The over 50 Insurance Survival Guide: How to Know What You Need, Get What You Want and Avoid Rip-Offs

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Takes older consumers through the maze of insurance products and helps them determine what's available and what's advisable.

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some information, not much advice.......2002-08-29

Just a quick review, for lack of time ...
I borrowed this book from the library, and have been thumbing thru it, reading a chapter here and there.
My impression- not worth the money if you have to pay- possibly not even worth the time. The text is mostly a tutorial on various aspects of insurance, with very little specific advice.
A lot of pleasantries, few revelations. I dd not really find it that useful.
A better book- get the old (1988?) Consumer Reports Guide to Life Insurance- they give ratings, specific advice.
HTH
Scott

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Debt & Disorder: International Economic Instability & U.S. Imperial Decline
Arthur MacEwan
Manufacturer: Monthly Review Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000FPO308

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Solid, but somewhat dated

Debt and Disorder: International Economic Instability and U. S. Imperial Decline
Arthur MacEwan
Manufacturer: Monthly Review Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0853457964

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Solid, but somewhat dated.......2000-10-21

Though Third World debt does not currently appear on the public radar screen, it continues to concern Wall Street power-brokers and ad-hoc groupings of conscience, such as Jubilee 2000. Mc Ewan's book, though
somewhat dated, provides invaluable background on sources of the problem and prospects for something more than temporary bandaid solutions.

The text is distinguished by a particularly lucid account of the 1945 Bretton Woods Agreement, the international conference that institutionalized American hegemony over global economics during the lengthy post-war period. By fixing exchange rates around the dollar as international currency, US bankers were able - as the text makes clear - to displace many domestic problems onto foreign economies. This is a crucial aspect of so-called American prosperity that few well-meaning citizens are aware of, but which has affected overseas relations in sometimes decisive ways.

In its dynamics, Latin American debt appears to be particularly unpayable. Growth in south of the border economies - as McEwan shows - has been critically undermined by excessive capital export required to service International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans. This international banker, now the target of world-wide protest, imposes payback conditions that include curtailed government expenditures and increased foreign exports, measures that drain these peasant economies of whatever growth potential is left over. Particularly disturbing is the informed observation that so long as these basic terms of trade remain unaltered, debt foregiveness, like aspirin on a cancer, can produce little more than temporary relief. People of conscience need to read this book.

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Sitting in the ruins of the Third Reich, most Germans wanted to know which of the two post-war German states would erase the material traces of their wartime suffering most quickly and most thoroughly. Consumption and the quality of everyday life quickly became important battlefields upon which the East-West conflict would be fought. This book focuses on the competing types of consumer societies that developed over time in the two Germanies and the legacy each left. Consuming Germany in the Cold War assesses why East Germany increasingly fell behind in this competition and how the failure to create a viable socialist "consumer society" in the East helped lead to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. By the 1970s, East Germans were well aware that the regime's bombastic promises that the GDR would soon overtake the West had become increasingly hollow. For most East German citizens, West German consumer society set the standards that East Germany repeatedly failed to meet.By exploring the ways in which East and West Germany have functioned as each other's "other" since 1949, this book suggests some of the possibilities for a new narrative of post-war German history. While taking into account the very different paths pursued by East and West Germany since 1949, the contributors demonstrate the importance of competition and highlight the connections between the two German successor states, as well as the ways in which these relationships changed throughout the period. By understanding the legacy that forty-plus years of rivalry established, we can gain a better understanding of the current tensions between the eastern and western regions of a united Germany.

David Crew, ed., Consuming Germany in the Cold War.(Book Review): An article from: German Politics and Society

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David Crew, ed., Consuming Germany in the Cold War.(Book Review): An article from: German Politics and Society
Jennifer Jenkins
Manufacturer: Berghahn Books, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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Ho Hum.........2003-11-03

It's amazing,this book was written in 1996 ,and nobody has bothered to write a Customer Review yet.Maybe I was the first to buy it.The picture on the front sort of tells it all.The book was a light-hearted, off-the- wall kind of summer afternoon read.
His comment "Now I tell you honestly,unidentified bodies in the morgue have a higher recognition rating in Canada than writers." "Saying I was deflated is like saying the Hindenburg was just a little late in arriving".This was one of the better lines in the book;not surprising a writer of such stature gets little recognition.
His French motto "In War,We Surrender;In Peace,We Detonate Nuclear Bombs" really doesn't break any new ground.
I guess the cover picture shows what it's like for a struggling Canadian writer to crank out something in return for the grants from the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council who supported the development and writing of this book.Look out World, the Taxpayers of Canada are on the move!!

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Ordinary Girl is legendary singer-songwriter Donna Summer’s delightfully candid memoir about her journey from singing in a Boston church to her unexpected reign as the Queen of Disco—and the tragedy and spiritual rebirth that followed.

