May Dixon has never met a problem she couldn't solve—signs of her "tinkering" are all over her late-1940s Indiana farm—but she never thought she'd be inventing a whole new kind of family. Faced with losing her husband, May pulls herself together and comes up with a plan. People think it's crazy to shell peas with a clothes-wringer, too, she tells herself. But it works. Read more about Making It All Right: a Novel

Describes the experiences of three women soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq to reveal how their military service has affected their friendship, personal lives and families, detailing the realities of their work on bases and in war zones and how their choices and losses shaped their perspectives. Read more about Soldier Girls : the Battles of Three Women at Home and at War

Iconic shapes, poster art, and colorful designs are review here for this community's long history of pride and activism.  Read more about Queer X Design : 50 Years of Signs, Symbols, Banners, Logos, and Graphic Art of LGBTQ

The author cites her muses - her Cherokee ancestry, her childhood poverty, and those who grew up in the Great Depression - and reminds us that it is the planet itself that motivates her to think practically, slowly, and purposefully with design work. The book provides a product checklist for energy usage and building materials. Also makes easy a plan to review where the furniture, paints, and fabrics were produced and explains certification standards, which might open your home to potential buyers with similar interests.  Read more about Green Interior Design

Feeling claustrophobic? Like the thought of setting up your roommate with up a tree? This book inspires with very small "get-a-way" spaces you can put in the backyard or on wheels. These lofts or study rooms provide shelter and quiet - some large enough for sleeping quarters - and will get you looking at your back and side yards with new ideas.  Read more about Microshelters: 59 Creative Cabins, Tiny Houses, Tree Houses, and Other Small Structures