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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter 1 A Visit from Aunt FéChapter 2 The Return of Aunt FéChapter 3 Aunt Fé Moves In with the FedermannsChapter 4 Aunt Fé’s legacyFrom Aunt Fé’s vade mecumA List of Proverbs and Quotations

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Book SynopsisAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom New York Times Bestselling author Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of America and the reasons behind its current social and economic crisisIn Adrift, Scott Galloway looks from the past to the present - from 1945 to the 2020s - to reveal how America has reached its current state of political, social and economic crisis. It is on the brink of massive change, change that will disrupt the working of its economy and drastically impact its financial backbone, the middle class.Telling America''s story through 100 charts, Galloway demonstrates how crises such as Jim Crow, World War II, and the Stock Market Crash of 2008, as well as the escalating power of technology, an entrenched white patriarchy, and the socio-economic effects of the pandemic, created today''s perfect storm.Adrift seeks to make sense of it all, and offers Galloway''s unique take on where America is headTrade ReviewScott Galloway is Gordon Gekko with a social conscience. * GQ *Intelligent, thoughtful, sometimes snarky, and often humorous. * Huffpost *

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Book SynopsisFashion Writing and Criticism provides students with the tools to critique fashion with skill and style. Explaining the history and theory of criticism, this innovative text demonstrates how the tradition of criticism has developed and how this knowledge can be applied to fashion, enabling students to acquire the methods and proper vocabulary to be active critics themselves. Integrating history and theory, this innovative book explains the development of fashion writing, the theoretical basis on which it sits, and how it might be improved and applied. Through concise snapshot case studies, top international scholars McNeil and Miller analyse fashion excerpts in relation to philosophical ideas and situate them within historical contexts. Case studies include classic examples of fashion writing, such as Diana Vreeland at Harper''s Bazaar and Richard Martin on Karl Lagerfeld, as well as contemporary examples such as Suzy Menkes and the blogger Tavi.Accessibly written, Fashion WrTrade ReviewWhat a boost for the discipline! -- Dr Richard Read, Winthrop Professor in Art History, University of Western AustraliaThis original volume is both timely and valuable. It provides essential background and introduction to fashion writing and criticism past and present while providing sound intellectual direction for its future. -- Hazel Clark, Parsons The New School for Design, USAFashion Writing and Criticism provides an introduction to two crucial words – critic and fashion – that are part and parcel of the way we write and think about dress. The authors have explored these keywords with an admirable degree of clarity and in such a way as to be of benefit to fashion scholars and students alike. -- Michael Carter, University of SydneyThe chronology and the evaluative discussions on the development of criticism and the snapshots on twentieth-century fashion reporting are valuable to the ways in which authors think about existing and future writing on fashion, particularly from a critical rather than purely descriptive perspective. * Costume *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of illustrations Part 1 What is Criticism? Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Aristotle and the origins of criticism Chapter 3 Talking in private: the Academies and the Salons Chapter 4 Understanding Taste: The Critic as Qualified Observer Chapter 5 Charles Baudelaire: the Beginning of Fashion Criticism; The Art Critic of the Salons Chapter 6 Oscar Wilde and the apostles of aestheticism Part 2 Reporting Fashion: Overview Snapshots Fashion and morality: Leo Tolstoy’s What is Art? Paul Poiret: ‘sultan of fashion’ – from tradition to innovation Diana Vreeland: ‘Why Don’t you?’ – the invention of the fashion editor Christian Dior: the ‘New Look’ and reporting by Carmel Snow Yves Saint Laurent – a 1970s analysis of ‘The couturier and his brand’ What is fashion irony? Mild sarcasm or feigning ignorance? Reporting on the Japanese revolution in Paris Richard Martin as essayist: Karl Lagerfeld reworks Chanel Being critical about ‘deconstruction’: theoretical approach or ‘le destroy’? What is a reviewer? – and how can we recognise one? What gives Suzy Menkes the status of professional critic? ACNE Paper: the beauty of print, the splendour of the page How to be a ‘critical’ blogger: Moving beyond the PR Release Conclusion: where do we go from here? Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisNick Rees-Roberts is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France.Trade ReviewThis thoroughly researched and engagingly written book sets the benchmark for an emerging field. Nick Rees-Roberts has put the subject on the map as an important strand of popular and media culture. Fashion Film is sure to become a classic. * Caroline Evans, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK *Not only is it both intellectually rigorous and totally comprehensive, but it is also beautifully written and in every way a pleasure to read. * Pamela Church Gibson, London College of Fashion, UK *The most substantial—and one of the best—considerations of the subject of fashion film to date ... extremely intelligent, well researched, and beautifully written ... Bravo! * Marketa Uhlirova, Central Saint Martins, London, UK *[I]t is a great pleasure to find in Fashion Film: Art and Advertising in the Digital Age a book that thoroughly explores the wide ranging phenomenon of fashion film. * International Journal of Fashion Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Fashion Film – The Long and Short of It PART I: PROMOTION: DIGITAL FASHION FILM Visual Communications Hyper-Advertising and The Mini-Film Event Branded Experience, Artistic Exploration and Cultural Critique Hybrid Content: Fashion Film and Music Video Editorial Convergence and Spreadable Content Film and Branded Entertainment Conceptual Fashion Film Narrative Fashion Film Commodity Auteurism Promotional Genres PART II: PROCESS: DOCUMENTARY FASHION FILM Behind The Scenes The Staging of Labour In and Out of Fashion with William Klein Backstage with Loïc Prigent Reframing Fashion History Filming Everyday Fashion The Fashion Photographer on Film The Fashion Model on Film PART III: PERSONALITIES: DESIGNER FASHION FILM Masters of Style Designer Lives Curating Chanel Documenting Dior All About Yves The Warhol Legacy Conclusion: The End of Fashion Film Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAt its zenith, there were 21,000 route miles of railway in Britain. Today the country''s railways deliver more passenger miles than they did at their greatest extent despite a drastic reduction in the size of the network. Those cuts were the result of a campaign by a number of individuals who believed, erroneously as the passing of time has shown, that railways were a thing of the past and an impediment to progress. Although the process of railway closures started early, it gained momentum in the 1950s and in the harrowing years following the publication of the Beeching report. However, as the original research by the authors of this book reveals, it could have been much worse and there were plans to reduce the size of the network even more drastically, to the point where only a few lines would have survived. An understanding of what happened in the past is vital to understanding how today''s railways struggle to meet the demands imposed on them. Trimming at the margins remains an att

