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Do you know what your neighbours get up to behind closed doors? And more to the point, do you want to know? ‘The Rise and Fall of the Queen of Suburbia is a darkly comic portrayal of marriage, relationships, neighbours and suburbia.Welcome to Littlehaven, where serving pineapple with cottage cheese at a dinner party is the very height of glamorous sophistication; where sulky teenagers join CND and obsess as much about the threat of nuclear war as they do about their latest acne outbreak; and where missing a Green Goddess-led aerobics session is the true definition of disaster. ‘The Rise and Fall of the Queen of Suburbia’ follows the intertwined stories of the inhabitants of Pollards Close in love and out of love, in marriage and in flagrante, in health and in sickness, in work and out of work, in triumph and in tragedy.‘The Rise and Fall of the Queen of Suburbia’ is a black-hearted soap opera, a smart, sharp study of obsession, paranoia and class, set against an all-too-recognisable backdrop of the decade that taste forgot.

Updated with a new Introduction by the authors and a foreword by Richard Florida, this book is a comprehensive guide book for urban designers, planners, architects, developers, environmentalists, and community leaders that illustrates how existing suburban developments can be redesigned into more urban and more sustainable places. While there has been considerable attention by practitioners and academics to development in urban cores and new neighborhoods on the periphery of cities, there has been little attention to the redesign and redevelopment of existing suburbs. The authors, both architects and noted experts on the subject, show how development in existing suburbs can absorb new growth and evolve in relation to changed demographic, technological, and economic conditions. Retrofitting Suburbia was named winner in the Architecture & Urban Planning category of the 2009 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (The PROSE Awards) awarded by The Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers

Das Grove Park Inn.
Vom fruhen 20. Jahrhundert bis zum Z-Tag war das Grove Park Inn der Ort, an dem die Reichen verweilten, wenn sie in Asheville, NC, Urlaub machten. Jeder von F. Scott Fitzgerald bis hin zu Prasident Barack Obama war im Grove Park zu Gast gewesen. Kunstler, Schauspieler, Diplomaten, Industriegro?en, alle hatten es irgendwann einmal ihr Zuhause auf Zeit genannt. Aber das war vor der Zombie-Apokalypse gewesen.
Jetzt ist die funfstockige Luxusherberge aus Stein, Backstein und Holz das Zuhause von jemand anderem. Noch ist nicht klar, um wen es sich handelt. Fakt ist aber, er ist schwer bewaffnet.
Whispering Pines wird wieder aufgebaut und so hat Jace «Long Pork» Stanford nichts Besseres zu tun als herauszufinden, wer die Neuankommlinge sind. Naturlich nur , wenn er nicht gerade damit beschaftigt ist, mit den allgegenwartigen Z-Horden fertig zu werden … o der vor paramilitarischen Soldnern um sein Leben zu laufen … o der moglicherweise mehr von der Zombie infizierten Stadt hochzujagen , weil er es nicht sein lassen kann, auf irgendwelche Knopfe zu drucken. Knopfe sind schlie?lich dazu da, dass man sie druckt, auch wahrend der Apokalypse, richtig?
Sieht also aus, wie ein ganz gewohnlicher Tag in Z Burbia!

Wild Suburbia  guides us through the process of transforming a traditional, high water-use yard into a peaceful habitat garden abounding with native plants. Author Barbara Eisenstein emphasizes that gardening is a rewarding activity rather than a finished product, from removing lawns and getting in touch with a yard's climate to choosing plants and helping them thrive. Supplementing her advice with personal stories from her decades of experience working with native plants, Eisenstein illuminates the joys of tending a native garden—and assures us that any challenges, from managing pests to disapproving neighbors, should never sap the enjoyment out of a pleasurable and fulfilling hobby. For plant lovers curious about their own ecosystems,  Wild Suburbia  offers a style of gardening that nurtures biodiversity, deepens connection to place, and encourages new and seasoned gardeners alike to experiment and have fun.