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BORDERLINE
by Bonnie Rozanski
Published by The Porcupine's Quill
(ISBN 0-88984-293-0, 208 pages, sewn paper, $22.95)
Available through this site or directly from the publisher: Available through this site or directly from the publisher.
http://www.sentex.ca/~pql/

All of the characters in this story are interesting and believable: Guy's mother, driven to distraction by the needs of her autistic son; his father, the geneticist, preoccupied with his experiments with wolves; a most unorthodox psychiatrist patiently seeking a breakthrough with a stubbornly unresponsive patient. And the most fascinating of all, Austin, who, at the age of five cannot speak but can take apart and re-assemble any electronic gadget, including the lock on a wolf's cage.

Bonnie Rozanski has obviously done extensive research on genetics and on autism, and the novel offers a short treatise on each, but the enlightenment in no way detracts from the fast-moving plot and the engaging insights into the minds of pubescent boys. This novel will appeal to readers from twelve to ... well, whenever, if ever, the need to learn and to enjoy ceases.

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ALIVE AND KICKING:
Legal Advice for Boomers
by Kenney F. Hegland and Robert Fleming
Published by Carolina Academic Press
(ISBN-10: 1-59460-322-7, ISBN-13: 978-1-59460-322-8, Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006038318, 288 pp, softcover, $24.95)
Available through this site or directly from the publisher:
http://www.cap-press.com/books/1650

If you are getting older (or hope to), this book is for you. It will save you and your family money, restless nights, and heartbreak. Do I really need a living will? What are living trusts and should I attend a "free seminar"? How can I protect myself from scams and identity theft? How can I care for my aged parents? What are "assisted living facilities" and what about nursing homes? How can I recognize elder abuse and what about guns in the home? How can I fight age discrimination? What will be my insurance needs? What are reverse mortgages, Roth IRAs, durable powers of attorney, and disgruntled heirs? Will I have to give up both driving and sex? Need I worry about estate taxes? Should I avoid Probate? Most important, how can I get my family (and myself) to discuss the real problems that will face us? Here they come, ready or not.

Not to worry. You don't have to read the entire book. What you need to know right now is in the first four chapters. The rest can wait. This is a serious book about serious times, but, if you're not up for an occasional joke, or poem, just put it back.

Alive and Kicking Web Site:
http://legaladviceforboomers.com/

Praise for ALIVE AND KICKING:

"Alive and Kicking is an engaging, even entertaining and uplifting, book about a subject most of us who are getting on in life often avoid: arranging our affairs for our latter years to avoid medical, financial, and legal troubles. I will use it myself and recommend it to patients, friends, and loved ones."
-- Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Healthy Aging

"An encyclopedic legal reference with the down-home philosophy and wit of a Will Rogers. Accurate, to-the-point legal advice wryly enriched by poetry, humor, and existential musings."
-- Charles Sabatino, Chair of the American Bar Association Commission on the Legal Problems of the Elderly, principal author, ABA Legal Guide for Older Americans

"Professor Hegland is simply one of the nation's best legal writers."
-- Tom Sullivan, Provost, University of Minnesota

"The authors really cover all the topics that you need to consider when you are either taking care of an elderly loved one or thinking about your own planning. This book really got us talking and thinking about a whole range of issues that we had not considered before. A must-read if you are over 60."
-- JM Slaw, author of Amazon.com Listmania showing Alive and Kicking as the top book on Retirement and Caring for Parents

"In an incredible short amount of space and with humor, intelligence and an obvious grasp of their subject matter, the authors have covered all the bases in an exceptionally readable style. From telemarketing scams to pension plans, from Medicare to 'when should you stop driving?' the cover it all. Talk about 'one stop shopping.' I had already ordered a second copy for my brother before I'd finished reading it."
-- Stuart Zimring, Past President, National Association of Elder Law Attorneys

"A lively and entertaining book full of advice with amusing quotes and references to books, music, movies, and poetry. Woody Allen, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and the Beatles all make cameo appearances."
-- ElderLawAnswers

"Although the authors are lawyers, the book goes into many subjects, other than legal advice, related to getting older. I highly recommend this reasonable priced book. It is especially a great resource for 'baby boomers.' Being one myself, I learned much and it gave me lots to think about."
-- Dan England, Blogger News Network

"We highly recommend Alive and Kicking, a serious book about serious times and serious issues written in a reader- friendly format. A wonderful read."
-- Jan Warner and Jan Collins, syndicated columnists

"Alive and Kicking is a valuable resource not only for seniors, but also for their families and advisors. The authors have done an excellent job in plain English (without use of legal jargon) of discussing complex issues and providing suggestions for solutions in a way that both seniors can understand and appreciate. Oast & Hook highly recommends 'Alive and Kicking' to anyone who needs information about the issues facing all of us as we age."
-- Oast and Hook, Elder Law firm, Virginia Beach, Virginia, client newsletter

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THE GIRLS' GUIDE TO BUILDING A MILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS
by Susan Wilson Solovic
Published by AMACOM
(ISBN 978-0814474198, 224 pages, hard cover, $ 21.95)
Available through this site or directly from the publisher:
http://www.amanet.org/books/

We've all been told that nice girls don't get the corner office. And they certainly don't strike out on their own to start a million-dollar company. Fortunately, we all know better.

