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Author: Karen Blue
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Published: 2000-09
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1581127197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStories of "unmarried American and Canadian women building better lives for themselves in Mexico's beautiful colonial villages."--Cover
Author: Sheila Croucher
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 0292782381
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA growing number of Americans, many of them retirees, are migrating to Mexico's beach resorts, border towns, and picturesque heartland. While considerable attention has been paid to Mexicans who immigrate to the U.S., the reverse scenario receives little scrutiny. Shifting the traditional lens of North American migration, The Other Side of the Fence takes a fascinating look at a demographic trend that presents significant implications for the United States and Mexico. The first in-depth account of this trend, Sheila Croucher's study describes the cultural, economic, and political lives of these migrants of privilege. Focusing primarily on two towns, San Miguel de Allende in the mountains and Ajijic along the shores of Lake Chapala, Croucher depicts the surprising similarities between immigrant populations on both sides of the border. Few Americans living in Mexico are fluent in the language of their new land, and most continue to practice the culture and celebrate the national holidays of their homeland, maintaining close political, economic, and social ties to the United States while making political demands on Mexico, where they reside. Accessible, timely, and brimming with eye-opening, often ironic, findings, The Other Side of the Fence brings an important perspective to borderlands debates.
Author: Don Adams
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 1553695623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe only comprehensive source of information on how to retire in Mexico on a budget, this guide is filled with priceless tips and endless humor.
Author: Michael Janoschka
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-08-22
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 1136232370
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLifestyle Migration and Residential Tourism represent a major trend in individualized societies worldwide, which is attracting a rapidly growing interest from the academic community. This volume for the first time, critically analyses the spatial, social and political consequences of such leisure-oriented mobilities and migrations. The book approaches the topic from a multidisciplinary and international perspective, unifying different branches of research, such as lifestyle migration, amenity migration, retirement migration, and second home tourism. By covering a variety of regions and landscapes such as mountain and coastal areas, rural and inland communities this volume productively engages with the formal and analytical variations of the phenomenon resulting in an enriching debate at the intersection of different areas of research. Amongst others, topics like political contest and civic participation of lifestyle migrants, their impacts on local communities, social tensions and inequalities induced by the phenomenon, as well as modes of transnational living, home and belonging will be thoroughly explored. This thought provoking volume will provide deep analytical and conceptual insights into the contested geographies of lifestyle migration and further knowledge into the spatial, social and political consequences of leisure-oriented mobilities. It will be valuable reading for students, researchers and academics from a plethora of academic disciplines.
Author: Barry Golson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2006-11-14
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 1416547835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Year in Provence meets Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House in this lively and entertaining account of a couple's year building their dream house in Mexico. In 2004, Barry Golson wrote an award-winning article for AARP magazine about Mexican hot spots for retirees longing for a lifestyle they couldn't afford in the United States. A year later, he and his wife Thia were taking part in the growing trend of retiring abroad. They sold their Manhattan apartment, packed up their SUV, and moved to one of those idyllic hot spots, the surfing and fishing village of Sayulita on Mexico's Pacific coast. With humor and charm, Golson details the year he and his wife spent settling into their new life and planning and building their dream home. Sayulita -- population 1,500, not including stray dogs or pelicans -- is a never-dull mixture of traditional Mexican customs and new, gringo-influenced change. Before long, the Golsons had been absorbed into the rhythms and routines of village life: they adopted a pair of iguanas named Iggy Pop and Iggy Mom, got sick and got cured by a doctor who charged them sixteen dollars a visit, made lasting friends with Mexicans and fellow expatriates, and discovered the skill and artistry of local craftsmen. But their daily lives were mostly dedicated to the difficult yet satisfying process of building their house. It took them almost six months to begin building -- nothing is simple (or speedy) in Mexico -- and incredibly, they completed construction in another six. They engaged a Mexican architect, builder, and landscape designer who not only built their home but also changed their lives; encountered uproariously odd bureaucracy; and ultimately experienced a lifetime's worth of education about the challenges and advantages of living in Mexico. The Golsons lived (and are still living) the dream of many -- not only of going off to a tropical paradise but also of building something beautiful, becoming a part of a new world, making lasting friends, and transforming their lives. As much about family and friendship as about house-building, Gringos in Paradise is an immensely readable and illuminating book about finding a personal paradise and making it a home.
