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Cases With a Consicience: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Global Challenges    by Thomas Dean
Price: $12.99 USD. 33160 words. Published on November 11, 2011. .

Written by students, for students of the global economy, Cases with a Conscience highlights innovative ventures that combine a passion for change with new products, technologies, and business models. As a classroom supplement or casual read, Cases with a Conscience inspires new thinking on the role of entrepreneurship in sustainable development.
Love Speaks    by C. Love Clearly
Price: $3.99 USD. 5170 words. Published on November 17, 2011. .

C. Love Cleary has compiled a collection of one-liners and short paragraphs that embrace the mind, call to the spirit and inspire reflection. Her words impart a fresh breeze that invites you to pause and reflect on the choices you make every single day, every single hour.
Quitting    by Glenn Morison
Price: $0.99 USD. 65030 words. Published on November 25, 2011. .

This is a phenomenal piece of fiction. It can be jarring at times but it is worth it. He takes you to a dangerous and perplexing place where you really don't want to go and certainly have no interest in staying. Yet, when you are finished the book, you treasure the journey. I saw the book and thought a book about an Economist couldn't possibly be interesting. I could not have been more wrong.
Easy to Be Green: A Guide for Small Enterprises    by Jan Triplett Ph.D. 
Price: $2.99 USD. 11670 words. Published on December 1, 2011. .

Easy to be Green is a concise, informative, and cost effective guide to help transform the smallest business into an environmentally proactive powerhouse. Veteran small business owners and operators, Jan Triplett and Chris Pasch, have created this collection of easy to follow tips and explanations designed to catapult your small or home-based business into a “greener” future.
Picking Our Future : Essays on Food, Change, and Farming    by Chris Sayer
Price: $5.99 USD. 14960 words. Published on January 12, 2012. .

Agricultural sustainability is a daunting challenge. Only visible in hindsight, sustainability continually presents new challenges to our systems of food and farming. It is a process, not a result. The trick to sustainability isn’t knowing exactly what to do; mankind has never known that. The trick is asking the right questions in the face of change and looking for leadership in the right places.
Building Success Through Creativity - 10 reasons why businesses can't ignore it in the creative economy    by Lewis Evans
Price: Free! 3440 words. Published by Inside Out Media  on January 16, 2012. .

The best way to achieve sustainable growth in the creative economy is to build a strong creative culture at the core of your organization.
The Urban Cash Cow    by Chris Hanson
Price: $7.99 USD. 24480 words. Published on February 10, 2012. .

Lucrative Cash Flow, Social Good, and Heaven. What's holding you back? Is it conceivable to: •Make $100,000 per month on a $30,000 investment? •Build business and community at the same time? •Be an early adopter of the sweepstakes cafe industry? Of course. Not just another business book, The Urban Cash Cow is the result of an obsessive quest to combine business and social good into one.
Chickens As Pets    by Andrew Hinkinson-Hodnett
Price: $5.99 USD. 39320 words. Published on March 15, 2012. .

Chickens As Pets is the ideal introduction to keeping chickens as pets in towns and cities. It's written in a friendly, conversational style that never patronises the reader but instead aims to encourage and support. Everything you need to know is covered, from buying your first hens through to information on parasites, hatching chicks, coop cleaning, predators, disease prevention and more.
Earthcare: Towards an environmental theology    by Chris Park
Price: Free! 31170 words. Published on April 25, 2012. .

This book explores the links between spirituality and environmental problems, and it outlines the basis for a Christian theology of nature and environment. It should appeal to anyone interested in the causes and solutions of environmental problems.
The Marlin and the Mermaid "Help save the Bay"    by Daniel Ford
Price: $2.99 USD. 160 words. Published on May 3, 2012. .

The Marlin and the Mermaid “Help Save the Bay” is a rhyming children’s picture book which takes the reader on an educational journey into our nation’s largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay. They are searching for a cause to the pollution which has floated into their ocean. Along the journey they encounter two aquatic creatures which filter sea water, as well as dodging dangers in the bay.