Life is unpredictable, and my journey is a testament to that. For a quarter century, crack cocaine held me captive. I lost everything – my home, my family, my dreams, and even my desire to live. But today, I stand before you as a survivor. I’ve rebuilt my life, become a homeowner, and launched my own business. Most importantly, I am a mother, determined to help my daughter overcome the same demons that once plagued me.This book is my story of hope and resilience. It’s about conquer...

Vacant lots. Historic buildings overgrown with weeds. Walls and alleyways covered with graffiti. These are sights associated with countless inner-city neighborhoods in America, and yet many viewers have trouble getting beyond the surface of such images, whether they are denigrating them as signs of a dangerous ghetto or romanticizing them as traits of a beautiful ruined landscape. The Street: A Field Guide to Inequality provides readers with the critical tools they need t...

This book has all Twelve Steps of Recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous fully explained in today's language. With the book being written in 1936, their way of writing is a bit different than today's way of communicating. With each step explained in an easy way to understand, the process of doing the 12 steps become that much easier.The 12 Steps of Recovery with Alcoholics Anonymous are responsible for the restoration of families, jobs, homes and relationships. Not to mention the ability...

Allen Carrs Easyway is the most successful stop smoking method of all time. It has helped millions of smokers all over the world quit instantly, easily, painlessly and permanently. Finally Free! is a specially adapted, cutting-edge presentation of Allen Carrs Easyway method with accessible new text and design. Here, every aspect of smoking is examined from a female perspective, and answers are provided to every question and concern.Allen Cars Easyway works both for casual and heavy...

The "compelling" story behind the 1995 Chicago weather disaster that killed hundreds—and what it revealed about our broken society ( Boston Globe).On July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index—how the temperature actually feels on the body—would hit 126. When the heat wave broke a week later, city streets had buckled; records for electrical use were shattered; and power grids had fail...

Design your ideal life—easily and safely.Self-hypnosis is a rewarding and highly effective way to change patterns of behavior and create the life you desire. Whether you want to boost your confidence, improve your memory, release negative emotions, or banish unhealthy habits, you can use self-hypnosis to reprogram your subconscious and achieve anything you want.Based on decades of study and refinement of his proven methods, Richard Webster tells you everything you need to k...

From the author of the best-selling Feminist City, this urbanite’s guide to gentrification knocks down the myths and exposes the forces behind the most urgent housing crisis of our time.Gentrification is no longer a phenomenon to be debated by geographers or downplayed by urban planners—it’s an experience lived and felt by working-class people everywhere. Leslie Kern travels to Toronto, Vancouver, New York, London, and Paris to look beyond the familiar and false stories we...

How "colorblindness" in policy and personal practice perpetuate racial inequity in the United States today.Following the civil rights movement, race relations in the United States entered a new era.Legal gains were interpreted by some as ensuring equal treatment for all and that "colorblind" policies and programs would be the best way forward. Since then, many voices have called for an end to affirmative action and other color-conscious policies and programs, and e...

Reader Views Annual Literary Awards 2010The annual literary awards were established to honor writers who self-published or had their books published by a subsidy publisher, small press, University press, or independent book publisher geared for the North American reading audience.Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting! , written by Robert W. Boich, and published by iUniverse has been named the 2010 Great Lakes Regional Winner; as well as the 2010 Reviewer...

Income, education, employment, housing, the wider environment, and social supports; far more than the actions of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, it is these conditions that make the greatest difference in our health. Drawing on his experiences as a family physician in the inner city of Saskatoon, Mozambique, and rural Saskatchewan, Dr. Ryan Meili uses scholarship and patient stories to explore health determinants and democratic reforms that could create a truly healthy...

Grief and loss affect almost every aspect of living—or having lived—with alcoholism. Members share how they have learned to acknowledge and accept these losses with the help of Al‑Anon Family Groups. Indexed

Defies the myth that parents must sacrific themselves. Instead, shows them how to reclaim their power, balance, happiness...and lives. When kids turn to substance abuse, parents also become vicims as they watch their children transform into irrational and antisocial individuals. This harrowing scenario finds parents buckling beneath the stress--often with catastrophoric consequences: Divorce, career upsets, breakdowns and worse. "Don't Let Your Kids Kill You" is a landmark work that dares ...