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Dean is a great writer, his background positions him well for this book. He is a family man doing what many need to do, start a small business and keep food on the table and insurance laying in wait. This is the perfect guide for starting you small business. The forms are there, the bylaws are there, explaining the stock even helped me understand some things about corporate law I didn't know about. Dean makes the law real and easy to understand. Thanks for wading through the mumbo-jumbo and getting the real nuggets, we will all flourish thanks to your work. Be advised Dean is not advising you legally, but identifying steps any one would need to take to start there small business. In some cases you still may need a lawyer, but this book can help you identify the key areas you need check. It allows you to talk about the issues with your CPA and Attorney, overall it's GREAT!!!

Now in a completely updated third edition, How To Form And Operate A Limited Liability Company: A Do-It-Yourself Guide by Gregory C. Damman is a straightforward, "user friendly" instructional guide for taking full advantage of the benefits of a limited liability company (LLC), which protects company partners from personal responsibility for the company's debts and obligations. Introductory basics are accessibly presented concerning what types of companies can become an LLC; the advantages and disadvantages of forming an LLC; converting a business into an LLC; tax considerations, and much, much more are all knowledgeably presented in a meticulous and highly accessible manner. An accompanying CD-ROM of forms and samples enhances this highly recommended basic resource for the novice entrepreneur.

There's no doubt that this book is going to help my company become very powerful with lots of protection. The kind of protection that would cost thousands from legal council.
Wealth can take years to achieve but minutes to lose. Thanks
to the author for sharing such incredible valuable information
that will maximize corporate profits while limiting loses. I truly feel that I now have a true fort around my business.

This book should be a required reading for any BUSINESS OWNER
especially if they want MAXIMUM ASSET PROTECTION-THUMBS UP!!

DeWayne Johnson-MBA-Palm Springs,CA.

This book is one in a series of three that also includes a Pastor's Manual and a committee workbook, all published by Riverview Press. (Its actual title has no colon.)

Together, the three books provide an excellent introductory overview of the subject of planned giving, especially as it applies at the local church level, along with practical advice on how to organize and conduct a local church planned giving campaign. To the best of my knowledge, this series is the only one of its kind, in addressing the unique concerns and challenges that lay church committees face when they consider conducting such a campaign.

The author of these books is uniquely qualified. Dr. Elam is an ordained minister whose interests in fund-raising arose through his involvement on the board of a church-related college, then administrative posts at two major universities, and finally through his own consulting business which specializes in nonprofit organization planned giving campaigns.

In this erudite, yet at times, funny treatise, Rabbi Sherwin discusses ten loosely related topics of Jewish scholarship. To tie them together, the author introduces the work with a "program for Jewish scholarship" quoting his mentor Abraham Joshua Heschel, "After the Holocaust, Jewish scholarship should be devoted to that which advances Judaism." The ten topics are as follows: philoshophies of law; the nature of ethics; health and healing; euthanasia; charity; repentence; parent-child relationships; bar and bat mitzvot; "the sanctity of life in an age of violence;" and the golem.

One chapter I found worthy of noting in particular is the rabbi's controversial stand on euthanasia, the rabbi approving of it under certain conditions.

Sherwin's scholarship is impressive, yet at times the sledding is heavy going. So be prepared for a heavy read, but a rewarding one.

In one concluding chapter, which is well worth the price of admission, Rabbi Sherwin provides us with the solution to our inability to recreate the golem. Citing Israel of Rhyzen, he provides us with this timeless wisdom, well worth any tribulations which the reader may have experienced along the way: "Judah Loew of Prague created a 'Golem,' and this was a great wonder. But how much more wonderful it is to transform a man of flesh and blood into a 'mensch' [a morally developed human person]."

This book had been recommended by a naturalist from whom I was taking an insect class and I'm really glad I bought it. The pictures (both actual photos and drawings throughout) are terrific - really clear and add a lot to the text. The book walks through everything that goes on in the relationship between plants and insects. Here are just a few of the subjects covered:
- the kaleidescope of flower forms
- self-pollination and cross-pollination
- the pollen grain
- baskets, brushes and sweeping nachines
- nectar
- insects see colors
- bee colors and flower colors
- scent and smelling
- tasting with their feet
- learning and forgetting
- keeping track of time
- evolution of the Bee dance

The writing is very easy to read for the person who is not a scientist like me but who really wants to learn more about what really goes on between insects and plants. It goes deeper than most books but the text doesn't make you feel like you need a scientific dictionary to understand it. Very cool book.

From small beginnings about thirty years ago, the global Islamic financial services industry was estimated to be holding nearly US$116 billion in assets in 1996. This total is growing at well over 10 per cent per annum. There are no thriving Islamic financial institutions in most of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries. In addition, three countries - Iran, Sudan and Pakistan - have attempted economy-wide Islamisation of their banking sectors with varying degrees of success. In addition there are nascent demands for Islamic financial institutions in many parts of Africa, Central and South Asia. Philip Moore is very thorough in documenting the nature and spread of the Islamic financial market in the second part of the book. The author explicitly sets out to be non-judgmental in his approach "...(the book) is not intended to be a critique of Islamic finance and banking and it is aimed directly at the non-Islamic financier who wishes to acquaint himself with this industry." He has done an excellent job of that objective. In addition, by approaching the subject from a banking background, the author's meticulous treatment of the state of affairs in the Islamic financial market also provides a valuable backdrop for an assessment of the critical market to evolve. It is a job well done and the author should be commended for undertaking this vital task.

Mohammad Hassan, The Muslim News

JON JERDE IN JAPAN: Designing the Spaces Between

I highly recommend Jon Jerde in Japan: Designing the Spaces Between by Cathie Gandel (Balcony Press, Glendale, CA, 2000) for anyone interested in public architecture; working with the Japanese; and the thinking behind the best in today's mixed-use developments. Ms. Gandel has produced a highly readable book that makes sophisticated concepts accessible to the lay person while providing meaty material for the professional.

Wonderfully produced on good quality, high gloss stock, the book is chock full of illustrative material that effectively conveys the excitement of Fukuoka's Canal City Hakata. Readers do not have to puzzle over the term "wiggle wall" or strain to imagine what the "wayfinding sculptures" might look like. They can see them clearly in both the wide angle and detail shots.

Jon Jerde in Japan starts with the project's genesis in 1977 as the first mixed-use development outside one of Japan's major cities, takes it through opening day in 1996 and concludes with an analysis of its amazing popularity-over 43 million visitors to date! It also traces the development of architect Jon Jerde and his deepening commitment to creating original spaces that add something valuable to the human experience. As Cathie Gandel wrote of Canal City Hakata:

A visitor writes his or her script not only by choosing where to shop and where to eat, but also by choosing whether to see a movie, play a video game or have a drink in the Grand Hyatt lounge; walk under the overhang or out in the open; sit, stand and watch, or wander; jump in surprise at the champagne cork-popping noise of the fountains or wade into the tidal pool. Whatever the decision, the visitor is writer and actor as well as audience."

I have had such a satisfying time just reading about this "urban theater," I can only wonder what it must be like to experience it in person. This book made me want to do just that.

Barbara Greenleaf, Santa Barbara, California

Jack Williams is at his best. A must read for anyone interested in bankruptcy.

This is the reference standard for studying Agency and Partnership in todays law schools. This is truely the "Bible" when it comes to studying this subject.