Author: David J. Pollay
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN: 9781402788758
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In The Law of the Garbage Truck, David J. Pollay shows us that by refusing to let others dump their "garbage" (negativity, anger, resentment) on us and letting it "pass by" instead, we become happier and more successful, both personally and professionally. And when we stop dumping garbage on others, we improve our relationships, strengthen our businesses and bring our communities together. This remarkable book shows us how to use this Law and helps us to avoid getting dumped on by rude, thoughtless and angry people, stop reliving the negative and fearing the future and focus on what can be controlled, not the negative things that can't be. It will help increase productivity, respect and cooperation and allow readers to gain the courage to enjoy every day and make a difference. Includes two powerful, insightful quizzes designed to help determine how much garbage you are accepting and how much you are dumping.
The Law of the Garbage Truck
Author: David J. Pollay
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN: 9781402788758
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In The Law of the Garbage Truck, David J. Pollay shows us that by refusing to let others dump their "garbage" (negativity, anger, resentment) on us and letting it "pass by" instead, we become happier and more successful, both personally and professionally. And when we stop dumping garbage on others, we improve our relationships, strengthen our businesses and bring our communities together. This remarkable book shows us how to use this Law and helps us to avoid getting dumped on by rude, thoughtless and angry people, stop reliving the negative and fearing the future and focus on what can be controlled, not the negative things that can't be. It will help increase productivity, respect and cooperation and allow readers to gain the courage to enjoy every day and make a difference. Includes two powerful, insightful quizzes designed to help determine how much garbage you are accepting and how much you are dumping.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN: 9781402788758
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In The Law of the Garbage Truck, David J. Pollay shows us that by refusing to let others dump their "garbage" (negativity, anger, resentment) on us and letting it "pass by" instead, we become happier and more successful, both personally and professionally. And when we stop dumping garbage on others, we improve our relationships, strengthen our businesses and bring our communities together. This remarkable book shows us how to use this Law and helps us to avoid getting dumped on by rude, thoughtless and angry people, stop reliving the negative and fearing the future and focus on what can be controlled, not the negative things that can't be. It will help increase productivity, respect and cooperation and allow readers to gain the courage to enjoy every day and make a difference. Includes two powerful, insightful quizzes designed to help determine how much garbage you are accepting and how much you are dumping.
Picking Up
Author: Robin Nagle
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466836733
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
America's largest city generates garbage in torrents—11,000 tons from households each day on average. But New Yorkers don't give it much attention. They leave their trash on the curb or drop it in a litter basket, and promptly forget about it. And why not? On a schedule so regular you could almost set your watch by it, someone always comes to take it away. But who, exactly, is that someone? And why is he—or she—so unknown? In Picking Up, the anthropologist Robin Nagle introduces us to the men and women of New York City's Department of Sanitation and makes clear why this small army of uniformed workers is the most important labor force on the streets. Seeking to understand every aspect of the Department's mission, Nagle accompanied crews on their routes, questioned supervisors and commissioners, and listened to story after story about blizzards, hazardous wastes, and the insults of everyday New Yorkers. But the more time she spent with the DSNY, the more Nagle realized that observing wasn't quite enough—so she joined the force herself. Driving the hulking trucks, she obtained an insider's perspective on the complex kinships, arcane rules, and obscure lingo unique to the realm of sanitation workers. Nagle chronicles New York City's four-hundred-year struggle with trash, and traces the city's waste-management efforts from a time when filth overwhelmed the streets to the far more rigorous practices of today, when the Big Apple is as clean as it's ever been. Throughout, Nagle reveals the many unexpected ways in which sanitation workers stand between our seemingly well-ordered lives and the sea of refuse that would otherwise overwhelm us. In the process, she changes the way we understand cities—and ourselves within them.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466836733
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
America's largest city generates garbage in torrents—11,000 tons from households each day on average. But New Yorkers don't give it much attention. They leave their trash on the curb or drop it in a litter basket, and promptly forget about it. And why not? On a schedule so regular you could almost set your watch by it, someone always comes to take it away. But who, exactly, is that someone? And why is he—or she—so unknown? In Picking Up, the anthropologist Robin Nagle introduces us to the men and women of New York City's Department of Sanitation and makes clear why this small army of uniformed workers is the most important labor force on the streets. Seeking to understand every aspect of the Department's mission, Nagle accompanied crews on their routes, questioned supervisors and commissioners, and listened to story after story about blizzards, hazardous wastes, and the insults of everyday New Yorkers. But the more time she spent with the DSNY, the more Nagle realized that observing wasn't quite enough—so she joined the force herself. Driving the hulking trucks, she obtained an insider's perspective on the complex kinships, arcane rules, and obscure lingo unique to the realm of sanitation workers. Nagle chronicles New York City's four-hundred-year struggle with trash, and traces the city's waste-management efforts from a time when filth overwhelmed the streets to the far more rigorous practices of today, when the Big Apple is as clean as it's ever been. Throughout, Nagle reveals the many unexpected ways in which sanitation workers stand between our seemingly well-ordered lives and the sea of refuse that would otherwise overwhelm us. In the process, she changes the way we understand cities—and ourselves within them.
