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I cry almost every time I read this book to my 5 1/2 year-old daughter, who is from Hunan. She doesn't...but I do...and we've been reading it for over a year now. I'm hoping she learns compassion and generosity from the story, which it teaches so beautifully in both words and rich illustrations.

Everyone loves this book; mothers, teachers and of course, children. Many books about Chinese New Year are non-fiction books that describe the customs of the holiday. What makes this different is that this is a piece of fiction that gives you all the flavors of what it's like in an urban Chinatown during Chinese New Years while at the same time sending a wonderful message of giving. My 3 and 5 year old love this book. My 5 year old's kindergarten teacher loved the book for the same reasons plus it fostered discusssions about the story and the holiday. A class of 18 children sat quietly; listening attentively. The children found the illustrations fascinating. The teacher even loaned our book to another kindergarten teacher. I'm online because I'm getting them their own copy.

Read for a pre-k school Chinese New Year celebration and for a kindergarten celebration and all children were very attentive and interested in the story. Also has a good moral message to about giving.

Great for pre-schoolers to learn about giving and introduce them to Chinese New Year Celebration. Read the book to 3 year olds at a pre-school. Everyone was very attentive. Kids got the message, learnd about giving and appreciation, as well as were introduced to Asian culture. Recommend to ages 3-7.

my three year old loves this and I do too! it is a great book to share at Xmas as well. The pictures are wonderful and we are giving it to nursery school as part of Chinese New Year celebration.

Politicias like to look at the public opinion polls before taking a position on significant issues. Statesmen and stateswomen (statespersons) deliver the message they believe provides the greater benefit to society and furnish the supporting arguments; they take risks, they don't go down with the current or in the direction of the wind. See what has happened to our nation with the war in Iraq, five years ago anybody who dared to question the wisdom of going to war with Iraq was deemed to be a traitor, public opinion was bluntly manipulated to march into Iraq. Today we know this has been the greatest foreign policy blunder the US has made and we are struggling to figure out how to get out of there with minimal additional damage. A parallel can be drawn between the war in Iraq and the decades-old "war on drugs." Somehow it is not politically correct to call for the end of the war on drugs, such position is equated by many with the promotion of drug use. Nothing is farther from the truth as I have documented --with US Government and United Nations data-- in A Silent Nightmare. These facts demonstrate that today there are more drugs available in the US and at lower prices that when President Nixon declared the "war on drugs" in 1971. Drug prohibition rather than becoming a deterrent to drug use as it was supposed to be, has become a primary business driver of the illicit drug trade. The collateral damage resulting from the current drug prohibition policy is many orders of magnitude worse than the damage drug use may inflict to our society and our youth under a new drug paradigm, under a policy of legalization and control. This analysis is what A Silent Nightmare presents and supports with sound US Government and United Nations data.

The war on drugs has failed. Drug cartels are flourishing. We will never win the war. Elementary economics, the cartels decentralization, and the cartels unlimited money for weapons and bribes show us why. Even honest politicians, drug officers, and even generals have been infected by the corruption the cartels breed. They either accept the bribe or will be killed. This is an estimated $400 billion dollar business the author says.

What really got me interested the book is the war going on in Mexico. You don't hear much about it; it is a "silent nightmare," but Mexico is in a war fighting corruption and drug cartels. Some of their tactics have been as brutal as al Qaeda's, including beheadings, bombings, torture, killing of children, and assignations. Often when members of the cartel are arrested they are found with weapons more powerful then the military including thousands of ammunition, grenades, cash, sometimes hundreds of assault rifles, battlefield rifles. The violence is happening right along the border, right in our backyard. The author and recent news articles I have read have found links between the cartels and human trafficking of people in the Middle East and even possible communication to terror organizations in the Middle East. These groups need to be taken as serious as the War On Terror.

The author briefly introduces the drugs the cartels deal with, the prices, and some of the consequences of using them. He uses lots of statics and some graphs. He goes on to talk about the drug business and the how the war on drugs is failing. The best chapter is how he explains how the cartels turn their dirty money into clean money via money laundering and the gray economy. In the end, the author concludes there are parallels between alcohol prohibition and illegal drugs and he presents us with five solutions that should be debated. What he wants is some form of legalization and a "broadbased drug education grounded on values and not on intimidation and fear." I don't disagree but I see this as not politically possible. Because the cartels are a cash-only business, I believe there may be other solutions, I am not sure how possible they are, but they have a fatal weakness if society continues to become an economy of credit. Also the sealing of our borders is not discussed as a solution. I think it should have been discussed even if it would not help because many see this as a solution.

