2010, ISBN: 9788820044817

New Society Publishers. Good. 5 x 0.58 x 8 inches. Paperback. 2009. 288 pages. Cover worn. Plastic cover delaminating. Dog-eared.<br> Less stuff, less stress - more freedom, more jo… More...

New Society Publishers. Good. 5 x 0.58 x 8 inches. Paperback. 2009. 288 pages. Cover worn. Plastic cover delaminating. Dog-eared.<br> Less stuff, less stress - more freedom, more joy. Our obsessive pursuit of wealth isn't working-people are afraid and anxious; w e're destroying the planet, undermining happiness, and clinging t o an unsustainable economy. But there's another way. Less can b e More. Throughout history wise people have argued that we need t o live more simply-that only by limiting outer wealth can we have inner wealth. Less is More is a compelling collection of essays by people who have been writing about Simplicity for decades -inc luding Jim Merkel, Bill McKibben, Duane Elgin, Juliet Schor, Erne st Callenbach, John de Graaf, and more. They bring us a new visio n of Less: less stuff, less work, less stress, less debt. A life with Less becomes a life of More: more time, more satisfaction, m ore balance, more security. When we have too much, we savor not hing. When we choose less, we regain our life and can think and f eel deeply. Ultimately, a life of less connects us with one true source of happiness: being part of a caring community. Less is Mo re shows how to turn individual change into a movement that leads to policy changes in government and corporate behavior, work hou rs, the wealth gap and sustainability. It will appeal to those wh o want to take back their lives, their planet and their well-bein g. Editorial Reviews Review I picked up a book by Cecile Andr ews and Wanda Urbanska. Its collection of essays focus on simplic ity, but they are (as our British friends would say) spot on abou t the inner journey of Transition. I strongly recommend this book as a part of Transition literature. Less is More reminds us that the inner goal is knowing who you are, being clear about your va lues, understanding what brings true well-being. - Joanne Poyouro w, Transition US Review Here it is! The leading thinkers on sim plicity, sustainability and doing more with less, gathered togeth er in an inspiring volume that will have you smiling, nodding and saying Yes! in affirmation. ? Ed Begley, Jr., Living Like Ed Our species confronts a triple crisis: every biological system is deteriorating, we face growing social inequality, and the global economy has entered what could be a long depression. In their bo ok, Less Is More , Cecile Andrews and Wanda Urbanska give us a bl ueprint for addressing all three of these crises at the same time . Through their deep understanding of the connection between pers onal enlightenment and social action, they chart a pathway for sa ving humanity from itself. Do us all a favor and read this book. ? Dr. Kevin Danaher, Co-Founder, Global Exchange, Green Festival s, Global Citizen Center With our economy and climate in crisis , these times call for a change in how we live. Visionaries Cecil e Andrews and Wanda Urbanska show us that living simply is a joyf ul antidote for these global problems. With words fresh from the minds of visionary leaders, Less is More will help anyone recogni ze that living simply is a win-win-win: good for the planet, for communities, and for your pocket book. ? Alisa Gravitz, Executiv e Director of Green America Simplicity is a wonderful route to the well-being of people and the planet. The writers assembled he re are absolutely inspiring, giving you hope and vision. Humanity still has time! ? Carol Holst, co-director of Simple Living Ame rica and editor of Get Satisfied Less Is More ? in its elegant form and substantive content ? communicates the essential messag e that simplicity is the solution to so many of our problems. Thi s book is a powerful tool for those curious about how to simplify their lives and veteran simplicity advocates alike. A definite m ust-read! ? Erik Assadourian, Research Associate, Project Direct or, State of the World 2010, Worldwatch Institute An impressive collection of essays from wise authors... authors who have known for years that the path to economic stability, environmental res toration and creating vibrant, healthy communities can be found b y learning to do more with less. Less is More is a must read in t hese challenging times. ? Dave Wampler, founder, The Simple Livi ng Network, www.simpleliving.net Andrews and Urbanska have done it again, making a compelling case for why less is better by bri nging together an eclectic array of writers, thinkers and sustain abilty advocates who live in ways that echo what they write about . We all know that you can't buy happiness, great friends or a he althy community. By rediscovering the joy and satisfaction that c omes from simplicity, frugality, and community, we can remake the world where everyone gets to share. Read the book, then live its lessons. ? Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko, co-authors of ECOpren euring and Rural Renaissance From the Back Cover Less stuff, l ess stress - more freedom, more joy. it is a series of hard-hit ting essays by a diverse collection of writers that wraps its arm s around everything from simplicity to climate change to economic metrics to happiness. I approached each chapter (each new writer ) with skepticism and a willingness to put the book down, and I f ound my self delighted time after time. This is a book anyone wou ld be glad to have on their shelf . ? Lyle Estill Here is a boo k with its roots in the earth that can move you to new places, st imulate ideas and encourage change. Less is More will show you ho w to divest gradually, to live more in the present moment, while still paying attention to technology, health, politics and the en vironment. Simplicity is not a turning away. It is a rejoining . ? Barbara Bamberger Scott The anthology's true strength comes i n the diversity of its voices - which include not only journalist s and activists, but also businesspeople and ministers. Less is M ore will serve as an informative and inspiring primer . ? Ryan Wi lliams, ForeWord Magazine Andrews and Urbanska are masterful in their prose and their ability to bring together an eclectic arra y of writers, thinkers and sustainability adovcates who live in w ays that echo what they write about. ? John Ivanko No good idea stays local for long, writes Jay Walljaspsr in Less is More , a smart collection of essays that chant the simplicity mantra witho ut oversimpifying the issues at stake. Many of these ideas seem b ound to travel far . ? Utne Reader I am both educated and inspi red by the writings in Less is More . Living simply, like finding the heart, isÂthe workÂof a lifetime. It is not easy to get ther e, but it provides a life of ease once the goal is reached. This book is a wonderful contribution to reorienting our lives away fr om the alienating influences of our shame-inducing consumer cultu re back toward what is really important: the choice to care for o urselves, others and the planet in a simple, loving way . ? Glenn Berger, PhD, glennbergerblog People are afraid and anxious. We 're destroying the planet, undermining happiness, and clinging to an unsustainable economy. Our obsessive pursuit of wealth isn't working. But there's another way. Less can be More. Throughout history wise people have argued that we need to live more simply? that only by limiting outer wealth can we have inner wealth. Less is More is a compelling collection of essays by people who have been writing about simplicity for decades. They bring us a new vi sion of Less: less stuff, less work, less stress, less debt. A li fe with Less becomes a life of More: more time, more satisfaction , more balance, and more security. When we have too much, we sa vor nothing. When we choose less, we regain our life and can thin k and feel deeply. Ultimately, a life of less connects us with on e true source of happiness: being part of a caring community. Les s is More shows how to turn individual change into a movement tha t leads to policy changes in government and corporate behavior, w ork hours, the wealth gap, and sustainability. It will appeal to those who want to take back their lives, their planet, and their well-being. Cecile Andrews is the author of Circle of Simplicit y and Slow is Beautiful and cofounder of Phinney EcoVillage. She has her doctorate in education from Stanford. Wanda Urbanska is producer and host of Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska . She is author or co-author of numerous books, including Simple Living an d Nothing's Too Small to Make a Difference . About the Author Cecile Andrews is a community educator, author of Circle of Simpl icity, and contributor to several books on living more simply and taking back our time. She has a doctorate from Stanford and teac hes at Seattle University. She and her husband are founders of Se attle's Phinney Ecovillage, a neighborhood-based sustainable comm unity. Wanda Urbanska is a Harvard graduate whose life's work has involved living simply. She is the President of Simple Living Co mpany, www.simplelivingtv.net , the producer/host of Simple Livin g with Wanda Urbanska, and the author of three books on the subje ct. She lives in Mount Airy, North Carolina. </div From the Back Cover Less stuff, less stress - more freedom, more joy. it is a series of hard-hitting essays by a diverse collection of write rs that wraps its arms around everything from simplicity to clima te change to economic metrics to happiness. I approached each cha pter (each new writer) with skepticism and a willingness to put t he book down, and I found my self delighted time after time. This is a book anyone would be glad to have on their shelf . ? Lyle E still Here is a book with its roots in the earth that can move you to new places, stimulate ideas and encourage change. Less is More will show you how to divest gradually, to live more in the p resent moment, while still paying attention to technology, health , politics and the