Donna Summer was born on New Year’s Eve in Boston. Her childhood was filled with music. Inspired by Mahalia Jackson, she began singing in church choirs at the age of ten. A few years later she joined a Boston rock group, and by the end of the 1960s she was living the life of an artist in New York City’s Greenwich Village.

Soon after, Donna left the United States to join the German cast of Hair. She was still in her teens, a shy, ordinary girl who was suddenly feeling the jolt of the sexual revolution. She lived in Germany for seven and a half years, modeling, acting, falling in love, getting married, and giving birth to a daughter. She met a producer named Giorgio Moroder, and together they created a song called “Love to Love You Baby.” It became one of the world’s premier disco hits.

Donna Summer returned to America as a star, a “sex goddess” who bore little resemblance to her own sense of who she was. She describes what that personal transformation felt like from the white-hot center of the disco era, and how, over the next two decades, it contributed to a sometimes harrowing spiritual journey.

With heart and humor, Donna Summer relives the decadent days of disco and shows how she transcended them. This is the inspiring tale of an “ordinary girl” on an extraordinary journey.

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Ordinary Girl is legendary singer-songwriter Donna Summer's delightfully candid memoir about her journey from singing in a Boston church to her unexpected reign as the Queen of Disco -- and the tragedy and spiritual rebirth that followed.

Donna Summer was born on New Year's Eve in Boston. Her childhood was filled with music. Inspired by Mahalia Jackson, she began singing in church choirs at the age of ten. A few years later she joined a Boston rock group, and by the end of the 1960s she was living the life of an artist in New York City's Greenwich Village.

Soon after, Donna left the United States to join the German cast of Hair. She was still in her teens, a shy, ordinary girl who was suddenly feeling the jolt of the sexual revolution. She lived in Germany for seven and a half years, modeling, acting, falling in love, getting married, and giving birth to a daughter. She met a producer named Giorgio Moroder, and together they created a song called "Love to Love You Baby." It became one of the world's premier disco hits.

Donna Summer returned to America as a star, a "sex goddess" who bore little resemblance to her own sense of who she was. She describes what that personal transformation felt like from the white-hot center of the disco era, and how, over the next two decades, it contributed to a sometimes harrowing spiritual journey.

With heart and humor, Donna Summer relives the decadent days of disco and shows how she transcended them. This is the inspiring tale of an "ordinary girl" on an extraordinary journey.

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Ordinary, Can Also be Extraordinary!.......2006-10-03

This review is late in coming, considering I waited on line back when it was released to attend a book signing, and yes I have my signed copy.

This review serves a two fold purpose, first the book. For me, a long time, fanatic follower of Donna's I really enjoyed the book as it went into great detail about her younger years, From her childhood in Boston, to her teen years, to her early years as a performer, and finally onto Europe, I learned alot about Donna that I never knew before. Her early years were truly a journey, and few other people ever work their dream this hard.
Sometimes when we form firendships as an adult, we like to learn about our friends past including their childhood. The parts of the book covering her early life filled in this information about my "friend unkown".

Her years in the USA are better known, but here we learn more about the internal workings at Casablanca, and the machine that formed to make Donna a superstar. We have heard about the stresses and trials of this time, but here Donna also shares the joys of her reign as Disco Queen.

Donna also fills in her story after she re-embraced her faith, and focused on being a full time, involved parent.
This period also was filled with many trials and tests for her, and she shares with us the good, the bad, the happy and the sad.

As I mentioned this review has a 2 fold purpose, and here it is. Donna addresses the infamous rumor, with a simple, elequent statement, "I have a true love for people" and it transends their race, sex, faith, or sexual preference. For me this represents my final word on the rumor.

Ken

Lovin' It!.......2006-04-07

I found Donna Summer's autobiography to be completely inspiring. Although I was born after the disco era, I have always enjoyed her music. But this book was unbelievable! Ms. Summer has had so many incredible adventures such as traveling all over Europe, becoming a huge star and juggling various romances. I also liked the touches of spirituality mentioned throughout. Thank you Donna Summer!

Excelent service.......2006-02-24

Web site was easy to navigate and shipment was on time. Billing was also correct.

Summer magic!.......2005-08-21

Right from the stunning cover photos, and the mass of photos inside, most of which I'd never seen, this is a great book.

At last, we get to read Donna Summer's life story as told by her. I particularly loved reading about her life in Germany before she met Giorgio Moroder and was catapulted to mega stardom as the queen of disco.

I also love that she takes responsibility for things in her life, such as the failure of her first marriage. Not digging up unnecessary dirt about people that let her down is, I think, a sign of class, humility, and maturity.

I came out of reading this book with a renewed love, respect and admiration for this extra ordinary girl.

The real Donna Summer.......2005-08-16

Ordinary Girl is Donna Summer's long awaited autobiography, after years of unauthorized biographies.

