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Great Group Exercises Book
WOW!This is such an unbelievable book.This book has all sorts of group exercises that one can use in varied groups.As an intern in a counseling facility, I constantly use this book to help aid me in groups.Sometimes, I run out of things to do on spur of the moment and this book is the PERFECT accompanyment. ... Read more

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Originally written in 1939, this recently discovered fantasy work by the Welsh poet and writer is based on Aztec myth. ... Read more

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Written in an extremely lucid, informative style with vivid graphics and illustrations, The Essential Guide to Your 401(k) objectively guides you through all the complexities and opportunities of 401(k) plans.

Nearly 35 million people have 401(k), 403(b) or other defined contribution plans, which have replaced more traditional pensions and Social Security as a primary source of retirement income. Yet few who have these plans, whose value can total hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars, truly understand the intricacies of these plans, the many benefits to exploit, and the many pitfalls to avoid.

Despite the reams of information available to people with these plans, many don't know which investments to make, how to determine if their investments are performing well, or the best choices to make when they change jobs, borrow against the plan, or retire and begin withdrawing from their account. Making the wrong choice can mean huge tax consequences, or even penalties. ... Read more

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I have an idea...!
Called 'American Dreams' it might have been justly titled 'American Commercial Trivia'. Each year from 1889 thru 1989 has a business idea explained in a few hundred words and stock archive photos.Of course, in some years not too much happens, the spread for 1956 covers the interstate highway program and 1935 gives a page to National Labor Relations Act and the AFL CIO.

A book of interesting ideas and products that have changed our lives explained in a superficial way.I would have expected something with more substance from The Wall Street Journal...'the daily diary of the American Dream! ... Read more

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Kenneth Morris (1879-1937) was a Welsh author and theosophist. He lived in California from 1908 to 1930 as a member of staff of the Theosophical Society headquarters at Point Loma. The last seven years of his life were spent back in his native Wales, during which time he founded seven Welsh theosophical lodges. In the verdict of Ursula K. Le Guin, Morris appears as one of the three master prose stylists of fantasy in the 20th century, together with E. R. Eddison and J. R. R. Tolkien. His works include: The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed (1914), The Theosophical Path: Golden Threads in the Tapestry of History (1915-1916), The Three Bases of Poetry: A Study in English Verse (1917), The Crest-Wave of Evolution (1919-21), The Secret Mountain and Other Tales (1926) and Book of the Three Dragons (1930). ... Read more

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Some of the best-known modern painters in the American Northwest, the artists Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson have been called the leaders of a "Northwest School" since the 1940s. But a detailed investigation of their interactions from 1930 to 1954 shows the perception of these four artists as a cohesive group to be a myth. Northwest Mythologies offers a new analysis of their interactions and accomplishments, and places their art and ideologies in the larger context of American modernism.

Although the four artists exchanged ideas and shared common interests, they were close friends and colleagues for only a few years around the time of World War II. Each experimented with stylistic elements admired in the others’ painting, yet they produced distinctive, widely ranging bodies of work over their long careers. What fundamentally united these artists was their philosophical approach to artmaking, one that rested on humanism and their passionate belief in art as a moral pursuit.

Constructing a chronology from letters, interviews, and new analyses of their works, Northwest Mythologies reexamines the careers and complex friendships of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson, and explores their different understandings of what it meant to be an artist. This book is the first study of the four painters to finely articulate their differences and achievements, and it presents a new view of their place in American art. ... Read more

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The Guide to Understanding Money & Investing in Asia is an essential primer for understanding the financial markets in the Asian-Pacific region and beyond. The guide, published in conjunctioin with The Asian Wall Street Journal and Asia Business News, clearly and visually explains the impact of changing currency values, as well as the principles of investing. ... Read more

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The book is anexcellent introduction to investing in Asia.
The book has chapters on Money, Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, and Futures & Options.Each chapter is written very clearly and pictures are used frequently to simplify descriptions of complex economic and financialideas.

I would recommend this book to all of our customers who are justgetting started with investing in stocks or who would like to know moreabout more complicated investments such as mutual funds, futures andoptions.

Many books about investing in Asia are quickly made useless bythe gyrations in the volatile Asian markets.Unlike most such investmentbooks, the Asian Wall Street Journal/Asia Business News' Guide toUnderstanding Money & Investing in Asia focuses on explaining the basicfundamentals of investing.It should be classic introductory investmenttext for years to come.

