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In Consumer Power: A Digital Revolution, Susan Frederick introduces the concept of "partnering" and explains how anyone can create a cumulative passive income through an educated use of this system. The only qualification necessary is consumer status-a qualification most of us have already achieved."It's the re-routing of existing cash flow and the reorganization of profits to include consumers that creates this kind of income," she explains. "All you have to do is be savvy enough to reposition yourself as part of the profit loop."

"Be a man." Society expects men to take charge, get things done and keep their emotions in check. But what happens when their best friend dies and they're not allowed to grieve? In Friend Grief and Men: Defying Stereotypes you'll meet men whose friendships shaped their lives. Some lost a best friend. Some lost dozens of friends. Their stories of grieving and healing will change your perception of what it means to 'be a man'.A former actor turned rabbi reflecting on the importance of his friends.A professional hockey player whose friend’s suicide prompted him to start an organization to support former hockey players in need.Long-time survivors in the AIDS community, whose needs are very similar to those of military veterans.A sportswriter whose best friend was the first person close to him to die.And more...

They''re friends and coworkers, so when they die, it''s not only a personal and professional loss but a challenge: How can you grieve and get your work done, too?In the fifth book in the Friend Grief series, Friend Grief in the Workplace: More Than an Empty Cubicle you''ll meet people whose friends were coworkers, too: in a TV newsroom, a rectory, a Broadway show and on a baseball diamond. In those stories and more, you''ll learn how they met that challenge and continue to honor the friendships that lasted longer than 9-5.

"They were killing my friends."That was how Medal of Honor recipient Audie Murphy justified his heroic actions in World War II. As long as there have been wars, men and women in the military have watched their friends die. Experts warn that delaying our grief will complicate our lives. But what about those who have no choice but to delay it until the battle is over?In "Friend Grief and The Military: Band of Friends" you'll meet military and non-combatants who struggle with the grief and guilt of losing their friends. You'll learn, too, in the amazing ways they help each other, that "leave no one behind" is a life-long commitment.

"Families only."Those who were killed on September 11, 2001 left behind more than family members. They left thousands of friends who are often forgotten and ignored: co-workers, first responders, neighbors and survivors who struggle to find a way to grieve the friends killed when the World Trade Center towers fell. In "Friend Grief and 9/11: The Forgotten Mourners" you''ll learn how they adjust to life without their friends and find ways to honor those they lost on a clear, blue Tuesday.

It's been likened to a plague, but AIDS was never just a health crisis. The second of a series on grieving the death of a friend, Grief and AIDS: Thirty Years of Burying Our Friends, revisits a time when people with AIDS were also victims of bigotry and discrimination. In stories about Ryan White, ACT UP, the Names Project, red ribbons and more, you'll learn why friends made all the difference: not just caregiving or memorializing, but changing the way society confronts the medical establishment and government to demand action.