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As in Schappell's first book, "Use Me" (2000), these linked stories concern witty, caustic women operating in a post-1960s, post-Friedan culandscapendscape.
Do what you want!" The editors note that "many of the anti-assignments collected in this book use the slippery logic of 'I command you to disobey me' and other infamous tricks of the oracle".
Still there are those like Bob Lilienfeld, a frequent traveler, environmental activist and author of the book "Use Less Stuff" and a blog, who argue that the more earth-friendly action would be to eliminate the bags altogether.
The recipes in "Ocean Friendly Cuisine" by James O. Fraioli (Willow Creek Press, $35), a handsomely photographed book, use only 50 relatively abundant fresh- and saltwater fish and shellfish that can be caught or raised without threatening the environment.
That's almost a text book use of "could" as a weasel word, allowing (as it does) its author to make what appears to be a strongly-phrased and meaningful promise – without actually having to commit to anything of any substance.