Overall the book provides a solid introduction and *some* solutions Americans should be discussing.

The author clearly lays out the far reaching and devastating effects of poorly conceived drug policies and offers viable, albeit politically controversial, solutions. Those solutions require a radical shift in approach and tremendous political courage. This fact-based book opened my eyes to the global impacts -- social and economic -- from illegal drug production, distribution, use, and criminalization and the urgent need to do something now. Current policies aren't working. This book offers viable solutions. A must read for anyone (and especially politicians) who care about the health and well-being of our nation and global neighbors.

After 40 years in law enforcement and national security, my views on drug trafficking reflected those of my peers. However, Ferragut's research leads me to conclude that by any measure of effectiveness we care to apply the so called "war on drugs" has been, continues to be, and will end-up as an abysmal failure; a corrupt and corrupting concept that has caused more damage and human misery than any other ill conceived government program. By classifying a health problem as a "war" -at least in the public's mind - the only acceptable outcome is "victory" (however defined), anything less than that is failure. Sometime in the not too distant future the so called "War on Drugs" will be viewed as a quaint relic of 20th Century hysteria, just as we now view the 1918 War Time Prohibition Act. The biggest success that the "War on Drugs" can claim is that millions have switched from illicit drugs to abusing pharmaceuticals; same problem, drug abuse, different providers. Ferragut's education and experience in banking and systems analysis is evident, his argument devoid of partisanship or ideological bias. The main issues of illicit drug trafficking: Use and Abuse, Illicit Drug Trade, the War on Drugs, and Money Laundering are well researched and end with an objective cost benefit analysis. The concluding chapters; "Bottom Line - Myths and Realities," Lessons from Alcohol Prohibition, and the Solution Spectrum" identify policy guidelines: Zero Tolerance, Consumption Tolerance, Laissez faire legalization, and Legalization and Control. The book's appendices include illustrations of the Stock Transaction Model and Building Economic Empires with Drug Money, which provides the model of a compelling payback mechanism involving a private and public stock transaction combination of the stock of companies involved in money laundering. These two illustrations justify the cost of the book, which includes an excellent bibliography, and a comprehensive list of acronyms.

Ferragut offers a provacative look at the enormity of the global drug problem. His use of statistics is compelling. The book will cause people to rethink their attitudes on the best approach to dealing with the issue, and to protect our childrean and society. The correct answers aren't easy to determine, but Ferragut's presentation of "what is" will hopefully help to motivate government leaders and public safety officials to think more deeply about it.

I though this book was great. I really have been enjoying the Yaoi Novels and this is one of my favorites. The story was fun and lighthearted and had everything and plenty of it that you look for in this type of book.

Is a story about a young Yakuza chief and a salary man, both of them met at a very young age when they were both participating in a kendo tournament, the salary man defeats the yakuza (sorry forgot their names) but the yakuza leaves a deep impression on the salary man, some years after they meet each other again in a bar, the yakuza tells him the story of his life how he have gotten on so many fights, how he had joined the yakuza group and how an old man had helped him when no one else would, and now he was been forced by his yakuza boss to collect a debt of 10 million yen which obviously the old man couldn't pay, and he didn't want to collect it either, so the salary man ends up burning the paper that included the debt, the next day the yakuza wakes up with a hang over realizing what they had done with the paper decides to go and look for the same man and collect the debt from him, the salary man simply refuses, desperate he ends up making a contract the money for exchange of having his body once a month,

****There starts the story with really sexy scenes, lots of troubles that they need to overcome and above all love, I definitely recommend it if you like yakuzas, salary mans and a little amount of sadism this is for you. And last but not least a seme totally in love with his uke.

