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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...
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[2005]
Language
English
Description
Upon being sent to live with her aunt in the small town of Doverville, 12-year-old Emma O'Conner finds herself in the middle of a 'dog-fight' with the Mayor and town dogcatcher. In order to strike down their "no-dogs" law, Emma must bring together a group of schoolmates, grown-ups and adorable dogs of all shapes and sizes.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This book is a tax guide for short-term rental hosts who rent through services such as Airbnb, FlipKey, HomeAway, TripAdvisor, Craigslist, and VRBO. Short-term rental hosts are entitled to many valuable tax deductions and other tax benefits. This book shows how to pay no more tax than necessary on short-term rental income while complying with IRS rules. This book discusses vacation home and tax-free rental rules, what deductions should be taken,...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Newly revised for 2024, this 29th edition of the trusted resource helps baby boomers navigate the Medicare and Social Security systems and maximize their benefits as well as discusses additions to Medicare Advantage plans and updates to Medicare costs and Social Security amounts.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
As a short-term rental host, you're entitled to many valuable deductions and other tax benefits. This book--the first of its kind--shows you how to make the most out of your hosting business without risking problems with the IRS. The book covers the new tax law, including the new 20% pass-through deduction. Whether you rent your property through Airbnb, FlipKey, HomeAway, TripAdvisor, Craigslist, or VRBO, you want to make sure you understand these...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"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 mediated, collaborative, and contested...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, historian Felicia Kornbluh delivers an urgent book about two key reproductive rights victories in New York that set the tone for the nation. A Woman's Life Is a Human Life is the story of two movements that transformed the politics of reproductive rights: the fight to decriminalize abortion and the campaign against sterilization abuse, which happened disproportionately in communities...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
From the 1996 passage of California's Proposition 215, the nation's first medical marijuana law, through law enforcement raids, clinical studies that revealed medical benefits for cannabis, and the emergence of a lucrative cannabis industry, Weed Land reveals the changing political, legal, economic, and social dynamics around pot. Peter Hecht, an award-winning journalist from The Sacramento Bee, offers an independent, meticulously reported account...
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Neighbor Law is a plain-English guide to the laws behind common neighbor disputes. Filled with tips on how to solve problems and restore good neighbor relations, this practical book helps readers learn to deal with: noisy neighbors, trees that hang over a property line, blocked views, unclear boundary lines, high, unsightly, or deteriorating fences, dangers to children ("attractive nuisances"), problems with neighboring businesses, and other common...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"What part of the Second Amendment don’t you understand? That’s the question posed by award-winning, New York Times bestselling author, and professional firearms instructor, Larry Correia. Bringing with him the practical experience that comes from having owned a high-end gun store-catering largely to law enforcement-and as a competitive shooter and self-defense trainer, Correia blasts apart the emotion-laden, logic-free rhetoric of the gun control...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"A longtime New York Times editor reexamines America's long relationship with guns, finding less than meets the eye in arguments for greater gun regulation"--
"America's war over gun control has raged since the 1960s. In 2008, the Supreme Court startled the left by concluding that with the Second Amendment the founders elevated "above all other interests" the right to bear arms "in defense of hearth and home." Liberals feared the NRA would succeed...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) helps employees balance the demands of work and family. But the law can be hard for employers to apply in the real world―especially when it comes to tracking intermittent leave, completing the proper paperwork, and determining eligibility for different types of leave. This book has the answers―in plain English―to every employer’s tough questions about the FMLA. It provides detailed information,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Based on the acclaimed series-a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize-an intimate account of the devastating effects of gun violence on our nation's children, and a call to action for a new way forward In 2017, seven-year-old Ava in South Carolina wrote a letter to Tyshaun, an eight-year-old boy from Washington, DC. She asked him to be her pen pal; Ava thought they could help each other. The kids had a tragic connection-both were traumatized by gun violence....
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