environment. Simplicity is not a turning away. It is a rejoining . ? Barbara Bamberger Scott The anthology's true strength comes in the diversity of its voices - which includ e not only journalists and activists, but also businesspeople and ministers. Less is More will serve as an informative and inspiri ng primer . ? Ryan Williams, ForeWord Magazine Andrews and Urba nska are masterful in their prose and their ability to bring toge ther an eclectic array of writers, thinkers and sustainability ad ovcates who live in ways that echo what they write about. ? John Ivanko No good idea stays local for long, writes Jay Walljaspsr in Less is More , a smart collection of essays that chant the si mplicity mantra without oversimpifying the issues at stake. Many of these ideas seem bound to travel far . ? Utne Reader I am bo th educated and inspired by the writings in Less is More . Living simply, like finding the heart, isÂthe workÂof a lifetime. It is not easy to get there, but it provides a life of ease once the g oal is reached. This book is a wonderful contribution to reorient ing our lives away from the alienating influences of our shame-in ducing consumer culture back toward what is really important: the choice to care for ourselves, others and the planet in a simple, loving way . ? Glenn Berger, PhD, glennbergerblog People are a fraid and anxious. We're destroying the planet, undermining happi ness, and clinging to an unsustainable economy. Our obsessive pur suit of wealth isn't working. But there's another way. Less can be More. Throughout history wise people have argued that we need to live more simply?that only by limiting outer wealth can we ha ve inner wealth. Less is More is a compelling collection of essay s by people who have been writing about simplicity for decades. T hey bring us a new vision of Less: less stuff, less work, less st ress, less debt. A life with Less becomes a life of More: more ti me, more satisfaction, more balance, and more security. When we have too much, we savor nothing. When we choose less, we regain our life and can think and feel deeply. Ultimately, a life of les s connects us with one true source of happiness: being part of a caring community. Less is More shows how to turn individual chang e into a movement that leads to policy changes in government and corporate behavior, work hours, the wealth gap, and sustainabilit y. It will appeal to those who want to take back their lives, the ir planet, and their well-being. Cecile Andrews is the author o f Circle of Simplicity and Slow is Beautiful and cofounder of Phi nney EcoVillage. She has her doctorate in education from Stanford . Wanda Urbanska is producer and host of Simple Living with Wan da Urbanska . She is author or co-author of numerous books, inclu ding Simple Living and Nothing's Too Small to Make a Difference . About the Author Cecile Andrews is a community educator, auth or of Circle of Simplicity, and contributor to several books on l iving more simply and taking back our time. She has a doctorate f rom Stanford and teaches at Seattle University. She and her husba nd are founders of Seattle's Phinney Ecovillage, a neighborhood-b ased sustainable community. Wanda Urbanska is a Harvard graduate whose life's work has involved living simply. She is the Presiden t of Simple Living Company, www.simplelivingtv.net , the producer /host of Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska, and the author of thr ee books on the subject. She lives in Mount Airy, North Carolina. </div About the Author Cecile Andrews is a community educator, author of Circle of Simplicity, and contributor to several books on living more simply and taking back our time. She has a doctor ate from Stanford and teaches at Seattle University. She and her husband are founders of Seattle's Phinney Ecovillage, a neighborh ood-based sustainable community. Wanda Urbanska is a Harvard grad uate whose life's work has involved living simply. She is the Pre sident of Simple Living Company, www.simplelivingtv.net , the pro ducer/host of Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska, and the author o f three books on the subject. She lives in Mount Airy, North Caro lina. </div ., New Society Publishers, 2009, 2.5, New York, NY: Signet Book, 2007. Reprint. Later printing. Mass-market paperback. Fair. Well read and well worn. Small scuff inside back cover.. Mass market paperback. Glued binding. 