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Book SynopsisIs worldwide famine just around the corner? And do I really have to go vegan?‘A provocative vision.’ Sunday Times In 2017, the number of people going hungry in the world increased, for the first time in a decade. Pesticide-resistant bugs lay waste to crops across the globe, from bananas to potatoes. Food production releases billions of tons of carbon into the world, and it’s only getting worse. The writing is on the wall: our food system must change. But no one can agree on how. With his trademark counterintuition, Anthony Warner reveals that we have the ability to make a world where no one starves. And one where we don’t feel guilty about tucking in.Trade Review‘A provocative vision.’ * Sunday Times *‘This is an important book, and a good one. It’s ambitious and well-researched and timely… Food science can be a dry topic, but Warner manages to make it an entertaining one.’ -- Spectator on The Angry Chef

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Book SynopsisImmigration is good for society and here''s the data that proves it.Winner of the Diversity, Inclusion and Equality Award at the Business Book Awards 2021 ‘Underpinned by scholarship...entertaining…Legrain’s book fizzes with practical ideas.’ The Economist ‘The beauty of diversity is that innovation often comes about by serendipity. As Scott Page observed, one day in 1904, at the World Fair in St Louis, the ice cream vendor ran out of cups. Ernest Hami, a Syrian waffle vendor in the booth next door, rolled up some waffles to make cones - and the rest is history.’ Filled with data, anecdotes and optimism, Them and Us is an endorsement of cultural differences at a time of acute national introspection. By every measure, from productivity to new perspectives, immigrants bring something beneficial to society. If patriotism means wanting the best for your country, we should be welcomiTrade Review‘Underpinned by scholarship…entertaining… Legrain’s book fizzes with practical ideas.’ * The Economist *

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Book SynopsisHow to tackle the toughest interview questions Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google haveto offer and other perplexing problems to puzzle any mind!Trade Review‘An entertaining book we can all enjoy… highly informative and amusing.’ -- Daily Mail‘Full of valuable insight on effectively navigating the interviewing process, this is a must-read for those looking to nail their next interview.’ * Publishers Weekly *‘Thought-provoking… Clearly, Poundstone isn’t talking about fighting ducks at all, although you’ll have plenty of fun deconstructing the analogy with logical analysis.’ * E&T Magazine *‘[An] entertaining headscratcher.’ -- Choice

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Book SynopsisA fun take on some of the biggest questions in economics, made accessible for non-experts (and dogs)Trade Review'A truly delightful scamper through economic ideas and history.' -- Niall Kishtainy, author of A Little History of Economics‘I have read many introductions to economics, none as entertaining and readily accessible as this one. Monty, you’re a lucky dog to have such wonderful teachers!’ -- Alexander Pepper, professor of management practice, LSE'An engaging and at times touching book' -- John Crace * The Guardian *‘Economics concepts can often be difficult to grasp, but the authors have done an admirable job of explaining them in plain language … This is one of the few books on economics that works as a textbook while remaining actually readable!’ -- Terry Freedman, Teach Secondary'Enjoyable... This undemanding presentation serves equally well as an introduction or a refresher course and will especially appeal to readers who appreciate their learning enhanced with a bit of whimsy' * Booklist *

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Book SynopsisIn the dying days of the USSR, battlelines have shifted from spycraft to the cut-throat capitalism and it’s intellectual property, not state secrets, that are to be bought, sold, stolen and fought overTrade Review'The definitive telling of one of the most fascinating stories in videogame history.' -- Wired‘A great read on a game that has hypnotized my brain and probably yours too.’ -- Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple'From its launch in 1984 [Tetris] created a generation of gamers drawn by its irresistible block-stacking brilliance...The story of its conception is just as addictive; think courtroom dramas and global intrigue, all relayed in Ackerman's bewitching prose'. * Monocle *'Fascinating' * Sunday Herald *‘How [Tetris] came to the West is a remarkably complicated cloak-and-dagger story…The Tetris Effect is full of fascinating facts.’ * Spectator *‘The Tetris Effect is a page-turning, block-stacking, globe-trotting thriller/history book, covering the epic creation saga of one of the greatest video games ever made or played.’ -- Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One‘The Tetris Effect explains how one guy in Russia with one little game ended up creating a global business and cultural phenomenon... Ackerman tells the story of the first and quintessential start-up.’ -- Douglas Rushkoff‘Tetris broke social, cultural and technological boundaries in a way that nobody, including the meek Russian researcher who designed the game, could have predicted. Ackerman pieces the story together with flair and diligence in a brilliant account of the video game that everybody from the Soviet government to Japanese moguls wanted for their own.’ -- Simon Parkin, author of Death by Video Game and contributing writer, New Yorker.com‘The author provides a meticulous accounting of the rise of “Tetris”…For those fascinated with the way video games are created and intrigued by the history of early computers, the book will provide great entertainment, just like the game…An all-inclusive history behind one of the most popular video games ever.’ * Kirkus Reviews *‘Ackerman doles out intrigue worthy of Robert Ludlum or Tom Clancy. It’s a behind-the-Iron Curtain nail-biter.’ * LA Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains a selection of original contributions from internationally reputed scholars in the field of risk management in socio?technical systems with high hazard potential. Its first major section addresses fundamental psychological and socio?technical concepts in the field of risk perception, risk management and learning systems for safety improvement. The second section deals with the variety of procedures for system safety analysis. It covers strategies of analyzing automation problems and of safety culture as well as the analysis of social dynamics in field settings and of field experiments. Its third part then illustrates the utilization of basic concepts and analytic approaches by way of case studies of designing man?machine systems and in various industrial sectors such as intensive care wards, aviation, offfshore oil drilling and chemical industry. In linking basic theoretical conceptual notions and analytic strategies to detailed case studies in the area of hazardouTable of ContentsPart I: Conceptual Issues in Risk Management.J. Reason, Managing the Management Risk: New Approaches to Organizational Safety. R. Brehmer,Cognitive Aspects of Safety. J. Rasmussen,Learning from Experience? How? Some Research Issues in Industrial Risk Management. Part II: Analytical Approaches to Systems Safety.W.A. Wagenaar, A Model?Based Analysis of Automation Problems. B. Wilpert, P. Klumb, Social Dynamics, Organization and Management: Factors Contributing to System Safety. T. Wehner, Accident and Cognitive Structure. Part III. K?P. Timpe, Psychological Contributions for the Improvement of Safety and Reliability in the Man?Machine System. C. Poyet, J. Leplat, Mixed Technologies and Management of Reliability. W.A. Wagenaar, A.M. Souverejn, Patrick T.W. Hudson, Safety Management in Intensive Care Wards. R. Amalberti, Safety in Flight Operations. T. Qvale, Design for Safety and Productivity in Large Scale Industrial Projects: The Case of the Norwegian Offshore Oil Development. M. Baram, Industrial Technology, Chemical Accidents and Social Control.