First of all, i wasnt really that keen on getting this book after reading the summary in here and after reading some disappointing yaoi novels recently. I just bought this thinking what the heck its only 8.99 or something, so if its bad its not so painful. But boy oh boy!!!!!!!!!! AM I REALLY GLAD THAT my impulsiveness sometimes pays off. Worth the money and you are in for a surprise in this one. Its got some really plot, a past track storyline which could get you hook up and cannot wait for the next page (dont care much for the grammar problem, like some people do), and here's another thing if you are a YAOI FAN, celebrate in this one. It zizzzling hot. (You know what i mean, WINK) wheewww. This book is highly entertaining and have some comic moments. This one stays in my collection!! Katagiri san you Rock!!

This is maybe the first time I read a yaoi novel where the story is almost as interesting as the sex... (not that I read so many, so maybe this is not an exception!).

Tatsurou is a yakuza member without the attitude: from a poor family and with hopes to improve his perspective, soon out of high school he joined up a gang and now lives as debt collector. The work is pretty simple, since the reputation of the gang is enough for him to collect the debt without really making nothing of nasty. But then he is asked to collect a debt from the one man that in the past tried to help him and Tatsurou can't do that. In a drunken stupor he makes a bargain with Sagami, a former high school mate, now president of an important financial firm: Sagami will borrow Tatsurou the money he needs in exchange of his body: the day in which they sing the contract Tatsurou surrenders his body to Sagami and again every month as interest till the day he could repay the borrowing.

Both Tatsurou than Sagami are interesting characters. Tatsurou is a good guy without perspective that earns his day in the only way he knows; he knows that he is not a tough guy and he fears the day when someone will uncover his disguise. When he makes the bargain with Sagami he knows what he will face but he didn't expect to enjoy it so much. As he refuses to admit that he is not a bad guy, he refuses to admit that he is attracted by Sagami, and justifies his surrendering with the fact that Sagami compels him and during sex he is tied down; but he knows very well that the ties that held him are as weaken as his opposition, and that he could break them when he wants.

Sagami felt in love with Tatsurou in high school: he was entranced by the young boy with the angel face and the fiery behavior; actually he felt in love the first time he saw tears in Tatsurou's eyes, and at first he tries to do all he can to see again that tears. But he really doesn't want to hurt Sagami, he wants to see that tears from pleasure not from pain. It's obvious that Sagami is enjoying what they are doing together, but if let him know believe that he is forced will leave to the guy his honor, he will do that, since he most of all loves Sagami's spirit will.

As always in this yaoi novel there is sex, and a lot of it, but it's not too much unbelievable as in other stories, even if multiple orgasm one after the other without resting time and the use of some sexual terms that in the past I only heard for female anatomy make me turn up my nose here and there. But well, it's funny, and no one is expecting reality from this type of fiction!

I LOVED this book! The story was sexy and funny, and the sex was explicit and plentiful. The perfect recipe for yaoi. The book opens with Sagami "mounted atop" Tatsurou and about to collect on a debt. Only, the author flashes back to the preceding events just before the payoff. A truly delicious way to hook a reader.

Tatsurou is a yakuza. Only, the yakuza life isn't what it used to be. Sure, some people are afraid of him but his flashy car is borrowed and he barely makes enough money to live on. His role in the gang is to collect debts. When the gang president sends him to collect from an old man who owns a factory, Tatsurou runs into trouble. He knows the old man from when he took Tatsurou in as a kid. He can't bring himself to shake the man down. While drowning his woes in booze, he runs into an old school rival. Sagami isn't afraid of him and easily solves Tatsurou's problem by burning the debt note! Only, the gang is expecting that money and will come after him for it.

Sagami has been in love with Tatsurou since he cried after losing a kendo match when they were kids. He knows Tatsurou won't give up his tough guy image to be his lover without a fight. So, Sagami strikes a deal to loan the money in exchange for his body. Slowly, Sagami weans him away from the yakuza life (for which he really isn't suited anyway). Sagami is calm and collected through most of the story, while Tatsurou is the quintessential reluctant uke. Their battle of wills is delightful, and fun. Tatsurou is falling in love with Sagami, but doesn't understand the feeling since he's never been in love before.

The romance had a surprising depth, and the characters are very charming. I fell for the hot-tempered, tender-hearted Tatsurou immediately. And Sagami was dignified and loving, a nearly prefect seme. The translation was relatively smooth, and the story flowed well. Overall, I can't recommend this yaoi novel enough, and I will look for more by this author.

