the flavor of Royko & Chicago.......1999-11-19
Like millions of others, I followed the columns (read: exploits) of Mike Royko when he was in the Chicago newspapers. Doug Moe's biography serves his subject well in lean, workmanlike prose, capturing the flavor of the Chicago streets and neighborhoods as well as the man himself. Moe brings it alive so you can almost feel the ink smudges on newsprint and smell the Old Style in the corner bars in the dim light of winter nights. Photos and anecdotes complement the narrative, which Moe relates with his usual straightforward understated virtuosity (in other words, no sentences like this one), compelling the reader to turn the page to see what is going to happen next. Indispensable reading for anyone who wants to learn more about Royko, the writing life, newspapering, and a certain now-vanished and legendary era in Chicago journalism. The book fills a welcome niche on the bookshelf.
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Agricultural engineering on the prairie: Illinois style : a history of the University of Illinois Department of Agricultural Engineering, 1921-1997
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Design Optimization With Applications in Industry: Presented at the Joint Asme/Asce/Ses Summer Meeting, June 29-July 2, 1997, Evanston, Illinois (Amd (Series), Vol. 227.)
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Downstate Illinois Business Directory, 1997-98 (Annual)
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Encyclopedia of Illinois 1997-1998
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thorough, detailed, well-organized.......2006-09-07
This review applies to the complete 4-volume set by Lowry. It by far provides the best coverage of the final year of the War. It is organized chonologically, enabling the reader to connect all of the action taking place at any time, from the great campaigns of Grant and Sherman to lesser-known raids, battles, political events, and plots ( especially the plot to kidnap President Lincoln by Booth and associates ). This form of organization also demonstrates Grant's gift for grand strategy in coordinating the movements of all U.S. forces.
The background and personalities of the commanders, both famous and more obscure, are given good coverage. This is also true of the many corps, divisions, brigades, and regiments. I was also pleased with the abundance of quotes and correspondence from various commanders, such as Sherman's heated and articulate exchange with Hood at Atlanta. A number of quotes are unavailable in any of the 300+ books in my Civil War library.
Individual battles are presented in considerable detail, although the books suffer from a dearth of maps. The reader who focuses on details needs to keep an atlas on the side, although no atlas to my knowledge includes the lesser actions described by Lowry.
Beyond the few petty objections, such as the large number of typos, these 4 volumes should occupy a prominent place in any Civil War collection.
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- An Inside Look at Whaling From a Little Girl's Eye.
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A Whaling Captain's Daughter: The Diary of Laura Jernegan, 1868-1871 (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs)
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An Inside Look at Whaling From a Little Girl's Eye........2001-04-15
I was so amazed at the writing ability and language skills of a very young child. Laura Jernegan's account of her three years aboard a whaling vessel kept me reading. I couldn't put it down! Nestled among her diary notes was useful and interesting information regarding the capture of whales, equipment used, and the manufacture of whale and sperm oil aboard the ship. Equally as interesting was her acount of what the family had to eat,the weather, and playtime activities of her brother and herself. I can't wait to read the other eleven books in the set!
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When Demora Sulu, an exemplary young Starfleet officer, suddenly attacks her commanding officer, who kills her in self-defense, everyone is stunned. No one is more grief-stricken than her father, Captain Hikaru Sulu of the U.S.S. Excelsior. Determined to learn the truth behind his daughter's bizarre death, Sulu goes to the planet where she was killed, and finds himself confronted by an old enemy eager to destroy Sulu's reputation and his life!
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In Demora, Captain Sulu's daughter, an exemplary young Starfleet officer, suddenly attacks her commanding officer, who kills her in self-defense. When Sulu investigates his daughter's bizarre death, he finds himself confronted by an old enemy eager to destroy Sulu's reputation--and his life.
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One of the best Star Trek books in the numbered series........2007-01-28
As might be expected by anyone familiar with Peter David's later writing, this book, one of his earlier efforts in the Star Trek universe, is one of the best of the series. It is a perfect example of his style, which is very distinctive: high action, high emotional drama, but always told with a tongue-in-cheek wit that keeps the reader from feeling that he takes his stories TOO seriously. Even though it is an early effort, and in some ways his writing matured over the years, I would still rate this not only as one of the best "Trek" stories, (as many of his stories could be said to be) but also one of his best.
A readers' opinion.......2005-12-23
This was interesting. Much detail written about Sulu between TOS and the ST movies. Demora, as a semi-b@stard child growing up was interesting. While we don't know much about her as an adult.
The author makes some logical leaps of faith between familiar chars. How they run into each other between the TOS, Movie era. How they kept in touch, even becoming part of an adoptive family with each other. It worked for me the way it was written.
Interesting take on the Enterprise-B Captain and his rocky relationship with his Admiral father. Chekov sometimes is 'over the top' but a loyal friend of Sulu. As the story unfolds, it starts out sad, but quickly ceases. We see a Capt. Sulu commanding the Excelsior, showing obvious influences of having served under Capt. Kirk. The novel is NOT a 'Save the Universe' nor a 'Galactic civil war' but an intriguing mystery Sulu is determined to solve at any costs. A good read.
