In this damning indictment of legalized gambling, Goodman documents how this business, which generates more than $40 billion dollars a year in revenues, is also the cause of myriad economic and social problems for the very communities that have looked to it as a panacea.
Praise for "Are you looking for a way to take charge of your financial future? Read Bob Goodman's Independently Wealthy. It is a terrific first step to financial prosperity."—Bill Griffeth, anchor, CNBC-TV. "A fascinating look at the events and trends influencing today's economy, coupled with pragmatic ideas on creating a solid investment portfolio."—Ginger Applegarth, author of The Money Diet: Reaping the Rewards of Financial Fitness "Written in a forthright and accessible manner, Independently Wealthy places current economic events into perspective. It is must reading for anyone who aspires to financial independence in the new economic landscape."—Arthur Laffer, President, A. B. Laffer, V. A. Canto & Associates "A well-reasoned, commonsense approach to achieving financial independence in the new economic landscape."—John Bachmann, Managing Partner, Edward Jones. "Dr. Goodman's overview of the economy is concise without being simplistic, erudite without being intimidating. His grasp of finance will help you plan effectively for your personal financial security."—Robert Metz, editor Money Talks, a financial news magazine on the Internet. "Bob Goodman's message about retirement: Uncle Sam is about to take the ax to Social Security and Medicare, but he's providing plenty of help for workers who are willing to invest for their own financially secure retirement. Goodman shows that you have to deal effectively with this new reality."—Todd Robinson, Chairman and CEO, LPL Financial Services.
Sixteen hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking stories told by one of Santa's most experienced helpers. Robert Goodman's career as one of Santa's most devoted helpers began oddly enough in Vietnam, where he was ordered to put on the velvet suit for the first time. The experience was so gratifying for him and those he came in contact with, that the experience began a lifelong commitment. People of all ages will enjoy this tribute to the hundreds of thousands of Santa's helpers that put on the suit every year.
Efficient Love is a step-by-step guide for EFFICIENTLY finding Your own ideal path of Happily Here & Now that leads to Your Happily Ever After. Efficient Love? Doesn't it make incredible sense to invest a few hours to FULLY define ALL of your wants, wishes and needs that would describe your ideal lover? By efficiently identifying the general traits, characteristics, sexual issues and day-in day-out needs you find important, you can very quickly recognize if a prospective lover is a genuine long-term match BEFORE the chemistry takes over and leads you into yet another dead-end relationship and through another Cycle of the Nine Stages of Love. Do you really want to watch the sun set on yet another day without sharing YOUR path of Happily Here & Now with someone who wants YOUR same Happily Ever After? Doesn't it make more sense for you to find YOUR ideal Hero or Heroine as quickly and efficiently as possible? Wouldn't you rather share as many glorious days and nights of wonderful inefficiencies possible with your ideal lover, as quickly as possible? Efficient Love will show you how. Efficiently!
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day. "An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary, compelling and personal prayers. The words published here are not the recitation of established liturgies, but the direct address of today's Jewish men to ha-Shomea Tefilla, the Ancient One who has always heard, and who remains eager to receive, the prayers of our hearts." —from the Foreword by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL This collection of prayers celebrates the variety of ways Jewish men engage in personal dialogue with God—with words of praise, petition, joy, gratitude, wonder and even anger—from the ancient world up to our own day. Drawn from mystical, traditional, biblical, Talmudic, Hasidic and modern sources, these prayers will help you deepen your relationship with God and help guide your journey of self-discovery, healing and spiritual awareness. Together they provide a powerful and creative expression of Jewish men’s inner lives, and the always revealing, sometimes painful, sometimes joyous—and often even practical—practice that prayer can be. Jewish Men Pray will challenge your preconceived ideas about prayer. It will inspire you to explore new ways of prayerful expression, new paths for finding the sacred in the ordinary and new possibilities for understanding the Jewish relationship with the Divine. This is a book to treasure and to share.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has been widely acclaimed since the publication of its first edition in 1997(originally titled Child Psychiatry). Each chapter has been designed to present the key facts, concepts and emerging facets of the area, drawing on clinical experience as well as the latest research findings. These guiding principles are followed in the third edition, which has been updated to reflect the varied advances in research and clinical practice that inform the subject. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is structured into four main parts: first, an introductory section on assessment, classification and epidemiology; second, a section covering each of the main specific disorders and presentations; third, a section on the major risk factors predisposing to child psychiatric disorders; and fourth, a section on the main methods of treatment, covering also prevention, service organization and interpersonal and family therapies as well as fostering and adoption. Spans child and adolescent psychiatry Includes many practical tips on successful assessment and treatment techniques Comprehensive coverage of topics, written in an accessible style by international experts in the field Up to date information on prevention issues Written in an accessible style, the book will be of benefit to all those working with children and adolescents with mental health problems: as an invaluable resource for trainee psychiatrists, paediatricians and general practitioners; as a textbook for undergraduate students in medicine, nursing and related fields; and as a refresher for active clinicians. Supported by a companion website featuring over 200 multiple choice questions and answers to assist those preparing for examinations, including MRCPsych.
