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Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The best-selling author of Gorgeously Green explains how to be green, smart and thrifty by reusing old household items and using low-cost materials to make nearly all the things you would otherwise buy, including common condiments and foods, beauty products, home-repair items, pet products and much more. Original.
"From the kitchen to the nursery, from your medicine cabinet to your makeup drawer, you'll be astounded by how easy and inexpensive it...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With a foreword from singer, songwriter, and New York Times bestselling author Rory Feek Creator of The Prairie Homestead blog and the Old-Fashioned On Purpose podcast Jill Winger reveals that the secrets to finding happiness today is by turning to the lost arts of the past When the pandemic hit in 2020, flour and vegetable seeds flew off the shelves. But homesteader and entrepreneur Jill Winger believes these longings for sourdough bread and fresh...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"Brit Morin, founder of the wildly popular lifestyle brand, app, and website Brit + Co, reimagines homemaking for the twenty-first century, making it as simple as possible to go from amateur to pro with easy charts, tips, recipes, DIY projects, and tech shortcuts. Simple, beautiful, and stylish, it offers the digital generation a wealth of innovative ideas and how-tos for a more creative life."--back cover.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books in association with New Left Review
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Karl Marx's Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide-ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis and create fresh insights. Arguing that capitalism would cause an ever-increasing division in wealth and welfare, he predicted its abolition and replacement by a system with common ownership of the means of...
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Patel shows how our faith in prices as a way of valuing the world is misplaced and reveals that our current crisis is not simply the result of too much of the wrong kind of economics but rather the larger failure of a democratically bankrupt political system. The solution he offers: discover democratic ways in which people, and not simply governments, can play a crucial role in deciding how we might share our world and its resources in common.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns and shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities. He argues, however, that the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth will generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent and undermine democratic values...
73) The automatic millionaire, expanded and updated: a powerful one-step plan to live and finish rich
Author
Publisher
Crown Business
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED WITH A NEW BONUS CHAPTER Do you want to live rich and retire richer? Rich enough to do what you want to do when you want to do it? Rich enough to stop worrying about money? Rich enough to make a difference and help others? If the answer is yes, then stop what you are doing and open this book. Read a few pages. Bach's easy approach to making your financial life automatic works while you sleep. All you have to do...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The co-author of the best-selling 13 Bankers outlines a bracing deconstruction of the framework for understanding the world of classroom Economics, clarifying the study's assumptions and misleading teachings while sharing historical insights into how economism became a prevalent influence in the U.S.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1994, c1992
Language
English
Description
After receiving a sudden surge of junk mail directed at new parentseven though his wife at the time was merely pregnant Erik Larson, the National Bestselling author, set out to explore the lengths companies go to spy on individual consumers. Posing as a CEO of a fictitious direct-mail corporation, Larson infiltrated companies that gather and sell personal information to assist businesses in their marketing campaigns. He discovered the systems used...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
probes the unconscious instincts behind American consumer cultureIlluminating the hidden reasons for why we buy what we do, Spent applies evolutionary psychology to the sensual wonderland of marketing and perceived status that is American consumer culture. Geoffrey Miller starts with the theory that we purchase things to advertise ourselves to others, and then examines other factors that dictate what we spend money on. With humor and insight, Miller...
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