Rain Vol IV_No 4

C MEDIA Women in Distribution P.O. Box 8858 Washington, DC 20003 202/526-7400 ) If you are a library or a bookstore and want easy access to women's books by small presses, this is the place to go. ' (10 percent discount available to 1,- braries). They have over 400 books and records listed. But it's also useful just as a very complete and well-annotated· bibliography. Books are listed by publisher and cross-indexed by title and subject. Lovely 1940s p_hotographs and clear layout make this catalog a joy to read. I th1nk it's free. -LdeM C INFORMATION ): Seattle People's Yellow Pages, 197,8 edition, Kathy Reichgerdt, Editor, $3 from: Metrocenter YMCA 909 4th Ave. Seattle, WA 98104 ·Here's another in the fine tradition of reople's Yellow Pages, which Steve Johnson has been turning you on to for years in RAIN. This one's a dandy. Good graphics, clear layout, well-in-· dexed. What more could a person want to learn about and enjoy Seattle? · - LdeM A Directory of Rural Organizations, free from: The National Rural Center 1200 18th St., N.W. Washington, DC20036. Covering resource organizations which may be of assistance to rural projects, the dir~ctory does have a rural focus but covers many national organizations . of general interest as well. H,aving trouble contacting the heartland? Try this. -LJ "Whole Montana Catalog," now in process, for info write: Whole Montana Catal9g Montana Small Business Assoc. Box 7356 Missoula, MT 59807' Going to printers in nine months, WMC will include happenings-in renewable energy, cottage industries, grassroots organizing, alternative education, art, food, social services and media; a phil- . osophy section will cover Montana lifestyles, economic development, authors/ publishers and public events. Listings are needed for the "yellow pages," a directory of small businesses and ser- ·vices. -LJ Tucson People''S Ye.I/ow Pages, 1977-78, 2001 entries, index, $1.95 from: New Trails West 534 N. Hoff Tucson, AZ 8~705 , An excellent model for how to do one as good. Every entry is numbered, there are phone numbers, zippy illustrations and nice quotes. Sure to give you a fast feel for alternatives in Tucson. -LJ January 1978 RAIN Page 7 .€ECYCLING ) -Recyclopedia, Robin Simons, 1976, $3.95 from: Houghton Mifflin Compa~y Boston, MA The Boston Childr~n's Museum has long had a wonderful place where you can go rummage through p_iles of industrial waste for all sorts of wonderful objects to make games and toys ·and art ou.t of. This is an idea book to be enjoyed b'y teachers and children alike. -LdeM (wATER/SEWA~E) Goodbye to the Flush Toilet, Carol H. Stoner, 1977, $6.95 from: Rodale Press • , 33 E. Minor Emmaus, PA 1804,9 A thorough_and detailed survey of th~ whole field of compost toilets-from how we got into the sewer game to how different alternative systems operate, , a sl'Jrvey of homemade and commercial units with plans and guidelines for buying and use, greywater treatment and water conservation. Clear diagrams and lots of useful inform~tion-should be read by anyone considering a compost toilet. An excellent companion to the OAT report (RAily, Dec. '77). - TB

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