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Not buying it : my year without shopping

Author: Judith Levine
Publisher: New York : Free Press, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A journalist traces a year during which she and her partner struggled to stop consumer spending practices in spite of their American conditioning, an effort that had an impact on their careers, family relationships, and personal identities.
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Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Judith Levine
ISBN: 0743269357 9780743269353
OCLC Number: 62282445
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 274 p. ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Judith Levine.
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What would happen if you didn't buy anything for a year? Judith Levine, tired of her own over-consumption, sets out to surivive for a year without shopping.  Read more...

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"Levine joins the ranks of authors who do crazy things (like reading the "Encyclopedia Britannica)" and then write books about it -- in her case giving up buying anything but 'necessities' for a year.

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