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The way to achieve the goal of a lifetime.Its the dream that is quickly becoming a realitymaking so much money at an early age that you could decide when to retire, knowing full well that you have enough stashed away to ensure a life of comfort. In this new book, the fifth in the Rich Dad series, financial guru Robert Kiyosaki provides practical insight on how to put together a financial plan which will not only make you prosperous, but will also allow you to map out the freedom to choose your own retirement age.Retire Young Retire Rich follows the smash success of the four previously published titles in the Rich Dad series, all of which are New York Times bestsellers. The series has also appeared on the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today, and countless other business bestseller lists.Rich Dad Poor Dad is a starting point for anyone looking to gain control of their financial future. USA Today
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It's the American dream;to be able to make so much money at an early age that you could decide when to retire, knowing full well that you have enough money stashed away to ensure a life not burdened by financial restraints. In this new book, the fifth in the Rich Dad series, financial guru Robert Kiyosaki provides practical insight on how to put together a financial plan which will not only make you prosperous but will also allow you to map out the freedom to choose your own retirement age. Built upon Kiyosaki's own personal experiences; he retired at the age of 49; he shows how you can take advantage of smart investments in real estate and in the stock market to help you control your own financial destiny.
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Check Out the Person.......2007-06-28
Saw this guy hawking his hype on TV and decided to do a little background checking. While his general priciples are expoused by any financial "guru" the fact remains he's been bankrupt at least once following his own information. Real estate is risky business and not the bed of roses he makes it out to be. Just wait until your first stinker of a renter and when the state comes a calling because the person you rented a 1 bedroom apartment to has two kids and the law doesn't allow this (after the person told you they had no kids).
Wouldn't surprise me that most of his money comes from selling these books more than real estate.
A good read.......2007-05-22
Like other author's book, this one is also easy to follow, a good bedtime read. Unfortunately like other books it lacks more specific detail on the subject although it is present more here then in the other books.
The whole series is a good eye opener but author would do all of us a favor if he would make all of it into one book.
Good Motivator.......2007-02-26
Once again, the Rich Dad series has an inspiring and motivational book. No it doesn't give you all of the answers, but tells you how you need to think to be rich. Why do most lottery winners go broke? Because they don't know how to think and act rich and just blow their money. This book will definitley help you think rich and become rich if you beleive in yourself.
A bit old.......2007-02-16
This is Rich Dad Poor Dad reprinted with a few additions. The message of the book is correct: create assets that create passive income, avoid debt, get out of the rat race, don't count on job security etc.
One element is missing, though. The risk of building a business is also high, as well as failure rate. Kyosaki is a very successful businesman, but like many other successful people he fails to mention the role of chance in building a successful business. Yes, if you persevere, you may build a good business and become financially independent. But you also have a chance of being broke, bancrupt and have a heart attack. Dentists on the average financially do better than college dropouts, even though some of the dropouts may become very rich, like Bill Gates.
By all means, read this book and follow its principles. But read also Taleb's "Fooled by Randomness", a sobering balancer.
Order is Not Important - The Message Is!.......2006-12-04
Many know that I am (proudly) an advocate of the teachings of Kiyosaki. However, that does not mean he can get off without some constructive criticism every now and then as I see it.
First the positive: Retire Young - Retire Rich (RY-RR) is an solid (but not necessarily essential) component of the RDPD series of books/products. Within RY-RR one will review the key components of his prevous books and add to the base the important role of leverage and how it accelerates one's goal of becoming financially independent/wealthy. As I have stated in previous reviews, he begins his books after RDPD with a sound review of previous lessons and fundamentals and ends with new thoughts/introductions to new concepts. Within RY-RR leverage is applied/incorporated to the teachings of the first three books of his RDPD series and when combined - accelerates wealth-building. Specifically, he introduces an explanation (backed by sound references - primarily by government sources) of the passive-portfolio income levels. Second, he discusses in-depth that retiring young and rich is not about thinking differently, but thinking the opposite of how the poor and middle class think. Next, in Section III (until the end), he goes into the leverage of passive and portfolio income strategies that will accelerate one's goal of becoming financially independent while you're still young enough to enjoy it.