Author: Barry Golson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-12-09
Total Pages: 435
ISBN-13: 1416594647
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBarry Golson knows all about retiring abroad -- he and his wife, Thia, have lived in six different countries. Now they choose expatriate-friendly locales around the world for their low cost and their high quality of living and explain how to investigate and settle in each country with minimum hassle and maximum pleasure. Taking you step-by-step through the process of researching, testing, and finally living abroad, the Golsons' practical how-to guide covers all the major issues, including health care, finances, real estate, taxes, and immigration. Each location is profiled by an expatriate writer who has made that country his or her home and who knows how to answer all the questions about living richly and economically in some of the world's most beautiful places.
Author: Michelle Ann Abate
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2008-06-28
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 1592137245
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStarting with the figure of the bold, boisterous girl in the mid-19th century and ending with the “girl power” movement of the 1990’s, Tomboys is the first full-length critical study of this gender-bending code of female conduct. Michelle Abate uncovers the origins, charts the trajectory, and traces the literary and cultural transformations that the concept of “tomboy” has undergone in the United States. Abate focuses on literature including Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and Carson McCullers's The Member of the Wedding and films such as Peter Bogdanovich's Paper Moon and Jon Avnet's Fried Green Tomatoes. She also draws onlesser-known texts like E.D.E.N. Southworth's once wildly popular 1859 novel The Hidden Hand, Cold War lesbian pulp fiction, and New Queer Cinema from the 1990s. Tomboys also explores the gender and sexual dynamics of tomboyism, and offers intriguing discussions of race and ethnicity's role in the construction of the enduring cultural archetype. Abate’s insightful analysis provides useful, thought-provoking connections between different literary works and eras. The result demystifies this cultural phenomenon and challenges readers to consider tomboys in a whole new light.
Author: Morgana Morgaine
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
Published: 2015-08-12
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 1682121364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBorderless Broads, New Adventures for the Midlife Woman is written to you, one midlife woman to another. Discover a new vision of yourself as borderless, an edge woman, and explore how to make this phase of your life spacious, resilient and most importantly, option-filled. Why? Because midlife, age 50 to infinity, is a time to expand into the essential truest self that you are. Contraction and Limitation Begone! Learn how thinking of yourself as a mystic, a maverick, and a maven catapults you into embracing a new journey, energized, purposeful and willing to go beyond the borders of who you think you are and what you think is possible. This book is not a RECIPE for living. It is a book to awaken your soul-self through stories, luscious quotes, a dashing splash of humor, and the author's "take" on things that matter. You too can become a Borderless Broad and discover why midlife is a striptease - consider "Pod Living" as the new normal in lifestyles - explore the healing power of harems - come home to yourself - reclaim your Wildness - and live life full out!
Author: Eric Sandras
Publisher: Ampelon Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0981770525
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is much to be learned from those who have discovered the secrets of the journey in relationship with Christ. In this devotional, Eric Sandras and Jason Chatraw share the stories and writings of six saints, creating a context for which the saints' ancient texts are still very relevant to followers of Jesus in the 21st century. Read excerpts of writings and journal entries from saints of yesteryear as well as thoughtful insights into what those ideas mean to us today. Be provoked to ponder how the rich discoveries from these ancient saints impacts the way you live. This engaging and deep devotional will inspire you to drink deeply from the fountain of experience created by some seasoned travelers in their journey of faith.
Author: Roberto Curti
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2018-05-21
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1476633002
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of Italian cinema includes, in addition to the renowned auteurs, a number of peculiar and lesser-known filmmakers. While their artistry was often plagued with production setbacks, their works--influenced by poetry, playwriting, advertising, literature, comics and a nonconformist, sometimes antagonistic attitude--were original and thought provoking. Drawing from official papers and original scripts, this book includes much previously unpublished information on the works and lives of post-World War II filmmakers Pier Carpi, Alberto Cavallone, Riccardo Ghione, Giulio Questi, Brunello Rondi, Paolo Spinola, Augusto Tretti and Nello Vegezzi.
