Peaceful, confident, building wealth...does this describe your
financial health?
Do you understand the financial planning process?
I can enthusiastically testify to having greater confidence,
knowledge and peace of mind about my financial future after using
Controlling Your Financial Future by Betty Meredith, CFA, CFP, CRC.

In this outstanding workbook, Meredith guides the average employee
to manage money by simply learning the rules of the game. Like
baseball, she leads you around the financial bases of 1st)
determining where you are, 2nd) deciding where you want to go, 3rd)
accomplishing your goals and 4th and HOME) implementing your
individually determined financial plan. Each well designed chapter
is interspersed with humorous illustrations, quotable quips, charts,
graphs and tips. For quick scanning, each chapter summary
capsulizes essential points. Appendixes include yearly assessments
and sample plans.

Beginning with unwanted debt and working its way to sound investment
strategy, the visually clear, thorough syllabus can be kept as a
personal record and updated annually. Since complex ideas are
explained in simple, straightforward language, now you'll know what
you are doing and why. If you decide to use a financial
professional, it will save you time and money. As a result, you can
make intellectual decisions and not emotional ones.
Not surprising, in Meredith's business, Discover Learning, Inc. she
offers more: workshops, audio cassettes, e-help, books specializing
in family decisions, owning vs. renting, tax planning, 401k, and
finding a financial or legal advisor. She had provided
user-friendly financial materials to thousands of individuals since
1989. In her own words:

"People changing, improving and gaining control of their lives.
People improving their relationships, experiencing less stress and
increased peace of mind. All done through better financial
management knowledge and skills. For us, that's what it is all
about."

I thank Betty for this marvelous tool. Without doubt this is the
best resource I've used in the jungle of self-help financial
publications.
Julie Toshach, President, WCW Investment Club

I found this little gem further down the financial planning search list. Maybe it should have been listed up higher so more people could take advantage of it. Before I purchase a book I Look for practical "how-to" content. I was excited about the step-by-step approach the description promised. I thought if I can apply even half or one quarter of this I will be happy to make SOME progress with my financial planning and budgeting for savings. Wow, I got alot more than I expected! This book is really an excellent self-study program. If you are looking to improve your knowledge and skills with making your money work for you...this is THE book to get before you see a financial planner. Or even if you can't afford one.
Written in an easy to use and understand format with reproducable forms. Great book for yourself (like me) to help you $ plan ahead or as a gift for some struggling to gain greater control over their finances. You also may find like me...that even one section of this workbook will save you enough to pay for itself. Go for it. Well worth it!

The book is about a girl Meg Korshak who is sent to stay with her father in a boarding house. Ever since she was little Meg had dreams that predicted the future well once with her father Meg's real dreams turn scary especially when she sees a ghost who's trying to tell her something. Meg then goes on the hunt to find out what the ghost wants to say.

This book is a big thriller it is what you expect from this author she does great on her books she also wrote the Secret in the window I did a book report and my teacher said it was great so please,do read this book you will be garunteed to love it.

Regardless of whether this book "works" or not(and it did for me and three others I lent it to) it helped me calm down and feel more positive and empowered during this rotten time. It was like having an older sister giving me advice. Not intended as a replacement for therapy, it gave great reassurance during a traumatic crises. It does remind you that he must "change" too, but gives no details on how he should. That may be the subject of a different book! My husband chose the route of counselling himself. Without basic changes on BOTH sides, it wouldn't have been worth it for me. However, whether the techniques in this book bring him back or not, you will find yourself healthier after using them, maybe even despite yourself!

I have used the methods outlined in this book and they DO work -- but be prepared to swallow your pride and do a lot of the work yourself. This book asks nothing of the straying mate except that he come back and not do it again. IF you can live with that, then by all means buy this book and USE IT. On the other hand, you might decide after awhile (as I did) that the jerk isn't worth it and drop him like a bad habit -- AFTER breaking him up from the girlfriend, of course.

