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Everyone who has a job dreams of the day they'll retire. They envision cross-country road trips or relaxing cruise vacations. But after they've had their fill of fun and leisure, what's left? "How to Decide What to Do When You Retire" aims to help you fill the inevitable gaps long...

The author uses her wide experience as an acting and voice coach an major movies to offer insights into the film acting process. She provides tasks, techniques and tips that are designed specifically for film: there's advice to make the first-time film actor feel at home on set, tips on the casting...

Doing things our way got us into trouble. Now it is time to develop a relationship with our Higher Power in order to carry out God's will for us. This pamphlet explains the many benefits to us.

A concise explanation of compound interest and compounding with simple examples.

For school principals, there are many different routes to success, and there just as many ways to measure that success in a school. Principals introduces five high school principals with their own stories to tell about success and the challenges of managing mandated change. These personal portraits...

A Cop's Tale focuses on New York City's most violent and corrupt years, the 1960s to early 1980s. Jim O'Neil - a former NYPD cop - delivers a rare look at the brand of law enforcement that ended Frank Lucas's grip on the Harlem drug trade, his cracking open of the Black Liberation Army case, and his experience as the first cop on the scene at the Dog Day Afternoon bank robbery.

This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Blackface minstrelsy, Stepin Fetchit, and the Amos ’n’ Andy show presented a distorted picture of African Americans; this book contrasts this image with the authentic underground humor of African Americans...

A collection of 20 true stories of bravery, survival, and good and bad luck, involving bomber command during World War II. The following extracts illustrate the drama in this book. ‘It is believed that when Dacey realised the aircraft was on fire he grabbed an extinguisher, hurried...

Have you ever been in a situation where you searched for some humor or wanted to share something humorous with someone and couldnt think of anything or didnt have any humorous sources handy? I have been in this situation many, many times when I wanted to share some personal humor and suitable joke...

American civilians who were on the home front during World War II would each have different stories to tell. With most, almost certainly their stories would not be as dramatic as the stories of many of those who lived in the battle zones of Europe and the Far East. Despite the difference, there would...

Addresses an often overlooked aspect of chronic pain—the stress and strain on family members. There is a lack of resources to help those who care for someone with chronic pain cope with their own suffering and stay balanced, and this book fills that need. Can be used as a companion to Pain...

Haiku is the ultimate example of precision of expression and economy in form written in four line poems of seventeen syllables. The gems found here are about love, hope, people, the wonder of the natural world and the issues of fate and chance. With great attention to the venerable centuries-old Japanese...

Understand Existentialism breaks down a complex mode of thought into more manageable sections, enabling you to get to grips with the key concepts within the movement. Chart the origins and development of existentialism in a variety of disciplines and learn about significant thinkers from Sartre and...

An engaging and often hilarious survey of the far-from-fusty extra-curricular activities of some of philosophy’s finest practitioners   Philosophers Behaving Badly examines the lives of eight great philosophers—Rousseau, whose views on education and the social order seem curiously...