I bought this book in Albuquerque after I heard the author speak at a conference. My only regret is that I didn't have it 10 years ago--it's terrific, covers an incredible variety of issues. I really appreciated the section on how to talk to my kids about money.

Smart Money Moves for Kids won first place for Parenting and Self-Improvement from CIPA--the Colorado Independent Publishers Association.

I heard the author speak at a conference in CA--everything she said was highly practical and useable in today's parenting demands. I wish I had had it when I was raising my own kids. I bought the book for my daughter.

I heard the author speak at a conference in CA--everything she said was highly practical and useable in today's parenting demands. I wish I had had it when I was raising my own kids. I bought the book for my daughter.

One of the principle tasks of successfully parenting children is to teach them the proper value and use of money. Judith Briles' Smart Money Moves For Kids is laid out in five consecutive parts: The Game Book for Parents; Kids - From Preschoolers to Preteens; The Teen Years; The Adult Rises; The Internet. Packed with quizzes, games and charts to make learning about money easier, the text is easy-to-understand at all levels and provides a dependable and comprehensive guide for parents. Smart Money Moves For Kids covers all aspects of money management including allowances, saving money, developing an entrepreneurial spirit, the first real job, credit, and much, much more. Smart Money Moves For Kids is a "must" for all parents concerned with preparing their children to one day thrive and prosper in the real world as adults.

A little outdated now, but still useful. I found it so helpful, I bought my dad a copy before he made the move. I still flip through the pages to get ideas on trips and things to do. Thanks Stan!

What a terrific resource. Lots of useful and practical information about relocating to Florida, all in one place. It includes lots of personal observations and enough anecdotes to keep the reading breezy and enjoyable. I will refer to this before AND after the move!

I read this book and liked it. There is a lot of stuff about Florida that I wouldn't have thought to consider when making a decision to move there. There are many differences than other areas of the U.S. For example, most houses don't have a basement, so you better keep that in mind if you need the space. In addition to the practical move information, there is a number of chapters on recreation (Weekend trips, Key West, Parks, Beaches etc). This would probably also be useful to current residents.

The contents of Farnham's guide is essential for anyone seriously considering relocation. The invaluable information he provides gives the positives and negatives of living in Florida. Read this practical book about day-to-day life in Florida if you're thinking of moving to paradise. Many helpful pointers which has already made my life simpler. Jam-packed with simple, crisp declarative sentences that makes reading the book both interesting and easy.

I read the book. I've been to Florida. This book has great information.

Each year Best New Writing by Hopewell Publications reviews the winner, runner up, and notable recipients of the Eric Hoffer Awards. The following is their 2008 review of Spiritual Capitalism: How 9/11 gave us nine spiritual lessons of work and business, winner in the Business category. (Quote used with permission.)

"There are plenty of offerings that try to bridge the historical gap between spirituality and business. In case you haven't heard: God wants you to be rich! What makes this book different from the crush of faith-based success manuals? Plenty, starting with the notable and welcome absence of dogma and religious cliché. For one thing, a book centered on ethics and appreciation of the underlying humanity of daily work, written by two Wall Street headhunters has to open some eyes. The authors have woven dozens of examples from their combined years in the business world together with poignant observations on the nature of work, money and behavior. Their handful of take-home messages is illustrated with dignity against the backdrop of the 9/11 attacks and the painful recovery that followed."

The little moves one makes while running a business have far more implications than they seem, claims "Spiritual Capitalism: How 9/11 Gave Us Nine Spiritual Lesson of Work and Business". Promoting a new philosophy for businesses of "Responsibility of the Fittest", the author pair suggest that money no longer be the main thing that drives so many businesses when they have more than enough to survive already, and that some spirituality in there work can be incredibly rewarding emotionally replacing shallow greed with fulfilling honor. "Spiritual Capitalism: How 9/11 Gave Us Nine Spiritual Lessons of Work and Business" is a must have for any business man feeling there work leaving them hollow and unfulfilled in life and for community library spirituality shelves.