I have read this story over and over to my kids for bed time, general reading and Sunday afternoon quiet time. They even pick it up to look through and now that they are reading they can pick out the words themselves. Good pictures and great series.

This is a book I remember from my childhood. It tells the story of the Good Shepard in a story book fashion. This story is one of the best stories for teaching children about Jesus. It resounds with children of all ages and I can even remember how special this story was to me. I highly recommend this book.

Back Cover description: After the hurly-burly of the big London hospital where she had been working, Judith found it a very pleasant change to be offered a private job looking after a charming patient, Lady Cresswell, in the Lake District. Her patient gave her no trouble at all-which was more than could be said for her son, the disagreeable Professor Charles Cresswell. He seemed to have taken a dislike to Judith on sight-a dislike which, it must be confessed, Judith returned with interest. And now he was turning up to spoil their pleasant holiday in Portugal as well!

Fine Betty Neels story. In this one, Judith is attractive and has a family. Charles in not a doctor, but a professor. He does have money though. Ms. Neels' stories always have that edge to them--someone is sick or dying. It gives her plots that extra dimension, an edge, that make them so readable. She might be writing a fairy tale that has a happy ending, but reality is always there.

I am a steadfast Neels fan and own ALL of her books, even the anthologies. This is one of my favorites which I've read many time, and my heart still aches at certain places, as well as, soars with glee in other places. I love how Judith and her eminent writer dislike each other at the start, but his mother, who is not well, recognizes that they would be good for each other and sets the stage for their ultimate happy ending. Their journey towards discovering how much they care for one another is a fun read peppered with Neels' style of tender care for an ailing person, hero/heroine's pride and stubbornness clashing, misunderstandings, and ultimately, the realization of love.

The book was almost too well researched, giving every minor detail of Korczak's life as well as those of his companions. It was, however, worth learning about a national hero from Poland.

After visiting Israel this summer I decided to read up on the philosophy of Janusz Korczak. I had never heard of him until I went to Yad Yayeled (The Children's Memorial) at the Ghetto Fighter's House. I found this biography to be a bit tedious in its approach to Mr. Korczak. It was at times overly wistful and non-critical. On the other hand, it is a great introduction to the subject. Janusz Korczak should be remembered for his commitment to the rights of children. As a high school teacher I found that his approaches to dealing with young people were profound, practical, and moving.

For the absolute beginner knitter. Barnden's instructions are clear and straightforward. The photos of the stitch techniques are supplemented with detailed drawings. Explanations about picking up stitches, blocking, getting gauge, etc. are thorough. Barnden covers just the basics stitches: cast on, knit, purl, 2 ways to increase, 2 ways to decrease, bind off. The patterns for practicing the techniques start with a simple garter stitch scarf and end with a fair isle child's sweater.

Personally, I found the patterns to be just OK. I wish she had included more and in greater variety. The only other "con" is that some of the yarns she uses are not readily found in the US, e.g., Patons and Sirdar. However, her pattern instructions are very good and easy to follow.

Between Knitting Basics and The Knit Stitch by Sally Melville, which I also have and absolutely love, the beginning knitter should have no problems picking up the craft.

I decided one day to take up knitting, and purchased this book to learn how. The color photos and line drawings next to them taught me to knit and purl, as well as the other basics, quickly and easily. None of the other books I looked at spent so much time and illustration on the basics. Highly recommended to those who don't have a teacher and want to learn.

...evidently this is a very highly edited and perhaps even augmented version of her journal. In the editorial review from "500 Great Books by Women"--which does not appear on the Amazon page for this edition but is included on the page for for another, unavailable edition of the book (ISBN#0395493250)--it refers to the fact that some of the gaps have been filled in by the author's granddaughter, Betty John, who is the one who actually had the book published.

In the forward of the edition I read (which has a different ISBN from both this edition and the one mentioned above), Betty John notes that when she got the sketches and journal some of the pages were missing. She then says, "In Libby's book, therefore, I've had to fill in some gaps by conjuring up memories of the stories she told me and by doing research into her times. Her story, nonetheless, is the true tale of a very real woman... ."

