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A journalist traces a year during which she and her partner struggled to stop consumer spending practices in spite of their American conditioning, an effort that had an impact on their careers, family relationships, and personal identities.

Rebecca Bloomwood, a financial journalist at Successful Savings, seeks solace from the boredom, pressures, and difficulties in life with her shopping, a solution that brings her ever closer to financial disaster, until she finally encounters a story that she actually cares about and produces an article that will change her own life and the lives of all those around her.

Lee goes shopping with his mother and follows her until the elevator door closes and he is left alone on the 2nd floor.

Fashionistas take note: Dorothy Howell's delightful "Handbags and Homicide" dangles shopping to die for and a murder in store in a breezy debut mystery as sure to please as a Notorious handbag--Carolyn Hart.

"A phenomenology of the mall: If the mall makes us feel bad, why do we keep going back? In a world poisoned by capitalism, what makes life worth living? In less than a century, the shopping mall has morphed from a blueprint for a socialist utopia to something else entirely: a home to disaffected mallrats and depressed zoo animals, a sensory overload and consumerist trap. Kate Black grew up in West Edmonton Mall – a mall on steroids. It’s the site...

Helps young consumers develop wise spending habits by offering tips about budgeting money, comparative shopping, and setting spending priorities.

A child buys presents from A to Z in the shops along Market Street. -- Provided by publisher.

In this introduction to shopping at thrift stores, we see that "thrifting opportunities range from traditional thrift stores, consignment shops, vintage and antique stores, flea markets and garage sales, to auctions, estate sales, and online sites such as eBay, Etsy, and Poshmark. You can find just about anything: clothing, jewelry, accessories, sporting goods, vinyl records, CDs, DVDs, furniture, home goods, books, artwork, toys, gift ideas, even...