Wednesday, October 29, 2008

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Living Well in a Down Economy

Get smart about spending and saving -- and ride out a recession!Looking for practical ways to make every dollar count? This savvy guide gives you expert tips for tightening your belt and saving cash in every area of your life -- from your house and car to dining and entertaining to banking and managing debt. You get realistic solutions for making smarter choices and living well in this time of economic turmoil -- without extraordinary sacrifice!

• Bump up your take-home pay-- spiff up your resume, find a good job fast, explore telecommuting, or start a home-based business
• Get your personal finances in tip-top shape -- create a budget, pay down debt, save on insurance, and protect your retirement funds
• Develop recession-proof habits -- use coupons and rebates, extend the life of your wardrobe, utilize community resources, travel on a budget, and save on utilities and fuel expenses
• Bounce back from bad financial situations -- improve bad credit scores, and negotiate with creditors or the IRS

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His Illegal Self

Che is a precocious young boy raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. Yearning for his famous outlaw parents-radical 1960s activists who are now among the FBI's most wanted-he's denied all access to television and the news. But he takes hope from his long-haired teenage neighbor, who predicts, "They will come for you, man. They'll break you out of here."

And one afternoon, the prediction appears to come true. Soon Che, too, is an outlaw, fleeing with the woman into the subway and pitched into a journey that leads them to a hippie commune in the jungles of tropical Australia. Here, Che slowly, bravely confronts his life, learning that nothing is what it seems.

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Away

On a morning in 1924, a young woman rises from the floor of her family's small home in Belorussia to find her parents and her husband slaughtered beside her and her infant daughter, Sophie, missing. When her aunt tells her the baby is dead, Lillian emigrates to America. She is working as a seamstress at the Yiddish Theater and enjoying café society when a cousin arrives and insists that her daughter is still alive - in Siberia.

Lillian cannot stop dreaming of Sophie; she feels she must get to Russia, yet she can't afford the passage. Her only friend, an actor turned tailor, steals atlases from the New York Public Library and sews them into an overcoat for her. She crosses North America by rail, truck, and foot, encountering drifters, wardens, pimps, missionaries, and tattoo artists. From Dawson City, Alaska, she sets sail for Russia. She falls in love, falls in with the wrong people, leaps before she looks, hopes hard, and refuses to give up.

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Simply Wealth

With the Dow Jones jumping up and down 200 to 300 points daily on a regular basis, is it best to stay away from the stock market until things calm down? What if you've lost a significant amount in your savings or 401K- should you cut your losses and go to all cash? What got our markets into this yo-yo condition anyway? Are we repeating past events that we should have learned from the first or second time around? When will we see some stabilization? There may be no easy answers to these questions but Paula and her guest Dr. Scott Brown, Professor of Finance at the University of Puerto Rico discuss some of the things to do to ride out a rough economy and come out ahead financially in the long run.

American Prince

He was the Golden Boy of the Golden Age. Dashing and debonair, Tony Curtis arrived on the scene in a blaze of bright lights and celluloid. His good looks, smooth charm, and natural talent earned him fame, women, and adulation-Elvis copied his look and the Beatles put him on their Sgt. Pepper album cover. But the Hollywood life of his dreams brought both invincible highs and debilitating lows. Now, in his captivating, no-holds-barred autobiography, Tony Curtis shares the agony and ecstasy of a private life in the public eye.

No simple tell-all, American Prince chronicles Hollywood during its heyday. Curtis revisits his immense body of work and regales readers with stories of his associations with Frank Sinatra, Laurence Olivier, director Billy Wilder, as paramours Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe, among others.

Written with humor and grace, American Prince is a testament to the power of living the life of one's dreams.

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A Field Guide to High School

Andie has just finished eighth grade and will be starting high school in the fall. The good news: Her super-popular valedictorian big sister, Claire, is graduating and won't be there to put Andie in the shadows. The bad news: Her super-popular valedictorian big sister, Claire, is graduating and won't be there to help her. But Claire hasn't forgotten Andie.

For her little sister, Claire has put together a guide that covers everything a freshman needs to know but didn't even think to ask. Andie reads every word and even shares it with her best friend, Bess.

