This insightful book focuses on state-of-the-art retirement communities in the United States today. Experts from the fields of urban planning, architecture, and aging present in-depth profiles of a variety of retirement communities. The changing function and character of retirement communities--resulting from changes in supply and demand, alternate lifestyles, and other environmental needs of an ever-increasing aging population--are explored. The timely discussions in this useful resource ...

I thought they were my enemies. I was right.I invited the infamous Blackwell Beasts to live with me for one reason: to find out if they killed my brother five years ago.They did the time, but did they really do the crime?I thought I was prepared for anything, but deep down, I didn't want to believe they did it.How could I when guitar-playing Wolf made me feel so safe? When quirky Otis made me feel so seen?Even Jace, my MC bully, brou...

Five years ago three men confessed to killing my brother.Now I'm living with them.Five years ago I was falsely accused of murder. Then three gorgeous enigmatic men confessed to the crime.Otis: the quirky protector who worships the ground I walk on.Wolf: my dead brother's best friend, forbidden to touch me.Jace: the bully who despises me.The newspapers called them the Blackwell Beasts. Were they scapegoats for someone else's c...

A funny picture book about Paddington, the world’s favourite bear – now a major movie star!Paddington is excited to be organising an Easter egg hunt for his neighbours. But, from finding empty supermarket shelves, to buying a box of broken Easter eggs, Paddington wonders if the hunt can ever go ahead. That is, until Mr Gruber’s book on Roman mosaics and some sticky marmalade give him a brilliant idea . . .A deliciously funny Easter story, perfect for Paddington fans!

Sales Isn’t a Rat Race…It’s a Treasure Hunt.The question is…how do you get to the treasure? With over thirty years of sales experience—from owning his own business to commission-only roles—Michael Hinkle shares the mindsets and practices he’s used to cultivate a multimillion-dollar sales career. With a refreshingly straightforward and simple perspective on how to build a thriving sales career, he lays out the common-sense strategies for how nurturing relationships and building weal...

Aim for conversational wisdom — part motivational, part reflective. Think Mark Manson meets Robin Sharma: accessible but sincere, with stories and personal insights illustrating each point.Life doesn't hand us opportunities neatly wrapped in clarity; most come disguised as small challenges, unexpected detours, or quiet moments of doubt.A life goal isn't just a dream you repeat to yourself — it's a direction you live by. Th...

For brave hunters and bear-lovers, the classic chant-aloud by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury.Follow and join in the family's excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river and squelch through the mud in search of a bear. What a surprise awaits them in the cave on the other side of the dark forest!

A lover, her daughter and the abandoned wife: three letters by three women tell the story of a love affair's tragic consequences. First Shoko, who finds out about the infidelity through reading her mother's diary; then Midori, the wife who has always known but never told; and finally the beautiful Saiko, the woman who has betrayed her best friend. Yasushi Inoue's poised, unsentimental novella is a powerful tale with universal resonance. Written from three different points of view, the stor...

“Put Victoria with two Alpha brothers, and wow, oh wow, your socks will be knocked off.”First a Marine, then a black ops agent, Victoria Morgan knows the military is where she belongs…until a sniper’s bullet changes her life. Trying to prove she’s not washed up, she rescues a young man from kidnappers. When the dying boy transforms into a cougar—and bites her—she learns of an entire hidden society. He begs her to inform his grandfather of his death and to keep the ...

The essential follow-up to the BusinessWeek bestseller Trading UpA BMW in a Costco parking lot? A working class family with a 50-inch plasma TV? What's going on in the mind of the new consumer?Today's consumers can seem impossible to understand, and even harder to please. For instance, the average mall shopper will spend about $100, then leave when she hits that limit. She'll probably buy shoes rather than clothing, because she doesn't wan...

Nixon: I'd rather use a nuclear bomb. Have you got that ready?Kissinger: Now that, I think, would just be, uh, too much, uh -Nixon: A nuclear bomb, does that bother you?[Kissinger response virtually inaudible]Nixon: I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christ's sake!A Vietnam War Reader, edited by Michael Hunt, is a unique collection of shocking lived experiences, directly f...