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Rescuing retirement / by Ghilarducci, Teresa.; James, Tony,1951-author.; Geithner, Timothy F.,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-158) and index.Foreword / by Timothy Geithner -- Society's retirement crisis -- How we got here : America's broken retirement system -- Six key problems : the consequences of a broken retirement system -- Rescuing retirement : a four-pronged solution -- Case studies : similar plans in action -- Why not just expand Social Security? : Americans need a universal pension system -- Growing support from the American people and a mandate for Congress -- The employer's stake in retirement reform -- Conclusion -- Questions and answers on the Guaranteed Retirement Account -- Appendix A. The cost of a principal protection guarantee -- Appendix B. GRAs versus other policy solutions -- Appendix C. Looking at retirement coverage across the country.In Rescuing Retirement, Teresa Ghilarducci and Tony James offer a comprehensive yet simple plan to help workers save for retirement, increase retirement savings by earning higher returns, and guarantee lifelong income for everyone. It offers a practical guide to the future of secure retirement.
Subjects: Retirement income; Retirement;
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Rescuing the planet : protecting half the land to heal the earth / by Hiss, Tony,author.; Wilson, Edward O.,writer of introduction.;
Getting to half -- Solitudes -- All of life inside and nowhere else -- The science of 50 percent -- The animal as storyteller -- A planetary feeling -- A planetary perspective -- Next steps -- Spark bird.Beginning in the North American Boreal Forest that stretches through Canada, and roving across the continent from the Northern Sierra to Alabama's Paint Rock Forest to a ranch in Mexico, Hiss sets out on a journey to take stock of the "superorganism" that is the earth: its land, its elements, its occupants, its greatest threats, and what we can do to keep it, and ourselves, alive. He invites us to understand not only the scope and gravity of the problems we face in this challenge, but just why protecting half the land is the way to fix them, introducing us to the many institutions and organizations already involved in the fight. -- adapted from jacket
Subjects: Biodiversity conservation.; Nature conservation.; Conservation of natural resources.;
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Prairie dog rescue / by Ricci, Christine.; Zalme, Ron,ill.;
004-006.Diego helps two praire dogs keep their pups safe from a coyote.
Subjects: Readers (Elementary); Radio and television novels.; Prairie dogs; Coyote; Animal rescue; Prairie dogs; Coyote; Animal rescue;
© c2007., Simon Spotlight/Nick Jr.,
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Misty Island rescue / by Stubbs, Tommy.; Awdry, W.Railway series.;
The residents of Island of Sodor are building a search and rescuce center, but when Thomas gets lost at sea, while going to get supplies, he becomes the first rescue mission.
Subjects: Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious character); Railroads; Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious character); Railroads trains;
© c2010., Golden Books,
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Rescue at Los Baños : the most daring prison camp raid of World War II / by Henderson, Bruce B.,1946-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-356) and index.The fall of Manila -- Prisoners of the Japanese -- Los Baños Internment Camp -- Sky soldiers -- "You'll be eating dirt" -- Return to the Philippines -- Freedom week -- Under the cover of darkness -- The killings -- "Do it right, Joe" -- The escapes -- The Los Baños force -- "Rescue must come soon!" -- "The world will be watching" -- The raid -- Rescue -- "God was with us" -- The fate of Sadaaki Konishi.The true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time. In February 1945, as the U.S. victory in the Pacific drew nearer, the Japanese army grew desperate, and its soldiers guarding U.S. and Allied POWs more sadistic. Starved, shot and beaten, many of the 2,146 prisoners of the Los Baños prison camp in the Philippines--most of them American men, women and children--would not survive much longer. Deeply concerned about the half-starved and ill-treated prisoners, General Douglas MacArthur assigned to the 11th Airborne Division a dangerous rescue mission deep behind enemy lines. General Colin Powell has called the raid "a textbook operation for all ages and all armies." Combining personal interviews, diaries, correspondence, memoirs, and archival research, this book tells the story of a remarkable group of prisoners--whose courage and fortitude helped them overcome hardship, deprivation, and cruelty--and of the young American soldiers and Filipino guerrillas who risked their lives to save them.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Los Baños Internment Camp.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The freedom broker / by Howe, K. J.;
Kidnap negotiator Thea Paris has spent her entire life with survivor's guilt, following an unspeakable childhood tragedy. At eight years old, she watched, frozen in fear, as her twelve-year-old brother, Nikos, was abducted from their home in Kanzi, Africa. Although he was recovered nine months later, he was never the same after that; worse, Thea discovers that she was supposed to have been the target. This defining experience drives Thea to become one of the top operatives in the field of kidnap-and-ransom consultancy. Nicknamed "Liberata" because she once secured the release of a captive from the Sicilian mob without her client paying a cent, she travels the globe trying to bring hostages home--mostly through negotiation, but occasionally through more forceful means. She is very good at her job.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Hostage negotiations; Rescue work; Kidnapping;
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Mercy Watson to the rescue / Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Chris van Dusen. by DiCamillo, Kate.; Van Dusen, Chris,ill.;
After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning
Subjects: Pigs; Neighbors; Fire departments; Humorous stories.; Swine; Neighbors; Fire departments;
© 2005., Candlewick Press,
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Odder / by Applegate, Katherine,author.; Santoso, Charles,illustrator.;
"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-274).008-012.A Junior Library Guild selection.
