Clifford, Denis
Summary: A do-it-yourself manual for making your own living trust, with checklists, step-by-step procedures, worksheets, and forms.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.05 CLIBray, Ilona M.
Summary: "Green cards, visas, and more: What every immigrant needs to know. Want to live, work, or travel in the United States? U.S. Immigration Made Easy has helped tens of thousands of people get a visa, green card, or other immigration status. You'll learn: whether you and your family qualify for a short-term visa, permanent U.S. residence, or protection from deportation; how to obtain, fill out, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.08 BRASummary: J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2024: for preparing your 2023 tax return delivers hands-on and practical advice for everyday taxpayers getting ready to file their 2023 taxes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 343.05 J.K LSummary: Offers an overview of law, as it applies to everyday life, including information on credit and debt, workplace rights, wills, divorce, social security, landlord-tenant laws, child custody and visitation, and criminal law.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 349.73 NOLGreen, Janice
Summary: "This book is for readers considering divorce later in life. It covers subjects such as ways to divorce, including mediation, collaborative law, and litigation; marital property: what it is, what you do with it, and how to divide assets and liabilities; how to survive financially during and after, and more"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.89 GREBaxley, Traci
Summary: As the global pandemic shuttered schools across the country in 2020, parents found themselves thrust into the role of teacher. After the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing Black Lives Matter protests, many also grappled with the responsibility to teach their kids about social justice-- with few resources to guide them. Baxley, a mother of five herself, suggests that parenting is a form of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BAX1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JPT 649 BAX
Clifford, Denis
Summary: "Get the need-to-know basics about wills, trusts, avoiding probate, and planning for incapacity with Estate Planning Basics. This book lays out your options in plain English, guiding you to the right estate plan for you and your family." --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.05 CLIClifford, Denis
Summary: "The Quick & Legal Will Book provides the forms and step-by-step instructions to create a simple, valid will that protects family and property after death. This book explains how to name beneficiaries to inherit assets, choose a guardian for young children, set up a trust for minors, name an executor (and a backup), choose appropriate witnesses, finalize a will, and revoke or change the will if...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.05 CLIMatthews, J. L.
Summary: This book helps baby boomers navigate the Medicare and Social Security systems and maximize their benefits, and, if they need to, to appeal denials of services and benefits. The book also explains Social Security disability, veterans disability compensation, and federal retirement benefits as well as SSI, Medicaid, and veterans pension for low-income readers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 344.02 MATUnited States
Summary: "For more than eight decades, The United States Government Manual has been known as the official handbook of the federal government. This annual resource provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, as well as quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, boards, commissions, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bernan Press 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: R 353 UNIFishman, Stephen
Summary: Find free content and save on permission fees Millions of creative works-books, artwork, photos, songs, movies, and more-are available copyright-free in the public domain. Frozen for decades due to lengthened copyright terms, the public domain has finally begun to grow again as copyrights for older works expire. Since 2019, classics such as The Great Gatsby , Sherlock Holmes , and early Alfred...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.06 FISFishman, Stephen
Summary: The essential tax reference book for every nonprofit Nonprofits enjoy privileges not available to other organizations. But these privileges come at a price: Nonprofits must comply with special IRS rules and regulations to maintain their tax-exempt status. Practical, comprehensive, and easy to understand, Every Nonprofit's Tax Guide explains ongoing and annual IRS compliance requirements for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 343.05 FISLoftsgordon, Amy
Summary: Newly revised and updated with the latest legal developments, this comprehensive guide for dealing with financial problems provides the essential information you need to manage your debt, deal with financial emergencies and formulate good practices for handling your money in the future.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.07 LOFSummary: "The venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar -- an indispensable reference informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice. Much has happened in the years since the publication of the seventeenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. The world has transformed, and the Manual has risen to meet the moment. The eighteenth edition of this classic guide for writers,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 CHI1 available in Reference, Call number: R 808.02 CHI
Alessio, Amy J.
Summary: "Want to keep the momentum going after a successful teen event? That "one off" can easily be turned into a popular monthly club that will keep young adults coming back. Designed to be used in school or public library settings, this themed program guide offers guidance on how to handle summer, winter, and year-round reading programs, with activities ranging from easy to elaborate; provides...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference Office, Call number: R OFF 027.626 ALEBray, Ilona M.
Summary: The book that's helped thousands of couples live in the U.S. together. You're engaged or married to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and all you want is the right to be together in the United States. Should be simple, right? It's not. The pile of application forms can be overwhelming, the bureaucracy isn't helpful, and delays are inevitable. This book will help you succeed. Discover the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.08 BRAMortillaro, Nicole
Summary: "2024 Night Sky Almanac is the ideal resource for both novice and experienced sky watchers in the United States and Canada, with all the advice, information and data that enthusiasts need to understand and enjoy the wonders of the night sky. This in-depth guide first introduces readers to the objects in the sky--from stars, to comets, to globular clusters--and then takes them through the cosmic...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 523 MORHellis, Lori
Summary: "The book begins with a list of rules to help you through the tough parts. They're reliable, time-tested, formulated from the author's 27 years in practice. In a clear, concise, and contemporary voice, author Lori Hellis offers step-by-step, start-to-finish advice on the many phases of divorce. She covers the full spectrum of divorce issues from beginning to end, from how to start and what...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.89 HELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation HellisMorton, Sunny Jane
Summary: Records created by the major Christian denominations before 1900 in the United States are an underutilized resource for family historians. In these records, you may find ancestors' births, maiden or married names, marriage details, death, family relationships, other residences, and even immigrants' overseas birthplaces. You may uncover information about ancestors who have been unnamed in other...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 2019
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Local History Room (LHR), Call number: LHR 929 MORMorton, David A.
Summary: "This comprehensive and compassionate book covers both SSDI and SSI, shows the reader how to prove a disability, and explains how one's age, education, and work experience affect their chances. Parents will find special information about benefits available to children with a disability. The reader will learn how to find the disability criteria for a medical condition, prove the severity of a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 368.38 MOREsaki-Smith, Anna
Summary: "This book provides a new, innovative way for students to navigate the college application landscape. It shows students how selecting a college can be a strategic tool to direct one's future, rather than a frenzied exercise in applying to what others have deemed the "best" universities for everyone regardless of their career goals"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2024
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 ESACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 ESAStim, Richard
Summary: "Patent, Copyright & Trademark is a unique, comprehensive reference that explains the complex and fast-moving laws of intellectual property (IP). It covers patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, and for each includes: an overview of the law; recent developments in the law; the scope of IP protection; sample registration forms and other forms; a substantial glossary of terms. Topics...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.04 STISummary: "Contains basic information to help immigrants settle in the United States. Provides a general summary of rights, responsibilities, and procedures related to permanent residents. Summarizes important information about legal status and agencies and organizations that provide documents or essential services."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.623 WELSummary: Want to get your poetry published? There's no better tool for making it happen than Poet's Market, which includes hundreds of publishing opportunities specifically for poets, including listings for book and chapbook publishers, print and online poetry publications, contests, and more. These listings include contact information, submission preferences, insider tips on what specific editors want,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 POE1 available in Reference, Call number: R 808.02 POE