New Releases by Don Clark

SECURE YOUR FINANCES. SECURE YOUR FUTURE. WHEN IT COMES TO RETIREMENT, THERE ARE MANY FACTORS TO CONSIDER—BUT THERE IS ONE THAT STANDS ABOVE THE REST: FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. In Personal Independence Planning: Financial Tips to Pursue a Secure Retirement, Don Clark, CFP®, MBA, walks you through the critical steps in planning a fulfilling retirement, starting with building a trusting relationship with your financial advisor. The process might seem quite complicated initially, but by sharing his expertise and experience, Don will help you: •LEARN THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS •DETERMINE WHERE YOU’RE GOING •COUNT THE RISKS •TALLY THE TASKS •DISCOVER HOW TO MAKE YOUR INCOME LAST By developing strategies built on common sense, Don is able to guide you at every fork in the road when crafting your fool-proof financial independence plan. If you’re tired of crunching numbers in hopes that you can finally retire, then this book is your solution. Don offers you once-in-a-lifetime tips for pursuing your secure retirement—and freedom.SECURE YOUR FINANCES. SECURE YOUR FUTURE. WHEN IT COMES TO RETIREMENT, THERE ARE MANY FACTORS TO CONSIDER—BUT THERE IS ONE THAT STANDS ABOVE THE REST: FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. In Personal Independence Planning: Financial Tips to Pursue a Secure Retirement, Don Clark, CFP®, MBA, walks you through the critical steps in planning a fulfilling retirement, starting with building a trusting relationship with your financial advisor. The process might seem quite complicated initially, but by sharing his expertise and experience, Don will help you: •LEARN THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS •DETERMINE WHERE YOU’RE GOING •COUNT THE RISKS •TALLY THE TASKS •DISCOVER HOW TO MAKE YOUR INCOME LAST By developing strategies built on common sense, Don is able to guide you at every fork in the road when crafting your fool-proof financial independence plan. If you’re tired of crunching numbers in hopes that you can finally retire, then this book is your solution. Don offers you once-in-a-lifetime tips for pursuing your secure retirement—and freedom.

International Economics: A Policy Approach, 2E provides a simplified yet comprehensive analysis of international economic relations, with the objective of extracting maximum policy insight from a minimum number of theoretical constructs. Written for students with only one or two previous courses in the principles of economics, it is designed primarily as a basic text for a one- or two-term undergraduate sequence in international economics. However, the material is also arranged so that the theoretical sections may be omitted and the main text used as supplementary reading in policy-oriented non-economics courses, such as international relations or business administration. As domestic and global economies become ever more closely intertwined, world markets are an increasingly appropriate focus of study. International Economics: A Policy Approach gives students the conceptual tools they need to understand global economic relations.

"Published originally by Alyson Publications, Boston, Mass., 1988."

An unusual history of Long Beach Island, New Jersey told by one of the early inhabitants, the mayor of Barnegat City. The story is made all the more interesting by the author''s deceased grandfather who relates this history to his grandson from beyond the grave. The story will amuse and amaze because it contains previously unknown facts about the infamous Jersey coast. The great Oceanic Hotel and the Barnegat Lighthouse are front-and-center in the drama; so is Prohibition and all the chicaneries of the rum runners and politicians. The Great Depression is also a part of the story. The book is accurately drawn from primary source material furnished by Thomas Jay France before his death. One of the famous contributors to the book is Herbert Hoover (before he was president) as Secretary of Commerce. His letters and others are printed as written.

"Por más de tres décadas, el psicólogo clínico, Don Clark, ha estado hablando a los corazones y mentes de la gente gay, sus familias, amigos, maestros, y ayudantes en las múltiples ediciones de Loving Someone Gay (Amar A Alguien Gay). Con compasión él ha promovido la comunicación a través de generaciones, revelando un camino hacia el entendimiento y reconciliación para padres, hermanos, esposos y esposas - al igual que para líderes religiosos, maestros, bibliotecarios, legisladores, jueces, y agencias que imponen la ley."--Editorial review

Creative professionals around the globe choose Adobe Photoshop to create high-quality images for print, the Web, or any graphic-rich destination. As a designers tool, it has matured into the industry standard, yet the possibilities for artistic expression are greater than ever. New Masters of Photoshop: Volume 2 is a showcase of the most innovative, inspiring, and imaginative digital art created in Photoshop today, featuring examples of photorealism, abstract art, graphic design, storytelling, fantasy art, and commercial illustration. All of the designers in this book are recognized, not only for their mastery and expertise in using Photoshop, but because they use it in interesting and unique ways to transfer their visions to print or screen. Each author’s chapter is a journey of deconstruction into one of their images, showing you the techniques and workarounds they used to create the image. Much more than this, though, each author tells you how they think what their creative process is, who their graphic influences are, how they work with Photoshop professionally, where their ideas come from when creativity has run dry offering a unique insight into the digital artists life and art. On the accompanying CD, you’ll find interviews with the authors, source files for the tutorials, and unflattened Photoshop files for closer inspection.