A must read! Every once in awhile you come across a book that you feel you just must share with your friends - this is one of those. It is an easy to read, beautifully written book with guidelines and examples of how business (and life) should be conducted.

A beautifully written and inspiring book. The authors convince you there is hope yet for a kinder, gentler world of business to emerge. Judging from the review above, that's a miracle.

A powerfully moving and inspirational book that touched the deepest part of my heart. A book I can read again and again ! Though tragedy the authors have beautifully illustrated in this compelling book the true meaning of great sacrifice and service.Thus taking a graveyard and making it a garden. A book that explains why it is better to share and to give in business and in life. Spiritual Capitalism has lifted me and given me a profound sence of renewal. It has changed the way I do business and perceive profit...... This book has changed my life and I recommend it for all ! !

It doesn't matter whether you are new to trading or have been at it for years. The Subtle Trap of Trading is a must read. Author Brian McAboy goes to the very root of trading in terms of both its appeal and the pitfalls that lure creates.

Many people in the markets are essentially self-taught to a great degree. That means they were never told about certain stumbling blocks in a personal way - things which can seriously trip up one's trading performance. In this book, McAboy outlines why you can easily find yourself doing things as a trader you would never have thought you'd do - things seemingly completely out of character. This is the stuff that can doom you to failure.

Importantly, though, the author doesn't just tell you what the trap is. He explains in clear terms how you can avoid it and provides exercises to help you along the way. For that reason, The Subtle Trap of Trading should be near the top of your trading reading list.

After buying the subtle trap I realized I was falling in two key areas.
One was the inability to know where my emotions were costing me money.

It helped me to set up a process where by I can not escape those bad habits from being exposed should I fall into them again. For example, after every trade I go through a check list which tells me if any of the bad habits are re-occuring, and I can tell you in less than 1 month this method eliminated a habit that cost me tens of thousands of dollars over several years.

Two, was not understanding the power of setting objectives.

An example was when I entered in a two week trading competition where instead of setting a goal to win, I just set a goal to achieve a certain ROI. In order to do this though, I had to know my win to loss ratio of my system, and the number of opportunities I would get in the two weeks.

Armed with this I knew what I had to do to reach my objective, and I did reach my objectives. The issue here is that unless there's some sort of plan and way to implement this plan, your method is flawed. The subtle trap is great for making all of that so easy to understand.

I will say this, if you've been trading for a while now with no success, and then you read the subtle trap and it makes no difference what so ever to your trading - you need to find another profession.

The Subtle Trap of Trading by Brian McAboy should be required reading for any trader at any experience level. It is not only well written, its message is important and targeted to assist traders of any market at any stage in their trading journey. It is tailored to the individual trader so that the honing of the trader's point of view and style is the area that gets the needed attention. Terrific Value! Great Job Brian!

Sara Peterson
Individual Trader with 5 years experience in Futures Trading.

I've spent the last year just working on my trading psychology, the true "Holy Grail" of trading, and I've heard pieces of the wisdom in this book echoed in many places. What Brian has achieved in this easy-to-read guide is a distillation of how to identify, and focus on correcting, the chinks in one's emotional armor.
The concise nature of his approach makes it much easier to really 'get it' with regard to how, as trader's, our emotions can cause us to stack the deck against ourselves. The exercises help to zero in on those issues that throw up blocks to effective trading.
Don't just read it and put it on the shelf. This book is great for a regular 'tune-up' to improve trading performance and consistency in one tight package.

Brian's book is an ingenious work. It illuminates the path one needs to achieve success in the world of financial trading and it is sorely needed. The staggering amount of money and time I spent becoming a successful trader could have been easily reduced by 2/3 had I followed the outline Brian presents. Its a gift. Dan K, Kerry, Ireland

This is an extremely informative and well-written book. Building wealth is vitally dependent on legally reducing your taxes by forming companies and properly structuring your income between earned income and passive income. The author covers the various forms of company entities such as general and limited partnerships, S Corps, C Corps, and LLCs. I've read several books about corporate entities and this is the first one I've found with practical, real-world examples that explain why an S Corp is better in one situation, while a C Corp is better in another, and an LLC is better in other circumstances. I came away believing (rightly or wrongly!) that I actually understand the differences now. The author then builds on that and explain how you can use multiple entities of different types to create a solid asset protection plan. He gives an excellent example of how a actively traded investment account can be structured as a limited partnership (with brokerage accounts held inside it) and whose general partner is a corporation. I've noticed this same structure when reading annual reports over the years, and now I understand why this structure reduces liability and has very significant tax advantages.

