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For those who are planning for their retirement or who are already in the throws of it, this book is a must. If you want financial planning advice--frankly, go elsewhere. But if you want help in dealing with all of the emotional stresses of retirement, then this is THE book for you. I found it, by accident, on the first day of my retirement and it has been a God send for me. While the transition for me has not been easy, the approaches undertaken by the authors have helped me clarify my thinking on many occasions. Give it a try!

I've been retired for nearly a year from a 34-year career -- and NO ONE prepared me for the depression that descended -- but if I'd read this book earlier, I'd have known how to ward it off --or at least know I wasn't losing my mind. It is NOT a "do this 1, 2, 3" book, nor is it a "let's all feel good" book -- it pulls no punches about a BIG transition in life. The clear text, pertinent real-life examples, and effective journal prompts give frameworks for me to look at lots of aspects of my life now -- including the changes retirement brings to marriage, to family relationships, to the way I view money -- to how I spend my time -- and to how I see myself. But it is not preachy or jargon-filled. The book always keeps the focus on the choices I have. It's realistic, accurate (the section on the stages is great--and comforting). The emphasis is on the person "doing" the book -- the retiree or soon-to-be retiree. For me, the only weak section was in the "feelings" chapter, especially the "mood analysis." The book is designed to be written in -- I don't think anything else will suffice. I wish I'd found it a year ago, but I think it's more powerful now. I might not have believed it then!

After I read the book, I began putting some of the recommendations to work with AMAZING results. Seems like I knew everything there was to know at 57, boy was I wrong.

Thanks to this book (guide), not only will I live much longer, I will enjoy it more too!

Ed Epstein, Phoenix, AZ

This beautifully researched book stays focused on the central theme: how to stay sexy, young and vibrant. It's well written, fun to read and has a ton of information. I found a lot of new ideas as well as specific things to do, that I would have never bumped into without picking up this book. I'm giving it to my mother who is in her late 70's. It's the perfect gift for anyone interested in diet, staying well and feeling younger. Even the cover looks great for a gift book. Highly recommended.

I liked this book because Heather and her friends seem like real people.The book makes me feel like it was a true thing like it really happened in live.It's fun to pretend that you are the charater. It's a great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I liked this book because Heather and her friends seem like real people.The book makes me feel like it was a true thing like it really happened in live.It's fun to pretend that you are the charater. It's a great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buy this book. It's very very cheap. If you stop and visit online book sellers as Alibris or even Abe books, you'll find out that the average price for Hirschfeld's books is 200 dollars. They are all out of print now (except for Hirschfeld Online) and one day, this one will be too. So do yourself a favor: if not because the guy is a genius and the illustrations are all spectacular, buy this book because you are a smart investor.

When my son was seven, he used to eagerly check the arts and leisure section of the Sunday New York Times each weekend to see if there was a new drawing by the "Nina Man". If there was, there would follow an intense exploration of the drawing, usually followed by a crow of delight, "I found the Ninas!" The "Nina Man" is, of course, Al Hirschfeld, still merrily among us at 99, and Nina is the name of is daughter, ingeniously hidden among the pen strokes of whichever person he was caricaturing. Hirschfeld is, purely and simply, a genius; a simple drawing brings out not only a person but a persona. The drawings in the book represent some of the best of his work, which spans six decades; and although the caricatures are named at the foot of the pages, the reader will have a lot of fun not only recognizing who the people are without the help of the captions, but also -- yes -- in searching for and finding the Ninas.

This book is captivating from the begining to the end. I did jump around a bit except for the last chapter. It was quite riveting. Not all the stories are fun and games so be ready for quite a thrill ride. I've never read such a book before. I've also never laughed out loud as many times as I did reading some of the lighter stories. The shocking stories are very well written. You feel as though you are there. I highly recommend this book. It is for adults, so, be forewarned. Pat

-HOLLYWOOD UNLISTED-

For all of the twenty-eight plus years that I have worked for a large telephone company as an outside "Services Technician", when we employees would regularly meet after work would always seem to gravitate to the outlandish and crazy stories that either someone has heard about, or actually had experienced on the job. Before our "bull sessions" would end, someone would always say, "Hey, someone should write a book about all these wild things that people have encountered on the job!" We all would stare blankly at one another, nod our heads in agreement, finish our drinks, and go home.

A couple of years ago a number of us were going through our same predictable story sharing routine when someone said, "Hey, I heard that someone did write a book about their wild experiences in the telephone company, I heard them on a radio talk show."