Justin Hunter

General Manager

BOOM.COM,Asia's first Internet brokerage ... Read more

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This unique, full-color guide from Lightbulb Press provides the first visual tour of the Information Age. Part technical introduction and part reference guide, this handy tool is filled with eye-popping graphics, and a gigabyte of anecdotes and statistics that illuminate our wired world. For the millions of Americans still just getting into technology, as well as for devoted techies who want to learn more about the big picture, this user's guide is a feast for the eyes and mind. Readers explore the key information and the fun sidelines about telecommunications, computers, and the Internet, learning how they work, why they matter, and what the pros and cons of each high-tech tool are. Following the hugely successful style and format of previous Lightbulb Press books including A Woman's Guide to Investing, Crating Retirement Income, and the best-selling Wall Street Journal Guides, Kenneth Morris illuminates the topic in an easily-understandable way that everyone is sure to follow and enjoy. ... Read more

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Compiler of the next edition should have a Ph.D. in a technology-related field...
Being a librarian for 33 years, it has been interesting and a lot of fun to have been an active participant in the "Information Age." Having "been there, done that" for much of the coverage, I find the content of this title quite dated, but still interesting to browse through and read.

The artwork, layout and design is simply fantastic. High school and middle school level readers will enjoy the humor -- illustrations of a ram's head to discuss random-access-memory; a picture of a cookie with a bite out of it for a discussion of a "byte"; an illustration of a plane crash for computer "crash"; and so forth.

I like the fact that the book is profusely illustrated as the color brings another dimension to content that, frankly, would be quite difficult to absorb as simple text. The book designers have done a good job of jazzing it up enough for users to want to pick it up and read, understand and absorb.

The author, strangely enough, is the CEO of the publishing company that produced the book and has a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University. While he prides himself on having written a number of books for the financial services industry and having developed "the first easy-to-read documents for the brokerage, banking, and telecommunications industries," he (and his company) would be better served by bringing in a co-author with a Ph.D. in the growing field of the History of Technology to help rewrite the text for a second, newer edition. And, I do hope they publish another edition !

R. Neil Scott
Middle Tennessee State University

Well, a good idea gone awry...
The idea of this book was good, the execution poor.The informationcontained in the book is not always correct.As someone who works intechnology, the descriptions are sometimes incorrect or misrepresented.Ifyou are looking for a general (high level) overview then this will sufficebut a defintional work with solid descriptions, I would look elsewhere. ... Read more

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The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Your Taxes is an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand guide that de-mystifies the process of taxes.

It initiates you into the mysteries of the tax process and educates youregarding tax strategies. ... Read more

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Good basic guide
This is a picture friendly small handbook that puts a happy face ont taxes. Its a small history book that feels like a TAXES FOR DUMMY book. Its a little too happy really for a subject that is not the most upbeat.

Good basic guide - helps understand the vocabulary of taxes
First, this is NOT a tax manual.This small and colorful book is designed as a general introduction to the process and vocabulary of the various taxes we all pay under varying conditions of income and investment.It is not a current guide to assist you in tax planning.

It gives you a basic introduction to the kinds of taxes we pay at the federal and local levels, the IRS, "paying as you earn", the annual (federal) return (with a nice general overview of the general applicable forms), audits (shiver!), and a little overview of tax planning. But, again, this guide's purpose is to provide a general overview and to provide you with basic concepts and vocabulary.Think of this as a good introduction to the topic rather than a practical preparation guide and you will understand what this book is trying to do.

It has lots of color and every page also uses helpful illustrations of the forms and processes involved in the tax process.Great for young people trying to learn what they are facing as the goverment(s) remove large chunks of their income to keep us in whatever it is we think we have from the government(s).

OBSOLETE
Tax laws have changed dramatically since 1995. A lot of the information in this book is irrelevant now. Does not include infomation on newer tax credits.

WSJ must introduce a new and updated edition.

Taxes in brief for beginners
This book was the right price and the right pace for a young person begining his or her life on their own.The Wall Street guide is comprehensive covering a quick history of taxes and then expounding uponthe present state of US tax codes and the IRS.This book won't help youfill out your taxes nor contain the most up todate codes but may help makethe frustration and confusion associated with filing much lest daunting andmore bearable ... Read more

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The Brightest Ideas in Personal Finance

This essential guide explains the key to financial success andprovides all the information needed to make smart decisionson issues such as borrowing money and buying a new car, and avoid common financial pitfalls, including falling into debt and putting off saving.

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Finally, a dictionary that unravels the insider jargon of investing and trading in words­­and pictures­­we can all understand. In place of cryptic definitions that are often more intimidating than the words themselves, the Dictionary of Financial Terms provides truly helpful explanations of over 700 of the most commonly used, and most commonly misunderstood financial terms, using examples, illustrations, and complementary graphics to make the words meaningful as well as memorable.

Filled with helpful cross references that link related terms and concepts, the dictionary also lists the most important terms to know for online trading, investing in stocks and mutual funds, and analyzing investment performance. Special sections also clarify the differences between frequently confused terms: what is the difference between NASD, Nasdaq and OTC, anyway?

With dramatic changes in the financial markets occurring each day, it's getting more and more difficult to read the news, let alone the business sections of daily papers, without a handy guide to financial terms by your side. ... Read more

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Dictionary of Financial Terms
Easy to use and very informative for the people like me who have very little knowledge about finance.I also like the illustrations.

