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Publisher
Nolo
Language
English
Description
"This book helps baby boomers navigate the Medicare and Social Security systems and maximize their benefits, and, if they need to, to appeal denials of services and benefits. The book also explains Social Security disability, veterans disability compensation, and federal retirement benefits as well as SSI, Medicaid, and veterans pension for low-income readers"--
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A leading plant neurobiologist presents the eight fundamental pillars on which the life of plants-and by extension humans-rests in this playful yet eye-opening guidebook. Even if they behave as though they were, humans are not the masters of the Earth, but only one of its most irksome residents. From the moment of their arrival, about 300,000 years ago-nothing when compared to the history of life on our planet-humans have succeeded in changing the...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Alice Sebold meets Roxane Gay in Michelle Bowdler's literary debut, telling her story of rape and recovery while interrogating why one of society's most serious crimes goes largely uninvestigated The crime of rape sizzles like a lightning strike. It pounces, flattens, destroys. A person stands whole, and in a moment of unexpected violence, that life, that body is gone. Award-winning writer and public health executive Michelle Bowdler's memoir indicts...
Author
Series
Publisher
Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Mass Shootings in America looks at the history of mass shootings, from the 1966 mass shooting at the University of Texas, Austin, to the 2018 MSD High School shooting. The debates surrounding gun rights are also explored. The book encourages readers to form their own opinions. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint...
15) Start your own corporation: why the rich own their own companies and everyone else works for them
Author
Series
Publisher
BZK Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Business and investing require asset protection. As you build wealth you must know how to protect it. This book is your road map and guide. Sutton reveals the legal secrets and strategies that the rich have used for generations to run their businesses and protect their assets.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional, making same-sex unions legal throughout the United States. But the road to victory was much longer than many know. In this seminal work, Sasha Issenberg takes us back to Hawaii in the 1990s, when that state's supreme court first started grappling with the issue, and traces the fight for marriage equality from the enactment of the Defense...
20) No control
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
With over 300 million firearms, the U.S. holds the highest rate of gun ownership per capita in the world. Meanwhile, with each gun-related tragedy, the question remains whether to regulate or to arm. This documentary seeks to address the efficacy of gun laws and the ongoing debate between personal freedom and public safety in a candid discussion of one of the most complex contentious issues in American history.
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