When pressed for the name of the author, or the book title, the person said, "I just don't remember."

This whole process would repeat itself many times to me over the next two years, with someone remembering that someone had written a book about the telephone company, but could not ever remember any other information.
Thus, I began my quest to find this elusive author with nothing more than my sense of determination, and strong urge to have a laugh at the telephone company's expense.

To make a long story short. After a great deal of searching, I finally did find this book, which was titled "Hollywood Unlisted", and it's author "Kim Fahey", and all I can say is that it was more than worth the wait to find this hilarious epitome of insanity.

To say that this is one of the weirdest, craziest, books that I have ever read would be a severe understatement.

If anyone was better equipped to write a tell all book about his thirty years working for a large corporate telephone company it is "Kim Fahey", who, I believe, probably has never had a "normal" day in his entire life.

If I could take the wildest stories that I have ever heard from everyone who has ever worked for my telephone company, and had just written them down, I couldn't even begin to scratch the surface of the anecdotes contained in "Hollywood Unlisted."
What's really amazing is that these are not other people's stories; these are the true stories which actually happened to the book's author "Kim Fahey."

I can honestly tell you that everything that I know from my personal experience about the telephone company rings true, (pun intended), and I truly believe that all of the experiences that "Mr. Fahey" has documented in his book to be 100% true.

Not only would I recommend this book to anyone who has ever worked in the telecommunications business, I would highly recommend this book to anyone likes to laugh at the absurdities, and craziness of working in today's corporate environment.
Did I hear someone mention the comic strip "Dilbert"?

This book is not for the prudish, you must like reading about things which are unusual, and rarely if ever could be considered as routine.

To sum up my little book review, I shall give you the "Fahey Creed" that is written on the inside cover of this book, and should that prove to be motivation enough for you to purchase this book, I can only say, "You are now in extreme danger of laughing yourself silly." YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

FAHEY CREED:

If you let me talk, I'm not going to work!

If I'm talking, I'm not working!

I do a lot of talking!

This book is charming and my children love it. They can never get enough rereadings and seem to laugh at all the mischief Henry manages to inflict on his family. Since Henry's parents seem to favor his brother, Perfect Peter, this is Henry's chance to star on his own. I recommend it highly.

I am 7 1/2 yrs. old and I loved this book, along with the other Horrid Henry books. Henry is horrible, especially to his younger brother named "Perfect Peter". But the things Henry does are very funny - they make me laugh. There are 4 chapters in this book. My favorite chapter is the last one titled "Horrid Henry's Christmas". I laughed when Henry switched the his name tags on the Christmas gift with his cousin "Stuck-up Steve". The words are written in British, but I understand them and enjoy learning the new words.

When P. T. Barnum stated that "there's a sucker born every minute" - he never meant that those 'suckers' weren't good people, simply that they were capable of being deceived by the unscrupulous. "How to Get Rich As a Televangelist or Faith Healer" is Bill Wilson's expose on this special brand of confidence trickster. Pointing out how these wildly charismatic and greedy con men exploit a religion known for love and charity to only divert that charity and love to themselves. "How to Get Rich As a Televangelist or Faith Healer" tells of how these people exploit religious tax-free status and other loop holes to make their millions off of the gullible and trusting. Warning readers that if there is a Christian hell, "How to Get Rich" underscores that using the tactics of the hypocritical televangelist is also a sure and certain way to have God prepare a first class ticket to the domain of Satan when the time comes. "How to Get Rich As a Televangelist or Faith Healer" is strongly recommended reading and an important addition to personal, academic, and community library collections.

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This book was exactly what I was looking for: learn about the bankruptcy process and the rules. The author is a bankruptcy lawyer and some parts can be detailed and difficult to read... the bankruptcy process is not simple. If you are trully interested in the bankruptcy process though, you will like the details.

If you want to buy a small company one day and you are looking for a way to do it, this book is very helpful. I have a background in finance and management of small companies... so if you are unfamiliar with how the business world works, you might not appreciate this book. However, if you are like me, this book was GREAT!

This book was exactly what I was looking for: learn about the bankruptcy process and the rules. The author is a bankruptcy lawyer and some parts can be detailed and difficult to read... the bankruptcy process is not simple. If you are trully interested in the bankruptcy process though, you will like the details.

If you want to buy a small company one day and you are looking for a way to do it, this book is very helpful. I have a background in finance and management of small companies... so if you are unfamiliar with how the business world works, you might not appreciate this book. However, if you are like me, this book was GREAT!

