The first authoritative and comprehensive guide to "aging in place"--a burgeoning movement for those who don't want to rely on assisted living or nursing home care--which allows seniors to spend their later years living comfortably, independently, and in their own home or community. For millions of Americans, living in a nursing home or assisted living facility is not how they'd prefer to spend their retirement years. This is why more and more people...

Tolerance and forgiveness help us use our special gifts to make us and others happy. An imaginary tale (not to diminish the Biblical story) of two aardvarks who frantically arrive at the last minute, desperately wanting to get on the ark. Their strange looks and mannerisms cause Noah to ask himself, aardvarks in the ark, is that a good thing? Once on the ark, their oblivious search for food and a place of their own soon has all the animals...

Finding a place to enjoy your hobbies, practice yoga or indulge your inner artist has never been easier. Some of us are musicians who wish we had extra space to rock out on our drum set. Gardeners desire a sunny, indoor space for potting, planting and propagating, and storing their supplies. Still others just want a place of their own, away from the noise of the family home, maybe to read a book or meditate. Sheds explores all the ways you can

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Written to develop empathy for the less fortunate in younger readers, Street Boy is the story of an eight-year-old who lives in a refrigerator box on the street with his mother. The story is set in the early nineties, before the advent of the internet and cell phone. Hiding from what she perceives as the Warfare Office, Mama fears that the suits will take her boy away from her if they are discovered. But when Street Boy is abandoned during a severe...

In 1987, the hungry Atlantic Ocean broke the barrier beach protecting Chatham, swallowing a handful of shorefront houses. But in the last half century, most of the change that has come to this town on the elbow of Cape Cod has been more subtle. Historic houses gave way to hotels when Chatham became an attractive vacation destination for motorists, and then the hotels became homes again as summer visitors sought to have a place of their own for retirement....

The New Faery, born of the four-armed Old Faery and the wingless riders of the great moths, prepare to depart from the long home of the Color Faery. Gifted with the speaking mind of Mothkin and the six wings of the Old Faery, they go seeking a place of their own where they can be a new people who need never hear the life-giving Ring Chant of the Faery, which is, to them, a violent clamor of discordant sounds. In a deep place in the Secret Mountains...

For many new homeowners, the euphoria that comes with buying the perfect new house can soon turn into total panic. First-time buyers often feel overwhelmed by the amount of maintenance their new home requires-not to mention the nasty problems and surprises that seem to be lurking around every corner (and in every wall). Finally, author and real estate guru Sid Davis provides the antidote for the common worries that plague every new owner. From easy...

Homeless on Maui? Sleeping on the beach sounds like fun... Until you have no other choice. When single mom Carrie Ann Emerson and her little girl Rorie have to find a place of their own, they encounter one stroke of bad luck-or bad landlord-after another. Carrie Ann is beginning to wonder if they'll end up living on the beach. But then they find the home of their dreams in rural Makawao, and an adopted family as well. Auntie Rose McKenzie, the...