A lot has happened this year and with the winters already arrived, almost all are happy to bid adieu to 2020. As we love stories, we wanted you to open up and share your experiences with us. As the new writers are finding ways to get published and the transformation in the publishing industry, Storizen in association with HarperCollins Publishers brings you the debut author, poet, and social media influencer, Anubhav Agrawal. Do check out the feature story on Page 8. Book Lovers, we are listening! With the hottest new releases in the market, we have also added a new section to cheer you all up! Yes, we have included Book Excerpts for you to dive deep into the world of books! Besides this, we have something awesome for you. We are now a 30K+ strong family on FB! We would like to thank you for your continuous support and belief in us. With lovely stories and poetry for you to explore, we are sure that you will love reading this issue again and again.

Anubhav Agrawal's advice have helped millions of people in resolving their queries in regards of their relationships and eventually helped them in moving on. After the success of Anubhav Agrawal's debut book "Why Not Me? A feeling of millions" he has come up with his first book of his "Hands Down" series. This little self-help eBook is not just 'another self-help book' you've read before. In this book, he has put all his knowledge and advice to help a person to move on in the right, best and the most effective way possible. This book also throws light on another important topic "Second Chance" So, if also want to know if you should give them another chance or not, then must read this book before making your decision. Do give it your read!

'Slices of Life' is a collection of short stories or vignettes that provide an immersive and entertaining experience of diverse scenarios of life in motion. They are slivers of existence with the ingredients of plot and characters, sprinkled with human emotion, pervaded by the aroma of human dilemmas and served in the platter of lucid language. Sometimes searing with agony and often pervaded with beauty and yearning in the midst of travails in a contemporary or futuristic reality, they explore relationships and the human struggle to find meaning amidst chaos. They describe the consequences of our choices and characters who are at the threshold of a discovery or have reached the zenith of tolerance. The universal themes and enduring images of commonplace individuals in the swirl of life are embedded in a mixed bag of genres ranging from bathos and futuristic Sci-Fi to grim Realistic fiction and a suspenseful Whodunit.

Dr. Velvl Greene lived a life of discovery of family, science and his heritage. Through quips, quotes and free-streaming thoughts, this NASA scientist reflects on his experiences and their impact on his own life's journey.

It has been nearly a half century since President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. Back in the 1960s tackling poverty "in place" meant focusing resources in the inner city and in rural areas. The suburbs were seen as home to middle- and upper-class families—affluent commuters and homeowners looking for good schools and safe communities in which to raise their kids. But today's America is a very different place. Poverty is no longer just an urban or rural problem, but increasingly a suburban one as well. In Confronting Suburban Poverty in America, Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube take on the new reality of metropolitan poverty and opportunity in America. After decades in which suburbs added poor residents at a faster pace than cities, the 2000s marked a tipping point. Suburbia is now home to the largest and fastest-growing poor population in the country and more than half of the metropolitan poor. However, the antipoverty infrastructure built over the past several decades does not fit this rapidly changing geography. As Kneebone and Berube cogently demonstrate, the solution no longer fits the problem. The spread of suburban poverty has many causes, including shifts in affordable housing and jobs, population dynamics, immigration, and a struggling economy. The phenomenon raises several daunting challenges, such as the need for more (and better) transportation options, services, and financial resources. But necessity also produces opportunity—in this case, the opportunity to rethink and modernize services, structures, and procedures so that they work in more scaled, cross-cutting, and resource-efficient ways to address widespread need. This book embraces that opportunity. Kneebone and Berube paint a new picture of poverty in America as well as the best ways to combat it. Confronting Suburban Poverty in America offers a series of workable recommendations for public, private, and nonprofit leaders seeking to modernize po