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  The Story of Stuff

  How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health—And a Vision for Change

  by Annie Leonard

  We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we’re consuming 30 percent of the world’s resources and creating 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets!   This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film sensation The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 10 million times by people around the... (more)
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  Oh Shit, Not Again

  by Mandar Kokate

  Have you ever experienced what happens when a porn movie is mistakenly played in front of your grandma and the CD player refuses to stop? Have you ever experienced what happens when mixture of vodka and soft drink is served to hundreds of people gathered for a party? Have you ever experienced what happens when a boy is kicked in the groin by a girl when he attempts to kiss her? Have you ever experienced... (more)
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  American Wasteland

  How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)

  by Jonathan Bloom

  What Tom Vanderbilt did for traffic and Brian Wansink did for mindless eating, Jonathan Bloom does for food waste. The topic couldn’t be timelier: As more people are going hungry while simultaneously more people are morbidly obese, American Wasteland sheds light on the history, culture, and mindset of waste while exploring the parallel eco-friendly and sustainable-food movements. As the era of unprecedented... (more)
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  What We Leave Behind

  by Derrick Jensen, Aric McBay

  “This compelling book has a refreshing style, at once very personal and very passionate.”— Library Journal “Jensen and McBay's message that we need to grow up and ‘put away the childish notion that we have the right to take whatever we want from nonhumans’ is eminently reasonable.”— Publishers Weekly “Derrick Jensen is a rare and original voice of sanity in a chaotic world. He has wisdom and wit, grace and... (more)
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  Here Comes the Garbage Barge!

  by Jonah Winter, Red Nose Studio

  Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Teaching environmental awareness has become a national priority, and this hilarious book (subtly) drives home the message that we can’t produce unlimited trash without consequences. Based on incredible true events, Jonah Winter brings us the flavorful story that starts in a little town on Long Island that has a big problem: 3,168 tons of garbage and nowhere to put it! Enter the garbage... (more)
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  The Gambler

  by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

  The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.
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  Are You Afraid of the Dark?

  by Sidney Sheldon

  All around the globe, people are being reported dead or missing. In Berlin, a woman vanishes from the city streets. In Paris, a man plunges from the Eiffel Tower. In Denver, a small plane crashes into the mountains. In Manhattan, a body washes ashore from the East River. At first these seem to be random incidents, but the police soon discover that all four of the victims are connected to Kingsley International... (more)
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  Too Loud a Solitude

  by Bohumil Hrabal

  Hantá rescues books from the jaws of his compacting press and carries them home. Hrabal, whom Milan Kundera calls “our very best writer today,” celebrates the power and the indestructibility of the written word.Originally published in Czech as "Příliš hlučná samota."
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  You Can Win

  by Shiv Khera

  This is an easy-to-read, practical, common-sense approach that will take you from ancient wisdom to contemporary thinking. It helps you to dispel confusion in daily life and clarify values.
• Kiss Kiss--Switch Bitch--My Uncle OswaldRoald Dahl

  

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  Kiss Kiss--Switch Bitch--My Uncle Oswald

  by Roald Dahl

  An exclusive 3 in 1 edition of Dahl's books, titled as in the title of this book. These stories are for adults rather than children, whom Dahl mostly wrote for.
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  Random Acts of Weirdness

  Weird When reality mutates, becomes something only nominally recognizable. When normalcy takes a flying leap and the voice of reason begins to babble. Weirdness When reality bends . . . and the right angles that make up our existence no longer equal ninety degrees. Random Acts of Weirdness These things happen. There’s nothing you can do about it. Edited by Brian Knight Cover art by GAK ... (more)
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  Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage

  by William Rathje

  It is from the discards of former civilizations that archaeologists have reconstructed most of what we know about the past, and it is through their examination of today's garbage that Rathje and Murphy inform us of our present. Rubbish! is their witty and erudite investigation into all aspects of the phenomenon of garbage. They show what the study of garbage tells us about a population's demographics and buying... (more)
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  50 Ways to Save the Ocean (Inner Ocean Action Guide) (Inner Ocean Action Guide)

  by David Helvarg

  The oceans, and the challenges they face, are so vast that it’s easy to feel powerless to protect them. 50 Simple Ways to Save the Ocean, written by veteran environmental journalist David Helvarg, focuses on practical, easily-implemented actions everyone can take to protect and conserve this vital resource. Well-researched, personal, and sometimes whimsical, the book addresses daily choices that affect the... (more)
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  Forevermore: Nuclear Waste in America

  by Donald L. Barlett

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  The Hidden Art of Homemaking

  by Edith Schaeffer

  The author reveals the many opportunities for artistic expression that can be found in ordinary, everyday life.
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  Bump and Run

  by Mike Lupica

  "Uproariously funny." (Elmore Leonard) "Captures the beer-and-blood flavor of the NFL." (Entertainment Weekly) "Deliciously wicked...Reminiscent of North Dallas Forty and Semi-Tough." (Publishers Weekly) Only a sportswriter like Mike Lupica could write a pigskin satire as fast, funny, and fiercely entertaining as Bump & Run -in which a Las Vegas "jammer" takes a gamble on the wildest, wooliest team... (more)
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  The Green Studio Handbook

  Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design

  by Alison G. Kwok, Walter T. Grondzik

  With more and more clients and architecture schools demanding 'green' design, both student and professional architects need to get up to speed quickly with the vast range of techniques in this fast moving area. This extensive and user-friendly handbook presents practical guidelines for applying environmental strategies during the schematic design of green buildings. For each strategy, the book provides: brief... (more)
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  Empire of Scrounge

  Inside the Urban Underground of Dumpster Diving, Trash Picking, and Street Scavenging

  by Jeff Ferrell

  "Patrolling the neighborhoods of central Fort Worth, sorting through trash piles, exploring dumpsters, scanning the streets and the gutters for items lost or discarded, I gathered the city's degraded bounty, then returned home to sort and catalogue the take." —From the Introduction In December of 2001 Jeff Ferrell quit his job as tenured professor, moved back to his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas, and, with a... (more)
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  The Gum Thief

  by Douglas Coupland

  The first and only story of love and looming apocalypse set in the aisles of an office supply superstore. In Douglas Coupland’s ingenious new novel — sort of a Clerks meets Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf — we meet Roger, a divorced, middle-aged “aisles associate” at Staples, condemned to restocking reams of 20-lb. bond paper for the rest of his life. And Roger’s co-worker Bethany, in her early twenties and at the... (more)
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  Games to Play with Two Year Olds, Revised (Games to Play)

  by Jackie Silberg

  Packed with opportunities to build confidence and to enhance language, coordination, social interactions, and problem-solving skills, Games to Play with Two Year Olds is a must-have for anyone caring for a child between the ages of two and three. Turn ordinary, everyday routines into fun learning experiences! Award-winning author Jackie Silberg is an early childhood advocate and popular keynote speaker. She... (more)