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  How to Do Nothing - Resisting...

  Jenny Odell

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  A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention - and our personal information — that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our worldNothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance.So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious — and overdrawn — resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention, she writes, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind's role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress.Far from the simple anti-technology screed, or the back-to-nature meditation we hear so often, How to Do Nothing is an action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative, timely, and utterly persuasive, this audiobook is a four-course meal in the age of Soylent.

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  Magickal Crafts

  Liz Roberts, Kristen Madden

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  Are you looking for new ideas for decorations, gifts, or ways to honor Divinity on the holidays and other special days? Magickal Crafts is about creating joy in your life by opening it to divine inspiration. Filled with beautiful, magickal crafts and delicious recipes, this is a book for everyone, from experienced craftspeople to those that are all thumbs. Inside, you?ll learn how to:Make unique crafts for the eight Neopagan holidays and lunar phasesCraft sacred spaces, magical tools, oracles and altar piecesExperiment with meditations, spells and other magical exercisesCreate special gifts and mouth-watering delicacies for handfastings, baby blessings, adulthood celebrations and moreDesign and wear ritual and fun garb, as well as body oils and henna body artDiscover traditions and crafts from around the worldOpen to your own creativity and allow it to manifest joy in your lifeContains dozens of photos to guide you through the projectsAnd much, much moreWritten by two hedonistic craftswomen and home-schooling moms, Magickal Crafts is the product of far too much fun, celebration, and experimentation. It is truly a work that will provide you with loads of great ideas and help you find your own inner muse. Perfect for crafty Wiccans, Pagans, Druids and all others who walk the Earth's path.

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  Sugar - A Bittersweet History

  Elizabeth Abbott

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  This dramatic history of an ingredient that changed the world “offers up a number of fascinating stories” (The New York Times Book Review). 
   
  Sugar explores the history behind the sweetness, revealing, among other stories, how powerful American interests deposed Queen Lili’uokalani of Hawaii; how Hitler tried to ensure a steady supply of beet sugar when enemies threatened to cut off Germany’s supply of overseas cane sugar; and how South Africa established a domestic ethanol industry in the wake of anti-apartheid sugar embargos.  
   
  The book follows the role of sugar in world events and in individual lives up to the present day, showing how it made eating on the run socially acceptable and played an integral role in today’s fast food culture and obesity epidemic. Impressively researched and commandingly written, Sugar will forever change perceptions of this tempting treat. 
   
  “A highly readable and comprehensive study of a remarkable product.” —The Independent 
   
  “Epic in ambition and briskly written.” —The Wall Street Journal 
   
  “Readers will never again be able to casually sweeten tea or eat sweets without considering the long and fascinating history of sugar.” —Booklist

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  The Spirit of Getting Organized...

  Pamela Kristan

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  Discover how transforming your space can also transform your soul, with this unique guide from a longtime professional organizer.   Most people think getting organized is simply about sorting papers or using file folders. But after years in the field of professional organizing, Pamela Kristan has learned that organizing is a doorway, an opportunity to find personal power and meaning.   Organizing is an intimate encounter with life’s everyday details that has the power to engage us profoundly with our soul, with our world, and even with the grand patterns of Nature. Rather than being a mundane chore that pulls us away from spiritual work, organizing can draw us into the cosmos.  The Spirit of Getting Organized is a different kind of guide—helping us develop order both internally and externally, and revealing how you can transform a dreadful chore like cleaning out your closet into an opportunity for an intimate encounter with your true self.

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  Autophagy: A Simple Diet to Fat...

  John Sampson

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  Thе еvоlutiоn оf thе humаn bеing has seen the human body go thrоugh diffеrеnt ѕtаgеѕ оf hungеr. The result has been the activation of a survival mechanism called autорhаgу. 
  If уоu hаvе ever triеd tо lоѕе wеight, уоu рrоbаblу hаvе triеd traditional diеtѕ ѕuсh аѕ thе Atkinѕ Diеt; bаѕеd оn thе frеԛuеnt fееding thеоrу.The рrороnеntѕ оf ѕuсh diеtѕ tоld уоu tо еаt оftеn during thе dау. Thе idеа wаѕ thаt thе mоrе уоu еаt, thе fаѕtеr уоur mеtаbоliѕm. Thе fаѕtеr уоur mеtаbоliѕm, thе mоrе fаt уоu will lоѕе. Of соurѕе, уоu dо knоw thаt, thе mоrе уоu аtе, thе mоrе уоu wаntеd tо еаt аnd thе mоrе уоur wеight rеmаinеd the same. 
  The best part is that you are not ingesting any drug or following some strict diet to activate this in your body. This book will open you up to tested principles through which you can activate autophagy in your body. 
  Some of the knowledge you will find in this manual includes:The concepts of microautophagy and macroautophagyHow to activate autophagy via exercise, fasting, and ketosisThe role of water fasting in reaching ketosisMisconceptions about autophagy debunkedHow long and how to fast before autophagy sets inLifestyle and food choices that will help activate autophagyAutophagy mistakes to avoidAnd so much more! 
  In Autophagy and Intermittent Fasting, we are going to dig deep into what these are and how you can use them to your advantage. By eating this way, you truly will be eating in a way that is more natural and beneficial to your body, and so you will find yourself experiencing many wonderful benefits from it. If you are ready to dig into the “how” of eating, let’s go!

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  Derby Fever

  Jim Bolus

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  Each spring as the Kentucky Derby grows near, a kind of frenzy hits a wide section of the population. People suddenly turn their attention to Churchill Downs, and the anticipation of the Run for the Roses sends everyone into "Derby fever." Here in his third book on the Kentucky Derby, Jim Bolus brings together a collection of his favorite Derby Stories that are sure to make an avid race fan out of anyone. Bolus covers a wide range of topics--from "the Duke" at the Derby; to the famous Derby photograph of the Fighting Finish in 1933; to his favorite Derby, the 1969 running. Also included are such champions as Whirlaway, Exterminator, Secretariat, Spend a Buck, and Nashua. Bolus has devoted a chapter to the Stevens family, whose horse-racing roots trace back more than 120 years, and to the Derby chart callers, those men who through the years have documented the race for posterity. Bolus also relates his own personal experiences as a bettor (and a loser!) on the Derby. In particular, he devotes a chapter to Holy Land, a horse who ran in the 1970 race but lost his jockey and the race. It's a pick Bolus has been kidded about a lot over the years. An authority on the subject, Jim Bolus has conducted hundreds of interviews about the Derby. With this book, readers will understand his passion for the grand old race and its traditions as they learn why so many get Derby fever every spring. Also by Jim Bolus are Remembering the Derby and Kentucky Derby Stories, both published by Pelican.

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