{"product_id":"secondhand","title":"Secondhand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eJunkyard Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, \"an anthem to decluttering, recycling, making better quality goods and living a simpler life with less stuff.\" -Associated Press\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDownsizing. Decluttering. Discarding. Sooner or later, all of us are faced with things we no longer need or want. But when we drop our old clothes and other items off at a local donation center, where do they go? Sometimes across the country-or even halfway across the world-to people and places who find value in what we leave behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSecondhand\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist Adam Minter takes us on an unexpected adventure into the often-hidden, multibillion-dollar industry of reuse: thrift stores in the American Southwest to vintage shops in Tokyo, flea markets in Southeast Asia to used-goods enterprises in Ghana, and more. Along the way, Minter meets the fascinating people who handle-and profit from-our rising tide of discarded stuff, and asks a pressing question: In a world that craves shiny and new, is there room for it all?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecondhand\u003c\/i\u003e offers hopeful answers and hard truths. A history of the stuff we''ve used and a contemplation of why we keep buying more, it also reveals the marketing practices, design failures, and racial prejudices that push used items into landfills instead of new homes. \u003ci\u003eSecondhand\u003c\/i\u003e shows us that it doesn''t have to be this way, and what really needs to change to build a sustainable future free of excess stuff.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Minter is a superb storyteller . . . [\u003ci\u003eSecondhand \u003c\/i\u003eis] a book I''d recommend buying now instead of  waiting for it to show up at your local thrift store.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-NPR \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Revelatory, terrifying, but, ultimately, hopeful.\" -Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE SIXTH EXTINCTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315827351934,"sku":"NW9781635570113","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781635570113.jpg?v=1778507121","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/secondhand","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}