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Pub. Date
2023.
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673 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
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"The first full account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, the secret ten-day parlay in Morocco where FDR, Churchill, and their divided high command hammered out a winning strategy at the tipping point of World War II. The Devils Will Get No Rest is a character-driven account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, an Anglo-American clash over military strategy that produced a winning plan when World War II could have gone either...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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Not a cookbook, but a way to organize your kitchen-- and everything in it-- so that it will work for you. Adachi teaches you to apply a five-step process-- prioritize, essentialize, organize, personalize and systemize-- so that you can turn your hardest-working room into your favorite one, too. .-- adapted from back cover
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xxix, 521 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
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"On January 24, 1791, President George Washington chose the site for the young nation's capital: ten miles square, it stretched from the highest point of navigation on the Potomac River, and encompassed the ports of Georgetown and Alexandria. From the moment the federal government moved to the District of Columbia in December 1800, Washington has been central to American identity and life. Shaped by politics and intrigue, poverty and largess, contradictions...
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Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
69 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
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An American artist witnesses the Quebec spring 2012 student strike on the streets of Montreal. The brutal police response and their violent tactics trigger an exploration of urban planning and its hidden connections to military strategies. Marshal Bugeaud's urban warfare tactics in Algeria, Haussmann's plan for Paris, planning and repression in the New World; theory and personal experience collide into an ambitious and poetic cartoon memoir.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
331 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"You need a sound business plan to start a business or raise money to expand an existing one. For over 30 years, how to Write a Business Plan has helped fledging entrepreneurs -- from small service businesses and retailers to large manufacturing firms -- write winning plans and get needed financing. This bestselling book contains clear step-by-step instructions and forms to put together a convincing business plan with realistic financial projections,...
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The Nonprofit Workbook is a real-world, hands-on tool that lays out all the organizational options open to 501C and other charitable entities that serve the greater common good. Written in the format of a workbook to better prepare you for what lies ahead, it provides a road map for how to go from creating an idea into a start-up, to building a sustainable organization that delivers meaningful, long-term impact in the community; one that can prove...
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Pub. Date
2015.
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"How many retirees or those nearing retirement know about such Social Security options as file-and-suspend (apply for benefits and then don't take them)? Or start-stop-start (start benefits, stop them, then re-start them)? ... [This book] covers the most frequent benefit scenarios faced by married retired couples, by divorced retirees, by widows and widowers, among others. It explains what to do if you're a retired parent of dependent children, disabled,...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
477 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
"Twenty years in the making, Clyde Fans peels back the optimism of mid-twentieth century capitalism. Legendary Canadian cartoonist Seth lovingly shows the rituals, hopes, and delusions of a middle-class that has long ceased to exist in North America--garrulous men in wool suits extolling the virtues of the wares to taciturn shopkeepers with an eye on the door. Much like the myth of an ever-growing economy, the Clyde Fans family unit is a fraud--the...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Covers the basics of estate planning, including wills, trusts, and health care directives. It prepares readers to start planning their estate, with or without an attorney. The 11th edition is updated with the latest laws and tax information.
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xxi, 195 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"The Financial Lifestyle Guide is an educational book, providing the sum of Hank Parrott's knowledge of financial planning in an easy-to-understand format. Far from just explaining more advanced planning strategies, Hank starts from the beginning by explaining the basics of IRAs and 401(k)s, before launching into a more in-depth discussion of the strategies and tax implications thereof. The book assesses your accounts to determine all of your assets....
312) No bears
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
One of the world's great cinema artists, Jafar Panahi has been carefully crafting self-reflexive works about artistic, personal, and political freedom for the past three decades, despite being banned from filmmaking by the Iranian government since 2010. In No Bears completed shortly before his imprisonment in 2022, Panahi plays a fictionalized version of himself, a dissident filmmaker who relocates to a rural border town to direct a film remotely...
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Braids personal narratives, city politics, and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicago's Cabrini-Green, America's most iconic public housing project. Built in the 1940s atop an infamous Italian slum, Cabrini-Green grew to twenty-three towers and a population of 20,000--all of it packed onto just seventy acres a few blocks from Chicago's ritzy Gold Coast. Cabrini-Green became synonymous with crime, squalor, and the failure of...
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xii, 243 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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"Death, funerals, burials, wills--these are things you never want to think about, but someday you'll have to plan for them, either for yourself or for someone you love. Humorous, insightful and relentlessly practical, Death for Beginners will give you the tools to quickly plan a funeral that will save you and your loved ones time, money, and unnecessary emotional stress"--Cover, p. 4.
315) Piglet: a novel
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Pub. Date
2024.
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"When Piglet's fiancé reveals a horrible betrayal two weeks before their wedding day, she decides to proceed with the event, but her life slowly starts unraveling in the lead-up to the big day"--
"Outside of a childhood nickname she can't shake, Piglet's rather pleased with how her life's turned out. An up-and-coming cookbook editor at a London publishing house, she's got lovely, loyal friends and a handsome fiancé, Kit, whose rarefied family...
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xxvi, 356 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Description
Presents a comprehensive guide for parents and teachers to help them prepare for the fifth grade; and covers topics including literature and language usage, world and American history and geography, visual arts, music, math, and science.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"Get the need-to-know basics about wills, trusts, avoiding probate, and planning for incapacity with Estate Planning Basics. This book lays out your options in plain English, guiding you to the right estate plan for you and your family." --
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xv, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Details what you need to know--making it the perfect book to shelve next to your diet and fitness library, so you can keep your finances, as well as your health, in peak condition. Whether you're new to financial planning or are pretty savvy but want to cut through the noise with targeted information and advice, you'll find everything you need to know about how best to spend, invest, and protect your wealth so you can make your senior years worry-free,...
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