No thanks thanks to the treadmill. No thanks to the Grindstone. There’s plenty of dissent from these rungs below. Summer 2013 34p 8.5 x 11 After a four year hiatus, war on misery came back — bigger than ever. Articles include an analysis of Occupy St. Louis: ‘Occu-POW!: The Jolt of Occupy St. … Continue reading War on Misery #4
Our days are never coming back. Autumn 2006 12p 8.5 x 11 Articles include an analysis of st. louis arsons: ‘When the bloodys lips of progress move to kiss, we spit fire: on the 2006 arsons ripping through city and suburban developments’; a chronology of work-related deaths: ‘They make us strap time-clocks to our chests’; … Continue reading War on Misery #2
Ursula K. Le Guin 1978 192p 5 x 8 In Victoria on a former prison colony, two exiled groups–the farmers of Shantih and the City dwellers–live in apparent harmony. All is not as it seems, however. While the peace-loving farmers labor endlessly to provide food for the City, where the City Bosses rule the Shantih … Continue reading The Eye of Heron
Economic, Social and Religious Utopias of the Nineteenth Century Charles Nordhoff 1875 439p 5.5 x 8.5 Virtually every ‘utopia’ in existence as of 1875 is described, with material on social customs, guiding philosophy, food, clothing, attitudes toward sex and more. Primary source for communes, social and sexual groups. Includes 39 illustrations. $5-10 Other works involving … Continue reading The Communistic Societies of the United States
Italo Calvino 1957 224p 5 x 8 Cosimo, a young eighteenth-century Italian nobleman, rebels by climbing into the trees to remain there for the rest of his life. He adapts efficiently to an arboreal existence, making himself clothes, shelter and finding food and even love. Translated by Archibald Colquhoun. $4-10 Other works involving italo calvino, … Continue reading The Baron in the Trees
Eastern/ Central U.S. Peterson Field Guides 1999 432p 4.5 x 7 With more than 300 photos, this guide shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. Descriptive text includes information on where the plants are found, as well as their known medicinal uses. An index to medical topics, symbols next to plant … Continue reading Medicinal Plants and Herbs
Eastern/ Central North America Peterson Field Guides 1999 352p 4.5 x 7 More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses. $5-15 Other … Continue reading Edible Wild Plants
Western U.S./ Canada Peterson Field Guides 1999 560p 4.5 x 7 A massive guide with 590 species, illustrated in lifelike positions on beautiful new color plates. With descriptions of all the butterflies that occur west of the 100th meridian in the United States and Canada, this guide has accurate information on ranges, habitats, … Continue reading Butterflies
The Book of Pleasures Raoul Vaneigem 1979 210p 5 x 8 An underappreciated and hard-to-find text by one of the best situationist theorists after his SI days. In a nutshell? Food, sex, poetry, wine and rebellion are good, healthy and life-affirming; money, work, submission and exchange-value mean death. Which will the coming … Continue reading Le livre des plaisirs