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Novels in verse.; Sea otter; Wildlife rescue;
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Priceless : how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures / by Wittman, Robert K.;
Alla prima. Stagehand -- Crimes against history -- Provenance. Making of an agent -- Mask of the man with the broken nose -- The accident -- Inspiration -- A new life -- Body of work. The gold man -- History out the back door -- A blood cloth -- Befriend & betray -- The con artist -- A hot hand -- The property of a lady -- National treasure -- Art crime team -- The old master -- Operation masterpiece. Mrs. Gardner -- Cold case -- A French connection -- Laurenz & Sunny -- Allies & enemies --- A coward has no scar -- Suspicious minds -- End game.Robert K. Wittman, the founder of the FBI's Art Crime Team, pulls back the curtain on his remarkable career, offering a real-life international thriller. The son of an antique dealer, Wittman built a twenty-year career going undercover, usually unarmed, to catch art thieves, scammers, and black market traders in Paris and Philadelphia, Rio and Santa Fe, Miami and Madrid. Wittman tells the stories behind his recoveries of priceless art and antiquities: the golden armor of an ancient Peruvian warrior king; the Rodin sculpture that inspired the Impressionist movement; the rare Civil War battle flag carried into battle by one of the nation's first African-American regiments. The art thieves and scammers he caught run the gamut from rich to poor, smart to foolish, organized criminals to desperate loners. Wittman has saved hundreds of millions of dollars worth of art and antiquities, but he considers them all equally priceless.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Wittman, Robert K.; Art thefts;
© c2010., Crown Publishers,
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Lost to the West : the forgotten Byzantine Empire that rescued Western civilization / by Brownworth, Lars.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-307) and index.Diocletian's revolution -- Constantine and the Church ascendant -- The pagan counterstroke -- Barbarians and Christians -- A dreadful rumor from the West -- The fall of Rome -- The rise of Peter Sabbatius -- Nika! -- Of buildings and generals -- Yersinia pestis -- A Persian fire -- The house of war -- The image breakers -- The crumbling empire -- The turning tide -- The glorious House of Macedon -- The brilliant pretender -- Death and his nephew -- Basil the Bulgar slayer -- The march of folly -- The Comneni recovery -- Swords that drip with Christian blood -- The empire in exile -- The brilliant sunset -- The eternal emperor -- Epilogue: Byzantine embers.The once common idea that the lights went out on classical and Western civilization when Rome fell in 476 C.E. has long since been debunked, but Brownsworth weighs in to illustrate that the Roman Empire's center of power simply shifted to Constantinople. In a narrative by turns spellbinding and prosaic, Brownsworth marches us through centuries of history, beginning long before the fall of Rome, and introduces the successive rulers of Byzantium, from Christian emperors to Muslim sultans, detailing a culture he describes as both familiar and exotic. He follows religious, political and cultural change up through the Islamic conquest of 1453. Christian refugees fled Byzantium into Europe, taking with them their longstanding love of ancient culture and introducing Western Europe to Plato, Demosthenes, Xenophon, Aeschylus and Homer, fanning the flames of the renaissance of Hellenistic culture that had already begun in various parts of Europe. -Publisher's Weekly
Subjects: Civilization, Western;
© 2009., Three Rivers Press,
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