This exciting new text designed for developmental composition at two year colleges is the first developmental English text to introduce students to combine the necessities of reading and writing with the world of work. Read! Write! Work! Introduces students to the principles and techniques of everyday writing and reviews the well-constructed paragraph.

Read! Write! Work!

Thomas, William G.

Newman, Liz Swiertz

Reference

Harcourt College Pub.

How did a boy born in Los Angeles, California, in 1924 and a girl born in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1939 even meet, let alone end up as husband and wife? You and I and Love Soup is in part a double memoir of Liz Swiertz Newman and her husband Lee Newman. It is also part genealogy, part love letter, and part scrapbook. With a dash of humor, Liz tracks the twists and turns of the life paths that brought them together and explores and comments on the cultural changes over the course of nearly ninety years. Lee was born five years before the Great Depression, and Liz was born fifteen years later, as the country was recovering from it. Still, their families' experiences and common values imprinted upon Lee and Liz in a way that made them quite compatible. The book is organized in periods of time, alternating between the lives of the two, until they meet. It begins with Lee, from his birth to the age of 15, and then from Liz's birth to the age of 13, then back to Lee's experiences during those years and so on-so we know what each is doing during the life of the other before they meet. When they meet, they both are recovering from divorces and both are determined never to marry again. She is a 27-year-old office manager of a small sound-systems firm, and he is a 42-year-old vice-president of a large contracting firm. She has two boys, 5 and 4, and he has five children ranging in age from 17 to 8. What could Lee and Liz possibly have in common? While a fifteen-year age difference might keep some apart, the benefits of their age difference is an intriguing part of their story. During the 1960s, marriages were falling apart and new marriages were forming, often creating blended families. While You and I and Love Soup does not dwell on the blended-family aspect of Lee and Liz's life together, it does offer the promise of much material for another book to come.

You and I and Love Soup: A Memoir or Two

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Outskirts Press

<p>A WIDOW'S BUSINESS brings order to the many things a new widow has to handle—from organizing tasks in their order of importance to gathering the information needed to dealing with finances. The book also contains a simple overview of taxes, probate, and legal documents. In addition, a handy section helps a new widow prepare instructions for her future executors, to make their tasks easier. After the death of her husband, Liz Swiertz Newman had been overwhelmed by the amount of business there was to tend to. She looked for a book to help her know what to do and when to do it. She began making to-do lists, and when she contemplated the 15 pages of lists, she realized that she had begun to write the book that she needed—that widows need. A WIDOW’S BUSINESS: A Practical Guide Through the First Year after the Death of a Spouse, resulted from the organization of her lists and the inclusion of the kind of information other widows might need. Items covered in the first chapter address what is required immediately upon the death of one’s spouse, including whom to notify. The second chapter begins with information needed and where to get help. Also discussed are composing an obituary notice and planning a memorial service. The third chapter helps a new widow get organized at home to cope with the incoming paperwork and other items. The fourth chapter addresses money—what to expect, where to apply for assistance, and how to set up accounts. The author explains that help is at hand through a widow’s team of human resources—her CPA, her trust attorney if she has one, her banker or Certified Financial Planner, and others. She gives an overview of taxes, trusts, wills, and probate. This chapter ends with a review of scams, the fraudulent schemes that attempt to cheat people out of their money. The fifth chapter outlines the rest of the tasks required of a widow, from the next most in importance to those that can wait a while. The sixth and final chapter makes recommendations as to what a widow can do to plan ahead, including a section on how to draw up instructions for a future executor and how to organize a list of bequests. The lists are connected with brief narratives about the author’s own experiences. Ideally, all couples should read A WIDOW’S BUSINESS before they ever have a need for it. Besides being indispensable to a new widow or widower, the information is good to know and good for sharing with others.</p>

A Widow's Business: A Practical Guide Through the First Year After the Death of a Spouse

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Whether you are young parents or aging seniors, REST ASSURED: Preparing a Guide for Your Executor and Heirs, will help you call to mind and record any information you would want available in the case that you're not around to provide it, look for it, or figure it out. Author Liz Swiertz Newman and her husband Lee began putting their affairs in order by establishing a Family Trust. As convenient information for their heirs, they created their "Executor's Instructions and Bequests"—a record of important dates, accounts, locations of documents, etc., and lists of the items they wanted each of their heirs to receive. The Newmans' format evolved into REST ASSURED, a workbook for organizing your information. With this workbook, handling your business matters and distributing your possessions will be significantly easier during an emotionally difficult time. Getting your affairs in order is a gift for yourself, your spouse, or your executor and/or heirs. With the help of REST ASSURED, you can wrap up this gift!

REST ASSURED: Preparing a Guide for Your Executor and Heirs

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

A POUND OF EXPERIENCE, A Pinch of Humor is a tasty concoction of previously published and unpublished slices of life, which resonate for all of us. Author Liz Swiertz Newman has a knack for seeing the humor in situations that crop up in our daily lives, and she is able to convey that humor to us through her writing. Many of these pieces were published in The Daily Pilot, a community newspaper of The Los Angeles Times. Despite Liz Swiertz Newman’s late start publishing her work, she is prolific. Her subject matter is eclectic, including short light pieces, a memoir, and serious works. Most recently, she published REST ASSURED, a workbook for (and about why you should immediately be) getting your affairs in order. Her works are all available on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.

A POUND OF EXPERIENCE, A Pinch of Humor

Humor & Entertainment

Humor