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The Rummager's Handbook: Finding, Buying, Cleaning, Fixing, Using, & Selling Secondhand Treasures Sale Price: $1.89  |
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To the tightwad's favorite poem, "Use it up/Wear it out/Make it do/Or do without," may be added, not so poetically, "Buy it cheap/Scrub it up/Make it work/And sell it for a profit." This is the motto of The Rummager's Handbook, a fascinating little book with tips for smart and thrifty rummage-sale addicts. |
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Secondhand Chic: Finding Fabulous Fashion at Consignment, Vintage, and Thrift Shops Sale Price: $13.03 |
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In recent years, increasing numbers of people have become aware of something that impecunious but savvy folks have known for a long time: You don't have to be rich to wear high-quality, high-fashion clothing... |
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90% Off- Every Day! Eco-Friendly Second Hand Shopping Secrets |
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Save $, Reduce Global Warming, Give to Charity, Shop Local and Vintage.Ecopreneur Interview Series: Author Diana TenesPart 13 in a series where Krates Ng (co-founder of Mokugift the ecard service) interviews fellow ecopreneurs... |
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Daniel Deronda Sale Price: $12.36 |
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George Eliot was considered one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era and in this classic 1876 work, the last that she had completed, we find the only novel set in that era. "Daniel Deronda" begins by exploring the romantic relationship of its title character with Gwendolen Harleth and then through two separate flashbacks explores the history of the two characters... |
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Night and Day Sale Price: $18.49 |
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This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format... |
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The Paris Vendetta: A Novel Sale Price: $5.23 |
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James Rollins Reviews The Paris Vendetta James Rollins is the author of six thrillers in the bestselling Sigma Force series (Sandstorm, Map of Bones, Black Order, The Judas Strain, The Last Oracle, and The Doomsday Key); the movie novelization, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; and several stand-alone thrillers... |
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The Going-To-Bed Book Sale Price: $2.40 |
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For a little one who is reluctant to go to bed, sometimes a silly book is just the ticket. And when it comes to silly books, Sandra Boynton is the undisputed queen. In The Going to Bed Book, an ark full of animals watches the sun go down and then prepares for bed... |
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All Things Wise and Wonderful Sale Price: $6.99 |
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The third volume in the multimillion copy bestselling seriesReaders adored James Herriot's tales of his life as a Yorkshire animal doctor in All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Beautiful... |
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One Step Behind: A Kurt Wallander Mystery (7) Sale Price: $7.00 |
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Sixth in the Kurt Wallander series.On Midsummer’s Eve, three role-playing teens dressed in eighteenth-century garb are shot in a secluded Swedish meadow. When one of Inspector Kurt Wallander’s most trusted colleagues–someone whose help he hoped to rely on to solve the crime–also turns up dead, Wallander knows the murders are related... |
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The Home-Based Bookstore: Start Your Own Business Selling Used Books on Amazon, eBay or Your Own Web Site Sale Price: $9.45 |
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Want to know the most profitable, lowest-risk idea for your home business? It's selling used books online, which is growing 33 percent annually, according to a November 2005 study by U.S. publishers.Here is the complete text of the most popular book about online bookselling of all time: The Home-Based Bookstore: Start Your Own Business Selling Used Books on Amazon, eBay or Your Own Web Site Learn how to start your business part-time, then work as little or as much as you want... |
Kermit the Frog said "green is not easy." But these days "Going Green" is a hot topic everywhere. What is fashionable now was simply pragmatic to my grandfather generation. We seem to be coming full circle.
Earth Day, April 22, began in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, a grassroots effort to increase environmental awareness. Since then it has expanded into an international day of awareness and activism.
Here are some things you can do on Earth Day and every day to help the environment at home, at school, and neighborhood.
1. Take a 5 minute shower instead of a bath. You can save up to 2,000 gallons of water per year.
2. Turn off the tap while brushing the teeth and save 2 gallons of water.
3. Stop buying bottled water.
Up to 40% of bottled water comes from the same source as tap water, but it is sold back to consumers in hundreds of times the cost. The bottle production to meet demand from Americans need more than 17 million barrels of oil last year - enough fuel for more than 1 million U.S. cars for a year - and generated more than 2.5 million tons of dioxide carbon. Billions of these bottles end up in landfills each year. Source: thinkoutsidethebottle.org
4. Pack school lunches in reusable bags and containers washable. Use a lunchbox. Buy scarves to use as napkins. The average person generates 4.5 pounds of garbage every day. Think about the amount of packaging that is in one service container of yogurt and applesauce. How long do they really need to scoop applesauce in Tupperware? You can save money too.
5. Use cloth towels instead of paper towels. Hang your bath towel so it can be used again.
6. Share.
6. Just say no to a bag in the box. Keep reusable bags in the car for grocery shopping. Or better yet, get a handbag.
7. Plant a tree. The average tree can absorb 48 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
8. Plant a garden with their children. Go organic. It is a great way to teach children about caring for the earth and living organisms. Use native plants that are accustomed to their climate.
9. Start a compost pile. The winter is long and it's time to start planting. You can make your own fertilizer and reduce waste at the same time. Your garden will thank you.
10. Pick up any trash they leave behind in the park or football field.
11. Donate old clothes and toys to be transmitted and used by another person. The American half strip 68 pounds of clothing and fabrics a year.
12. Donate books to a thrift shop or used bookstore. Continue the cycle. Buy products of second hand whenever possible.
13. Turn off the TV and computer when not in use.
14. Turn off lights when leaving a room. Listen your mother. You've heard all your life.
15. Establish paper recycling containers, aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles at school and at home. The paper accounts for 40% of solid waste in the United States, which is about 72 million tons annually. Recycling reduces the amount of waste in landfills.
Source: becomegreen.info
16. Dispose of batteries. You can prevent the escape of hazardous materials in our soil and water systems.
17. Recycling obsolete electronics such as computers and televisions. Americans dispose of about 130 million mobile phones each year. That's about 65,000 tons of cell phones. Source: becomegreen.info
18. Calculate your carbon footprint. Reduce your impact on the environment. A carbon footprint measures the impact of our activities in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases we produce. You can find several online calculators. How big is yours?
Think about their effect on the environment. What can you do to protect it? Even the simplest steps can be profound. Everyone has a role to play. All you have to do is start.
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If you can retrain to do any other job what would you be?
If you could have any job I wanted, regardless of its current capacity and necessary expenses will be covered, what would you and why? What is your current job and how you think your new might change your life? To begin ... I'm in college at the time and part-time job in a cafe. I wish I had my own store of used books. I would like a coffee from there and the policy would be "Read for free while you drink your tea. I hope people would take a book while they their drinks and is something they wanted to buy. I was running reading groups for all ages and genders and we hope to inspire people to really get into the books.
Something that requires working outdoors (preferably somewhere hot!) Or perhaps a stunt woman ........ I recently "awakened" to my adventurous side, and I would love to do it for money! My current job is a stalemate, the mind-numbing routine of doing the same thing every day, by people who have been "Volver slave traders" in the day ...... But I'm glad to have a job to all! My new job is not filled me with fear every morning, day and night, so happy and ecstatic would jump out of bed to get there!
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