But sometimes they wonder if Harvard-bound Claire got everything right! In this hilarious and honest look at one girl's heroic attempt to conquer high school, readers will get all the benefit of Claire's wisdom about making those four years more than bearable--and absolutely memorable. Fortunately, high school happens only once in a lifetime.

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Mediterranean Doctors Bundle

They're prominent, rich, ambitious...and gorgeous. They're also dedicated, heroic, self-sacrificing...and tender. And along with their more obvious qualities, the irresistibly sexy doctors in these captivating international romances have bedside manner to spare. But for all their impressive assets, they've never learned to fully and freely give themselves to any woman. Now these romance-resistant healers are about to discover the remarkable healing power of love, as four alluring, warmhearted women set their sights on capturing their hearts.

Delight in the breathtaking romance and sizzling desire in these marvelous novels by four of Harlequin Presents' bestselling authors. Bundle includes: The Sicilian Doctor's Mistress by Sarah Morgan, The Italian Count's Baby by Amy Andrews, Spanish Doctor, Pregnant Nurse by Carol Marinelli and The Spanish Doctor's Love-Child by Kate Hardy.

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Algebra Know-It-All

Want to know it all when it comes to algebra? Algebra Know-It-ALL gives you the expert, one-on-one instruction you need, whether you're new to algebra or you're looking to ramp up your skills. Providing easy-to-understand concepts and thoroughly explained exercises, math whiz Stan Gibilisco serves as your own private tutor - without the expense! His clear, friendly guidance helps you tackle the concepts and problems that confuse you the most and work through them at your own pace.

Train your brain with ease! Algebra Know-It-ALL features: Icons to help you identify your current skill level; Chapter-end quizzes and word problem/solution pairs to reinforce learning; Extensive multiple-choice questions to prepare you for standardized tests; Stan's expert guidance gives you the know-how to: Solve arithmetic problems without a calculator; Manipulate simple equations and inequalities; Learn how coordinate systems work; Make simple graphs; Use logarithms and exponential functions; Take college entrance examinations with confidence; And much more!

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The Mary Kay Way

An updated and revised new edition of a Mary Kay Ash New York Times bestseller.

Originally published in 1984, this legendary guide to the leadership wisdom of Mary Kay Ash has been revised, updated, and expanded for the modern business environment and today's entrepreneur.

It was Mary Kay's goal in 1963 to build an organization that was guided by the Golden Rule and dedicated to giving women unlimited opportunities for success. She considered caring and kindness to be the building blocks of a highly motivated workforce-and the forty-five year success story that is Mary Kay Inc. has proven her right. Packed with timeless and proven principles, this new edition includes inspiring data from some of the company's top independent salespeople worldwide, and a new foreword by Mary Kay's grandson, also a company executive. For entrepreneurs, The Mary Kay Way offers unlimited inspiration. For anyone at all who wants to succeed in business, The Mary Kay Way presents real, effective, proven success principles that are equally effective in life.

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Never Say Macbeth

Danny; a science teacher, tries to reunite with his ex-girlfriend Ruth, who has dumped himt to become an actress in Hollywood. Stumbling into an LA theater during auditions asking: "Is this the audition for Macbeth?" he starts a series of unfortunate events that not only curse the production, but his ex-girlfiend as well, all but ruining his chance for love. Never Say Macbeth is a high-spirited no holds barred comedy about the biggest taboo in theater. Macbeth is believed to be cursed becuase it is the only Shakespeare play based on black magic and withcraft, which is why this film, Never Say Macbeth, is also cursed.

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Keasbey Nights

1. Dear Sergio

2. Sick and Sad

3. Keasbey Nights

4. Day In Day Out

5. Walking Away

6. Giving Up Giving In

7. On & On & On

8. Riding the Fourth Wave

9. This One Goes Out To

10. Supernothing

11. 9mm and a Three Piece Suit

12. Kristina She Dont Know I Exist

13. As the Footsteps Die Out Forever

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Victory Records

Punk label Victory Records was founded by CEO Tony Brummel in 1989. The independent music label has since branched out into other genres; its recording artists include main acts such as Atreyu (hard rock), Darkest Hour (heavy metal), and Silverstein (punk). The label also develops indie-rock and pop-punk. In 2007 Victory created an in-house concert booking division to organize tours for its bands. The label has offices in Chicago and London.

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