A blend of humor and sci-fi.......2004-12-01
This is one of the best Star Trek novel I have ever read. Not only did it center around Sulu, who rarely gets center stage, but it also provided a lot of back story for his daughter Demora [briefly seen in Star Trek: Generations].
A perfect blend of plot and humor.
One of the best!.......2003-04-07
Just got through this book in 1 night. It was very nice to read a book centered on Sulu. The book delves into Sulu's character with excellent insights. At the same time, a good storyline unfolded. And (not to give anything away), I was surprised and pleased by the turn of events as the story neared its climax. Often, I feel I want something more when a book ends. At the end of this book - I felt I had all expectations fulfilled!
Wow! Another gem by Peter David.......2001-02-19
How does Peter David do it? Just when I think I've read the best that Peter David has to offer, he blows me out of the water with another masterpiece. As I read Peter's novels, I find myself completely immersed in the story and the plot. I feel compelled to keep reading, just to see how the story will unfold.
No doubt about it, this novel is one of those which kept me glued to my seat throughout. Great character development, typical Peter David humor, and of course the mystery and suspense that only Peter David can weave. This novel is up in the likes of Imzadi and Excaliber Restoration.
Get this book and read it. I guarantee you will not be dissappointed!
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Introduction by John Bayley; Translation by Natalie Duddington
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solid introduction to Pushkin.......2006-11-12
Pushkin is the Godfather of Russian literature. _The Captain's Daughter and other Other Stories_ is a decent representation of his writing style, but I found the stories much less interesting than his poetry. With that said, the title piece is by far the strongest of the collection. The story is full of high drama, love, intrigue and betrayal, as the main character struggles to maintain his sense of honor and dignity. It was a bit over the top for me, but no one writes about human emotion with the depth that Pushkin does. For that alone, _The Captain's Daughter_ is worth the read. Skip the other stories. In the final analysis, I highly recommend it.
One of Russia's Literary Masters.......2004-07-26
If you are interested in delving into the fascinating world of Russian literature, look no farther for your starting point than Pushkin.
Writing from a perspective of one who knew how the Russian gentry and aristocracy lived, Pushkin had the great ability to weave into his narrative firsthand accounts of living as a member of the upper class.
The Captain's Daughter presents us with the young officer Grinyov, who is sent to be an officer, as his father was, in a far-flung regiment on the frontier. Here Grinyov, and his faithful servant, have an interesting adventure with fellow officers, ruffians and locals. I wont give away the ending, however, the twists and turns keep you turning the pages. All the while, Grinyov's character remains true to form, upholding the ideals of his upbringing.
Fabulous read...and a quick one at that.
Worth a read.......2004-04-11
A nice sample of Pushkin's fiction talent, which is just as fun to read as his poetry.
The Master of Russian Literature.......2001-02-28
Pushkin greatest renoun is based on his poetry. But I like his short stories very much. They are crisp, intriguing, and educational. These stories are a treasure of Russian literature. They combine mystery and realism, persuasive language and simplicity--all trademarks of Pushkin's genius.
The dream of life........2000-03-30
Pushkin is Mozart of Russian verse, prose and drama. That sounds like banality to any Russian but may help a person outside of our literary tradition to deal with the Russia's greatest writer.
Small, less than handsome misfit in a constant and direct dialog with the Muses. A man whose social, financial and matrimonial achievements are no match to his art.
His talents bloomed in the Lyceum, he was hailed by the most prominent poet of Russian Classicism - Gavrila Derzhavin, who had appointed the youngster his poetical heir.
But Pushkin made only a few contributions to the genre - he was a devoted romantic, a Byronite. Mermaids, gypsies and noble robber brothers were the inhabitants of his adolescent poems.
Drinking bouts with local Hussar officers were toppled by the boy's passionate odes to Liberty. Alexander was a celebrity guest.
The guest he remained. The officers - The Decembrists - rebelled against the tsar. Puskin was not invited. The conspirators felt that "the son of the Muses" is fond of the revolutionary rhetorics, not the cause.
Later, asked by the triumphant monarch does he regret his absence in rebellious ranks on that fateful December day, Pushkin confirmed his affinity with his hanged friends. He wanted to be taking seriously, he was ready to suffer. But the tsar was only amused and let Alexander go.
Pushkin soared high in empirea, the verse of unbelievable beauty and clarity was streaming from his quill, but his everyday life was dominated by gambling, drinking and chasing the known libertines. Yearning to be accepted socially he offered his friendship to unworthy and very often had to contend with their condescending attitude. He was not the first socially awkward creator in human history but that understanding did nothing to lessen the pain.
In his final years Pushkin decided to settle down, to accept the responsibilities, to marry, to get the position in the tsar's court.
