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In Every Town: An All-Ages Music Manualfesto - Shannon Stewart
It's in your hands. You have the power to create space for music and youth in your community. This book is your toolkit, your road map; your survival guide. Collecting the knowledge and insights of organizers & activists from successful projects big and small, from inner cities to small towns, hiphop to indie rock, youth centers to radical DIY collectives, it's everything you need to get started.
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Chainbreaker - Ethan Clark and Shelley Lynn Jackson
A bicycle repair manual that is hand illustrated and conversationally toned - with an understanding that we don't all come out of the womb with an innate understanding of mechanics and bicycles. Meant to be a friendly gateway into the world of fixing your not-so-brand-new commuter bike, from Ethan and Shelley of the Plan B Bike Project and French Quarter Bicycles in New Orleans. This book also reprints the o...
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Survival Without Rent - Anonymous
An urban squatting manual from NYC, possibly originally written in 1986, this pamphlet is still practical today. Sections include "How to Form a Group," "Finding a Building," "Getting In," "Emergency Repairs," "Heat, Light and Fire Safety," "Legal Hassles," and the all-important "Makeshift Toilets." The pamphlet also has a list of organizations that might be helpful (not just NYC-related either!).
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Scam: The First Four Issues - Erick Lyle
Scam was equal parts an introductory guide on how to get things for free and punk memoir. Youths experienced trainhopping, house shows, and cross country tours that sought out swimming holes. Community was sought and celebrated through generator punk shows on Mission Street, hunting for cans of beer on Easter, and Food Not Bombs. Angst was manifested while stealing electricity from lampposts, squatti...
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When There is No Doctor: Preventive and Emergency Home Healthcare in Challenging Times - Gerard S. Doyle
The newest book in Process' Self-Reliance series demystifies medical practices with a practical approach to 21st century health and home medicine, particularly helpful for stressful moments in a financial downturn.

When There Is No Doctor is smartly designed and full of medical tips and emergency suggestions. It should be no further than an arm's reach in your household at a time when our healt...
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Pocket Oxford American Dictionary & Thesaurus
I can't believe it's taken this long for us to get a dictionary!
The Pocket Oxford American Dictionary & Thesaurus is the ideal, all-in-one portable reference, with a dictionary and a thesaurus combined in one handy, integrated volume. A word's meanings, synonyms, and antonyms are given in the same entry, allowing the user access to all this information at a glance. Over 150,000 words, synonyms, an...
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Growing Stuff: An Alternative Guide to Gardening - Richard Reynolds (Foreword by) and Elizabeth McCorquodale (Introduction by)
Practical yet unconventional, Growing Stuff: An Alternative Guide to Gardening proves that gardening can be enjoyed by all and practiced in any space, regardless of size, location or budget. Packed with easy-to-follow projects, useful hints and recipes to help transform windowsills, balconies, courtyards and gardens into urban oases, Growing Stuff puts the excitement and accessibility back into...
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Biodiesel: Basics And Beyond - William Kemp
Using vegetable oils as a fuel for home heating and transportation is a hundred years old: Rudolf Diesel's original engine was operated on plant oils due to the lack of fossil fuels. Later, plant and animal oils were converted into a petrodiesel-compatible fuel known as biodiesel: a clean, low-carbon fuel.In the early 1980s, home brewers discovered they could transform waste restaurant fryer oils into crude ...
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Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships - Tristan Taormino
Relationship expert and bestselling author Tristan Taormino offers a bold new strategy for creating loving, lasting relationships. Drawing on in-depth interviews with over a hundred women and men, Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships explores the real-life benefits and challenges of all styles of open relationships—from partnered nonmonogamy to solo polyamory. With h...
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Sustainable World Sourcebook: Critical Issues, Viable Solutions, Resources for Action - Paul Hawken (Foreword by) and Sustainable World Coalition (Editor)
The Sustainable World Sourcebook is designed to support readers in finding pathways for effective individual and group action. It cuts through the glut of information, providing a clear, concise overview of the most important issues and aspects of sustainability that everyone needs to know. And it's packed with successful models and inspiring examples. This richly illustrated, beautifully designed, fu...
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