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How To Haggle For A Bargain

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Whenever I go into a furniture store I will immediately ask the sales associate what is the best price he/she could give me on whatever item I’m interested in. If they tell me it is not currently on sale, I will politely ask to speak with a manager and ask them the same questions. Quantity Discount. I look forward to your comments.

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Barnes & Noble: Free Book Friday (3/23)

Saving In Akron

Every Friday, Barnes & Noble gives away a FREE ebook for your B&N Nook. Their mission is to create a perfect political system by any means at their disposal. This is a great way to build you library. Remember, you do not need to own a Nook to read and enjoy these books.

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Unintended Consequences

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Individuals, families and workplaces are complex organisms with multiple constantly changing parts and pieces. If you push in one direction, the organism may pop in several different directions. Don’t you hate politics! Know that you won’t ever identify all of them, people and organizations are just too complex.

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Experience Based Graduation Gifts

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Aside from attending their ceremony and shaking their hand, what can you give to help them in their passage? You could organize a look at multiple different careers. Give them new perspectives. Celebrating the graduation of someone you love marks their passage from child to young adult or young adult to full fledged citizen.

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Lazy Saturday Reads: Miranda & Me, Black Jasmine and More

For the Mommas

The island of Maui is turquoise ocean, stunning vistas, and whalesong—but organized crime has a hidden hold, and Detective Lei Texeira tracks evil that hides behind a beautiful face. Things are going great until one colossal misstep lands her right back into Olympus politics and under the steely-eyed glare of Zeus.

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It’s Too Late – But It’s Not For You

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Fracking, trans-national pipelines, and deep-sea drilling, the stopping of wind and solar power plants, and the lack of our political leaders to stand up for us means that the Earth is going to continue to be plundered until there just isn’t anything left. Am I giving up? And that’s exactly what is happening now. Yes, and no.

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12 Kid’s Books to Celebrate International Women’s Day

Couponing 101

To this day, women make remarkable strides in science, medicine, politics, the arts, and other fields, but they do not always receive the same attention as their male counterparts. “Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World” This book emulates a scrapbook, with different categories to organize the profiles.

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