Download or read book Fixation written by Sandra Goldmark and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our massive, global system of consumption is broken. Our individual relationship with our stuff is broken. In each of our homes, some stuff is broken. And the strain of rampant consumerism and manufacturing is breaking our planet. We need big, systemic changes, from public policy to global economic systems. But we don’t need to wait for them. Since founding Fixup, a pop-up repair shop that brought her coverage in The New York Times, Salon, New York Public Radio, and more, Sandra Goldmark has become a leader in the movement to demand better “stuff.” She doesn’t just want to help us clear clutter—she aims to move us away from throwaway culture, to teach us to reuse and repurpose more thoughtfully, and to urge companies to produce better stuff. Although her goal is ambitious, the solution to getting there is surprisingly simple and involves all of us: have good stuff, not too much, mostly reclaimed, care for it, and pass it on. Fixation charts the path to the next frontier in the health, wellness, and environmental movements—learning how to value stewardship over waste. We can choose quality items designed for a long lifecycle, commit to repairing them when they break, and shift our perspective on reuse and “preowned” goods. Together, we can demand that companies get on board. Goldmark shares examples of forward-thinking companies that are thriving by conducting their businesses sustainably and responsibly. Passionate, wise, and practical, Fixation offers us a new understanding of stuff by building a value chain where good design, reuse, and repair are the status quo.

Download or read book Tallgrass written by Sandra Dallas and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential American novel from Sandra Dallas, an unparalleled writer of our history, and our deepest emotions... During World War II, a family finds life turned upside down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes (and suspicions) turn to the newcomers, the interlopers, the strangers. This is Tallgrass as Rennie Stroud has never seen it before. She has just turned thirteen and, until this time, life has pretty much been what her father told her it should be: predictable and fair. But now the winds of change are coming and, with them, a shift in her perspective. And Rennie will discover secrets that can destroy even the most sacred things. Part thriller, part historical novel, Tallgrass is a riveting exploration of the darkest--and best--parts of the human heart.

Download or read book Red Berries White Clouds Blue Sky written by Sandra Dallas and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1942: Tomi Itano, 12, is a second-generation Japanese American who lives in California with her family on their strawberry farm. Although her parents came from Japan and her grandparents still live there, Tomi considers herself an American. She doesn't speak Japanese and has never been to Japan. But after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, things change. No Japs Allowed signs hang in store windows and Tomi's family is ostracized. Things get much worse. Suspected as a spy, Tomi's father is taken away. The rest of the Itano family is sent to an internment camp in Colorado. Many other Japanese American families face a similar fate. Tomi becomes bitter, wondering how her country could treat her and her family like the enemy. What does she need to do to prove she is an honorable American? Sandra Dallas shines a light on a dark period of American history in this story of a young Japanese American girl caught up in the prejudices and World War II.

Download or read book The Collected Plays written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2000 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). Here, gathered for the first time, is the highly lauded work of one of America's most beloved playwrights. Introductory essays to each work by some of theatre's most distinguished artists give historical and critical perspective to Gardner's achievement. Includes: A THOUSAND CLOWNS * THE GOODBYE PEOPLE * THIEVES * I'M NOT RAPPAPORT * CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER * WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN AND WHY IS HE SAYING THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT ME?.

Download or read book The Good Girl s Guide to Being a D ck written by Alexandra Reinwarth and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING NO-NONSENSE GUIDE THAT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE. Stop worrying about being nicer, calmer, or more patient. Be a d*ck. For author Alexandra Reinwarth, it all began when she told off a toxic friend. Realizing this person was making her life miserable, she ditched her. This one small act of rebellion sparked a huge change in the way Alexandra forever dealt with social guilt about everything. Ever struggle with how you are as a person as a friend or a coworker as a partner or a mother as a daughter-in-law? THE GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO BEING A D*CK will teach you how to embrace your inner jerk, guiding you through who and what to get rid of from your life, stop worrying about what others think, and how the seemingly small things in life can have a huge impact on the quality of your everyday living. You'll learn how to embrace your own needs and desires to live the life you've always wanted. For any woman who has felt that familiar agony of saying "no"--this book is for you.

Download or read book 1999 A Space Odyssey written by John K Balor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the premise of the online discussion transcribed in this book is how Gerry Anderson's television series 'Space: 1999' can be understood in relation to Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' by looking at both narratives through the perspective of systems theory. As a result of doing so, an engaged debate concerned with the political and philosophical subtext of both stories developed. This book gives a full account of the debate with summaries of ideas and insights. The book has been developed on an idealistic basis. It is sold at the lowest price the publisher was willing to accept. A free e-book version can be downloaded at www.lulu.com.

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Download or read book A Life Steered written by Bertha Mukodzani and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-09-10 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Sandra leaves her troubled family home and marries the man of her dreams, she thinks her troubles are over. Little does she realise that her struggle has just begun. Sandra is determined to please her father who is ambitious and understands the value of education. Unfortunately, her father is dealing with problems that not even he can control. Consequently, Sandras hopes and dreams are shattered when he fails to honour his word to support her to get into higher education. Sandra eventually accepts this reality but suspects a member of the family may have had something to do with it. And when her father suddenly resigns from his job, he makes it clear that Sandra must shoulder the family responsibilities. It's an onerous task and there are obstacles at every turn for Sandra, she takes it in her stride. Later, Sandra falls in love and for a while, life seems enjoyable. But just like all other things in her life, the relationship doesn't last. She later meets and marries Maxwell, who is more mature than she is. It is not love at first sight for Sandra, but she soon discovers that Maxwell is 'Mr Right' after all. At last Sandra's life seems fulfilled as her husband supports her in every way and encourages her to follow her dreams. But little does she realise that tragedy is waiting around the corner.