I came upon this book in a bookstore one afternoon and picked it up intending to browse through it there and leave it behind. I bought it! It has loads of ideas for people like me - a Gen Xer who is NOT an investment banker. It is very specific about the places to go in NY that are free or nearly so and that are of interest to somebody like me - bars, restaurants, museums, parks etc etc. I know the city pretty well but this great little book has fresh ideas and is worth owning.

How To Live Big In Manhattan Without Going Broke is a very handy and practical guide for living well in New York City on a modest budget for those of limited financial means. Invaluable tips concerning the real estate (including a survey of New York neighborhoods); locations that give free food or which offer cheap eats; clubs that admit patrons for free; low-cost/no-cost activities and spectator sports; affordable shopping locations; and a great deal more are packed into the pages of this excellent and highly advisory to living well and staying entertained in one of the most popular sections of "The Big Apple". A welcome and thoroughly "user friendly" resource for native city dwellers, college students, new arrivals, and business/vacationing visitors, How To Live Big In Manhattan Without Going Broke would serve as an excellent template for similar resource guides for other American cities.

I bought this for my son and he called me a few days later to say he had finished reading it and was so intrigued he's going to purchase another Hughes biography.

More than four dozens books about Howard Hughes have been published since the 1960s. It would seem that there's little more we can learn about his life. Why, then, should you bother to read another book about Hughes? Because, in addition to being well-written and entertaining, it's the most exact summary of his documented life to date, and because it also has some thoughtful theories on mysteries that still swirl around the erstwhile aviator.

Schumacher's book is a hybrid. In some regards, it's a synthesis of the plethora of previous Hughes works. Schumacher combed through what must have been an endless array of news clippings and tomes of Hughesiana. But he also availed himself of rare and unique primary sources at UNLV Special Collections, the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, and the treasure troves of private collectors. His thoroughness definitely shows. I doubt there's much about Hughes-particularly his four Las Vegas years-that Schumacher doesn't touch on.

The book starts with a quick summary of Hughes B.V. (before Vegas), then discusses his lesser-known earlier stays in Las Vegas, including his 1943 Lake Mead crash and his purchase of the "Green House," which is still intact on the land of KLAS-TV, in 1953. Then he brings in the story of Hughes' right hand, Bob Maheu. Maheu's story has been well-documented, but seems to gain something by being placed in the context of Hughes.

Here's where business really starts to pick up. As the Hughes roller coaster inches higher up the initial slope, Schumacher stops to describe "what Vegas saw" with a quick chronological survey of contemporary media coverage the Hughes Las Vegas years (1966-1970). The he dives into the real substance of the book-detailed chapters on Hughes in Vegas. These run the gamut from profiles of significant figures such as Hank Greenspun, Paul Winn, and John Meier, to discussions of key topics: the Clifford Irving hoax biography, the Palace Coup that brought Maheu down, and the sometimes-outlandish fight over the estate in the face of competing Hughes wills, none of which was proved authentic. Melvin Dummar's tragicomic tale-more tragedy than comedy, it now seems-gets ample space, and probably its best analysis yet.

Schumacher then jumps tracks, switching from biographer to critic with a section called "Hughesiana" that features a mix of non-Vegas profiles (Jane Russell, Rupert Hughes, and the RKO fiasco) and extended takes on "Weird Tales" (obscure Hughes texts) and "the Fictional Hughes," which is an up-to-date consideration of the reams of paper and reels celluloid fantasy that Hughes has inspired.

The book's key strength is Schumacher's attention to detail and thoughtful use of his sources. Without an axe to grind, he is able to write a dispassionate book about the eccentric billionaire, a decided rarity. One of the mavens quoted on the back cover commented that few Hughes books are "as lucid as this one." I think that is an astute judgment by an extremely insightful critic. Since Hughes was far from balanced, he invites wild speculation and still, more than thirty years after his death, an almost messianic fervior. Schumacher immersed himself in his sources without becoming captured by them-a hard task, indeed, where Hughes in concerned.

If you enjoy books about Las Vegas, I'd say that there is room in your library for this book. Unless you are a Hughes-obsessed maniac, I guarantee that you'll learn something new from it, and you'll probably find, as I did, that Schumacher is able to make some intelligent guesses that make sense of some of the enigma surrounding Hughes-the Mormon will saga, in particular. Barring the discovery of authentic new documents or revelatory confessions from heretofore silent associates, this book will likely be the last word on Hughes in Vegas.