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Book Synopsis All you need to understand the dynamics of conflict -- and the joy of resolution The rapid rate of change in the workplace and among families often leads to conflict and confrontation which can undermine productivity and poison relationships. The Joy of Conflict Resolution helps readers understand conflict and why it arises through the lens of the drama triangle of victims, villains and heroes. In an accessible, engaging and light-hearted style that uses stories and humor to explore potentially emotionally charged situations, it provides proven and practical skills to move beyond confrontation to resolve conflicts collaboratively. Table of ContentsVictims, Villains, and Heroes; Lessons from the Sandbox; Just Like the Movies; Welcome to Turm-Oil Inc; The Assumption Iceberg; The Wobbly Stool of Conflict; The Perils of Anger Mountain; Beware the Conflict Gremlins; The Power of Listening; Spinning The Straw of Defensiveness; Escaping The Trap of Positions; Probing The Depths of Conflict; Standing Up For Ourselves (Without Knocking The Other Person Down); The Road to Resolution; Tips for the Traveller; Index.

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Book Synopsis A user's guide to economic, political, social and cultural collapse. In the face of political impotence, resource depletion, and catastrophic climate change, many of us have become reconciled to an uncertain future. However, popular perception of how this future might actually unfold varies wildly from a severe and prolonged recession, to James Howard Kunstler''s long emergency, to the complete breakdown of civilization. In The Five Stages of Collapse , Dmitry Orlov posits a taxonomy of collapse, offering a surprisingly optimistic perspective on surviving the sweeping changes of the day with health and sanity intact. Arguing that it is during periods of disruption and extreme uncertainty that broad cultural change becomes possible, Orlov steers the reader through the challenges of financial, commercial, and political collapse. He suggests that if the first three stages are met with the appropriate responses, further breakdown may be arresteTrade ReviewReview, Charlie Smith, Straight.com July 1, 2013 Five Stages of Collapse is a highly entertaining and enlightening examination of the entrails of what happens when societies are driven into the abyss by greedy, hard-hearted elites and corrupt and incompetent politicians. And if Orlov turns out to be correct, this book just might end up saving your life by revealing steps you can take to prepare for the worst. Review, Carolyn Baker, Speaking Truth to Power April 7,2013 I am a huge fan of Dmitry's work, and I must concur with Richard Heinberg who says, "Even if I believed collapse were impossible I'd still read everything Dmitry Orlov writes: he's that entertaining." Incisive articulation of reality tempered with irrepressible humor and sarcasm define his writing style and not only compel us to stay with what some describe as a "dark Russian perspective," but reveal a man who has found a way to live with what is so and navigate it with buoyant humanity. The Five Stages of Collapse is nothing less than a definitive textbook for a hypothetical course entitled "The Collapse Of Industrial Civilization 101" or perhaps a bible of sorts for an imaginary "Institute of Collapse Studies." While to my knowledge no such courses or organizations presently exist, this book would be an essential aspect of any such entity's credibility. Review, Michael C. Ruppert, April 18, 2013 The writing of this book was a rotten job, but it was absolutely necessary. If someone had to do it, I am very glad that it was Dmitry Orlov. Without his wit, alacrity and experience, the task of beating the horse of the Cartesian approach to understanding our dying world to death would have resulted in something unbearably maddening, dry and uninspiring. In this book he sneaks some LOLROF side-splitters in when you least expect them. One gathers from Orlov's painstaking efforts, the futility of looking to outdated constructs and philosophies for understanding and relief from a crisis that demands complete innovation and inspiration. Reading closely, one sees Orlov carefully planting seeds of reconciliation with our planet and each other throughout--as a fundamental baseline. He arrives at places outside the box of the current meme by using methodologies and analyses that are sacramental within the meme. That's an achievement. Perhaps in his next book he will stand on that ground more forcefully and tell us what he sees. We don't need to understand collapse right now as much as we need to survive it. And that is where Dmitry Orlov rises through the rubble and gives us magnificent gems like this: "At the rock bottom of human survival, there is no individual and there is no state; there is only the family, or, if there isn't, there is something that's not quite human--or there is nothing at all." Profound insight combined with wry humor is such an incendiary weapon I am tempted to call The Five Stages of Collapse an "Orlov Cocktail." His delivery of hard truths laced with irony saturates us in seldom reported but extremely relevant facts about the world. He is one of the best writers on the scene today, working at the top of his game. There is more to enjoy in this book with every page you turn, and in very uncertain times, Orlov's advice is, at its core, kind-spirited and extraordinarily helpful. ---Albert Bates, author, The Biochar Solution Even if I believed collapse were impossible I'd still read everything Dmitry Orlov writes: he's that entertaining. Unfortunately, however, collapse of some sort or other, of some degree or another, is almost guaranteed. Orlov does us all a great service by teasing apart the kinds and degrees of collapse so that we can prepare for what is likely and "dig in our heels" to prevent what is unsurvivable. ---Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, Author, The End of GrowthTable of Contents Introduction: Collapses in General What is collapse? When will collapse occur? What are the stages of collapse? 1. Financial Collapse The root of the problem The wrong math Defaults big and small The end of money Options for cashing out Alternatives to money How we did it Chits, specie and stock-in-trade A likely endgame Cold-starting instructions Beware financial despotism Monetary mysticism The untrustworthy and the trustful Götterdämmerung Case Study: Iceland 2. Commercial Collapse Cascaded failure Liar word: efficiency Life upside down The many advantages of gift Money corrupts Opportunities for gift-giving Meanwhile in Soviet Russia The new normal A cultural flip Case Study: The Russian Mafia 3. Political Collapse Anarchy's charms The nation-state fades out National language Taking care of your own State religion Life after the nation-state The problem of excessive scale The proliferation of defunct states Government services disappear Denationalization of currency What governments are good at Warfare becomes self-defeating The end of law and order The end of the welfare state Virtualized politics Case Study: The Pashtuns 4. Social Collapse The limits of community planning The new rules Social reclamation Religion as organizing principle Charitable giving and taking What society? Case Study: The Roma 5. Cultural Collapse Humans and other animals The limits of language Spoken memory The isolated human The primacy of family Case Study: The Ik Afterword Endnotes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book Synopsis Strategies and techniques for making a living with intensive food production in small spaces There are 40 million acres of lawns in North America. In their current form, these unproductive expanses of grass represent a significant financial and environmental cost. However, viewed through a different lens, they can also be seen as a tremendous source of opportunity. Access to land is a major barrier for many people who want to enter the agricultural sector, and urban and suburban yards have huge potential for would-be farmers wanting to become part of this growing movement. The Urban Farmer is a comprehensive, hands-on, practical manual to help you learn the techniques and business strategies you need to make a good living growing high-yield, high-value crops right in your own backyard (or someone else''s). Major benefits include: Low capital investment and overhead costs Reduced need for expensive infrastructure Easy access to markets. Growing food in the city means that fresh crops may travel only a few blocks from field to table, making this innovative approach the next logical step in the local food movement. Based on a scalable, easily reproduced business model, The Urban Farmer is your complete guide to minimizing risk and maximizing profit by using intensive production in small leased or borrowed spaces. Table of ContentsForeword, by Diego Footer Preface 1: A Farm in the City Why Urban Farming? Connecting the Dots: An Urban Farmer's Place in the Community Quick Breakdown of Economics 2: A Viable Farming Business On ½ Acre Or Less The Zones of Your Farm and Your Life Crops Better Suited for the City Introdution to Urban Infrastructure Start-Up Farm Models 3: The Business of Urban Farming Starting Small Market Streams Working with Chefs Labor Software and Organization Self-Promotion Finance Options 4: Finding the Right Site Scouting for Land Urban, Suburban and Peri-Urban Land Multiple or Single-Plot Farming Urban Soil Land Agreements and Leases Urban Pests 5: Building Your Farm, One Site at a Time Turning a Lawn Into a Farm Plot Choosing A Site Garden Layout The Perimeter Irrigation 6: Infrastructure and Equipment Base of Operations Tools Special Growing Areas Inexpensive Season Extension Transportation 7: Operations Work Smarter not Harder Harvesting Post-Harvest Processing Portioning and Packing 8: Production Systems Beds for Production Planting Microgreens Extending the Season 9: Basic Crop Planning Determine Your Outcome The Base Plan 10: Crops for the Urban Farmer Parting Words Acknowledgments Glossary Endnotes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisA veritable cookbook of natural plaster recipes and techniques for beautiful, durable finishes Natural plasters made of clay, lime, and other materials mixed with sand are beautiful building finishes. Fun to work with, low-impact, and allowing infinite creativity, they are high performance and provide proven, centuries-long durability.Yet until now there''s been no resource that has pulled together the best North American plaster recipes and how-to into one place. Essential Natural Plasters covers it all: Sourcing and selecting materials, including site-soils Clay, lime, and gypsum plasters as well as fibers and amendments Interior and exterior use and specialty plasters such as tadelakt for bathrooms Preparing substrates, from straw bales and cob to lath and Sheetrock How to set up a safe, efficient worksite Mixing, testing, tinting, repairing, and applying plasters Coveted recipes from leading plasterers in Ontario, Vermont, New Mexico, France, and New Zealand. Richly illustrated and deeply researched, Essential Natural Plasters is the must-have resource for owner-builders and professionals alike.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Natural Plaster Ingredients Chapter 3: Planning and Preparation Chapter 4: Mixing and Application Chapter 5: Earth Plaster Base Coats Recipe: Project Karyne Base Coat from Site Soil Recipe: Easily Workable Base Coat Using Bagged Clay Recipe: Straw-Clay Mud Recipe: Lime-Stabilized Base Coat Using Bagged Clay or Site Clay Recipe: Straworks' Baseball Diamond Mix Recipe: La Couche de Corps Recipe: Super Sticky Upside-Down Mix Chapter 6: Earth Plaster Finish Coats Recipe: All-Purpose Finish Plaster Recipe: Pigmented Finish Plaster with Fiber Recipe: Silty Subsoil Dolomite Sand Top Coat Recipe: Fat Plaster Recipe: Finish Coat with "Mayonnaise" Recipe: Finish Coat Using Bagged Clay Recipe: Glen's Wet-Burnish Plaster Recipe: Finish Clay Plaster with Shredded Paper or Cellulose Recipe: Polishing Clay Plaster Recipe: Starch Paste Recipe: Rice or Corn Starch Paste Chapter 7: Lime Plasters Lime Recipe: Simple Hydrated Lime Plaster Lime Recipe: Traditional Lime Putty-Based Scratch Coat with Hair Reinforcement Lime Recipe: Multi-Functional Hemp Lime Coating Lime Recipe: Lime Plaster with Manure Lime Recipe: Lime Plaster with Paper Pulp Lime Recipe: Tadelakt Lime Recipe: Stuc/Chevy Tadelakt Lime Recipe: Hot Mixed Lime Mortars Lime Recipe: Harling, Rough Cast, and Pebble Dash as External Lime Plastering Finishes Lime Recipe: Homemade Hydraulic Lime Base Coat Chapter 8: More Binders Chapter 9: Finishes and Aftercare Recipe: Carole Crews' Favorite Alis Appendix 1: Coverage Estimates and Conversions Appendix 2: Resources Contributors Index About the Authors A Note About the Publisher