983, [5] p. Ken Follett, internationally-acclaimed master of split-second suspense, author of six #1 bestsellers, reaches beyond the expected to achieve his most brilliant and remarkable novel. The epic story of the building of a cathedral in 12th century England and the lives of the people entwined with it and each other is a sensuous, enduring narrative, and a gripping tale of faith, ambition, bloodshed and betrayal. From Wikipedia: "Kenneth Martin "Ken" Follett (born 5 June 1949) is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels. He has sold more than 130 million copies of his works. Many of his books have reached the number 1 ranking on the New York Times best-seller list, including Fall of Giants, The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple, Winter of the World, and World Without End. Follett was born on 5 June 1949 in Cardiff, Wales. He was the first child of Martin Follett, a tax inspector, and Lavinia (Veenie) Follett, who went on to have three more children. Barred from watching movies and television by his Plymouth Brethren parents, he developed an early interest in reading but remained an indifferent student until he entered his teens. His family moved to London when he was ten years old, and he began applying himself to his studies at Harrow Weald Grammar School and Poole Technical College. He won admission in 1967 to University College London, where he studied philosophy and became involved in centre-left politics. He married his first wife, Mary, in 1968, and their son Emanuele was born in the same year. After graduation in the autumn of 1970, Follett took a three-month post-graduate course in journalism and went to work as a trainee reporter in Cardiff on the South Wales Echo. After three years in Cardiff, he returned to London as a general-assignment reporter for the Evening News. Finding the work unchallenging, he eventually left journalism for publishing and became, by the late 1970s, deputy managing director of the small London publisher Everest Books. He also began writing fiction during evenings and weekends as a hobby. Later, he said he began writing books when he needed extra money to fix his car, and the publisher's advance a fellow journalist had been paid for a thriller was the sum required for the repairs. Success came gradually at first, but the publication of Eye of the Needle in 1978 made him both wealthy and internationally famous. Each of Follett's subsequent novels has also become a best-seller, ranking high on the New York Times Best Seller list; a number have been adapted for the screen. Ken Follett has written 29 books in the past 35 years. The first five best-sellers were spy thrillers: Eye of the Needle (1978), Triple (1979), The Key to Rebecca (1980), The Man from St Petersburg (1982) and Lie Down with Lions (1986). On Wings of Eagles (1983), was the true story of how two of Ross Perot s employees were rescued from Iran during the revolution of 1979. He then surprised readers by radically changing course with The Pillars of the Earth (1989), a novel about building a cathedral in the Middle Ages. It received rave reviews and was on the New York Times best-seller list for 18 weeks. It also topped best-seller lists in Canada, Britain and Italy, and was on the German best-seller list for six years. It has sold 18 million copies so far. The next three novels, Night Over Water (1991), A Dangerous Fortune (1993) and A Place Called Freedom (1995) were more historical than thriller, but he returned to the thriller genre with The Third Twin (1996) which in the Publishing Trends annual survey of international fiction best-sellers for 1997 was ranked no. 2 worldwide, after John Grisham's The Partner. His next work, The Hammer of Eden (1998) was another contemporary suspense story followed by a cold war thriller Code to Zero (2000). Follett returned to the WWII era with his next two novels, Jackdaws (2001), a World War II thriller about a group of women parachuted into France to destroy a vital., Signet Book, 2007, 2, Milano: Sperling & Kupfer, 2008. Traduzione di Pace A. e Raccampo S. Milano, 2008; br., pp. XLII-408, cm 14,5x21. (Continente Desaparecido). "Memoria del buio" è il racconto corale - costruito attraverso lettere, pagine di diario, testimonianze, poesie - di 112 donne argentine che hanno vissuto insieme, fra il 1974 e il 1983, l'esperienza drammatica della prigionia nelle carceri della dittatura. La lunga notte dell'Argentina comincia nel luglio del 1974, dopo la morte del presidente Juan Domingo Perón, con il graduale prevalere dei militari nelle stanze del potere. La Triple A, Alleanza Anticomunista Argentina, perseguita e uccide esponenti politici e sindacali, giornalisti, intellettuali; la repressione di qualsiasi forma di opposizione diventa sistematica, in un crescendo di ferocia che culmina nel golpe del 24 marzo 1976. Ma quel sistema di sterminio ha bisogno di una "facciata presentabile" da esibire di fronte alle organizzazioni internazionali per la difesa dei diritti umani. È questo il ruolo che tocca a Villa Devoto: celle pulite, dipinte di azzurro, dove alcune di queste donne, sequestrate senza ragione, giungono quasi con sollievo. Finché non scoprono la realtà dietro il "carcere vetrina". Le detenute, differenti per coscienza politica, sentimenti religiosi, cultura, si stringono le une alle altre e imparano, insieme, ad affrontare le torture fisiche e psicologiche alle quali sono sottoposte quotidianamente. Quel legame, rimasto saldo anche dopo il ritorno della democrazia, ha reso possibile un doloroso lavoro di recupero della memoria e ricostruzione dei fatti, di cui questo libro è il risultato., Sperling & Kupfer, 2008, 0<