Download or read book The Crystal Skull written by Leon M Arceneaux and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Karolovitch discovers ancient writings depicting a crystal skull of awesome power. Knowing that this power must not get into the wrong hands, he and his granddaughter, Natasha, retrieve it from a Mayan pyramid. The plan is to deposit it into a magma pool that will pull it into the earth's molten center where it can never be retrieved. Tony and Mac, U.S. Air Force, are assigned as part of the team to accomplish this. Sandra Kay, PhD Geology; Dr. Aaron Slaughter, Parapsychologist; and Natasha, comprise the rest of the team. Tony and Mac are warned by an apparition that one of the enemy is in their midst. They are also told to help release Father Gorski from the power of the Vampire of Paris. In doing so they will receive the strength to fight the evil forces. Tony, Mac and Natasha meet Evil face to face in a terrifying encounter in Paris. Sandra's research shows that the magma pool is on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean. The team discovers that the pool is in the temple of the fire god on the ocean floor between St. Kitts and Nevis where the deciding battle is fought.

Download or read book The Three Faced Woman written by Maria Barkanyi and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contemporary story tells of a pretty girls very exiting life, full of sudden changes, loves, secrets, and peculiar coincidences. Vicky fell in love with a young Spanish doctor, but suddenly the girl is kidnapped and taken to Marrakesh. During a period of one week, she is had by two men. She loved Pedro, but she couldnt escape from Nick. Due to sudden events, shots went off, and the girls face was permanently destroyed. She covered her face like an Arab girl. Through the drastic change of a young girls life, loss of hope, and suffering, you come to realize that one can never know what the future holds.

Download or read book Pam of Babylon written by Suzanne Jenkins and published by Suzanne Jenkins. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pam's shock at the sudden death of her husband is compounded by the discovery that her husband was different than he appeared and his secrets and betrayals were worse than she could have imagined.

Download or read book My Hardcover Book written by Marcus Brown and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1901, an innocent child was cruelly tortured, and murdered by her vengeful mother. twisting her once beautiful soul into something evil and monstrous. Her name was Maisie Whitmore. Bound forever to Promised Land Lane, she will take her revenge on those foolish enough to cross her path. If Maisie's eyes look upon you. Run, for she will never forget.

Download or read book Sticks and Stones written by Angèle Gougeon and published by EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandra Daron knows what it’s like to die. Every time she touches someone, she experiences their last moments; burning, drowning, choking, dead. When girls in town start disappearing and Sandra becomes the next victim, she’ll learn just how far her adoptive family are willing to go to save the ones they love.

Download or read book Making a Life on Mean Welfare written by Emma Mitchell and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are often told that mean welfare is what the public wants. Whether or not that's true, this book encourages us to at least be honest about what that entails. It explores how diverse welfare users navigate the personal and practical hurdles of Australia's so-called social security system, where benefits are deliberately meagre and come with strings attached. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a region of Sydney known for ethnic diversity and socio-economic disadvantage, Emma Mitchell brings her own experience of belonging to a poor family long reliant on welfare to her research. This book shows the different cultural resources that people bring to welfare encounters with a sensitivity and subtlety that are often missing in both sympathetic and cynical accounts of life on welfare.

Download or read book Activate Your English Pre intermediate Teacher s Book written by Barbara Sinclair and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-02-29 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activate Your English is a short course for adults.

Download or read book Red Queen written by Juan Gómez-Jurado and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pacing of the breakneck variety. Short chapters, funny asides, lethally potent descriptions: They all contribute to a frenetic page-turning momentum... you’ll have great fun reading it." —The New York Times Book Review Introducing Antonia Scott—the most compelling and original detective since Lisbeth Salander—in Juan Gómez-Jurado's Red Queen, the #1 international award-winning bestseller & thriller that has taken the world by storm. Antonia Scott—the daughter of a British diplomat and a Spanish mother—has a gifted forensic mind, whose ability to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling murders is legendary. But after a personal trauma, she's refused to continue her work or even leave her apartment. Jon Gutierrez, a police officer in Bilbao—disgraced, suspended, and about to face criminal charges—is offered a chance to salvage his career by a secretive organization that works in the shadows to direct criminal investigations of a highly sensitive nature. All he has to do is succeed where many others have failed: Convince a recalcitrant Antonia to come out of her self-imposed retirement, protecting her and helping her investigate a new, terrifying case. The case is a macabre, ritualistic murder—a teen-aged boy from a wealthy family whose body was found without a drop of blood left in it. But the murder is just the start. A high-ranking executive and daughter of one of the richest men in Spain is kidnapped, a crime which is tied to the previous murder. Behind them both is a hidden mastermind with even more sinister plans. And the only person with a chance to see the connections, solve the crimes and successfully match wits with the killer before tragedy strikes again...is Antonia Scott.

Download or read book The Summer Kitchen written by Lisa Wingate and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours comes an inspiring novel about a lonely woman who finds a connection in the place she least expects. With her adopted son missing and the rest of her family increasingly estranged, SandraKaye Darden is drawn to the little pink house where her Uncle Poppy once provided security. But what begins for Sandra as a simple painting project to help sell the house becomes a secret venture that starts to change everything... Cass Blue is having trouble keeping food on the table since her mother died. When Sandra shows up with sandwiches for the neighborhood kids one day, Cass has no way of knowing that the meeting will lead to the creation of a place of refuge that could reunite a divided community. In this moving story of second chances, two unlikely allies realize their ability to make a difference...and the power of what becomes known as the Summer Kitchen to nourish the soul.