Many people discover too late that they need some essential legal documents to deal with common health and end of life issues. Failing to prepare these documents ahead of time can create major legal headaches that often require expensive trips to court to resolve. Written by expert attorneys, "5@55" is a slim, easy-to-read guide to the five most important legal documents you should have by age 55: Healthcare Advance Directive, Living Will, Power of Attorney, Last Will and Testament, and Authorization to Access Electronic Records and Media Sites. These are the documents that everyone says they'll get to "eventually." But "eventually" all too often turns to "never." Setting a deadline of age 55 to draft these essential documents ensures that they'll be ready before you need them -- and avoid nasty and costly surprises.
Quill Driver Books
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9781610352581
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Paperback
Chuck Noll
By O'brien, Jim
608 pages : some color ; 23 cm.
Publisher: n/a
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9781886348165
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Paperback
Mob Daughter
By Gravano, Karen
From Karen Gravano, a star of the hit VH1 reality show Mob Wives, comes a revealing memoir of a mafia childhood, where love and family come hand-in-hand with murder and betrayal. Karen Gravano is the daughter of Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, once one of the mafia's most feared hit men. With nineteen confessed murders, the former Gambino Crime Family underboss -- and John Gotti's right-hand man -- is the highest ranking gangster ever to turn State's evidence and testify against members of his high-profile crime family. But to Karen, Sammy Gravano was a sometimes elusive but always loving father figure. He was ever-present at the head of the dinner table. He made a living running a construction firm and several nightclubs. He stayed out late, and sometimes he didn't come home at all.
St. Martin's Press
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9781250003058
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Hardcover
Infamous Players
By Bart, Peter
In Peter Bart then a young family man and rising reporter for the New York Times decided to upend his life and enter into the dizzying world of motion pictures Infamous Players is the story of Barts whirlwind journey at Paramount his role in its triumph and failures and how a new kind of filmmaking emerged during that timeWhen Bart was lured to Paramount by his friend and fellow newcomer the legendary Robert Evans the studio languished its slate riddled with movies that were out of touch with the dynamic sixties By the time Bart had left Paramount in the studio had completed a remarkable run with such films as The Godfather Rosemarys Baby Harold and Maude Love Story Chinatown Paper Moon and True Grit But this new golden era at Paramount was also fraught with chaos and company turmoil Drugs sex runaway budgets management infighting and even the Mafia started finding their way onto the Paramount backlot making it surely one of the worst-run studios in the history of the movie industryAs Peter reflects on the New Hollywood era at Paramount with behind-the-scenes details and insightful analysis here too are his fascinating recollections of the icons from that era Warren Beatty Steve McQueen Robert Redford Clint Eastwood Jack Nicholson Marlon Brando Al Pacino Francis Ford Coppola Roman Polanski and Frank Sinatra among othersFor over five decades first on the inside as a studio executive and later as the longtime editor-in-chief of Variety Peter Bart has viewed Hollywood from an incomparable vantage point The stories he tells and the lessons we learn from Infamous Players are essential for anyone who loves movies.
Weinstein Books; First Edition edition
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9781602861398
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Hardcover
Don't You Ever
By Bishop, Mary Carter
From a prizewinning journalist, Mary Carter Bishop, a moving and beautifully rendered memoir about the half-brother she didn't know existed that hauntingly explores family, class, secrets, and fate.Applying for a passport as an adult, Mary Carter Bishop made a shocking discovery. She had a secret half-brother. Her mother, a farm manager's wife on a country estate, told Mary Carter the abandoned boy was a youthful "mistake" from an encounter with a married man. There'd been a home for unwed mothers; foster parents; an orphanage.Nine years later, Mary Carter tracked Ronnie down at the barbershop where he worked, and found a near-broken man - someone kind, and happy to meet her, but someone also deeply and irreversibly damaged by a life of neglect and abuse at the hands of an uncaring system. He was also disfigured because of a rare medical condition that would eventually kill him, three years after their reunion. During that window, Mary Carter grew close to Ronnie, and as she learned more about him she became consumed by his story. How had Ronnie's life gone so wrong when hers had gone so well? How could she reconcile the doting, generous mother she knew with a woman who could not bring herself to acknowledge her own son?Digging deep into her family's lives for understanding, Mary Carter unfolds a sweeping story of religious intolerance, poverty, fear, ambition, class, and social expectations. Don't You Ever is a modern Dickensian tale about a child seemingly cursed from birth; a woman shattered by guilt; a husband plagued by self-doubt; a prodigal daughter whose innocence was cruelly snatched away - all living in genteel central Virginia, a world defined by extremes of rural poverty and fabulous wealth.A riveting memoir about a family haunted by a shameful secret, Don't You Ever is a powerful story of a woman's search for her long-hidden sibling, and the factors that profoundly impact our individual destinies.
