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Business & Money - January 2026 @SCCLD

It's the month of Returnary - that time of year when thousands of Americans return holiday gifts they do not want or need. The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimats that 17% of items purchased for the holidays will be returned this year even as retailers put stricter policies in place. Perhaps it's time to rethink spending habits not only to save money but to lessen the impact on resources. The books in this list provide some ideas.

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  • No New Things

    a Radically Simple 30-day Guide to Saving Money, the Planet, and Your Sanity

    Piper, Ashlee
    Book, 2025New York : Celadon Books, 2025. — 339.47 PIPER
  • The Year of Less

    How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

    Flanders, Cait, 1985-
    Book, 2018Carlsbad, California : Hay House, Inc., 2018. — 178 FLANDER
  • Buy This, Not That

    How to Spend Your Way to Wealth and Freedom

    Dogen, Sam
    Book, 2022[New York] : Portfolio / Penguin, [2022] — 332.024 DOGEN
  • Inconspicuous Consumption

    the Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have

    Schlossberg, Tatiana
    Book, 2019New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2019. — 363.7 SCHLOSS
  • Worn Out

    How Our Clothes Cover Up Fashion's Sins

    Hardy, Alyssa
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023[Old Saybrook, Connecticut] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2023.
  • More Than Enough

    How One Family Cultivated a More Abundant Life Through a Year of Practical Minimalism

    Anderson, Miranda (Lifestyle blogger),
    Book, 2019[Richmond, Virginia] : [Live Free Creative Co.,] [2019] — 646.7 ANDERSO
  • The Art of Spending Money

    Simple Choices for a Richer Life

    Housel, Morgan
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Portfolio/Penguin, [2025] — 332.024 HOUSEL
  • The Anxious Investor

    Building Wealth in Uncertain Times

    Nations, Scott
    eBook, 2022HarperCollins, 2022