Rebecca Harding Davis was a prominent author of radical social fiction during the latter half of the nineteenth century. In stories that combine realism with sentimentalism, Davis confronted a wide range of contemporary American issues, giving voice to working women, prostitutes, wives seeking divorce, celibate utopians, and female authors. Davis broke down distinctions between the private and the public worlds, distinctions that trapped women in the ideology of domesticity. By engaging current strategies in literary hermeneutics with a strong sense of historical radicalism in the Gilded Age, Jean Pfaelzer reads Davis through the public issues that she forcefully inscribed in her fiction. In this study, Davis's realistic narratives actively construct a coherent social work, not in a fictional vacuum but in direct engagement with the explosive movements of social change from the Civil War through the turn of the century.
Are you someone making major life changes such as: students and graduates; those who are dating, marrying or divorcing; those who are job hunting, have lost their job, changing careers or starting their own business; those who are seeking personal transformation or who are re-evaluating their lives for a variety of other reasons? If so, then this book will be especially meaningful to your present and future. After three decades of experience pursuing my mission of helping folks get to their Point B, I've learned a few axioms of life that I want to share with you: Too many folks never consider that they have control of their own destiny. As a result, they never know where they're going, and they end up taking too many dead-end trails that lead to nowhere because they never understood they had the right and the ability to choose their Point B. Too many folks procrastinate even the micro-decisions that affect their life path. As a result, they are frozen by indecisiveness when it comes to the big decisions because they never take responsibility for defining their own Point B. Too many folks consider two weeks to be long term planning. As a result, they end up making reflex decisions that get them off the right path because they never defined their right Point B past a two-week timeline. If you are already in a long-term relationship, you and your significant-other need to have a similar desired Point B destination and a shared path to reach it. If you don't share the same Point B, at some other point your paths will probably go different directions, with the result that each of you may end up going your separate ways. You and your career goals need to have a similar desired Point B destination. If you are even considering starting a company, your very first decision needs to be your definition of the right-for-you personal Point B. Not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur, and it may make a lot more sense for you to work for someone else. Even then, your career decisions need to be congruent with your personal Point B. The choice between starting and running a company, versus working for someone else's company will depend upon what is right for you. But either way, your personal desired Point B needs to be on the same path as your business Point B -- or you will have dragons galore that will need to be slayed on a regular basis. "Five Year Life" is a short workbook that will quickly guide you through 82 pivotal questions so you can realistically take control of your life and find the congruent path to your own fulfilling personal Point B.
* The "Everypersons" guide to understanding and repairing common electronic devices--written for people who would ordinarily "call the shop" * Covers TVs, DVDs, CD-players, Audio tuners and receivers, speaker systems, radios, telephones, and FAXs, and more * Includes "Electronics 101" for true beginners * No technical background necessary--features easy-to-understand language and clear instructions * New chapters on wireless cellular phones and DVD systems
An indispensable resource for electronics technicians who service & repair VCRs, this bestselling guide has been thoroughly updated to reflect state-of-the-art VCR technology & troubleshooting techniques. Author Robert L. Goodman has added special troubleshooting flowcharts to this edition, & he includes new case studies of popular models that illustrate how to fix common problems.
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