Joanne finds romance at her mother's laundromat but not without humorous complications.

The Clothesline is a nostalgic yet practical guide to a less complicated time, when women shared household secrets, recipes and remedies over the back fence. Filled with historic and contemporary photographs and illustrations, the book includes tips on creating a fun yet functional laundry room, information on laundry collectibles, hints for easy care of heirloom linens, and traditional wash-day recipes like lavender ironing water and verbena soap. Visit the Clothesline website for helpful tips, excerpts from the book, and author tour information.

Hadassah's high school crush Ahmad is back in town for his little brother's graduation and she is avoiding him by working the night shift at her family's 24-hour laundromat. The last time she saw him, she got drunk and did some things still make her blush and make her cover her face with shame. The last thing she wants to do is relive that humiliating moment. But then Ahmad shows up with dinner and a bottle of Henny. Confessions slip from her lips and clothes hit the floor in Liquor & Laundry. Unrequited love High school crush

Laundromats are a quintessential part of the New York City landscape: an indispensible element to many city dwellers' lives, they're an ersatz utility room shared with dozens of strangers at any given time, a moist environment of humming machines and strange clothes. No other public facility gathers so many people under one roof to engage in one of the most intimate rituals in which the modern human routinely performs, that of making clean again one's outer and under garments. What New Yorker has never experienced the dread of removing another's...stuff...from a dryer having completed its cycle in order to get on with it and be released from the temporary prison of chore.... Laundromats are as varied as the people inside. They often reflect the social, cultural, and economic fabric of the neighborhood they reside in (announcements, flags, and symbols displayed often reveal something about their mainly mom-and-pop owners), yet they additionally possess a story of commercial storefront design, inspired and mundane: the trend date of awning design and lettering; the poster advertising for cleaning; the refreshment options for adults and their charges. Neighborhood laundromats are one of the last holdouts of the disappearing storefronts of New York City as small shops are driven out of business by chains and venture-capital initiatives. Like the beloved Korean green grocer/bodega/Arab deli, someday soon there could be far fewer of these ugly ducklings, and another genuine element of New York's street life will be...washed away. Laundromatwas photographed from 2008 to 2012 and represents all five New York boroughs and most of its neighborhoods.

Small Batch explores the emerging denominational movement into planting missional communities. As the church finds its way into the new millennium, it is faced with the need to think of its mission as an ancient future Christian community. Theology to practical guide, stories from the front and communities to discover, books to read, and small group study questions make Small Batch a handbook for individuals interested in the growing movement of planting new Christian communities. Through the movement of the spirit and shared common life and staying deeply rooted in the ancient practices of Christian community, the denominational church is being reborn in a new mission context. Small batch communities are popping up across the country with a new mission fervor. They are locally focused. They are organic and deeply rooted in the community and derive their strength from the care they give to local concerns. They are sustainable because they begin to find new economies that support the work. Bishop Doyle explores the sending churches that are planting greenfield ministries and multiplying churches who are spinning off new contextually oriented mission communities. What we discover in Small Batch is that the gospel will not be deterred by size or economic realities, and we are even now able to see the future shape of very diverse Christian mission.

This book provides all the knowledge and tools you need to find, evaluate and buy a Laundromat. From offering unique strategies that will help you find Laundromats that are for sale -- even if they are not advertised -- to helping you evaluate a Laundromat by determining its typical income and expenses, calculating its turns per day and checking whether a seller is honest about his or her revenues, this book will help you avoid costly mistakes. But this book will also help you save thousands when buying a Laundromat and offers business plans, financing tips and information on dealing with competition.

"Peace can seem so very far off. Whether we are watching news of atrocities committed in other countries or we encounter the violence in our own neighborhoods, peace can seem distant. Mike Angell engages peace not simply as an absence of conflict. Peace, following on the Christian tradition, is more concrete. Peace must be planted, tended, and grown in our own hearts and in the world. Mike explores ways individuals and Christian communities can cultivate peace personally, locally, and on a global scale"--