It's the inspiring tale of her journey from a little girl in Boston, through her days in the rock group The Crow, to New York, to Germany where she first found success in musicals, to her music career.

If you're looking for sensationalism, dirt being dished, this isn't the book for you. What you get is a joyous, triumphant story of hope. Full of loads of beautiful photos too which tell a tale of their own.

A beautiful read.

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Examining multiple academic discourses, Passive Nihilism argues that contemporary models of history, culture, and language are reactive and that their mix of epistemology, rhetoric, and politics is too explosive for the interpretations associated with "normal criticism." Sande Cohen argues that "cultural historiography" is a discourse that makes "orders" and "cultural timings" out of language, showing the inseparability of rhetoric, epistemology, and politics in the discourses of the "human sciences." Reading texts as distinct as professional history-writing, Derrida’s Specters of Marx, Carlo Ginzburg’s metahistorical projections, Bruno Latour’s anti-deconstructive model of science studies, art-curatorial models of history, and neo-psychoanalysis’ obsessive turn to negation, Passive Nihilism argues that the concept of "passive nihilism" sustains such discourses, giving the human sciences a reactive and idealist gloss.

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With the advent of the PC, the Internet, modems, the compact disc and digital TV broadcasting, the analog world is being slowly replaced by the new digital world. Everyone knows about this trend, but few understand it. Much of what is happening with the technology is counterintuitive -- even to an engineer. UNDERSTANDING DIGITAL TRANSMISSION AND RECORDING explains the essence of digital communication and recording for working engineers, students and other professionals working across industries. Even the communications engineer who is steeped in the mathematics of the field will find this book helpful in understanding the larger picture.

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Microsoft publishes a complete range of documentation on Microsoft software and technology. So whether you need a step-by-step instruction, in-depth programming information, high-level technical references, or training for Microsoft Certification, it has

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100%.......2004-05-18

This book is great. It's loaded with recommendations that I have not seen in other SQL books and I've read at least a dozen of them. Even the backup modules cover more information than anything I've seen. Every DBA should read this and stop complaining about this or that not being covered. If you looking for replication than find a replication book. It's impossible to cover everything about availability in one shot and this one comes close.
Great stuff!!!

Disappointing.......2003-10-27

I got this one to help me with setting up a HA replication arch. To be nice about it the repl info in the book is anemic. Next to nothing about it. I'm not sure how I will use the book and Im pretty disappointed iwth it.

New High Availability Wizard for SQL Server 2000.......2003-10-14

I had to say something here. Everyone got so used to everything being easy in windows, they don't want to hear about also having to know what their doing. Do you think running big available db's is a step-by-step process that Bill left out of the books online? One book can't teach you a college degree worth of information.

This book was right on track and the cluster and log ship info just isn't anywhere else. I agree replication was light, but who runs repl for availability anyway? The book put some humor into a grim subject, so it comes across not so serious, but at least it wasn't boring or a reprint of books online. The last chapter had monitoring info you can't get anywhere else, and it was worth the price of the book. Take a look at the cd, there's some kick-A stuff on it, like what looks like another chapter on performance issues effecting uptime.

What some of you guys write here and in thse newsgroups just proves that Bill's worse problems are not in his software. If you're serious about software, you keep up with it. If Microsoft saw some use in trying to get the word out by printing a late book on sql and getting some big name writers to do it, then I'm reading it. Are you going to ignore it because of some guy off the internet? Remember we're talking availability here, so its not the million dollar question.

I'm giving the book four stars. It skimmed over some things it should of covered (like performance, operations, qa testing, handling heterogenous systems, and some other stuff) and it should be a series of books, not just one huge one. It wouldn't hurt if they could referenced non-microsoft books for some subjects that aren't software. Plus it should have more on running high availability systems without clustering or fancy hardware. Only some databases that have to be up all the time run on Enterprise Edition. But everyone will blame Bill if their system is down. Don't they know that by now?

Decent but not great.......2003-09-11

I liked some things about this book:

cluster chapter
hardware coverage
Windows Server 2003 tidbits

I didn't like other things:

replication coverage - way to short to be useful. Doesn't tell much about high availability in relation to replicaton.

bad advice - several things they recommend even I know better than to do. I got to the point where I started ingoring the recommendations and just hunted for facts to help me form my own conclusions.

performance stuff -- its to weak and not discussed as much as it should be. I think you need to really go into performance issues when you talk about high availability because poor performance makes a system less available.

I guess the final word is that this is a decent book that you might want to get if SQL SERVER high availability is something you need to know about. Just don't expect a great book.

Has some good points but could be much better.......2003-09-11

I just got this one and I found that while it has some good points its not really all I had hoped. A much better book is Inside SQL 2000. It covers much more about SQL which you need to know for keeping a system up and running 24-by-7.

SQL Server 2000 High Availability Volume 2: Deployment

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SQL Server 2000 High Availability Volume 2: Deployment
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