Natalia Goncharova, the first beauty of Petersburg, consented to marry him - her family was impoverished, Alexander - insistent. He was given the court rank - kamerjunker, nearly the lowest in the hierarchy, fit for a very young man making his very first steps in the court. He was insulted but the wife's acclaimed beauty compensated for that and the other disapointments. They all envy him - the lucky man!
There was never enough money to put that gem in a proper setting. The beauty was expecting her due. If Alexander is incapable there are others.
Art remained the only consolation. Once he woke up in the middle of the night, put on a light and fevereshly scribbled the newborn lines. He read them to the wife. - Don't you ever do that to me again! - said the sleepy beauty.
His art is not able to conquer that perfection, the beauty of verse is nothing to the beauty of flesh.
Pushkin is made fun of, proclaimed a cuckold. His life is nearing the end.
In his last year the tortured genius writes Captain's Daughter. No mermaids here, no gypsies. It's clarity and restrained beauty is unsurpassed in our literature.
A son of old officer Petr Andreevich Grinev turns seventeen. He is enlisted as a toddler in a prestigeous regiment in Petersburg, now he is an officer already. He has no extensive education - just the basic ideas of nobility and some knowledge of French. His name is telling - Petr means a stone, father's name - a man, a male. The father wants to keep the son unspoiled - Petr is refused his ticket to the Petersburg. He goes to the steppes instead, to the fortress in the middle of nowhere.
On the way he gets drunk, loses money, suffers from hangover, abuses his old servant - with no harm to his inner integrity.
He begins to enjoy the simple life in the fortress, captain's daughter is aware if his feelings and seems to feel the same way. Short and ugly comrade-in-arms, Alexei Shvabrin envies him and speaks dirty of the girl. Duel puts Petr in a bed. The love flourishes.
All that a prelude to the Russian rebellion, "senseless and merciless".
The fortress is taken, the captain is hanged, his wife lies naked and dead in a dirt. Petr's life is spared on impostor's whim. Masha, the captain's daughter, is hidden in the local priest's house. Shvabrin is appointed the fortress commander and has the girl who rejected him in his power.
All will end well. The young lovers are ready to sacrifice, their love will conquer all, the empress Ekaterina is merciful - just like her adversary "emperor" Pugachev.
Like a drowning man gasping for air Pushkin had to get in contact with the qualities his life is so utterlly lacking - integrity, loyalty,love accepted and given back. He had experienced all that in Captain's Daughter.
No matter what happens Petr Grinev is true to his nature - the quality respected by friends and enemies. He is always ready to do the right thing - no matter what's the price. There are things more important than life. Or love.
Puskin's life is over, he is not respected, not loved by the woman he chose. So he escapes in art, lives another life, the dream of life he never had.
Less talented writer would have succumbed to the pure escapism, but Alexander Pushkin is a genius, what we have instead is a timeless masterpiece, clear and restrained, very modern prose, the characters we care about. No one succeed in imitating that style.
Puskin is not very well known in the West. The verse is so Russian it defies a translation, the prose is deceptively simple - it's very different from "prophetic" writings of Dostoevsky or Tolstoy, the export variant of The Great Late Russian Literature. The reader used to contemplating "the mysterious Russian soul" will be disappointed.
I am reluctant to recommend that book to a Western reader.But Pushkin is one of the reasons I still live here.
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- A must read for parents and children.
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Captain Annabel
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Annabel’s dad has an unusual planter in his yard, which is actually an old sailboat that he hopes to fix up. One day, Annabel climbs in, pulls out all the weeds, and yells, “Boat!” From that point on, Annabel’s future is set, and through hard work and self-reliance, she eventually works her way up on various kinds of boats to become captain of her own tugboat. This delightful tale traces a young girl’s love of the sea, from first fixing up an old boat and learning to sail with her father to captaining her own vessel. The book will make a particularly charming gift for fathers and daughters, for grandfathers and granddaughters -- or for anyone who wants to share with a child a love of the sea or a story about determination.
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A must read for parents and children........2006-03-19
CAPTAIN ANNABEL
Published 2004 Down East Books
Illustrated by Emily Harris
Hard Cover, 36 Pages
This is the story of a small girl who, encouraged by her father, takes to the sea at an early age. Through her own diligence and efforts she works her way up through the ranks of schooners, ferries and tankers. By the time she is a young woman Annabel is the master of her own tugboat. Though "Captain Annabel" uses a maritime theme as a backdrop, it is more the story of hard work and self-reliance.
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Captain Ramsay's daughter;
Elizabeth Fraser Torjesen
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Captain's Blind Daughter
John A. Wiskus
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Facsimile edition of two rare Civil War "novelettes" written by a Pitt County Confederate soldier during the war. The stories provide firsthand glimpses of actual war scenes in eastern North Carolina; candidly depict internal divisions among North Carolinians in western Craven and eastern Lenoir counties; and offer an unusual glimpse of social and military life on the home front. Includes a detailed introduction by the editor.
These two works are reproduced as facsimiles--direct printings of the original text, not transcriptions. Type faces, lines, and print depth are uneven, just as they were printed in the Raleigh Mercury in 1864 and 1865.
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