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Book SynopsisThe blueprint for an inspiring regenerative economy that avoids collapse and works for people and the planet. Humanity is in a race with catastrophe. Is the future one of global warming, 65 million migrants fleeing failed states, soaring inequality, and grid-locked politics? Or one of empowered entrepreneurs and innovators working towards social change, leveling the playing field, and building a world that works for everyone? While the specter of collapse looms large, A Finer Future demonstrates that humanity has a chance - just - to thread the needle of sustainability and build a regenerative economy through a powerful combination of enlightened entrepreneurialism, regenerative economy, technology, and innovative policy.The authors - world leaders in business, economics, and sustainability - gather the environmental economics evidence, outline the principles of a regenerative economy, and detail a policy roadmap to achieving it, including: Transforming finance and corporations Reimagining energy, agriculture, ecosystems, and the nature of how we work Enhancing human well-being Delivering a world that respects ecosystems and human community. Charting the course to a regenerative economy is the most important work facing humanity and A Finer Future provides the essential blueprint for business leaders, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, politicians, policymakers, and others working to create a world that works for people and the planet.AWARDS SILVER 2020 Eric Zencey Prize SILVER 2018 Nautilus Book Awards: Ecology & Environment BRONZE 2018 Foreword INDIES: Business & Economics Table of ContentsForeword by Kate Raworth Acknowledgements Prologue: The Parable of the CaterpillarIntroduction: Welcome to the Anthropocene Section 1: It'll Do Til the Mess Arrives 1. Imagine 2. The Story That Got Us In Trouble 3. Tell Me A Better Story: Regenerative Economics Section 2: Buying Time to Fix the Mess 4. Everyone Wins: The Circular Economy 5. Building A Better World 6. Going Places: Efficiency in Vehicles Section 3: Transformation: The Plot Thickens 7. Moving Money from Harm to Healing 8. Corporate Transformation 9. Growing a Finer Future 10. Triumph of the Sun: The Mother of All Disruptions Section 4: Systemic Change: Policies to Get Us Out of the Mess 11. Level the Playing Field 12. Meet Basic Needs for All 13. Confront the Myth of Growth 14. A Values Shift 15. Reinventing Governance 16. Bringing It HomeSection 5: A Finer Future Is Possible Notes Index About the Authors About New Society Publishers