There is much more than what I've covered here. I highlighted text on almost every page in the book. My highlighting ratio is the predominant factor of how high I will rate a book. I will continue to pull this book off the shelf and refer back to it.

I was really taken by just how vulnerable many of us are to attacks by lawsuits and other events. Asset Protection showed me a world that I never knew existed a world where greedy lawyers (who should be disbarred in my opinion) sue for a living. Actually targeting companies and individuals not because they did something wrong but simply because their assets were easy to get at. Once that target is found then an "offense" is "created".

A lot of the concepts I have heard of before but this book broke them down and made them simple to understand. I have already begun to shape my assets in line with the models in this book by working with my Lawyer and my Accountant both of whom have since bought a copy of this book and have begun to use it to discuss options with their clients. The list of missed tax deductions alone is worth a hundred times the cost of this book and I can not recommend it highly enough.

Asset Protection 101 is a book that everyone should read. We all know about corporations, LLC's, Revocable Living Trusts etc and we all know about law suits and being sued - but this book puts it altogether in an easy to read format that anyone can understand. If you want to save money on your taxes, if you want to keep from losing everything in a lawsuit, if you want to be able to pass on your estate to your family, without probate and with the least amount of taxes - then Asset Protection 101 is a "must reading" for everyone.

I know a little about business entities since I own a small business. I was worried that this book would either be over my head, or too basic. I found that it did a fantastic job of covering the basics without seeming to talk down to me. I also got some great ideas and strategies to really increase my protection and dramatically cut my taxes. JJ Childers manages to make complex strategies digestible for those not versed in legal jargon, yet doesn't talk down to anyone with familiarity in the areas he covers. Since studying JJ's strategies, I find I can understand and speak with my CPA and attorney with more confidence and comprehension. I have also found that I can make better tax and legal decisions with my new knowledge and my tax and legal advisors were impressed with my understanding of the topics of asset protection, estate planning and tax reduction. Thanks, Mr. Childers!

The only thing The Donald supplies to this book is his powerful brand and two generic paragraphs for all this books in this series. There really is no thoughtful forward or anything to do with his insights. That being said, this is a pretty good beginners guide to the whys, whats, and hows of protecting your assets from the various income taxes, business taxes, estate taxes (the death tax), and lawsuits.

The author, J. J. Childers, is an attorney but writes clearly and simply enough for regular folks. The book's 17 chapters are presented in five parts. Part I covers the problem of excessive spending and a too passive approach to paying taxes. You can't build wealth that way. Childers shows you some basic principles on understanding the tax code and ways to use exemptions and deductions to keep more of your money. He also talks to you about the power of having your own business and the right structures to use to manage the risks involved.

Part II covers protecting yourself from lawsuits and carefully explains why this matters to you and matters more and more as your wealth grows. He presents you with some basic principles of using corporations to protect your assets and using multiple entities to match risk and assets rather than leaving all your assets in one pot vulnerable to a single catastrophic suit. Part III cover estates and death taxes. He introduces you to trusts and why they are essential to you and why a will simply does not provide you any protection from probate. Part IV shows you how to think like the wealth. Childers calls this the Mogul Mindset. He also takes you through the process of creating an asset protection team and what professional expertise you simply must have. As the author says, you may think you don't have enough wealth to worry about these things, but when you start adding it up, you can get surprised in a hurry. Don't let anyone simply take it from you because you failed to act.

Part V provides you with various resources such as a list of common deductions, which business structures provide various kinds of protection, a state by state guide to which assets you can protect during bankruptcy and a glossary of business and legal terms.

As with any 101 basic course, this is introductory and you will need to study more and dig deeper to master the topics in this field. But this can certainly get you started in the right direction.

Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI

I found this book to be the most informative financial book that I have every read. If you are only going to read one book to help you manage your finances, this is the one. I consider myself well informed and this book gave me ideas and methods of handing my finances that I had never heard of. I regularly recommend this book, it is great!