One adventure leads to another as Peter and Polly search the Spice Islands for their lost parents. The evil Black River Pirates are never more than mintues behind the youngsters as the cutthroats try over and over to steal the map that leads to the hiding place of the fabulous Sunrise Ruby.

How Bad was the Great Depression of the 1930s? With a few exceptions, it''s too late to ask the parents of the time. that leaves the job to us, the kids of the ''30s, to tell the story of those grim "have-not" years that strangled, yet strengthened, the family structure of our nation. As one of those kids, I can introduce two influences that generated genuine Depression Era suffering - liver and spinach - and we had them often. Now, why then, did parents force such nauseous fare upon innocent children? Because spinach was good for us, and it was cheap. That''s one. Also on the bottom line, liver was even better because it was free. Mammas just asked the butcher for some liver for the cat. And a bone for the dog made a pot of soup. That''s how bad the Depression was. Parents took it on the chin. Imagine no job, no paycheck, and very little hope of finding a replacement for either. Dads and Moms lost two of life''s important ingredients, joy and hope. And more, they faced an uncertain world with the ever-present fears of empty pantries, tax collectors and unsympathetic mortgage bankers. Kids shared shortcomings with their parents, but they weren''t crushed by the staggering array of painful responsibilities that beset their elders. Situation normal. They hadn''t known better times. Was it a terrible time to rear youngsters? Maybe and maybe not. What Depression? makes a case for the kiddies and illustrates how their presence added to family stability and survival. In effect, the document represents a time capsule of the Great Depression years in which the kids play the starring roles. The Lawton Wood Brats serve as a cross-section of those who did so much to turn minuses to pluses and to twist frowns into smiles. If you had put this handful of high spirited boys and girls into any American neighborhood in the 1930s, you could have expected similar results. It''s easy to put down kids who grow up in years that are relatively free from economic pressures. But good times or bad, they all rise from the same blueprint and specifications, one for a boy and one for a girl. Each gets a good measure of creativity, initiative, curiosity, energy and that ever present capacity for mischief. So, if you were to crank today''s kids back to the ''30s, it is reasonable to conclude that their energies and talents might have found the same pathway as the one evolved by the Lawton Wood Brats, and their durable contemporaries, when times got tough. If you look for maximum returns, invest in our kids.

This book leaps off of today''s headlines. Wars surround us while killing & maiming abound. The globe begs for an institution to bring peace & prosperity, yet each nation says let the others do it. SUNDAY IN SUDAN poses an exciting solution. It postulates the creation of a UN fighting force, the Global Rangers, composed of the offspring of mothers around the world who otherwise would have chosen abortion. It describes how the Rangers are reared to be the finest warriors & diplomats in human history, & then carries their story into the bloody & starvation plagued Sudan. There, Colonel Aysham Kim, Ranger colonel, not only faces a warrior''s challenge, but falls in love with Sylken Ah, a tribeswoman who knows nothing of the UN nor even a word for peace. Aysham & Sylken survive clashes with the Dinka & Mahdi, but are later faced with greater terror & challenge when they run afoul of Farouk Bol, the president of the new Sudan. SS is an intriguing yarn which grapples with the moral dilemmas of the times. Order from: Big Sky Originals, Box 527, Bozeman, MT 59717. A manuscript-like book for $19.95 or on computer diskette for $9.95.

With gay marriage making headlines across the nation. LOVING SOMONE GAY is perhaps more relevant--and needed than ever. In the original 1977 edition. Dr. Don Clark brought the first truly positive profile of gay identity to a general audience and contributed to the groundswell of the gay rights movement. In the 1980s. AIDS forever changed not only gay communities, but also the global landscape as prejudice yielded to knowledge that the HIV virus crosses the imagined barriers of gender, sexual orientation and lifestyle. A new edition responded to the crisis. Thoroughly revised for the fourth time. LOVING SOMEONE GAY remains the most comprehensive profile of positive gay identity in print, offering courageous support and compassionate guidance for gay men and lesbians and the friends and families who love them.