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Book SynopsisHungry for change? Put the power of food co-ops on your plate and grow your local food economy. Food has become ground-zero in our efforts to increase awareness of how our choices impact the world. Yet while we have begun to transform our communities and dinner plates, the most authoritative strand of the food web has received surprisingly little attention: the grocery storethe epicenter of our food-gathering ritual. Through penetrating analysis and inspiring stories and examples of American and Canadian food co-ops, Grocery Story makes a compelling case for the transformation of the grocery store aisles as the emerging frontier in the local and good food movements. Author Jon Steinman: Deconstructs the food retail sector and the shadows cast by corporate giants Makes the case for food co-ops as an alternative Shows how co-ops spur the creation of local food-based economies and enhance low-income food access. Grocery Story is for everyone who eats. Whether you strive to eat more local and sustainable food, or are in support of community economic development, Grocery Story will leave you hungry to join the food co-op movement in your own community. Table of Contents"Food System" DefinedPrefaceNote from the Author: Big FoodIntroduction[1] Rise of the Grocery Giants A&P — The First of the Giants Other Giants Emerge Self-Service Regulating the Rise of Big Business Expanding the War on Chain Grocers Enter the Supermarket [2] Retailer Market Power Taming the Chains The Giants Break Loose The Accelerating of Supermarket Dominance Regulating Market Power Today The Generational Effect and Self-Reinforcing Apathy[3] Food Prices and the People Who Grow Our Food The Farm Crisis of the 1980s The "Farm Share" and "Marketing Share" of Our Food Dollars Squeezing Food Dollars Through Bottlenecks Farm Value vs. Retail Price Eaters Pay the Price for Concentrated Markets Mergers Decrease Prices Paid to Farmers The Most Extreme Expression of the Farm Income Crisis[4] Grocery Stores — The Food System's Control Center Shaping Food — Literally Losses in Flavor Cosmetic Requirements and Food Safety Genetic Diversity Food Standards as Buyer Leverage Standards and Food Waste Marching Orders for Suppliers Suppliers Finance Their Own Servitude Category Management Pay to Play, Pay to Stay Is It Bribery? Private Labels (Deliberately Anonymous) Barriers to Entry Setting Food Policy Eaters at the ControlsINTERLUDEWelcome to What's Possible, North America Welcome to Resisterville (Nelson, British Columbia) Grocery Giants in Nelson The Regional Food Movement Viroqua, Wisconsin[5] Enter the Co-op What Is a Co-op? Mission-Driven and Transparent Resilience History of the Cooperative Movement The First Consumer Co-ops in Canada and the United States The Empowered Consumer [6] The Food Co-op Waves The Consumer Wave The New Wave The New Wave Grows Up The Newest Wave Beyond Natural Foods — Co-ops for Low-Income Communities[7] Consumer Food Co-ops Today There's Nothing Cookie-Cutter About Food Co-ops Food Co-ops as Community Centers Education Kitchen Skills Training Children's Programming Co-ops in Schools Food Access Inexpensive Meals for Community Building Community Giving Nonprofit Arms Positive Workplace Working Members Cooperation with Local Businesses The Co-op Footprint Community-Owned Good Food Media College Town Co-ops Governance and Ownership Profiles of Board Directors at Food Co-ops Engaging Members in Their Co-op Diversity Social Cohesion Activism On Prices Unleashing Potential[8] Co-ops as Food Desert Remediation Greensboro, North Carolina Cincinnati, Ohio Other Stories of "What's Possible" Starting a Co-op Isn't a Shoo-In for Success[9] Food Co-ops and the Local Economy Easier Access to Eaters True Local The Language of "Economic Development" Food Co-ops as Economic Development Local Food System Stimulation Anchors for Main Street Retention and Rearing of Community Leaders A Different Kind of Profit[10] Local Foodmakers — The People Behind the Products Co-ops as Small Business Incubators The People Behind the Products Where Does Your Food Dollar Go? Planning the Co-op Shelves with Local Producers[11] Threats to Food Co-ops Fierce Competition The Co-opting of "Local" The "Whole Foods Effect" The Demise of Co-op Atlantic Closed Relevance Ideology Institutional Isomorphism Member Engagement[12] Growing Food Co-ops, Growing the Movement Start-ups Financing Food Co-ops Co-ops Supporting Co-opsEpilogue: Where Do We Go from Here? Acknowledgments Grocery Story's Supporters Endnotes Index About the Author A Note about the Publisher

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Book SynopsisFree, Fair, and Alive is a penetrating cultural critique, table-pounding political treatise, and practical playbook for "commoning" — free, self-organizing systems ranging from alternative currencies to open-source everything. It presents a bold and compelling alternative to the dead-end, predatory market-state system.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Commons as a Transformative Perspective1. Commons and CommoningCommoning is Everywhere, but Widely MisunderstoodWhat Island Is Not a CommonsCommons in Real Life Zaatari Refugee Camp Buurtzorg Nederland WikiHouse Community Supported Agriculture Guifi.net Understanding Commons Holistically in the Wild 2. The OntoShift to the Commons The Window Through Which We See the World The OntoStory of the Modern West OntoStories as a Hidden Deep Dimension of Politics The Nested-I and Ubuntu Rationality: The Relational Ontology of the Commons Complexity Science and Commoning Making an OntoShift to the Commons 3. Language and the Creation of Commons Words, Terms, and Categories The Tenacity of Systems of Opinion; The Harmonyof Illusions Language and World-Making Frames, Metaphors, and the Terms of Our Cognition Language Evokes and Sustains a Worldview Keywords from a Fading Era Misleading Binaries How Commoning Moves Beyond the Open/Closed Binary Glossary of Commons-Friendly Terms Part II: The Triad of CommoningIntroduction Principles and Patterns A Word on Methodology 4. The Social Life of Commoning Cultivate Shared Purpose & Values Ritualize Togetherness Contribute Freely Practice Gentle Reciprocity Trust Situated Knowing Deepen Communion with Nature Preserve Relationships in Addressing Conflicts Reflect on Your Peer Governance 5. Peer Governance Through Commoning A Few Words About Governance Patterns of Peer Governance Bring Diversity into Shared Purpose On the Origins of Peer Governance Create Semi-permeable Membranes Honor Transparency in a Sphere of Trust Share Knowledge Generously Assure Consent in Decision Making Sociocracy and Consent-Based Decision Making Rely on Heterarchy Peer Monitor & Apply Graduated Sanctions Relationalize Property Keep Commons & Commerce Distinct Enclosures as a Threat to Commons Finance Commons Provisioning 6. Provisioning Through Commons Make & Use Together Support Care & Decommodified Work Share the Risks of Provisioning Contribute & Share Varieties of Allocation in a Commons Pool, Cap & Divide Up Pool, Cap & Mutualize Trade with Price Sovereignty Cecosesola, or How to Ignore the Market Use Convivial Tools Rely on Distributed Structures Creatively Adapt & Renew Part III: Growing the CommonsverseIntroduction 7. Rethinking Property Me, My Freedom, and My Property Property is Relational Collective Property as a Counterpoint to Individual Property? Possession is Distinct From Property Custom as Vernacular Law Inalienability: A Crucial Concept for Commoning Rediscovering the Power of Res Nullius Property and the Objectification of Social Relations 8. Relationalize Property Decommodifying a Supermarket Why Relationalize Property? A Platform Designed for Collaboration: Federated Wiki Neutralizing Capital in the Housing Market: The Mietshäuser Syndikat Story Hacking Property to Help Build Commons Platform Cooperatives Open Source Seeds Commoning Mushrooms: The Iriaiken Philosophy Building Stronger Commons Through Relationalized Property Re-Introducing Meaning Making into Modern Law 9. State Power and Commoning "The State" and "The People"Equal Under Law, Unequal in Reality Some Working Notes on State Power Beyond Reform or Revolution The Power of Commoning Revamping State Power to Support Commoning Catalyze & Propagate Establish Commons at the Macroscale Provide Infrastructures for Commoning Create New Types of Finance for the Commons Commons and Subsidiarity What about Fundamental Rights Guaranteed by the State? 10. Take Commoning to Scale Charters for Commoning Distributed Ledgers as a Platform for Commoning A Brief Explanation of Hash and Hashchain, Blockchain, and Holochain Commons-Public Partnerships Commoning at Scale Acknowledgments Appendix A: Notes on the Methodology Used for Identifying Patterns of Commoning Appendix B: Visual Grammar for the Pattern Illustrations Appendix C: Commons and Commoning Tools Mentioned in This Book Appendix D: Elinor Ostrom's Eight Design Principles for Successful Commons and Commoning Tools Notes Index About the Authors A Note About the Publisher