Harper
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9780062400734
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Hardcover
The Search for John Lennon
By Jones, Lesley-ann
Pulling back the many hidden layers of John Lennon's life, Lesley-Ann Jones closely tracks the events and personality traits that led to the rock star living in self-imposed exile in New York - where he was shot dead outside his apartment on that fateful autumn day forty years ago.Late on December 8th, 1980, the world abruptly stopped turning for millions, as news broke that the world's most beloved musician had been gunned down in cold blood in New York City. The most iconic Beatle left behind an unrivaled body of music and legions of faithful disciples - yet his profound legacy has brought with it as many questions and contradictions as his music has provided truths and certainties. In this compelling exploration, acclaimed music biographer Lesley-Ann Jones unravels the enigma that was John Lennon to present a complete portrait of the man, his life, his loves, his music, his untimely death, and, ultimately, his legacy.
Pegasus Books
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9781643136721
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Hardcover
Gene Kelly
By Yudkoff, Alvin
Now in paperback! The only complete biography available on this Oscar-winning dancer, choreographer, actor, and director. Filled with firsthand interviews and new research, this fascinating book offers an honest examination of a legendary star and very complex man.
Watson-Guptill Publications
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9780823088133
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Hardcover
Hello American Lady Creature
By Kirchner, Lisa L.
Lisa Kirchner hoped moving to Qatar would change everything. Until it did. Unlike the most women's travel memoirs, this is the story of the person left behind. "What better place to redefine your womanhood than in the Middle East?" Ophira Eisenberg (NPR's Ask Me Another host and Screw Everyone author) wryly observes. "Brimming with wit, brave reflections, and loads of laughs.Think Bridget Jones meets Lawrence of Arabia," says the author of the best-selling Geography of Bliss, Eric Weiner.
Greenpoint Press; 1st edition
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9780988696860
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Print book
Our Father Who Aren't In Heaven
By Frye, Deborah
My sister and I uncovered a fascinating story about our father and his life of crime. Thirteen years after his death, we were contacted by an adoptee, age thirty, searching for her birth parents. The limited information she provided matched our dad. We were puzzled because at the time of her conception, our father was in prison just ten miles away. We requested his visitor's list and found a female visited during that time. When we broke this news to the adoptee, she was mortified and cancelled a D.N.A test. In the process of determining if we were siblings, we discovered our father's criminal life, before he met our mother. Going back to his roots, we were surprised to learn our father and his sister were abandoned as toddlers. They were left on the porch of relatives.
lulu.com; y First edition edition
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9781257842278
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Book
Half a Life
By Strauss, Darin
"Half my life ago, I killed a girl."So begins Darin Strauss' Half a Life, the true story of how one outing in his father's Oldsmobile resulted in the death of a classmate and the beginning of a different, darker life for the author. We follow Strauss as he explores his startling past - collision, funeral, the queasy drama of a high-stakes court case - and what starts as a personal tale of a tragic event opens into the story of how to live with a very hard fact: we can try our human best in the crucial moment, and it might not be good enough. Half a Life is a nakedly honest, ultimately hopeful examination of guilt, responsibility, and living with the past.
5@55
By Grimaldi, Judith D.
Many people discover too late that they need some essential legal documents to deal with common health and end of life issues. Failing to prepare these documents ahead of time can create major legal headaches that often require expensive trips to court to resolve. Written by expert attorneys, "5@55" is a slim, easy-to-read guide to the five most important legal documents you should have by age 55: Healthcare Advance Directive, Living Will, Power of Attorney, Last Will and Testament, and Authorization to Access Electronic Records and Media Sites. These are the documents that everyone says they'll get to "eventually." But "eventually" all too often turns to "never." Setting a deadline of age 55 to draft these essential documents ensures that they'll be ready before you need them -- and avoid nasty and costly surprises.
Chuck Noll
By O'brien, Jim
608 pages : some color ; 23 cm.
Mob Daughter
By Gravano, Karen
From Karen Gravano, a star of the hit VH1 reality show Mob Wives, comes a revealing memoir of a mafia childhood, where love and family come hand-in-hand with murder and betrayal. Karen Gravano is the daughter of Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, once one of the mafia's most feared hit men. With nineteen confessed murders, the former Gambino Crime Family underboss -- and John Gotti's right-hand man -- is the highest ranking gangster ever to turn State's evidence and testify against members of his high-profile crime family. But to Karen, Sammy Gravano was a sometimes elusive but always loving father figure. He was ever-present at the head of the dinner table. He made a living running a construction firm and several nightclubs. He stayed out late, and sometimes he didn't come home at all.
Infamous Players
By Bart, Peter
In Peter Bart then a young family man and rising reporter for the New York Times decided to upend his life and enter into the dizzying world of motion pictures Infamous Players is the story of Barts whirlwind journey at Paramount his role in its triumph and failures and how a new kind of filmmaking emerged during that timeWhen Bart was lured to Paramount by his friend and fellow newcomer the legendary Robert Evans the studio languished its slate riddled with movies that were out of touch with the dynamic sixties By the time Bart had left Paramount in the studio had completed a remarkable run with such films as The Godfather Rosemarys Baby Harold and Maude Love Story Chinatown Paper Moon and True Grit But this new golden era at Paramount was also fraught with chaos and company turmoil Drugs sex runaway budgets management infighting and even the Mafia started finding their way onto the Paramount backlot making it surely one of the worst-run studios in the history of the movie industryAs Peter reflects on the New Hollywood era at Paramount with behind-the-scenes details and insightful analysis here too are his fascinating recollections of the icons from that era Warren Beatty Steve McQueen Robert Redford Clint Eastwood Jack Nicholson Marlon Brando Al Pacino Francis Ford Coppola Roman Polanski and Frank Sinatra among othersFor over five decades first on the inside as a studio executive and later as the longtime editor-in-chief of Variety Peter Bart has viewed Hollywood from an incomparable vantage point The stories he tells and the lessons we learn from Infamous Players are essential for anyone who loves movies.