However, there are flaws. This book, if you read the first three books in the series (and maybe the fourth, which I don't consider in my reviews because of the target audience, which I am not a part of) will be slow - Sections I and II were forced reads. One may find the need to read hoping to catch every gem of wisdom and thought of a powerful force in the finance/investment world (Kiyoaski), but may find it slow. Having read the first few books in the series, the power and discussion of leverage may seem a bit late - either because you know about it and/or discovered it if you are an action-oriented reader. Also, I agree that the concept of leverage is important - it is a KEY ingredient to beooming financially successful and independent. This book would have been better placed within RDPD and CFQ with Section III being incorporated within Rich Dad's 'Guide to Investing.'
Now if you are only a casual reader of investing and finance then let me disclaim and insert a spoiler: Read pg. 104 and you have what you're looking for. But if you really want to continue in building your millionaire mindset influenced by Kiyosaki - read the entire book and have fun with Section III.
The good news as the reviewer of this book is that Kiyosaki stands firm and I believe in his concepts because they are many of the concepts I utilize in my investments. Furthermore, a financial paradigm shift is a on-going process. Sometimes redunancy is good - but again, in this particular book, it goes on too long. Allow me to give you some key points to focus on:
- Serving more and more people with less and less effort
- Adhearing to and following your plan even during times of disappointment
- Conepts of shorts, puts, and options - don't gloss over this: If you are a "doer" in this section, you may disagree with Kiyosaki points (some of which I do), but the concepts are well-explained in lay terms.
Bottomline: Is RY-RR essential reading in the Kioyaski series? The answer is "no," plain and simple. Is it worth the read? To use one of Kiyosaki's favorite phrases: "It depends." It depends on where you are financially, your knowledge base, and your understanding and application of his previous work. But just as important: It depends on your patience to get through the first two sections of the book and overcoming what I am confident will be a shared opinion: Your willingness to hear the same message again with the topic of leverage appearing two books too late.
Oh - least we all forget: Kiyosaki, as of the placement and order of this book within his series, does not give you a blueprint. So, if you're reading hoping that it's written with concrete steps of how to reach the affluent-super rich categories then don't buy - I will argue that you will be disappointed almost with every book written by him. But if you seeking fundamentals and looking to increase your knowledge level and expand on the mind-set format of which he writes for a practical $18.00 value - you may enjoy (all points considered in the review above).
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Reale Optionen: Konzepte, Praxis und Perspektiven strategischer Unternehmensfinanzierung
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The FBI on Both Sides of The Law
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This story, I hope will prove I had been made an unwilling witness to conspiracy with agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation by inducing persons to commit a crime for the purpose of instituting a criminal procedure against them.
Our relationship culminated into concerted action, invasion of privacy, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, coercion, collusion and accessory before and after the fact, for the sake of National Security, which was their ever-present quote.
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I could not put it down!.......2000-07-10
I stumbled across this book by accident.I thought I would try an unknown author about an interest in law that I have had since a child. This book has all the elements of a great movie. Sex, drugs, love, survival, betrayal, murder. I literally did not want to put it down.
You have no idea how the government/fbi really operates until you hear it from someone that was there. I am sure not much has changed since this book took place.
This book really opened my eyes and I wanted to share it with people that have the same interest as I.
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Genetic Resources: A Practical Guide to Their Conservation
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- The Discovery and Characterization of Transposable Elements
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The Discovery & Character of Transposable Elements: The Collected Papers (1938SH1984) of Barbara McClintock (Genes, Cells, and Organisms, 17)
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The Discovery and Characterization of Transposable Elements.......2000-03-28
i loved it! she is a true genious!
Barbrar McClintock was a genius. Pure and simple........1998-12-13
Her findings shook many well known biologists beliefs about genes, and for that I am proud.
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Dynamic and Evolution of Transposable Elements (Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit)
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This book describes the evolution of transposable elements (TEs). After a description of the main types of elements, their life and death within a species including regulation of transposition, their distribution in natural populations and on chromosomes is discussed. The impact of TEs on the host genome, the putative relationship between the environment and transposition rates lead to a discussion of the interaction (or co-evolution) of TEs and their host. These results introduce the analysis of the phylogenies of TEs and their interpretations according to different models i.e. horizontal versus vertical transmission. The question of the origin and of the general evolution of TEs is raised from the comparison of conserved regions such as reverse transcriptase or transposase-integrase domains.