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Book SynopsisThe liberal state is dead, long live the partner stateAcross the world, the liberal nation state is on its knees. Rising inequality, deep political polarization, and the pervasive power of corporations are tearing apart the social contract and threatening to crush democracy. Civilizing the State traces the history and development of the liberal state and its changing role from the enabler of capitalism to protector of citizen welfare, to its hollowing out and capture by corporate and elite interests rendering it unfit to address the compounding crises of inequality, injustice, ecological collapse, and loss of legitimacy. Author John Restakis explores citizen-powered alternatives and experiments in co-operation, deep democracy, solidarity economics, and commoning from Spain, India, the global peasant movement, and the emerging stateless democracy of Rojava rising from the wreckage of the Syrian civil war. The final section vTrade Review"John Restakis confronts one of the most important and neglected issues of our time. The nation state as we know it is an obsolete institution. With compelling and authoritative examples Civilizing the State lays out the problem and tests the solutions. An essential read for everyone concerned about the human future." — David Korten, author, When Corporations Rule the World and The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community "John Restakis' Civilizing the State is a timely and necessary book in these times of corporate hijack of the state through neoliberal globalization. Three decades of deregulation have transformed welfare states "for the people, of the people, by the people" into corporate states "for the corporations, of the corporations, by the corporations." Nation states run by corporations for privatization of the commons and public goods are now mutating into corporate, surveillance states. Through examples of practice of direct democracy and political philosophies of civic participation, Restakis shows how we can reclaim democracy and the commons and shape a future for the common good." — Vandana Shiva, ecological scientist, activist, founder, Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology and Navdanya, founding board member, International Forum on Globalisation, author, Earth Democracy and Oneness Vs. the 1% "As reactionary forces surge to the fore, John Restakis offers a bold vision for reinventing the state as a partner of the social economy, commons, and grassroots democracy. Thoughtful, provocative, and hopeful." — David Bollier, commons activist and scholar, co-author, Free, Fair, and Alive "Could a better society be taking shape amidst the shards of our currently suicidal civilization? John Restakis makes a persuasive case that it is. He takes readers back to antiquity and up through intriguing experiments in our own time to explain that to solve the global crisis of the liberal state we must broaden, deepen, and enrich self-government. In Civilizing the State, readers will find both illumination and hope." — Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy, Duke University, author, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for AmericaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Treason of the State 2. Civil Power and the New Legitimacy 3. The Commons: Dispossession and Reclamation 4. The Co-operative City 5. The Way of the Peasant 6. Deep Democracy in Kerala 7. Living Without Approval: Stateless Democracy in Rojava 8. The World Unmasked 9. Transformation and Integration 10. From Welfare State to Partner State 11. Civilizing the State: Principles and Policies Epilogue Notes Index About the Author About New Society Publishers