Don't You Ever
By Bishop, Mary Carter
From a prizewinning journalist, Mary Carter Bishop, a moving and beautifully rendered memoir about the half-brother she didn't know existed that hauntingly explores family, class, secrets, and fate.Applying for a passport as an adult, Mary Carter Bishop made a shocking discovery. She had a secret half-brother. Her mother, a farm manager's wife on a country estate, told Mary Carter the abandoned boy was a youthful "mistake" from an encounter with a married man. There'd been a home for unwed mothers; foster parents; an orphanage.Nine years later, Mary Carter tracked Ronnie down at the barbershop where he worked, and found a near-broken man - someone kind, and happy to meet her, but someone also deeply and irreversibly damaged by a life of neglect and abuse at the hands of an uncaring system. He was also disfigured because of a rare medical condition that would eventually kill him, three years after their reunion. During that window, Mary Carter grew close to Ronnie, and as she learned more about him she became consumed by his story. How had Ronnie's life gone so wrong when hers had gone so well? How could she reconcile the doting, generous mother she knew with a woman who could not bring herself to acknowledge her own son?Digging deep into her family's lives for understanding, Mary Carter unfolds a sweeping story of religious intolerance, poverty, fear, ambition, class, and social expectations. Don't You Ever is a modern Dickensian tale about a child seemingly cursed from birth; a woman shattered by guilt; a husband plagued by self-doubt; a prodigal daughter whose innocence was cruelly snatched away - all living in genteel central Virginia, a world defined by extremes of rural poverty and fabulous wealth.A riveting memoir about a family haunted by a shameful secret, Don't You Ever is a powerful story of a woman's search for her long-hidden sibling, and the factors that profoundly impact our individual destinies.
The Search for John Lennon
By Jones, Lesley-ann
Pulling back the many hidden layers of John Lennon's life, Lesley-Ann Jones closely tracks the events and personality traits that led to the rock star living in self-imposed exile in New York - where he was shot dead outside his apartment on that fateful autumn day forty years ago.Late on December 8th, 1980, the world abruptly stopped turning for millions, as news broke that the world's most beloved musician had been gunned down in cold blood in New York City. The most iconic Beatle left behind an unrivaled body of music and legions of faithful disciples - yet his profound legacy has brought with it as many questions and contradictions as his music has provided truths and certainties. In this compelling exploration, acclaimed music biographer Lesley-Ann Jones unravels the enigma that was John Lennon to present a complete portrait of the man, his life, his loves, his music, his untimely death, and, ultimately, his legacy.
Gene Kelly
By Yudkoff, Alvin
Now in paperback! The only complete biography available on this Oscar-winning dancer, choreographer, actor, and director. Filled with firsthand interviews and new research, this fascinating book offers an honest examination of a legendary star and very complex man.
Hello American Lady Creature
By Kirchner, Lisa L.
Lisa Kirchner hoped moving to Qatar would change everything. Until it did. Unlike the most women's travel memoirs, this is the story of the person left behind. "What better place to redefine your womanhood than in the Middle East?" Ophira Eisenberg (NPR's Ask Me Another host and Screw Everyone author) wryly observes. "Brimming with wit, brave reflections, and loads of laughs.Think Bridget Jones meets Lawrence of Arabia," says the author of the best-selling Geography of Bliss, Eric Weiner.
Our Father Who Aren't In Heaven
By Frye, Deborah
My sister and I uncovered a fascinating story about our father and his life of crime. Thirteen years after his death, we were contacted by an adoptee, age thirty, searching for her birth parents. The limited information she provided matched our dad. We were puzzled because at the time of her conception, our father was in prison just ten miles away. We requested his visitor's list and found a female visited during that time. When we broke this news to the adoptee, she was mortified and cancelled a D.N.A test. In the process of determining if we were siblings, we discovered our father's criminal life, before he met our mother. Going back to his roots, we were surprised to learn our father and his sister were abandoned as toddlers. They were left on the porch of relatives.
Half a Life
By Strauss, Darin
"Half my life ago, I killed a girl."So begins Darin Strauss' Half a Life, the true story of how one outing in his father's Oldsmobile resulted in the death of a classmate and the beginning of a different, darker life for the author. We follow Strauss as he explores his startling past - collision, funeral, the queasy drama of a high-stakes court case - and what starts as a personal tale of a tragic event opens into the story of how to live with a very hard fact: we can try our human best in the crucial moment, and it might not be good enough. Half a Life is a nakedly honest, ultimately hopeful examination of guilt, responsibility, and living with the past.