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The Years
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The Years

By Annie Ernaux , Alison L. Strayer (translator) ,

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Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
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Waste and Want

By Susan Strasser , Alice Austen (photographer) ,

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Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism
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Consumed

By Aja Barber ,

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Cairo: City of Sand
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Cairo

By Maria Golia ,

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The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own
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The More of Less

By Joshua Becker ,

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Love People, Use Things: Because the Opposite Never Works
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Love People, Use Things

By Joshua Fields Millburn , Ryan Nicodemus ,

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Hoarders
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Hoarders

By Kate Durbin ,

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Irresistible Empire: America's Advance Through Twentieth-Century Europe
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Irresistible Empire

By Victoria de Grazia ,

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How Modernity Forgets
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How Modernity Forgets

By Paul Connerton ,

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The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry
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The World-Ending Fire

By Wendell Berry ,

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The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
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The Year of Less

By Cait Flanders ,

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Truth and Lies in Architecture
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Truth and Lies in Architecture

By Richard Francis-Jones ,

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"Don't You Know Who I Am?" How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility
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"Don't You Know Who I Am?" How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility

By Ramani S. Durvasula ,

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Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
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Bobos in Paradise

By David Brooks ,

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Armed with Abundance: Consumerism and Soldiering in the Vietnam War
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Armed with Abundance

By Meredith H. Lair ,

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Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope
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Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope

By Joan D. Chittister ,

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Populuxe
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Populuxe

By Thomas Hine ,

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The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism
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The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism

By Colin Campbell ,

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The Joyless Economy: The Psychology of Human Satisfaction
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The Joyless Economy

By Tibor Scitovsky ,

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A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
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A Consumers' Republic

By Lizabeth Cohen ,

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Shadow Dancing in the USA
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Shadow Dancing in the USA

By Michael Ventura ,

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The Crystal Messenger
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The Crystal Messenger

By Pham Thi Hoai , Ton-That Quynh Du (translator) ,

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The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods
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The Abundant Community

By John McKnight , Peter Block ,

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Rebuild: How to thrive in the new Kindness Economy
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Rebuild

By Mary Portas ,

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States of Shock: Stupidity and Knowledge in the 21st Century
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States of Shock

By Bernard Stiegler ,

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The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism
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The Conquest of Cool

By Thomas Frank ,

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Relational Mindfulness: A Handbook for Deepening Our Connections with Ourselves, Each Other, and the Planet
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Relational Mindfulness

By Deborah Eden Tull ,

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The Battle for Christmas: A Cultural History of America's Most Cherished Holiday
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The Battle for Christmas

By Stephen Nissenbaum ,

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The High Price of Materialism
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The High Price of Materialism

By Tim Kasser ,

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