Publications About Building Community, Aging, Women & Friendships
(on my bookshelf)
Publications organized by Topic. Click links to purchase on Amazon.
Topic: Building Community, Housing
Making Your Community Livable for All Ages by National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Baker, Beth. With a Little Help from Our Friends: Creating Community As We Grow Older. Vanderbilt University Press. April 2014.
Block, Peter. Community: The Structure of Belonging. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2008.
Buck, John and Sharon Villines. We the People, A Guide to Sociocratic Principles and Method. Washington D.C.: Sociocracy.info Press, 2007. (We the People describes a new method of governing ourselves that creates more inclusive and efficient organizations.)
Bush, Karen, Louise Machinist and Jean McQuillin. My House Our House: Living Far Better for Far Less in a Cooperative Household. Pittsburgh: St. Lynn’s Press, 2013.
Chiras, Dan and Dave Wann. Superberbia! 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2003.
Christian, Diana Leafe. Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities.Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2003.
Christian, Diana Leafe. Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2007.
Durrett, Charles. The Senior Cohousing Handbook: A Community Approach to Independent Living. 2nd edition. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2009.
Durrett, Charles. Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1988.
Orsi, Janelle and Emily Drucker. The Sharing Solution: How to Save Money, Simplify Your Life and Build Community. Berkeley: Nolo Press, 2009.
Pluhar, Annamarie. Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates. Peterborough NH: Bauhan Publishing, 2011.
Shaffer, Carolyn and Kristin Anundsen. Creating Community Anywhere, Finding Support and Connection in a Fragmented World. New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 1994.
Wann, David. Reinventing Community: Stories from the Walkways of Cohousing. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Press, 2005.
Topic: Aging
Bolen, Jean Shinoda. Crones Don’t Whine. Boston: Conari Press, 2003.
Cohen, Gene, MD, PhD. The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life. New York: Avon Books, 2000.
Dass, Ram. Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing and Dying. New York: Penguin Books, 2000.
Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara. The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk & Adventure in the 25 Years After 50. New York: Sarah Crichton Books, 2009.
Leider, Richard, and David Shapiro. Claiming Your Place at the Fire: Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2004.
Levine, Suzanne Braun. Inventing the Rest of Our Lives. New York: Penguin Books, 2006.
Luke, Helen. Old Age: Journey into Simplicity. Gt. Barrington MA: Lindisfarne Books, 2010.
Pipher, Mary PhD. Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders. New York: Riverhead Books, 1999.
Ruiz, Don Miguel. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom. San Rafael CA: Amber-Allen Publishing, Inc., 1997 and 2012.
Sadler, William, PhD, and James Krefft, PhD. Changing Course…Navigating Life After 50. The Center for Third Age Leadership Press, 2007.
Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman and Ronald Miller. From Age-ing to Sage-ing: A New Vision of Growing Older. New York: Warner Books, 1995.
Stephanie, Marohn. Audacious Aging. Santa Rosa CA: Elite Books, 2009.
Thomas, William MD. What are Old People For? How Elders Will Save the World. Acton MA: VanderWyk and Burnham, 2004.
Topic: Women & Aging & Friendship
Carnes, Robin Deen and Sally Craig. Sacred Circles, A Guide to Creating Your Own Women’s Spirituality Group. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1998.
Mazer, Gwen with portraits by Christine Alicino. Wise Talk, Wild Women. San Francisco: Council Oak Books, 2007.
Morgaine, Morgana. Borderless Broads. New Adventures for the Midlife Woman. DoneForYouPublishing.com, 2011.
Shapiro, Patricia Gottlieb. Heart to Heart: Deepening Women’s Friendships at Midlife. Berkeley: Berkeley Books, 2001.
Wheatley, Margaret. Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future. San Francisco, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2009.