I saw Jennifer Openshaw on Oprah just a few days ago and was so impressed that I picked this book the very next day. Great information about how women can take charge of their financial futures. On the TV show Jennifer seemed to really understand the kinds of obstacles that stand between women and their financial goals, and after reading the book I think she has given us all a clear path to achieving them! Once you finish reading What's Your Net Worth? pass it on to your sister, your daughter, your mom, or your best friend.

Openshaw writes this book for women, but the advice is right on the money and can be used by everyone. An excellent feature of the book is the list of internet links at the end of each chapter. These references easily allow the reader to find additional information of any specific topic. For example, her brief discussion of options opens the door to using those investment tools to produce additional income. This is a topic often overlooked in books of this type. To learn how to use options, I also recommend THE SHORT BOOK ON OPTIONS.

This book was fabulous! I loved the personal accounts of all the different women and their financial stories. It really spoke to me in particular because I was divorced several years ago, and all of our joint assets were in my husband's name. It was incredibly difficult to start all over again, trying to build credit, and get loans. I was forced to become financially independent, but learned everything the hard way. If only I had known earlier what I know now! I would recommend this book to any woman who is looking to build wealth or secure her financial future. A great resource no matter what your age, marital status, or career!

Fear of our own finances can literally leave us shaking when it comes to taking control of our financial lives. I travel on business, so I take Jennifer Openshaw's book with me on the road! I surf the Web sites she recommends when I have free time, and I read the antecdotes from women she's interviewed on the plane. I have bought numerous copies of the book for co-workers, and will be giving it to friends as well. It's a book that can be read quickly - but then re-read it, mark it up and make notes in the margin....above all, follow Jennifer's advice. She writes from the heart and experience.

This book was a great read.I remember hearing about Willie Sutton when I was a child.I have also read I,Willie Sutton which was written in 1953.This is by far the better book.Willie kept the code until the latter years of his life.After reading both books I saw the truth in this publication.Highly recommended.

Excellent fast paced read. Will keep you interested all the time. A real journey thru a bank robber's life. Must Read!

I stumbled upon this book in the library, and thought it looked pretty interesting, so I checked it out. Little did I realize how interesting it would be. This book details the life of Willie Sutton, bank robber extraordinare, a man who held the #1 most wanted spot for over two years. I expected him to be a thuggish man, but boy was I wrong. It turns out he was quite a gentleman and intellectual, who had some kind of compulsion to rob banks. He never fired a gun, never physically harmed anyone, and managed to steal so much money from the government that they made him their most wanted man. When they caught him and sent him to prison, he spent his time reading Kierkegaard, Kant, Victor Hugo, etc. He then escapes from a maximum security prison which no one has escaped from in it's 100+ year existence, and works in a nursing home while trying to lay low, because he wanted to help people. He gets caught again, escapes again from a maximum security prison, makes the Most Wanted list, and is finally caught when he is in his 50's. He ends up with three life sentences. He decided he was too old to escape from prison again, so instead he spent a few years reading all the law books he could get his hands on, appealed all of his court decision, and had all of them overturned on technicalities that he had come across while reading. He spent the last 10-15 years of his life peacefully, as a law abiding citicen. Quite an interesting story to say the least. When asked by a reporter why he robbed banks, he supposedly said "Because that's where the money is." Hence the title of the book.

I did a little research on Sutton after I read the book, thinking that perhaps he had just tried to make himself look good. It turns out that he spent his post-jail life lecturing on prison reform and helping banks increase the level of their security. Mr. Sutton is perhaps the only class act robber I have read of this side of Robin Hood.

Overall grade: A

Where the Money Was by Willie Suton was an excellent book. It takes you through his crimes, escapes, and prison time. I would recomend it to anyone.

This book makes you feel like you are side-by-side with Willie thru the planning, bank robberies, getaways, and even prison breaks. It is written in down-to-earth language and makes you feel like Willie is your buddy, and you are sitting there listening to him tell his story. Willie makes you feel like it was okay to rob the banks, and you find yourself rooting for him. It was amazing how his mind worked, so methodically planning breaking INTO the banks, and the same mindset is what helped him break OUT of prison.

"HIGHLY RECOMMENDED"