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewUses sound economics to map a path out of overshoot. Highly recommended. —Herman Daly An excellent primer on key insights and questions in ecological economics from a celebrated pioneer of the field. —Jason Hickel, author, Less is More Peter Victor provides a state-of-the-art overview of the drawings for the economic rocket humanity needs for a safe landing on Spaceship Earth. In our turbulent times, with multiple planetary boundaries breached and tipping points approaching fast, Escape from Overshoot provides the perfect launch pad for new economic thinking that reconnects the world with planet Earth. —Johan Rockström, Professor, Earth System Science; Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; and co-author, Earth for All The title of Peter Victor's important book says it all: the planet is in peril and a major factor is a global economy too big for nature to flourish. Human beings are animals and thus, like all other species, constrained by nature and nature's laws. An economy unfettered by the needs and limits of nature and propelled by a fool's goal of endless growth has created the twin ecological crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. All who care about the kind of world we are leaving to our grandchildren and what we can do to bring the economy into harmony with nature must read this vital book. —David Suzuki, emeritus professor and grandfather No one pulls it all together as well as Peter Victor. His Escape from Overshoot covers climate and other key issues with a compelling clarity. I highly recommend this book. —James Gustave Speth, former Dean, Yale School of the Environment, and author, America the Possible Victor draws a plausible pathway that nicely intertwines with a growing body of evidence and proposals for new economic models from across the globe. This book is timely and gives cause for hope! —Sandrine Dixson-Declève, co-president, the Club of Rome, and co-author, Earth for All Erudite and lavishly illustrated, Peter Victor's Escape from Overshoot is a sweeping analysis of the flawed economic mindset that has pushed us to the brink and an inspired prescription for the new economics needed to help pull us back. —William Rees, professor emeritus, University of British Columbia, former director of the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), and co-author, Our Ecological Footprint I own hundreds of books, all carefully curated. But I reserve one short shelf for books that I think everybody needs to read right away in order to grasp the human condition and what needs to be done. Peter Victor's Escape from Overshoot is now at the front of that shelf. It is clearly and entertainingly written and elicits an aha! on every page. Escape from Overshoot would be a great book on those merits alone, even if it weren't the key to our collective fate. —Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, and author, Power An absolute must read— I could not put it down and read it in one sitting. Peter Victor masterfully ties the threads of economic thought together to demonstrate why— and how— we can collectively do our best to avoid climate and ecological breakdown. —David Miller, managing director, C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy Escape from Overshoot is a tour de force of the latest research in ecological economics from one of the top researchers in the field. In a highly accessible style, with a helpful figure or illustration on almost every page, Peter Victor explains how the current economic system works, how it has pushed us to the precipice of environmental collapse, and how a post-growth economy could pull us back from the edge. —Dan O'Neill, Associate Professor in Ecological Economics, University of Leeds, and president, European Society for Ecological Economics If you want to enable the next generation to build a successful future, ditch the textbooks from the past and get this one instead. —Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., founder and president, Global Footprint Network, and author, Ecological FootprintTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Prologue: A Planet in Peril Chapter 1. Overshoot — A Look at the Evidence Overshoot The Economy as a Sub-System of the Planet Material Flows Forests Agriculture The Great Acceleration Biodiversity Chapter 2. How to Think About the Future Chapter 3. Voices from the Past — Economic Growth and its Critics From Progress to Economic Growth Classical Economics and Economic Growth Neoclassical Economics Takes Center Stage Critics of Economic Growth Environmental Economics Ecological Economics Conclusion Chapter 4. The Economic System — How Does it Work? The Neoclassical Capitalist Economy The Keynesian and Post-Keynesian Capitalist Economy The Marxian and Post-Marxian Capitalist Economy Conclusion Chapter 5. Current Trends to an Uncertain Future Economic Trends Demographic Trends Income Inequality Trends Investment Trends Consumption Trends Technology Trends Work Trends Energy Trends Conclusion Chapter 6. Green Growth — A Dangerous Distraction? Defining Green Growth Growth of Many Colors Does Increased Efficiency Lead to Decoupling? Future Prospects for Green Growth Stocks not Flows: The Achilles Heel of Green Growth Green Investment Barriers to Green Growth Conclusion Chapter 7. Post Growth Possibilities Steady-State Economy Circular Economy Wellbeing Economy Buen Vivir Doughnut Economics Regenerative Economy Degrowth Ecosocialism Conclusion Chapter 8. Modeling an Escape from Overshoot The Story So Far From Local to Global Overshoot Contraction and Convergence Reprising the Limits to Growth The Plausibility and Possibility of a Planned Contraction of a High-Income Economy Chapter 9. Planning an Escape from Overshoot Fourteen Propositions for Planning an Escape from Overshoot Living the Escape from Overshoot Reforms on the Path to Escape Conclusion Notes Index About the Author About New Society Publishers

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Book SynopsisThe Winter Market Gardener is a guide to year-round vegetable production. Based on years of experimentation in techniques, tools, and cultivars, it presents planting, care, and harvesting details for dozens of winter crops that earn money and provide the highest quality, most delicious produce for local markets.Trade Review"The essential guide for winter market gardening for the new generation of growers is here!!! " –Zach Loeks, edible ecosystem designer, author, The Two-wheel Tractor Handbook and The Permaculture Market Garden "The core challenge of growers in the north is learning how to feed our communities with fresh, local, real food in the winter. With great research and detailed charts, this book shows exactly how to do just that. I think every grower should buy it, read it, and incorporate its ideas. An indispensable book." –Ben Hartman, author, The Lean Micro Farm "In this book, you will find all manner of useful planning considerations and practical tips and evaluations of structures, tools, diseases and pests, crop notes, and optimal storage conditions to help you extend your seasons and production for as long as possible through the winter months … A lovely extension to Jean-Martin’s previous handbook, and a great resource for those looking to up their winter growing practices." –Richard Perkins, author, Regenerative Agriculture "…this book was written by two people who have devoted their lives to helping feed communities better. Winter is no longer off-limits, it’s open to all of us." –Michael Kilpatrick, educator, Growing Farmers, farmer, The Farm on Central "Drawing on the Parisienne market garden tradition and Eliot Coleman’s seminal works, The Winter Market Gardener presents years of new research, experimentation, and practice. It covers every aspect of growing vegetables for market year round in a cold climate to build community resilience and reduce imports. It's comprehensive, well laid out, full of information, and engaging." –Maddy Harland, editor, co-founder, Permaculture Magazine "Jean-Martin’s passion for organic farming is contagious. He is always innovating, experimenting, and sharing his findings with others and The Winter Market Gardener is no exception. This book is practical, thorough, well-researched, and an invaluable resource for cold-climate growers." –Erin Benzakein, FloretTable of ContentsForeword Introduction: Yes, We Can Grow Vegetables Year-Round. . . and Why We Should The Knowledge and Skills of Northern Growers Using Simple Shelters to Protect Crops Winter Crop Planning Vegetables in Winter Tools for Winter Growing Tending to Winter Crops Fall Harvests for Cold Storage Growing and Selling Vegetables Year-Round Conclusion Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index About the Authors About New Society Publishers

