"Garbology" by Ed Humes is a well-written exploration of the waste that each of us creates. Focused on the 102 ton legacy that each American leaves behind as part of his/her consumption-driven lifestyle, the book explores where our waste currently goes and the history of waste "management" in Ame...
Besieged by murder, rape, and the most vile conspiracies, the all-American town of Bakersfield, California, found its saviors in a band of bold and savvy prosecutors who stepped in to create one of the toughest anti-crime communities in the nation. There was only one problem: many of those who we...
A good book that started off very good and kept me thoroughly thinking and engrossed and went very slowly downhill as I went on.The first thing I must say that turned me right off:Pg 347 “Frank McClure, a twenty-five-year-old man with five arrests and one conviction for unlawful firearms violatio...
I grab one parked on my nightstand before I go downstairs to make the coffee: an empty can of lime-flavored seltzer, a bedtime thirst quencher now destined for the recycling bin. This pop-top metal can, a miracle of design that weighs half as much as a first-class letter, is emblazoned with the l...
It’s that tantalizing glimpse of freedom that quiets everyone in the room after a few minutes, the image of that small figure in gray sweats vanishing around a corner they will never see. Security will be tighter for a while now, they know, privileges fewer, the more lenient staff less likely now...