Packaged like an actual field guide, a view of the people who watch the birds, features full-color illustrations of each birder; the distinguishing characteristics, voice, range, and habitats of thirty-nine "species" of birders; a diagram of the birder body; and tips how to prevent birder-watching injuries and how to attract them into your own backyard. Original.

A Field Guide to North American Birders

Humor & Entertainment

Harmon, Margaret

Humor

Berkley Trade

Stretching man's mind: A history of data processing

Science & Math

Mathematics

Mason/Charter

The Man Who Learned to Walk in Shoes That Pinch: Contemporary Fables

Literature & Fiction

United States

Abyss Pubns

Margaret Harmon has a new collection of original fables, The Genie Who Had Wishes of His Own: 21st-Century Fables. Twenty-two brand new heroes, villains, and earnest strivers go after health, love, and fulfillment. These are fables we read when the children are asleep. • Idealistic architect Zoe, in “One Piece of Perfection,” creates a building that might heal the Earth . . . if she can protect it from the people living in it. • Health-food expert Myrna decides to rescue her husband from a nutritional wasteland in “The Woman Who Loved Her Husband.” But Stanley’s a big man who likes ice cream. • Roger (“The Philanthropist”) makes himself a multibillionaire by exploiting workers, squeezing expenses and stretching loopholes—until he accidentally explodes his world. • Nina, who knows exactly what she wants, finds a genuine genie, who discovers what he wants, in “Freeing the Genie.” Quirky and determined, these trapeze artists, juggler, caterpillar, song sparrow, ballerina, and the rest are exactly who we want them to be: us. Our favorites walk beside us as private guardians and powerful allies. “Fantastic!” —Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 "There is something hedonistic and luxurious inherent in these fables . . . Look around for this book. You’ll find it useful in countless social and literary ways.” —Carolyn See, author of There Will Never Be Another You “Growing up with Aesop, Phaedrus, and La Fontaine at easy reach, I was critical of modern attempts—that is, until James Thurber, the toughest act of all to follow. Well, comes now before us Margaret Harmon with her collection, and the prospects are bright for some fabulous reading once again.” —Shelly Lowenkopf, author of The Fiction Writer’s Handbook “Very clever.”—Barnaby Conrad, author of Matador “Wonderful, unexpected resolutions gently prod us to consider our own relationships.” —Pam Dixon, author of Online Privacy

The Genie Who Had Wishes of His Own: 21st-Century Fables

Literary

Plowshare Media

IX. Community for Elders In contrast with a generation ago, the two most distinctive aspects of the Intentional Communities Movement today are: a) the impact of the internet on our ability to find out what’s happening; and b) that so many people over 50 are trying community living for the first time. It used be that first- time community experimentation was almost wholly limited to people in their 20s and 30s. Not any more! That makes the theme of Elders doubly potent today—both because communities tend to last lon- ger now (since it’s so easy to find out what others have learned, many of the common mistakes can be avoided, and younger members inevitably become older members if the group lasts long enough) and because so many join today as seniors or nearly so.When you add in the fact that there’s growing evidence that a sense of community and connection are directly related to longevity and quality of life, it’s no wonder that Communities issues focused on eldering sell out fast. This Community for Elders bundle has 15 articles that explore the options for aging in community and the dynamism of intergenerational living. This Digital Issue on Community for Elders includes: 1. To the Ecovillage: Do Family Dynamics Change When Three Generations Move to the Same Community? by Diana Leafe Christian, #112 2. Graying in Community . . . Can we continue to live in community as we grow older? by Darin Fenger, #132 3. Supporting the Aging Process in Community by Marie H. Schutz, #89 4. Listening to the Wisdom of Our Elders by Elizabeth Younger, #89 5. Growth and Well-Being in a Senior Co-op (including Senior Housing Co-ops, Deborah Altus) by Bevelyn Carpenter, #89 6. Friendship & Shared Living by Margaret Harmon, #89 7. How Will I Live My Elder Years in Community? by Neshama Abraham Paiss, #119 8. It Takes a Community to Grow an Elder by Rebecca Dale, #149 9. Elderhood, In and Out of Community by Dianne Brause, #149 10. Fear of Change in Long-Term Intentional Communities and Ecovillages by Coyote Alberto Ruz, #157 11. Embracing a Terminal Illness by Fred Lanphear, #145 12. Aging in Community by Raines Cohen, #149 13. Elder Cohousing: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? (including What Older Cohousers Say about Elder Cohousing, Craig Ragland) by Neshama Abraham and Kate deLaGrange, #132 14. Community and Health: Immigrant Senior Cohousing in the Netherlands by Dorit Fromm and Els de Jong, #145 15. Senior Cohousing: Establishing a Healthy, Sustainable Lifestyle for an Aging Generation by Chuck Durrett, #145

Best of Communities: IX. Community for Elders

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Christian, Diana Leafe

Fenger, Darin

Schutz, Marie H.

Younger, Elizabeth

Carpenter, Bevelyn

Paiss, Neshama Abraham

Dale, Rebecca

Brause, Dianne

Ruz, Coyote Alberto

Sustainable Living

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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