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Book SynopsisThe Farmer's Office, Second Edition is the complete guide to starting, managing, and growing an agricultural or farm business. Fully updated and expanded to include tutorials on basic farm financial management, QuickBooks, business planning, navigating uncertainty, business growth, and thinking like an entrepreneur.Trade ReviewFilled with excellent, real-life examples, this is the best book I've seen on the business side of running a small farm. Written by someone who clearly has first-hand experience and understands how market farmers think, The Farmer's Office clearly illustrates the ups and downs and ins and outs of making the dream financially sustainable. This is a great book for both farmers just starting out, and experienced farmers looking to improve their businesses. —Josh Volk, Slow Hand Farm This book will guide you from setting up your farm, to how to make tough business decisions when things aren't going so great, and to scaling up when things take off again. Whether you love spreadsheets or barely tolerate them, you should read The Farmer's Office! —Dan Brisebois, the Farmer Spreadsheet Academy, host, The Seed Growers Podcast, farmer, Tourne-Sol Co-operative Farm Every farmer aspiring to sharpen their business management skills should have this book in their toolbox. This latest edition offers a comprehensive overview of what to track, how to use data to make decisions and, most importantly, how to move forward with a minimum of pain and anxiety. All of which is illustrated with updated case studies of real farmers confronting real business challenges and figuring it out. —Mary L. Peabody, business coach, University of Vermont Extension professor emeritus This comprehensive guide, filled with detailwwed graphs, spreadsheets, and charts, offers a clear pathway to mastering your finances and truly comprehending your farming enterprise. This isn't just another business book, it's a farming financial masterclass. —Michael Kilpatrick, farmer, The Farm on Central, educator, Growing Farmers If you're dreaming of starting a farm, then The Farmer's Office just became your first official "must read." I wish this book had existed thirty years ago when I started farming. —Forrest Pritchard, NYT bestselling author, Gaining Ground Julia's second edition is even better than the first. In addition to all its critically important and usable information, and its many new chapters, she's added an easy-to-use guide to help you decide what chapters are most important for where your business is now. —Dorothy Suput, founder, The Carrot Project Whenever I encounter a struggling farmer, I send them off to read Julia Shanks's book. This is a must-read for anyone working in agriculture. —Lennie Larkin, author, Flower Farming For Profit Farmers of every level of experience will find valuable ideas in this book. —Ellen Polishuk, Plant to Profit, author, Start Your Farm Julia Shanks's new edition of The Farmer's Office gives us vital tools that can help new as well as old and experienced farmers survive, evolve, and hopefully thrive! —Brett Grohsgal, owner/farmer, Even' Star Farm, co-author, The Farmers Market Cookbook Table of ContentsForeword Gratitude Preface Disclaimer How to Use This Book Chapter 1: Introduction—Why Bother Understand What Makes You Money (and Why) Invest in Your Business Plan for Growth Plan for Slow Periods Avoid Out-of-Control Debt Weather Covid-Like Pivots and Other Disruptions Keep Your Eye on the Prize Chapter 2: Building the Foundation: The Financial Statements and Basic Accounting The Income Statement—A Summary of the Operations The Balance Sheet—What You Have and How You Got It The Statement of Cash Flows—Where Cash Rules the Roost Tying It All Together Underlying Principles Chapter 3: Planning Your New Venture Chapter 4: The Business Planning Process Getting Started The Business Planning Process Business Plan Writing Guide Creating Financial Projections Chapter 5: Financing Your New Venture Save Money Borrow from Friends and Family Outside Organizations Financing Sources Preparing for Investors Chapter 6: Setting up a Bookkeeping System (and QuickBooks) QuickBooks (and Bookkeeping) Best Practices Choosing a Bookkeeping Software The Initial Setup QuickBooks: An Overview of Things You'll Do Reports in QuickBooks QuickBooks Terminology Chapter 7: Day to Day: Using QuickBooks for Cash Management Create Your Annual Budget by Month The Bank Feed Regular Bookkeeping—Every Day-ish (10 minutes) Review, Refine, and Stay on Target—Every Month (1 hour) Big Picture Planning - Year End (1 to 2 hours, plus cleanup) QuickBooks Quick Tips Chapter 8: Digging into the Numbers and Beyond Section 1: Calculating the Cost of Production Section 2: Allocating General Production Costs and Enterprise Analysis Section 3: Marketing and Pricing Strategies Section 4: Benchmarking Measuring Success: Keep Your Eye on the Prize Chapter 9: Stabilizing Your Business Managing the Hole Should You Stop or Persevere? Key Takeaways Chapter 10: Growing Your Business Establish Goals Is "Growth" the Right Strategy? Deciding How to Grow Growing Your Team Marketing Key Success Factors Chapter 11: Building Resiliency into Your Business Model The Process to Pivot Shifts vs. Pivots Building Resiliency into Your System Chapter 12: Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Mindset The Entrepreneurial Mindset Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable Money Shame Mental Models Time Management Being the Employer of Choice Decision-Making In Summary Epilogue: Final Words of Wisdom Appendix 1: Sample Income Statement Accounts Appendix 2: Sample Balance Sheet Accounts Appendix 3: The Business Plan Appendix 4: Suggested Accounts for Chart of Accounts Glossary Endnotes Index About the Author About New Society Publishers

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Book SynopsisTHE RATIONALE OF CENTRAL BANKING was first published in England in 1936. Vera Smith spent her professional career in a variety of research positions. She wrote articles and books on money, banking, economic development, and the labor market and translated into English books by Wilhelm Röpke, Oskar Morgenstern, and Fritz Machlup. This book provides a scholarly review and judicious assessments of the experience and theory that bear on the issues of free banking and central banking. Its wide-ranging discussion identifies both the fallacies in the arguments for central banks and the influential fallacies in the arguments against free banking. Vera Smith''s work should play a prominent role in any reappraisal of our monetary institutions.

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Book SynopsisThis final volume of ''The Selected Works of Gordon Tullock'' series, presents an eclectic mix of essays by Gordon Tullock. The first three sections highlight his pioneering application of rational choice theory to fields outside the usual purview of economics, including criminal behaviour, sociobiology, and behaviour in non-human societies. The final four sections, all concerned with more traditional areas of economics, still show Tullock at his innovative best, challenging conventional thinking in such fields as public finance and monetary economics.

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Book SynopsisJosiah Tucker (17131799) was one of the foremost thinkers of eighteenth-century England in the fields of economics, international relations, political theory, and imperialism. He shared the opinion, prevalent in his day, that Great Britain was underpopulated and observed with regret the immigration to America, believing that the colonies brought Britain no benefits. He thought instead that colonies were too costly to be beneficial, and, as early as 1749, he asserted that the American colonies would seek independence as soon as they no longer needed Great Britains assistance. He is one of the few men in England who consistently wrote and preached that the separation of the colonies would spell the ruin of England. Born of Welsh peasant stock in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Tucker was educated at St. Johns College, Oxford, and became a curate and rector successively at St. Stephens Church in Bristol. This led him to take considerable interest in politics and trade, as Bristol was second o

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Book SynopsisBusiness Communication Strategies teaches the vital everyday language typically used in all aspects of running a business, from being comfortable with small talk to effective teamwork on business plans and marketing strategies. Each of the 24 units deals with communication strategies (skills) that business people need in order to be successful communicators. These strategies include showing interest and appreciation, offering assistance, telephoning, making decisions, motivating others, running meetings, handling criticism, presenting ideas, writing resumes, interviewing, emailing, and many others. The downloadable audio program (see ProLinguaLearning.com for details) features native speakers expressing in dialogs the discourse of everyday business communication. The free downloadable Teacher's Handbook and Answer Key includes tips for using the material, complete scripts of the dialogs, answers to sequencing and matching exercises, and a section of vocabulary cards (sheets of 12 busin

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Book SynopsisThis text discusses the economic, social and political implications of redirecting labour and capital from a military-based to a post-Cold War economy.Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Strategy for a New Economy PART I The American Setting Chapter 1: The American Economy: Is This All There Is? PART II Corporations and Capital Chapter 2: Public Ownership Chapter 3: Democratic Control of Investment—With Marc Wass Chapter 4: Democratizing the Work Place Chapter 5: A Democratic Technology Chapter 6: Controlling the Corporation PART III Inflation, Unemployment, and Welfare Chapter 7: Inflation and Employment Chapter 8: What Kind of Welfare State? PART IV Can It Happen Here? Chapter 9: A Different View of the 1970s Chapter 10: Building a Movement in the 1980s, Resources on Economic Democracy

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