In the epilogue, she adds "What was left of [Libby's] journal and sketches ... came to me after her death. Those pages have been the basis for the book."

In the book itself, there are maybe one or two small bracketed notes--not longer than a few words--where the editor fills in details.

So I am a little puzzled about how much of the book really is Libby's journal. The comments in the foreward and epilogue imply that more than just a few details are added, yet there isn't much notation in the text to show what has been added and what is original. I would rather the publishers had made it clear what parts of the text were added, edited, or paraphrased, and what were the real journal.

The way it reads, like a novel (almost like a romance novel at times) and the sometimes modern-sounding prose makes me suspect it may have been heavily edited and/or rewritten. Also the fact that she was commiting some very personal things--things she probably did not want her husband to read--to paper made me wonder a bit. (She talks about her husband's boss's attraction to her and hers to him. These are the parts that read like a romance novel--complete with the gruff, aloof-seeming hero who often seems to be mocking her, but actually is attracted to her--total romance-novel stereotype!)

That said, I found the book very enjoyable. Libby Beaman's family was very friendly with Abraham Lincoln and in the beginning she gives an interesting look at Lincoln's election and the circumstances under which he came into office--how he had to sneak into Washington because his life had been threatened by Southern sympathizers. Stuff I may have learned in school, but forgot. She was apparently an interesting woman, impatient with the restrictions that were put on her gender and class. (At the end of the book she recants a bit, though.) There are descriptions of the Alaskan wildlife and of the people and history, and just reading about how Libby and her husband coped with the culture shock and vastly different living conditions in Alaska was fascinating.

I just would have liked to be able to tell what was her authentic voice and what was added or changed in the editing.

Libby gives her account of her life before and during her time on the Pribilof Islands. Her letters and journals provide a look at what life was like for the middle class woman of her era with an honesty I have never come across in any other widely-available account of the post-Civil War years. I read the book while I was Alaska, and it was startling to see both similarities and differences between the lives people live in the far north now and in Libby's experience. Libby has the intensity of a well-written novel, and a depth of truth only a woman writing for her eyes alone could present. If you're interested in women of her era, life in the north, or simply an interesting story by an excellent writer, Libby is worth the purchase.

The name of the movie is "A Stolen Life." It costars Glenn Ford & was the only movie Bette ever produced when Warner Bros. allowed her to set up her own production company, BD Inc.

I'd like more but you covered it all so WELL!!!You should put this back in print it would sell sell sell AGAIN!!! Can you help me? One thing I'm DYING to know is the name of the movie Betty Davis played in where she plays an identical twin, and her sister drowns in the lake while they are out boating together alone, and the evil twin takes the idenity of the nice twin. Thanks. Also I'll be reading MORE of your other books and Ilook forward to it.Thank You.

If Betty Balsam's purpose was to bring to light a horrible mutilation practice still going on in today's world, she really has done wonderfully. But this book is about so much more than that as well. It's about oppression of women, so strong and so very factual in many ways that it will make you shudder. In trying to express Sarah Sultan's tremendous task of instituting schools for females and males, Ms. Sultan does a fine job of teaching us, the readers, how very difficult life is for women in the Middle East. The only reason I gave this book four and not five stars, is because of it's poor editing. Spelling and grammar leave a tremendous lot to be desired, and can take the reader's eyes off the flow of the moment, it's disconcerting. At times the use of phrases that are spoken wrong actually add to the flavor, but mostly the many spelling errors are bothersome. Still, I have just finished another book by this lady, and that story is fabulous also. I will definitely add her to my list of favorite authors.

I like this book, it was slow starting out, but it turned out to be well written and interesting. I found the story line to be somewhat cheesy (The idea of a multimillion dollar woman in her twenties suffering to make her parents dream of free refugee education a reality seems unrealistic). It was well written and very good considering the story line. In my opinion it was not as good as The Crescent Moon but still competes as a good read. I recommend this book.