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Websites

The Quietus
A new rock music and pop culture website
Seed
online version of the SEED magazine
Kevin Kelly: Cool Tools
a review site for tools, gadgets, trends, films and more
Sustain
The alliance for better food and farming
James Nayler Foundation
A Quaker website dedicated to dealing with issues of personality disorders and the violence related to them
The Idler
Idler is a bi-annual, book-shaped magazine that campaigns against the work ethic. This is the online version
Autonomous Geographies
Two year action research project run jointly by geographers at the University of Leeds and the University of Leicester

Books

The Man Who Saved Britain
Author: Simon Winder
Description: Reflecting on Flemings 007 creation from the change of Britain- the loss of Empire and the political landscape of the 50s/60s/70s.
ISBN: 0330442465
Rubbish!: (Dirt on our hands and crisis ahead)
Author: Richard Girling
Description: An exploration of rubbish, our attitudes towards it, our methods for dealing with it and the huge short falling in our attitudes toward it
ISBN: 1903919444
The Brothers of Karamazov
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Description: Dostoyevsky's dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and everyone's faith in humanity is tested
ISBN: 978-0140449242
Interface
Author: Neal Stephenson & Frederick George
Description: A conspiracy tale dealing with the attempt by an organization with virtually unlimited resources to take effective control of the United States.
ISBN: 0099427753
The Bread Builders
Author: Daniel Wing and Alan Scott
Description: Bakers are finding new ways to link traditions with a sophisticated new understating of natural leavens, baking science and over construction
ISBN: 1890132055
Knulp
Author: Herman Hesse
Description: This book is about the life of a vagrant who ponders the meaning of life and realizes his life had a purpose
ISBN: 3518380710
Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations
Author: Ned Sherrin
Description: Over 5,000 anecdotes, witty one-liners, and comments
ISBN: 0192806572

Organisations

Wiser Earth
It is a community directory and networking forum that maps and connects non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals addressing the central issues of our day
Welcome Collection
Wellcome Collection is a unique mix of galleries, events, and meeting, reading and eating places where you can consider what it means to be human.