Shopping Books

I purchased this as a light read, expecting it to be more of a novel, but was pleasantly surprised to find it full of real wisdom! It was easy and fun reading that left you feeling like the author was your big sister.

Few books attempt nowadays approach the "business processes" from behind, above, below or sideways like this book. The touch, being not really psychological but merely philosophical, enables brave distance taking to customary ways of thinking about consumer society as it is now extended towards consumerism. The opening political aspects also lead the reader to less pawed but fresh thinking paths.

the little red beetle goes shopping is a very warm and educational childrens book. my 3 children age 2 -7 love to read and hear this fun little story about the cute little beetle car taking mum and the kids shopping while at the same time learning the road rules. also they love to take inturns to colour in the great pictures, as it also being a colouring book. I recomend this book to any young family and we can't wait for the next book to come out

My sister and I recently traveled to France and purchased this book. It was great to use and gave us some wonderful ideas on what to see, where to shop and where to find the true artisanal items for each region we visited. We will keep it for future trips to new areas. We recommend it.

I bought this terrific resource back when we had a family of three, and have used it so much since then (we are now a family of eight) that we have about worn it out, and I need to order a new one. There is never a question of what to fix for dinner, and there only need be one trip to the store each week if one follows the plan. The recipes are classics, in fact, the only recipes I've come to depend on. I don't think that anyone who regularly cooks meals from scratch for a family should be without this book. It also makes a fantastic wedding gift. Salud!

Wilson effectively blends a number of theorectical threads to create a moving and powerful image of Maya ethnicity in the late 20th century.

When the authors of this paradigm-shifting book traveled to Guinea, they planned to study the social dimensions of what generations of ecologists had perceived as a tragedy of the commons which had led to massive deforestation. What they discovered instead was that generations of ecologists had been reading this African landscape backwards: mistaking forest islands which had been cultivated by precolonial peoples for the last remaining stands of an ancient forest which they imagined had once completely covered the plains. In fact, the area where rural farmer-silviculturalists had been accused of decimating a fictitious oldgrowth forest is too dry to allow tree communities to thrive naturally. Only through human intervention had the grassland been interrupted with small pockets of highly biodiverse forest communities.

A landmark work in political ecology, this remarkable study exposes the dark side of environmentalist intervention measures that seek to curb perceived tragedies of the commons by nationalizing the management of natural resources and prohibiting traditional land-use practices that are believed to have adverse consequences. Under the influence of an expert-generated misreading of the local ecological history, the Guinean government had instituted environmental protection measures which penalized the traditional silvicultural practices that the precious forest islands depended upon for survival, on the mistaken supposition that these apparently primitive and abusive practices were a threat to the "last remaining" forests in the district. Pay close attention to the ecological historiography presented in this book, which reveals what shaky data are often used by highly educated environmental scientists to infer the natural and social systems dynamics at work in a given environment. This blows away the widely-held assumption that low-income rural people without college-level environmental educations are the most short-sighted and ignorant decision-makers involved in the management of public forests and other ecologically complex natural resources.

Being very new to the Atlanta area, I needed some help finding my way around and knowing where to shop for what. This book eased my transition, and more than paid for itself.

This book lists all sorts of gems, esp for appliances, electronics and carpeting. Every store I have gone too has been terrific, and their prices the lowest when I did a comparison. However, a lot has changed since 1996 and the book desperately needs to be updated. Mark....please prepare a 2001 version!

Mr. Greedy goes Shopping is another fine example of Roger Hargreaves excellent work... as with all the Little Miss/ Mr. Men books it is bright and vivid but also teaches young children shapes and counting... this is my favorite children's book of all times...