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The Smart Growth Manual

Posted on September 17, 2010
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Author(s): Andres Duany, Jeff Speck, Mike Lydon
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional (2009)
Binding: Paperback, 240 pages
List Price: $24.95

by Andres Duany and Jeff Speck with Mike Lydon. McGraw-Hill. 2009. 240 pages. $24.95.

Urban growth is inevitable, so let us plan ahead for it to make sure that it takes place in the most orderly ways possible, argue design consultants Andres Duany and Jeff Speck in The Smart Growth Manual.

The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

Posted on September 15, 2010
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Author(s): Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 352 pages
List Price: $28.00

by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. Bloomsbury. 2010. 331 pages. $28.

The Vanishing of a Species? A Look at Modern Man’s Predicament by a Geologist

Posted on September 17, 2010
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Author(s): Peter Gretener
Publisher: Qualitas Classics (2010)
Binding: Hardcover, 280 pages
List Price: $19.95

by Peter Gretener. Qualitas. 2010. 280 pages. $19.95.

In the 1970s, geologist Peter Gretener believed strongly that the human race would go extinct if it did not dramatically readjust its ways of living. He wrote a manuscript explaining why, but he died before he could publish it.

The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist’s Struggle to Preserve the World’s Harvest

Posted on September 17, 2010
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Author(s): Susan Dworkin
Publisher: Walker & Company (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 256 pages
List Price: $26.00

by Susan Dworkin. Walker & Company. 2009. 239 pages. $26.

The Warcraft Civilization: Social Science in a Virtual World by William Sims Bainbridge

Posted on September 10, 2010
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Author(s): William Sims Bainbridge
Publisher: The MIT Press (2010)
Binding: Hardcover, 256 pages
List Price: $27.95

Imagine a video game bursting out of the screen and merging with the real world around you. You may experience precisely that if a prototype augmented-reality game system called LARP (live-action role-playing games) becomes fully developed, according to William Sims Bainbridge in The Warcraft Civilization.

Thriving in the Crosscurrent: Clarity and Hope in a Time of Cultural Sea Change

Posted on February 18, 2011
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Author(s): James Kenney
Publisher: Quest Books (2010)
Binding: Paperback, 216 pages
List Price: $16.95

Thriving in the Crosscurrent: Clarity and Hope in a Time of Cultural Sea Change by James Kenney. Quest. 2010. 253 pages. $16.95.

Tourism 3.0

Posted on December 3, 2012
2050 - Tomorrow's Tourism (Aspects of Tourism)
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Author(s): Ian Yeoman
Publisher: Channel View Publications (2012)
Binding: Paperback, 256 pages
List Price: $49.95

Vacationing in a climate-changed and AI-driven world will be very different, writes Victoria University futurologist Ian Yeoman.

Turning Oil into Salt: Energy Independence Through Fuel Choice

Posted on September 17, 2010
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Author(s): Anne Korin, Gal Luft
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (2009)
Binding: Paperback, 144 pages
List Price: $14.99

by Gal Luft and Anne Korin. Booksurge. 2009. 138 pages. Paperback. $14.99.

Current oil-consumption rates will require four new Saudi Arabias before the century is finished, according to the co-directors of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security in Potomac, Maryland.

Upstarts: How GenY Entrepreneurs Are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success

Posted on September 17, 2010
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Author(s): Donna Fenn
Publisher: McGraw-Hill (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 272 pages
List Price: $25.95

by Donna Fenn. McGraw-Hill. 2009. 258 pages. $29.95.

A new business landscape is in the making, and the 13-25-year-old youth demographic is creating it, according to Upstarts by business writer Donna Fenn. A trend is rising of teens and young adults starting their own businesses, offering the world’s best hope for a flourishing post-recession global economy, Fenn argues.

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

Posted on January 11, 2011
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Author(s): Richard N. Bolles
Publisher: Ten Speed Press (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 456 pages
List Price: $28.95

Every year since 1975, career coach Bolles has been producing updated versions of his comprehensive guide for finding jobs. This 2009 edition takes stock of the shake-up in the worldwide job market in 2008 and the ways it has radically changed job hunting.
Millions more adults are now out of work, Bolles notes, and the competition for new jobs is historically fierce. But he cautions against giving up. With a proactive attitude and some up-to-date strategies, he says, job seekers can become gainfully employed.