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Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough, Michael Braungart
Join two design professionals - Bill, an architect, and Michael, the chemist, as they revisit product ideology and in an attempt to bring industry and environmentalists together, lead us towards the next industrial revolution.
In "Cradle to Cradle", the authors take the responsibility for recycling out of the hands of the consumer and put it where it belongs - with the designers. Recognizing the Earth as a closed-system, McDonough and Braungart propose design methods in which the processes are non-toxic and the raw materials are reusable.
London Orbital by Iain Sinclair
In a series of daily treks, Sinclair, accompanied by a menagerie of companions, completes the M25 circuit on the eve of the millennium. But "London Orbital" is no guidebook. And with its incessant detours and constant diversions into the socio-political, architectural, or artistic implications of the terrain, it can hardly be called a travel narrative.
Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002 by by Dave Eggers (Editor)
Houghton Mifflin's Best American Series features genre-specific writing collected and edited by notable editors. Members of the series include "The Best American Science and Nature Writing", "The Best American Essays", "The Best American Mystery Stories", and "The Best American Sports Writing." The most recent addition to the series to hit the stands, "The Best American Nonrequired Reading", is new in 2002 and flaunts a departure from its forbearers: the lack of a unifying genre.
Yoga For People Who Can't Be Bothered To Do It by Geoff Dyer
Cambodia, Libya, New Orleans, Bali, Amsterdam, Detroit - "Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It" is more of a travelogue than the Self-Helplessness book suggested by its title. But the journey logged is less geographical than psychological - an edgy ramble through the mind of the author as world traveler. In these 11 short vignettes, Dyer recounts vividly the particulars of a decade of wanderlust. Instead of a sequential narrative, Dyer gives us, "an endless accretion - a kind of negative archeology - of material."
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