{ "item_title" : "Unbreakable Homes", "item_author" : [" Bianca Adams "], "item_description" : "Unbreakable Homes: Crafting Resilient Living with Concrete Secretsby Dr. Bianca R. Adams Lessons from a Tough Year to Build Strong and CheapWhat happens when you lose $17,500 chasing a dream home-and turn that dirt into a blueprint for unbreakable living? Dr. Bianca R. Adams, founder of Contour Concrete Cement Inc., bares it all in Unbreakable Homes: Crafting Resilient Living with Concrete Secrets. After her 2024 flops-$15,000 to a contractor who vanished with a cracked slab, $2,000 on useless gravel, and $500 on weak cement-she didn't quit. She fought back, crafting a no-nonsense guide to building tough, affordable concrete homes that stand against fire, wind, and floods-30% cheaper than stick-built, saving you $15K on a $50K build.From her 10-acre battleground (still unbuilt) to her 20-acre client gig (three homes, $40K each), Dr. Adams shares hard-earned lessons: how to snag land for $1,000, design fireproof walls (2-hour rating) and wind-proof roofs (120 mph), source materials that don't drain you ($9/ton gravel, $0.50/lb rebar), and hack a build in four days-$27K, tough as hell. She's not preaching theory-she's spilling scars, showing you how to dodge her $17,500 grave and make it yours with $450 finishes and $550/year upkeep.In nine gritty chapters-plus bonus tools and contacts-learn to:Prep Land Right: $5K saves $15K floods-her clay taught her.Fund Smart: $18K down, no scams-her $17,500 didn't.Pour Concrete: 4,000 PSI, $20K-fire and wind lose.Live Unbroken: Stain floors ($200), sleep safe-her echo waits.For dreamers, builders, or anyone tired of fragile homes, this is your battle-tested playbook-120 pages of real talk, real numbers, real resilience. Dr. Adams hasn't lived her 10-acre dream yet-two years, $7,200 away-but her 20-acre homes rise now. Skip her burns, save your cash, build your unbreakable-strong, cheap, yours.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/831/178/9798311784191_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "15.00", "online_price" : "15.00", "our_price" : "15.00", "club_price" : "15.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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