I just finished reading Green Chic: Saving the Earth in Style, a new book by Christie Matheson. It was a light, fun read but really informative at the same time. While it covered a lot of the same ground as Living Green, the tone is totally different and Matheson manages to bring up […]

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I just finished reading Living Green: A Practical Guide to Simple Sustainability. I found out about this book and ordered it through PaperBackSwap, and in a lot of ways it wasn’t exactly what I expected. (But in a good way.)
For one thing, the book focused on the benefits of living naturally and sustainably […]

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One of my best friends sent me Creatively Self-Employed for my birthday a couple of months ago. I just recently got around to reading it, and I found all of the stories and experiences of other creatively-inclined entrepreneurs fascinating and inspiring.
This isn’t a how-to book on surviving as a creatively self-employed freelancer, but rather […]

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I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately (I blame my discovery of PaperBackSwap). Before, I didn’t seem to have the time to read as much as I would have liked to. Now I find myself making the time to read more.
I recently snagged a copy of Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the […]

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I just finished reading The Wal-Mart Effect by Charles Fishman. I found the entire book completely engrossing, and it made me consider things I’d never even thought about when it comes to the superstore giant.
I really liked the book because it maintained a pretty objective stance throughout. It’s neither pro Wal-Mart nor anti […]

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