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The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of turmoil and change.
In 2015, at the age of 97, Katherine Johnson became a global celebrity. President Barack Obama awarded her the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom—the

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The life and times of the eight-time Stanley Cup winner When Boston coach Lynn Patrick was asked who he'd pick between Rocket Richard or Gordie Howe he answered, "Neither! I'll take Red Kelly!" The only player to have won eight Stanley Cups without playing for Montreal, Red began his life in hockey on the cedar swamps near Port Dover, Ontario, and went on to win accolades and championships as a Detroit Red Wing and Toronto Maple Leaf. Go back in time...

Pockets Full of Prayers is a story of a young orphan boy named "Omari" who owned a ragdoll, which he called "Pocket." Pocket was, given by an orphanage caretaker to Omari after retirement. She told Omari to write his prayers down on paper and put them in the ragdoll's pockets. "Every prayer he puts in shall be granted," she said.

Based on the best-selling book series by Stephen King. Two years after retiring, former homicide detective Bill Hodges is still haunted by his last case – a massacre that left sixteen people dead. When the demented culprit begins to torment Hodges, he is compelled to revisit the case.

Barbara Rubin’s was a mythical “Zelig” of the sixties, creating an art porn film masterpiece, Christmas on Earth, that shattered boundaries. she introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan to the Kabbalah. After retiring to a farm with Allen Ginsberg, she shocked everyone by converting to Hasidic Judaism, marrying and moving to France to live an anonymous life. For years, Jonas Mekas treasured all of Barbara’s letters and...

Lee Hollis begins a delightful new series in which Poppy Harmon and her friends find that life after retirement can be much busier—and deadlier—than any of them ever anticipated . . .
 
When Poppy goes from complacent retiree to penniless widow in a matter of weeks, the idea of spending her golden years as the biggest charity case in Palm Springs renders her speechless. With no real skills and nothing left to lose, Poppy...

From the basics down to investing, get the most out of your 401(k) and IRA in any economic environment 

When you're ready to start setting aside (or withdrawing) money for your retirement—whenever that might be—401(k)s & IRAs For Dummies is here for you! It covers both types of retirement plans because they each have valuable tax benefits, and you may be able to contribute to both at the same time. With the

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In this science fiction novel, a girl determined to be a great warrior sets out to find the rightful king of Glaxo, a man exiled by his evil brother. Carl Sheffield is a son of a sharecropper who entered the army at a young age, serving at Fort Benning in Georgia, Fort Polk In Louisiana, Fort Lewis in Washington and in Vietnam and several other countries before returning to fort Knox, Kentucky. He Then drove a truck for several years. After retiring,...

Edmund Robert Malinowski is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry. He retired from Stevens Institues of Technology (SIT) where he taught Chemistry for 45 years. He is the author of more that 80 research papers in chemistry and is the author of Factor Analysis in Chemistry. He has received many awards for his pioneering research in Chemometrics, a computer method for solving multidimensional problems in chemistry. After retiring from SIT, he moved to...

Bob currently resides in rural Iowa, where he lives with his son, daughter-in-law, and grandson. After retiring from public school administration in 2004, Bob spends his time preaching at area churches, teaching adjunct math classes at a local university, and golfing anytime he can get it in. Bob also has a daughter and four grandchildren who reside in Washington. A Teacher's Tale chronicles Bob's life in his first teaching assignment. Bob's humorous...