The Law of the Garbage Truck
Author: David J. Pollay
Publisher: Union Square & Company
ISBN: 9781454905189
Category : Happiness
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Syndicated columnist and business consultant Pollay explains his life philosophy: by letting other people's "garbage"--their negativity--simply "pass by," and not dumping garbage on others, people can become happier and more successful, both personally and professionally.
Publisher: Union Square & Company
ISBN: 9781454905189
Category : Happiness
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Syndicated columnist and business consultant Pollay explains his life philosophy: by letting other people's "garbage"--their negativity--simply "pass by," and not dumping garbage on others, people can become happier and more successful, both personally and professionally.
Trucks Go
Author: Steve Light
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452136890
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Eight noisy trucks grumble, roar, and crunch their way through this board book.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452136890
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Eight noisy trucks grumble, roar, and crunch their way through this board book.
Garbage Land
Author: Elizabeth Royte
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0316030732
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Out of sight, out of mind ... Into our trash cans go dead batteries, dirty diapers, bygone burritos, broken toys, tattered socks, eight-track cassettes, scratched CDs, banana peels.... But where do these things go next? In a country that consumes and then casts off more and more, what actually happens to the things we throw away? In Garbage Land, acclaimed science writer Elizabeth Royte leads us on the wild adventure that begins once our trash hits the bottom of the can. Along the way, we meet an odor chemist who explains why trash smells so bad; garbage fairies and recycling gurus; neighbors of massive waste dumps; CEOs making fortunes by encouraging waste or encouraging recycling-often both at the same time; scientists trying to revive our most polluted places; fertilizer fanatics and adventurers who kayak amid sewage; paper people, steel people, aluminum people, plastic people, and even a guy who swears by recycling human waste. With a wink and a nod and a tightly clasped nose, Royte takes us on a bizarre cultural tour through slime, stench, and heat-in other words, through the back end of our ever-more supersized lifestyles. By showing us what happens to the things we've "disposed of," Royte reminds us that our decisions about consumption and waste have a very real impact-and that unless we undertake radical change, the garbage we create will always be with us: in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we consume. Radiantly written and boldly reported, Garbage Land is a brilliant exploration into the soiled heart of the American trash can.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0316030732
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Out of sight, out of mind ... Into our trash cans go dead batteries, dirty diapers, bygone burritos, broken toys, tattered socks, eight-track cassettes, scratched CDs, banana peels.... But where do these things go next? In a country that consumes and then casts off more and more, what actually happens to the things we throw away? In Garbage Land, acclaimed science writer Elizabeth Royte leads us on the wild adventure that begins once our trash hits the bottom of the can. Along the way, we meet an odor chemist who explains why trash smells so bad; garbage fairies and recycling gurus; neighbors of massive waste dumps; CEOs making fortunes by encouraging waste or encouraging recycling-often both at the same time; scientists trying to revive our most polluted places; fertilizer fanatics and adventurers who kayak amid sewage; paper people, steel people, aluminum people, plastic people, and even a guy who swears by recycling human waste. With a wink and a nod and a tightly clasped nose, Royte takes us on a bizarre cultural tour through slime, stench, and heat-in other words, through the back end of our ever-more supersized lifestyles. By showing us what happens to the things we've "disposed of," Royte reminds us that our decisions about consumption and waste have a very real impact-and that unless we undertake radical change, the garbage we create will always be with us: in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we consume. Radiantly written and boldly reported, Garbage Land is a brilliant exploration into the soiled heart of the American trash can.
