This smart, provocative look at how the American Dream of single-family homes, white picket fences, and two-car garages became a lonely, overpriced nightmare explores how new trends in housing can help us live better. Over the past century, American demographics and social norms have shifted dramatically. More people are living alone, marrying later in life, and having smaller families. At the same time, their lifestyles are changing, whether by choice or by force, to become more virtual, more mobile, and less stable. But despite the ways that today's America is different and more diverse, housing still looks stuck in the 1950s. In Brave New Home, Diana Lind shows why a country full of single-family houses is bad for us and our planet, and details the new efforts underway that better reflect the way we live now, to ensure that the way we live next is both less lonely and more affordable. Lind takes readers into the homes and communities that are seeking alternatives to the American norm, from multi-generational living, in-law suites, and co-living to microapartments, tiny houses, and new rural communities. Drawing on Lind's expertise and the stories of Americans caught in or forging their own paths outside of our cookie-cutter housing trap, Brave New Home offers a diagnosis of the current American housing crisis and a radical re-imagining of future possibilities.

A Gentle Invitation into the Challenging Topic of Privilege The notion that some might have it better than others, for no good reason, offends our sensibilities. Yet, until we talk about privilege, we’ll never fully understand it or find our way forward. Amy Julia Becker welcomes us into her life, from the charm of her privileged southern childhood to her adult experience in the northeast, and the denials she has faced as the mother of a child with special needs. She shows how a life behind a white picket fence can restrict even as it protects, and how it can prevent us from loving our neighbors well. White Picket Fences invites us to respond to privilege with generosity, humility, and hope. It opens us to questions we are afraid to ask, so that we can walk further from fear and closer to love, in all its fragile and mysterious possibilities.

If you have ever wanted to follow your heart, find a new life, a new love, a new beginning. You will want to read this book. This book is based on a true story about Angels, love and loss. Going through the pains of divorce and grief and listening to your inner voice to find true happiness and your soul mate. Finding your White Picket Fences and your Knight in Shining Armour.

I DONT WANT YOUR MAN, I WANT MY OWN SECOND EDITION A compelling allegory, a must have spiritual tool for generations to come. - Dr. John L. Johnson, publisher and author Of THE BLACK BIBLICAL HERITAGE Our Vision Uniting the dream of Civil Rights and moral justice for abundant life." Our Mission Enhancing lives spiritually, intellectually,physically andholistically.

Achieve the stellar sales you’ve only dreamed of by following “one of corporate America’s most powerful people” along the Yellow Brick Road to success (Forbes). Celebrating the appeal of the timeless film, Sidney Friedman selects the twelve greatest scenes in The Wizard of Oz to offer inspiration, encouragement, and instruction to aspiring sales superstars. The author reveals that, among other things: Toto discovers a talking scarecrow who thinks he hasn’t any brains. But he’s smart enough to do something about it. Despite incredible odds, Dorothy and the crew best both the Wizard and the Wicked Witch. They succeed because they have a goal, are motivated, and will not give up! Discover that the Wonderful Wizard is in you, listen to his wisdom, and achieve the spectacular sales that can otherwise only be found somewhere over the rainbow.

What Work Means goes beyond the stereotypes and captures the diverse ways Americans view work as a part of a good life. Dispelling the notion of Americans as mere workaholics, Claudia Strauss presents a more nuanced perspective. While some live to work, others prefer a diligent 9-to-5 work ethic that is conscientious but preserves time for other interests. Her participants often enjoyed their jobs without making work the focus of their life. These findings challenge laborist views of waged work as central to a good life as well as post-work theories that treat work solely as exploitative and soul-crushing. Drawing upon the evocative stories of unemployed Americans from a wide range of occupations, from day laborers to corporate managers, both immigrant and native-born, Strauss explores how diverse Americans think about the place of work in a good life, gendered meanings of breadwinning, accepting financial support from family, friends, and the state, and what the ever-elusive American dream means to them. By considering how post-Fordist unemployment experiences diverge from joblessness earlier, What Work Means paves the way for a historically and culturally informed discussion of work meanings in a future of teleworking, greater automation, and increasing nonstandard employment.