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Cheaper by the Dozen
What do you get when you mix a blunt-talking, famous efficiency-expert father and a brilliant, compassionate psychologist mother with twelve rambunctious offspring of various sizes? You get one of America's all-time best- loved memoirs! The hilarious story of growing up Gilbreth has already delighted generations of readers -- and it remains as joyous and exuberant as ever. Laugh along with the adventures of the large, irrepressible family unit that redefined the term -- and proved the old adage, the more the merrier ... and scarier! .
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The New Health Insurance Solution: How to Get Cheaper, Better Coverage Without a Traditional Employer Plan
You no longer need a traditional employer plan to get good, affordable health insurance The New Health Insurance Solution can help you cut your health insurance costs in half if: - You're self-employed, an independent contractor, or your employer doesn't provide health insurance (you can probably get coverage on your own for about $94/month—a fraction of what an employer would have to pay for the same coverage)
- You are employed and pay extra to cover your spouse or children under your employer-sponsored plan—you may save 50% by taking them off your employer plan
- You own a small business and are getting killed by double-digit premium increases—you can now give employees tax-free money to buy their own plans and get your company out of the health insurance business
The book also explains in detail the best solutions for you if: - You can't find affordable health insurance because you or a child have an expensive preexisting medical problem (your state has a program to provide you with guaranteed coverage )
- You're currently putting money into an IRA or a 401(k)—because you don't realize that an HSA is always a better option
- You're unsure how you or your parents will be able to afford health insurance during retirement, or how to maximize benefits from Medicare—including the new Part D prescription drug plan
The New Health Insurance Solution is the definitive guide to the new ways every American can now get affordable health care—without an employer. PAUL ZANE PILZER is a world-renowned economist, a former advisor in two White House administrations, an entrepreneur/employer, an award-winning adjunct professor at NYU, and a New York Times bestselling author..
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Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth -- A Life Beyond "Cheaper by the Dozen"
Readers of Cheaper by the Dozen remember Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972) as the working mom who endures the antics of not only twelve children but also an engineer husband eager to experiment with the principles of efficiency -- especially on his own household. What readers today might not know is that Lillian Gilbreth was herself a high-profile engineer, and the only woman to win the coveted Hoover Medal for engineers. She traveled the world, served as an advisor on women's issues to five U.S. presidents, and mingled with the likes of Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart. Her husband, Frank Gilbreth, died after twenty years of marriage, leaving her to raise their eleven surviving children, all under the age of nineteen. She continued her career and put each child through college. Retiring at the age of ninety, Lillian Gilbreth was the working mother who "did it all." Jane Lancaster's spirited and richly detailed biography tells Lillian Gilbreth's life story-one that resonates with issues faced today by many working women. Lancaster confronts the complexities of how one of the twentieth century's foremost career women could be pregnant, nursing, or caring for children for more than three decades. Yet we see how Gilbreth's engineering work dovetailed with her family life in the professional and domestic partnership that she forged with her husband and in her long solo career. The innovators behind many labor-saving devices and procedures used in factories, offices, and kitchens, the Gilbreths tackled the problem of efficiency through motion study. To this Lillian added a psychological dimension, with empathy toward the worker. The couple's expertise also yielded the "Gilbreth family system," a model that allowed the mother to be professionally active if she chose, while the parents worked together to raise responsible citizens. Lancaster has woven into her narrative many insights gleaned from interviews with the surviving Gilbreth children and from historical research into such topics as technology, family, work, and feminism. Filled with anecdotes, this definitive biography of Lillian Gilbreth will engage readers intrigued by one of America's most famous families and by one of the nation's most successful women..
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Quicker, Better, Cheaper?: Managing Performance in American Government
This volume is a rich compendium of experience and diverse views about systems for introducing greater rationality in American governmental systems. With contributions from skeptics as well as proponents, it adds to the debate over the utility of performance management in American government. Focusing on the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), the authors also analyze performance budgeting and management in states and local governments. Exploring the performance management movement, the book sets out the point and counterpoint between critics and supporters and provides a common vocabulary for discussion. Steps to improve performance measures are outlined, as well as a discussion of states’ progress in managing for results. New survey data reporting on states’ performance budgeting is also included..
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Introductory Algebra through Applications (2nd Edition) (Akst & Bragg Developmental Mathematics Series)
KEY MESSAGE: Presented in a clear and concise style, the Akst/Bragg series teaches by example while expanding understanding with applications that are fully integrated throughout the text and exercise sets. Akst/Bragg’s user-friendly design offers a distinctive side-by-side format that pairs each example and its solution with a corresponding practice exercise. The concise writing style keeps readers’ interest and attention by presenting the mathematics with minimal distractions, and the motivating real-world applications demonstrate how integral mathematical understanding is to a variety of disciplines, careers, and everyday situations. KEY TOPICS: Whole Numbers; Fractions; Decimals; Basic Algebra: Solving Simple Equations; Ratio and Proportion; Percents; Signed Numbers; Basic Statistics; More on Algebra; Measurement and Units; Basic Geometry MARKET: for all readers interested in introductory algebra. .
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Running Shoes Are Cheaper Than Insulin: Marathon Adventures on All Seven Continents
This book is a collection of 25 years of stories, 295 photos, and travel logs about running marathons around the world. Fewer than 225 people have run marathons on all seven continents To put this in perspective, over 500 people reached the summit of Mt. Everest in 2007 alone. The author joined this elite seven continents marathon group in 2007.Subsequently, his professional and athletic accomplishments have been featured in professional journals, newspapers, magazines, conferences, and websites around the world. This includes Runner's World, Running Times, Runner Triathlete News, MarathonGuide.com, and The Journal of Accountancy.Mr. Reed has previously published articles in RunnersWorld.com, ComputerWorld, and various newspapers and professional journals.TABLE OF CONTENTS- How to Read This Book- Photography, Credits & Thanks- Running Shoes Are Cheaper Than Insulin- The Achievement Equation Book Excerpt- North America (USA) Cowtown Marathon- Europe (Denmark) Tailwinds Marathon- Oceania (Australia) Gold Coast Marathon- Asia (China) The Great Wall Marathon- Antarctica Marathon- South America (Argentina) Fin Del Mundo Marathon- Africa (Kenya) Safaricom Lewa Marathon- Memorable US Marathons- Other Facts.
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