People worked hard, back then, to promote themselves as they believed they should be. Norman Rockwell, then Ozzie and Harriet, depicted Godlike behaviors and values that we continue to admire. However the hurt and loneliness endured by the fat girl, the oddball, the foreigner or the village idiot was largely ignored. Hopefully, they didn't live on our block. Few of us can attain Rockwellian Ideals. We're born with powerful and indelible compulsions. The flesh is weak and failure to achieve the ideal can result in the worst kinds of hypocracy. Pretending to be something we aren't causes damage to ourselves and to others as well. We've all heard stories about explosive consequences of passion denied. This book is about one man's fight to be kind to others, true to himself, yet achieve normalcy in a world with little tolerance for those who are, somehow, "queer."

Doug Greene takes an in-depth and critical look at the life and ideas of Michael Harrington, one of America's most important democratic socialists. A Failure of Vision discusses one of the most important champions for democratic socialism in the United States. Michael Harrington (1928-1989) is widely recognized for writing The Other America, a seminal expose of poverty in the United States that inspired the War on Poverty. He was also the founder of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which is currently the largest socialist organization in the United States. Michael Harrington hoped to transform democratic socialism from a marginal view into a major political force in the United States. To accomplish this, he advocated that socialists act as the "left-wing of the possible" inside of the Democratic Party in order to transform it into one that truly represented the people. In the end, Realignment proved to be a dead end to advance socialist politics. The questions proposed by Michael Harrington continue to be sharply debated by socialists. With an engaging style and critical approach to Michael Harrington's shortcomings, this book is essential reading to understand contemporary debates on the American left.

Doug is losing his eyesight to a rare, chronic, and progressive eye disease known as retinitis pigmentosa (RP)-a life-changing condition causing his vision to slowly descend behind a dark curtain of uncertainty. For much of his life, he stumbled literally and emotionally, misguided until reality was discovered and became customary. His journey has been obscure, but not without merit. If it weren't for his disability, he never would have embraced inner strength, acceptance, diversity, and most importantly, the humor needed to live life with gratitude. In his own words, Doug's story of self-innovation will let you look through his eyes that are losing sight, yet gain inner vision to see the light.

Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a rare condition that creates patchy, thin, white skin. Lichen sclerosus might affect skin anywhere on one's body, but it generally involves skin in the vulva, foreskin of the penis or skin around the anus. Csillag's Disease (Sclerosus) Guttate Morphea (Sclerosus) Guttate Scleroderma, Lichen Sclerosus Type Hallopeau I Disease Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus Von Zambusch Disease White-Spot Disease Medicinal and surgical treatments are available to treat the disorder. If you or a loved one has this debilitating disease, this book offers an insight into the various treatment options.

People worked hard, back then, to promote themselves as they believed they should be. Norman Rockwell, then Ozzie and Harriet, depicted Godlike behaviors and values that we continue to admire. However the hurt and loneliness endured by the fat girl, the oddball, the foreigner or the village idiot was largely ignored. Hopefully, they didn't live on our block. Few of us can attain Rockwellian Ideals. We're born with powerful and indelible compulsions. The flesh is weak and failure to achieve the ideal can result in the worst kinds of hypocracy. Pretending to be something we aren't causes damage to ourselves and to others as well. We've all heard stories about explosive consequences of passion denied. This book is about one man's fight to be kind to others, true to himself, yet achieve normalcy in a world with little tolerance for those who are, somehow, "queer."

Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a rare condition that creates patchy, thin, white skin. Lichen sclerosus might affect skin anywhere on one's body, but it generally involves skin in the vulva, foreskin of the penis or skin around the anus. Csillag's Disease (Sclerosus) Guttate Morphea (Sclerosus) Guttate Scleroderma, Lichen Sclerosus Type Hallopeau I Disease Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus Von Zambusch Disease White-Spot Disease Medicinal and surgical treatments are available to treat the disorder. If you or a loved one has this debilitating disease, this book offers an insight into the various treatment options. Plus, a bonus section on where to go to for help -- from naturopathic physicians to lichen planus organizations.

In his memoir "I Was Born This Way, " Doug Green shares his seventy-year journey as a homosexual man and divulges the challenges and life lessons he faced along the way. As a boy growing up in the 1940s, Green endured endless teasing from his peers who mocked his lisp and mincing gait. Timid and fearful, he seemed to disappoint his parents at every turn. As a teenager, a psychiatrist suggested military prep school as a way to encourage Green to outgrow what he considered to be a "phase." But Green knew what he was feeling was not just a stage-he was gay. As Green reveals his early attractions to men, he also discloses how he posed as a heterosexual for many years, a decision that not only hurt himself, but also others in his life. During a time when being homosexual was not widely accepted in society, Green details how a move to New York City finally provided the balm for his shattered self-esteem, eventually leading him into the arms of his life companion. "I Was Born This Way" offers an honest, self-disclosing glimpse into one man's life as he finds respect, understanding, and finally, self-acceptance.

Four years ago, Drago gave up a successful career as an investment banker to publish a chain of small community newspapers in and around the city of Boston. It was the first big active change of his adult life, but there was to be a bigger transition on the horizon. Now turning forty and finding it impossible to live as part of the yuppie lifestyle that his money granted him access to, Drago becomes disillusioned with himself and the world around him and opts for a radical change. It's at that moment when he makes the conscious decision to move himself and his Ferrari to the 'hood, selling his posh condo and renting a condemned crack house, which he now calls home. It's here, that Drago meets and interacts with a variety of wild, over-the-top characters and where he'll ultimately find the one thing that has escaped him his entire life: True Love.