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an nice overview book for transposable elements.......2000-07-06
This book provides an overview of the molecular mechanisms and evolution of various transposable elements. Specially, it describes the definition, the structure, and classification of various transposable elements; discusses the origin, dynamics, the fate of transposable elements, the interactions between transposable elements and their host species, their impact on the host genomes, their phylogenetic features and their structural evolution; illustrates different hypotheses and models proposed to explain the evolution of these elements both within and between species. This is very good summary book not only for the molecular biologists who study molecular mechanisms of transposable elements and evolution biologists who is interested in the genomic impact of transposable elements affect, but also for those study genetic mutations caused by transposable elements and for those would like to use transposable elements as tools to carry out mutagenesis for characterization of gene functions.
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Eukaryotic Transposable Elements As Mutagenic Agents (Banbury Report) (Banbury Report)
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Evolution and Impact of Transposable Elements (Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution)
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The existence of transposable elements was implied by Barbara McClintock in the 1940s, based on genetic experiments, and verified in the 1970s by molecular biology. Today, hundreds of elements have been detected in all living organisms and are believed to represent more than 15% of every organism's genome. Major questions remain to be answered concerning how transposable elements have evolved within the context of interacting host genomes. These questions are of great interest because transposable elements may have had a significant impact on the evolution of host genome structure and the ability of populations and species to successfully adapt to their environments.
In this book, complementary aspects of the evolution impact of transposable elements are discussed in papers presented by participants of the ESF workshop entitled `Evolution and Role of Transposable Elements' which was held at CNRS in Gif-sur-Yvette, France in September 1996. The presentations cover four major topics of active investigation: the structure and evolution of transposable elements, transposable elements and heterochromatin, dynamics and regulation of transposable elements, and transposable elements and host phylogenies.
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Georgia Genetics Review I: Transposable Elements and Genome Evolution (Georgia Genetics Review)
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Once considered merely `selfish' or `parasitic' DNA, transposable elements are today recognized as being of major biological significance. Not only are these elements a major source of mutation, they have contributed both directly and indirectly to the evolution of genome structure and function.
On October 8-10, 1999, 100 molecular biologists and evolutionists representing 11 countries met on the campus of The University of Georgia in Athens for the inaugural Georgia Genetics Symposium. The topics of presentations ranged from how the elements themselves have evolved to the impact transposable elements have had on the evolution of their host genomes. The papers in this volume therefore represent state-of-the-art thinking, by leading world experts in the field, on the evolutionary significance of transposable elements.
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Plant Transposable Elements (Basic Life Sciences, Vol 47) (Basic Life Sciences)
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Transposable Elements (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology)
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Transposable Elements: A Guide to the Perplexed and the NoviceWith Appendices on RNAi, Chromatin Remodeling and Gene Tagging
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There are two major classes of Transposable Elements: Class I elements that are mobilized with an RNA intermediate (retrotransposons), and Class II elements that lack such an intermediate. This book provides a historical background and fully describes all known transposable elements, the modes of their transposition and the utilization of these elements in medicine, genetics, and crop improvement. It is the only text that is targeted at a wide range of readers and can be comprehended also by the novice in this field.
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Biogeochemical Investigations of Terrestrial, Freshwater, and Wetland Ecosystems Across the Globe (Advances in Global Change Research)
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BIOGEOMON, The Fourth International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, held at the University of Reading in August 2002, and attended by over 260 participants from 25 countries. The papers in this volume focus on themes that have always been strong at BIOGEOMON, such as:
- catchment monitoring and manipulations,
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Beyond these traditionally emphasized themes, other papers focus on:
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Audience: This book will be of interest to researchers in biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, global change, and anthropogenic pollution, as well as to natural resource managers and policy specialists.
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- Gainsbourg: composer, singer, actor... and novelist
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Evguénie is a performance artist who uses his bodily gases as his medium of expression. With an introduction by bart plantenga and afterword by Russell Mael (Sparks).