As the head of the highly successful SBTV.com (Small Business Television), author Susan Wilson Solovic is an authority on making money and building a thriving business. Now in The Girls' Guide to Building a Million-Dollar Business, she shows women how to gain the confidence and knowledge they need to become successful entrepreneurs.

Featuring interviews with daring, powerhouse women like Gayle Martz, President & CEO, Sherpa's Pet Trading Company, and Taryn Rose of Taryn Rose International, Solovic offers frank advice and hard-won lessons including:

• Taking emotions out of the workplace.

• Make business decisions based on what is best for the company, not on your personal feelings.

• Thinking big and bold.

• Believe that you can be successful and be willing to announce your intentions to the world.

• Managing for growth.

• Hire the right people and discover the best ways to keep them.

• Never being afraid to take a chance.

• Boost profits by taking financial risks.

Inspiring and unflinching, The Girls' Guide to Building a Million-Dollar Business shows women that not only do they have the power to earn more money and control their financial destinies -- they deserve to.

"Only 3% of women-owned businesses in the U.S. gross a million dollars or more in revenue. It doesn't have to be that way, according to Solovic[...] Women face deeply ingrained challenges on their way to wealth, from a discomfort with talking about money to a fear of success, but are also more inclined to create flexible working environments that cater to the needs of their employees as well as to the bottom line. Solovic lays out the steps to success: chutzpah, determination, managing changing relationships, keeping employees and customers happy, getting and maintaining credit, overcoming gender bias and creating a successful business plan and a solid brand. [...T]his is a useful and encouraging guide, providing solid advice and resources to help women achieve and sustain entrepreneurial success."

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THE PRICE OF LIBERTY:
Paying for America's Wars
by Robert D. Hormats
With an illustrated historical Afterword
Published by Times Books
ISBN 0-8050-8253-0, 345 pages, hardcover, US$27.50
Available through bookstores or directly from the publisher:
http://www.henryholt.com/holt/liberty.htm

In a bracing work of history, a leading international finance expert reveals how our national security depends on our financial security.

More than two centuries ago, America's first secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, identified the Revolutionary War debt as a threat to the nation's creditworthiness and its very existence. In response, he established financial principles for securing the country -- principles that endure to this day. In this provocative history, Robert D. Hormats, one of America's leading experts on international finance, shows how leaders from Madison and Lincoln to FDR and Reagan have followed Hamilton's ideals, from the greenback and a progressive income tax to the Victory Bond and Victory Garden campaigns and cost-sharing with allies.

Drawing on these historical lessons, Hormats argues that the rampant borrowing to pay for the war in Iraq and the short-sighted tax cuts in the face of a long-term war on terrorism run counter to American tradition and place our country's security in peril. To meet the threats facing us, Hormats contends, we must significantly realign our economic policies -- on taxes, Social Security, Medicare, and oil dependency -- to safeguard our liberty and our future.

COMMENTS:

Robert Hormats mounts a compelling argument that America faces large-scale economic catastrophe due to lack of a long-term, fiscally sound strategy for meeting military and security needs as well as domestic obligations. The Price of Liberty is a fascinating book and its messsage is hard to ignore."
-- Henry Kissinger

The Price of Liberty is both a superb history and an urgent call for appropriate fiscal policy in the current campaign against terrorism. Hormats shows that, time and again, how wars were paid for determined how wars were fought -- and won or lost. An important and timely book.
-- David M. Kennedy, author of Freedom from Fear

Bob Hormats has taken on the impossible: making lively history of the fiscal side of America's wars. Taxes and spending, economics and politics, all mixed up together in times of national crisis, from the Revolution and Alexander Hamilton to Iraq and both George Bushes. There are lessons to be learned and too often forgotten, even for the financing of the new 'War on Terror.'
-- Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve

Hormats links economics with history and politics in a must-read for anyone who would understand the fundamentals of America's national security. Lucid and engrossing, The Price of Liberty provides a new and vital perspective for students of national security.
-- General Wesley K. Clark