Worthless -- only 700 terms!!
what kind of dictionary is this? This must have taken them a week to create. I ended up buying another financial dictionary that I'm much happier with.

Dictionary of Financial Terms
The DFT book was veryhelpful. I am just getting started as a Manager in the financial field and needed some help with the terminology and correct phrasing.This book was quick, easy to read and I was able to locate itemsI needed similar to the Strunk & White Book.I take this book with meeverywhere. ... Read more

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Streamlined, straightforward, and simple to read guides from Standard & Poor's and Lightbulb Press.

The easiest way to get a grip on personal finance, investing, and retirement

From the world's leading financial analysts and investor education specialists comes an invaluable foundation of knowledge for every kind of investment you want to make. These guides, a collaboration between Standard & Poor's and Lightbulb Press, use clear language and informative graphics to demystify financial topics. The books make it easy for you to navigate the financial markets and understand the basics of investing and personal finance.

This easy to understand guide covers what you need to know about planning for a financially secure retirement. It provides up-to-date information on contribution and withdrawal limits, and current legislation on IRA rollovers to estate planning.

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Nice summary
This book is a nice summary and good reference on saving for retirement. What I particularly liked is that it covered all the basics and a bit more. For instance, a lot of books skip topics such as medicare and long-term care and while this book is not in-depth it at least covers some of the basic concepts people should be aware of. ... Read more

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This is the first book to focus on the ethic that Dietrich Bonhoeffer constructed during the 1930s - an ethic he crafted while playing a key role in Christian resistance to Nazism and an ethic still inspiring politically active Christians. The ethic of discipleship, this study argues, represents a reworking of the Christian faith so that it becomes actively opposed to totalitarianism. This book therefore adds a significant dimension to the published record concerning the German theologian and pastor executed in 1945 for conspiring to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the Third Reich.Since an ethic reflects more than a cognitive assent and has emotional and experiential dimensions, the author's approach is sociopsychological. drawing on the large documentary record of Bonhoeffer's family relations. Reductionism, however, is rejected in this book, which gives social psychology parity but not superiority - in understanding Bonhoeffer's religious quest and political dialogue. ... Read more

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A treasury of fantasy by an author whose fiction ranges through the mythologies of major cultures of the world includes The Secret Mountain and Other Tales and other stories never before reprinted or published under a pseudonym.Amazon.com Review
Ursula K. Le Guin has called him "an important, innovativefantasist, worthy to rank with MacDonald, Edison, and Tolkien."This collection contains nearly 40 stories, many of them published underpseudonyms--the majority of which have never been reprinted--by one ofthe greatest fantasy writers of the century. Morris had three bookspublished before his death in 1937.His sole collection of stories, The Secret Mountain & Other Tales, was published only in England.His final novel,The Chalchiuhite Dragon,was discovered and published only recently. ... Read more

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Excellent Collection
I'm very glad to have now belatedly acquainted myself with some of Kenneth Morris's fantasy fiction. The stories here are frequently based on traditional mythology and fairy tales, and Morris does quite well adapting them, reworking them, and retelling them in a suitably atmospheric manner. Fans of things like the Mabinogion will want to read these stories, as will those who like Lord Dunsany's work. It is also interesting to see how Morris, a Theosophist, expands upon and adapts Theosophy to his story-telling purposes, as well as uses the myths and stories as vehicles to teach Theosophical wisdom.

A winner.
Doug Anderson knows what he's doing with obscure dead authors.This is fantastic stuff.Takes you back, back, back and away from these oh-so-Republican times.Thanks, Doug. T.M. Wright ... Read more

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Streamlined, straightforward, and simple to read guides from Standard & Poor's and Lightbulb Press.

The easiest way to get a grip on personal finance, investing, and retirement

From the world's leading financial analysts and investor education specialists comes an invaluable foundation of knowledge for every kind of investment you want to make. These guides, a collaboration between Standard & Poor's and Lightbulb Press, use clear language and informative graphics to demystify financial topics. The books make it easy for you to navigate the financial markets and understand the basics of investing and personal finance.

This guide provides the essential information you need to manage money and make key financial decisions. From saving for college to planning for retirement, the guide provides a concise look at saving, investing,credit, home ownership, insurance, and more.

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Great book to learn the basics of personal finance
i read this books and its great. plain and simple. if you want to learn the basics on how to invest your money, buy this book ... Read more

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The National Interest is the premier venue for debate on international affairs. Covering topics as varied as terrorism, nuclear proliferation, energy security and international trade, TNI is regularly read by government officials and members of Congress, key members of the foreign-policy establishment, and prominent academics. A more sophisticated foreign policy starts here.

Culling the right minds on the right topics, The National Interest delivers in-depth and cutting edge analysis of politics, matters of national security and economics. More than just news, TNI is the source for what readers truly need to know to master the issues of the day.

Since 1985: the thinker's guide to foreign policy.

The Kindle Edition of The National Interest includes all essays and book reviews found in the print edition. ... Read more