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This is really funny.......2002-04-09
As stupid as this book sounds, it really is hilarious--here we have a "great" artist, who has absolutely no control over his creations--the lowest of things, his ... are the only reason his genius is proclaimed. The rectal blood prints are particularly amazing. Makes you think up all kinds of crazy ways to paint, "periodic musings", "birth scenes", loads o' great stuff...
Gainsbourg: composer, singer, actor... and novelist.......1999-01-02
In 1980, French provocateur Serge Gainsbourg expanded his range from composer/singer and actor to that of novelist. An English translation of his one and only book "Evguenie Sokolov" has now been made available in on this side of the Atlantic via the small publisher TamTam Books in Los Angeles, California.
The book is essentially a fictional memoir of the character Evguenie Sokolov as related from his hospital bed. We learn that, from an early age, Sokolov was afflicted with an extreme and apparently terminal case of flatulence. While that may seem like a one-note premise on the level of a third grade joke (or perhaps an episode of "South Park"), the detail of the ensuing problems and situations lifts this story to a much higher level.
From his early school days to his stint in the military, Sokolov's life was always affected by his gastric affliction. At one point, he set his sites on an artistic career and began to express his talents with drawings and paintings. While posessing a fair talent for the medium, a revelation eventually occurred. During one of Sokolov's drawing sessions, a particularly violent outburst of gas forced his hand dramatically across the page. So impressed was he by the result that he decided to purposely execute drawings in this manner.
In time, an art dealer discovered Sokolov's work and he became a highly respected member of the arts community in the field of hyper-abstraction. His drawings and paintings eventually found their way into collections around the globe from Germany to the USA. Unfortunately, Sokolov's gastric problems eventually stopped. This equivilant to writer's block sent the artist into a heavy period of research in order to try to intentionally recreate his previous flatulence misfortune. Although successful with his efforts to regain his former glory, it eventually proved to be his undoing.
"Evguenie Sokolov" is a book which brims with great wit and sometimes sickening detail. In the long-run, Gainsbourg's spirit shines through with this fine translation from the original French. Indeed, through Serge Gainsbourg's pen, Evguenie Sokolov can be seen as an artist who helped to put the 'f' back in 'art'.
"Evguenie Sokolov" is a book which brims with great wit........1998-12-21
Wired for Sound Book Review
"Evguenie Sokolov" by Serge Gainsbourg
In 1980, French provocateur Serge Gainsbourg expanded his range from composer/singer and actor to that of novelist. An English translation of his one and only book "Evguenie Sokolov" has now been made available in on this side of the Atlantic via the small publisher TamTam Books in Los Angeles, California.
The book is essentially a fictional memoir of the character Evguenie Sokolov as related from his hospital bed. We learn that, from an early age, Sokolov was afflicted with an extreme and apparently terminal case of flatulence. While that may seem like a one-note premise on the level of a third grade joke (or perhaps an episode of "South Park"), the detail of the ensuing problems and situations lifts this story to a much higher level.
>From his early school days to his stint in the military, Sokolov's life was always affected by his gastric affliction. At one point, he set his sites on an artistic career and began to express his talents with drawings and paintings. While posessing a fair talent for the medium, a revelation eventually occurred. During one of Sokolov's drawing sessions, a particularly violent outburst of gas forced his hand dramatically across the page. So impressed was he by the result that he decided to purposely execute drawings in this manner.
In time, an art dealer discovered Sokolov's work and he became a highly respected member of the arts community in the field of hyper-abstraction. His drawings and paintings eventually found their way into collections around the globe from Germany to the USA. Unfortunately, Sokolov's gastric problems eventually stopped. This equivilant to writer's block sent the artist into a heavy period of research in order to try to intentionally recreate his previous flatulence misfortune. Although successful with his efforts to regain his former glory, it eventually proved to be his undoing.
"Evguenie Sokolov" is a book which brims with great wit and sometimes sickening detail. In the long-run, Gainsbourg's spirit shines through with this fine translation from the original French. Indeed, through Serge Gainsbourg's pen, Evguenie Sokolov can be seen as an artist who helped to put the 'f' back in 'art'.
Chris Meloche, Wired for Sound
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