Gay Rights at the Ballot Box
Author: Amy L. Stone
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816675473
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
From Boulder in 1974 to Maine Question 1 in 2009, the first comprehensive history of the LGBT movement's fight against anti-gay ballot measures
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816675473
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
From Boulder in 1974 to Maine Question 1 in 2009, the first comprehensive history of the LGBT movement's fight against anti-gay ballot measures
Garbio
Author: Larry VanderLeest
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936243099
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
VanderLeest combines a clever, witty writing style with first hand knowledge of a dangerous and under-appreciated occupation. Garbio was a great read - full of interesting,humorous and even dark stories and a heart-felt compassion for its real life characters.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936243099
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
VanderLeest combines a clever, witty writing style with first hand knowledge of a dangerous and under-appreciated occupation. Garbio was a great read - full of interesting,humorous and even dark stories and a heart-felt compassion for its real life characters.
Garbage Trucks
Author: Marv Alinas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781623239695
Category : Refuse collection vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Introduces the uses for, types of, and workings of the garbage truck.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781623239695
Category : Refuse collection vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Introduces the uses for, types of, and workings of the garbage truck.
Roto and Roy: Helicopter Heroes
Author: Sherri Duskey Rinker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780316577281
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Meet Roto and Roy, helicopter heroes and the stars of a rip-roaring rescue adventure series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherri Duskey Rinker and award-winning artist Don Tate. When a dangerous forest fire burns out of control, helicopter Roto and pilot Roy are ready to fly to the rescue! They're braver than brave, tougher than tough, and nothing will stop this firefighting crew from completing their mission. From Sherri Duskey Rinker, bestselling author of the Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series, and award-winning illustrator Don Tate, this action-packed series starter will have kids cheering for two awesome new heroes--and imagining how they might save the day themselves!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780316577281
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Meet Roto and Roy, helicopter heroes and the stars of a rip-roaring rescue adventure series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherri Duskey Rinker and award-winning artist Don Tate. When a dangerous forest fire burns out of control, helicopter Roto and pilot Roy are ready to fly to the rescue! They're braver than brave, tougher than tough, and nothing will stop this firefighting crew from completing their mission. From Sherri Duskey Rinker, bestselling author of the Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series, and award-winning illustrator Don Tate, this action-packed series starter will have kids cheering for two awesome new heroes--and imagining how they might save the day themselves!
An Educated Guide to Speeding Tickets
Author: Richard Wallace
Publisher: Dwight-Wallace Enterprises
ISBN: 9780965561082
Category : Speed limits
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A police officer for 14 years in the state of Connecticut, author Richard Wallace II is on expert on the subject of speeding tickets, and the various speed detection devices being currently used by members of law enforcement today. He has been directly involved in the stopping of motarists on speeding related charges, and has issued many citations for said violations over his 14 year career in law enforcement. Who better to know the ins and outs about speeding and how speed is detected, but a police officer! By using this information, one can expect to save hundreds of dollars in fines and insurance charges, as well as keeping ones operator's license. The small price paid for this book will be saved over and over!
Publisher: Dwight-Wallace Enterprises
ISBN: 9780965561082
Category : Speed limits
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A police officer for 14 years in the state of Connecticut, author Richard Wallace II is on expert on the subject of speeding tickets, and the various speed detection devices being currently used by members of law enforcement today. He has been directly involved in the stopping of motarists on speeding related charges, and has issued many citations for said violations over his 14 year career in law enforcement. Who better to know the ins and outs about speeding and how speed is detected, but a police officer! By using this information, one can expect to save hundreds of dollars in fines and insurance charges, as well as keeping ones operator's license. The small price paid for this book will be saved over and over!