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Nolo
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English
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"Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will learn how to complete their own divorce with minimal help from an attorney. With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce explains what to expect through each stage of divorce. It helps readers: Understand the divorce process ; Learn about different types of divorce, including...
Author
Publisher
Nolo
Language
English
Description
"This guide for starting and running a nonprofit organization discusses developing a strategic plan and budget; recruiting and managing board members, volunteers, and staff; fundraising including traditional methods and crowdfunding; marketing strategies; building a website; using social media strategically; avoiding copyright troubles; and adopting policies that are legally sound"--
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English
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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.
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Publisher
Nolo
Language
English
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Whether you have an IRA, Roth IRA, 401(k), Keogh or other retirement plan, this book will help you make sense of the rules for taking your money out. Even more important, it will show you how to avoid the stiff taxes and penalties that lurk in the fine print.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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A stillborn baby ends Max and Zoe's marriage. Max leaves Zoe and turns to drinking. Zoe falls in love with a female school counselor, Vanessa. Max finds help for his drinking problem through his brother's church. Vanessa and Zoe get married. Vanessa offers to carry one of Zoe and Max's fertilized embryos. Zoe goes to Max to get permission to release the embryos to her but Max's new found religious fervor leads him to sue Zoe for custody.
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Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the legalization of marijuana, discussing federal policy, the history of cannabis use and laws, support, opposition, medical marijuana, economics, taxation, law enforcement, and other related topics.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"The fascinating and very moving story of the lovers, lawyers, judges and activists behind the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that led to one of the most important, national civil rights victories in decades--the legalization of same-sex marriage. In June 2015, the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage the law in all fifty states in a decision as groundbreaking as Roe v Wade and Brown v Board of Education. Through insider accounts and access to...
Author
Publisher
Time Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Marijuana, scientifically known as Cannabis sativa, thrived underground as the nation's most popular illegal drug. Now the tide has shifted: In 1996, California passed the nation's first medical marijuana law, which allowed patients to grow it and use it with a doctor's permission. By 2010, twenty states and the District of Columbia had adopted medical pot laws. In 2012, Colorado and Washington state passed ballot measures legalizing marijuana for...
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Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Brown v. Board of Education ruling was a major milestone in the Civil Rights Movement. This book traces the effects of slavery, emancipation, and Jim Crow Laws to what became one of the most profoundly important Supreme Court cases in American history. The comprehensive yet concise recounting will help students comprehend the context, causes, and effects of the decision that ended segregation in public schools.
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Draws on articles, anecdotes, and quotes from "USA Today" to explore the issue of same sex marriages, discussing the debate over the topic, political and cultural responses to same sex marriages, the history of gay rights, and other related topics.
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.2 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
"One of America's great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court's infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of "undesirable" citizens the law of the land New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen tells the story in Imbeciles of one of the darkest moments in the American legal tradition: the Supreme Court's decision to champion eugenic sterilization for the greater good of the country. In 1927, when the nation was caught...
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Publisher
Lucent Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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The recent sharp rise in school shootings in the United States has kept the gun control debate going. However, for many people, it is an emotional topic, making much of the information that people hear in the media or from friends and family members biased in one way or another. Understanding the history of gun laws in America and the realities of both sides of the issue is pivotal. Up-to-date statistics, annotated quotes from experts, and real-world...
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Publisher
Nolo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Now more than ever, small business owners need to understand tax rules to take advantage of the many tax benefits available to them, from deductions to tax credits to retirement plans. This book teaches business owners what they need to know to make the best tax-related decisions in all aspects of their business. It is completely updated to cover new changes to the tax laws under post-COVID tax relief legislation." --
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This title examines the roots of the second amendment to the US Constitution, from the history of gun rights in England, to the Founders' reasoning behind the second amendment, and the responsibilities that accompany these rights. Important regulating legislation such as the National Firearms Act Gun Control Act of 1968, and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act are examined, as well as important court decisions such as District of Columbia v....
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